Technische Universität Graz | |
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| Motto | Wissen – Technik – Leidenschaft[1] |
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Motto in English | Science – Passion – Technology[2] |
| Type | publicresearch university Institute of technology |
| Established | 1811; 214 years ago (1811) |
| Budget | €308 million[3] |
| Vice-Chancellor | Horst Bischof[4] |
Academic staff | 1,847[3] |
Administrative staff | 1,153[3] |
| Students | 17.448(Winter semester 2024/25)[5] |
| Location | ,, 47°04′08″N15°27′00″E / 47.06889°N 15.45000°E /47.06889; 15.45000 |
| Website | tugraz.at |
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Graz University of Technology (German:Technische Universität Graz, shortTU Graz) is apublicresearch university located inStyria, Austria. It was founded in 1811 byArchduke John of Austria and is the oldest science and technology research and educational institute in Austria. It currently comprises sevenfaculties and is apublic university.[6] It offers 19 bachelor's and 36 master's study programmes (of which 22 are in English) across all technology andnatural sciences disciplines.Doctoral training is organised in 14 English-speaking doctoral schools. The university has more than 17,000 students, and around 1,900 students graduate every year. The Graz University of Technology and theUniversity of Graz co-operate in teaching and research of natural sciences.[7]
The university has a staff of 3,830.[3] Research areas are combined in five fields of expertise.TU Graz, theUniversity of Leoben andTU Wien form the networkAustrian Universities of Technology (TU Austria)[8] with more than 45,000 students and 11,000 staff.
The university has multiple campuses, as it is mainly situated on three sites in the city, two in the centre of Graz and one in the southeast of the city.
Campus buildings at the Graz University of Technology
1811: TheJoanneum is founded byArchduke John of Austria. The first subjects taught were physics, chemistry, astronomy, mineralogy, botany, and technology.Friedrich Mohs became the first professor of mineralogy in 1812.[9][10]
1864: The Styrian government makes it theJoanneum Regional and Technical College.[10]
1874: The Austrian government takes over theImperial-Royal College of Technology in Graz.[10]
1888: Opening of the Main Building(Old Technik) byFranz Joseph I of Austria.
1901: The Technical College is granted the right to award doctorates.[11]
1955: The Technical College is divided into three faculties.[11]
1976: The Technical College is divided into five faculties and renamedGraz University of Technology,Archduke-Johann-University(Technische Universität Graz, Erzherzog-Johann Universität).[11]
2004: The new Austrian university law (UG 2002) is fully implemented – the university is divided into seven faculties.[12]
The university consists of seven faculties:[6]
Students at TU Graz have a choice of 19 bachelor programmes and 36 master programmes. Graduates receive the academic degrees BSc, MSc or Diplom-Ingenieur/-in (Dipl.-Ing.). The doctoral programmes (Dr.techn. and Dr.rer.nat.) are offered as postgraduate programmes. Continuing education is offered in the framework ofLifelong Learning and consists of 12 part-time master's programmes and university programmes plus a range of other courses.
Data from: 2024/25[13]
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[14] | 801–900 (2023) |
| QS World[15] | 427 (2026) |
| THE World[16] | 601–800 (2023) |
| USNWR Global[17] | 816 (2023) |
In Shangai Ranking's 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, it is in the 201-300 range inbiomedical engineering and in the 301-400 range inatmospheric science and inmathematics. It can be found in the 401-500 range inbiotechnology, inchemistry, and inmaterials science & engineering.[18] In the 2023Leiden Ranking, the PPtop10% analysis puts it on position 558, the PPindustry ranks Graz University of Technology on place 13.
The university has more than a dozen student teams in different disciplines, some of them compete in international student challenges.[19]
TheTU Graz Racing team was founded in 2002.[20] With its car TANKIA (abbreviation forThere are no kangaroos in Austria), which is constructed and built each year from scratch, itwon different competitions in theFormula Student series.[21] Since 2021, the team has taken part in theFormula Student Electric category exclusively.[22][23]
In theShell Eco-marathon Europe, teamTERA TU Graz (formerlyTeam Eco-Racing Austria) twice won the category Prototype Battery Electric with its carFennek which was named after theFennec fox (2014, 2011).[24][25]
Inrobotics, Graz University of Technology has two teams. Team TEDUSAR (short forTechnology and EDucation for Urban Search And Rescue robots) is active in field robotics and competed at challenges like theRoboCupRescue Robot League, theEuropean Land-Robot Trial ELROB and the ENRICH European Robotics Hackathon.[26][27][28] It also took part in different AMADEE Mars Analog Missions of theAustrian Space Forum.[29][30][31][32] The university’sRoboCup team GRIPS (short forGraz Robust and Intelligent Production System) competes in the logistics league and won the world championships in 2023.[33] With regard toassistive technologies, theGraz BCI Racing Team - Mirage 91 exploresBrain-computer interface systems and competed several times inCybathlon.[34] The teamAutonomous Racing Graz competed in theRoborace Season Beta. Incomputer science, teamLosFuzzys participates in thecybersecurity competitionCapture the flag.[35] Together with other Austrian university teams, they form teamKuK Hofhackerei.[36]
Graz University of Technology’sAerospace Team Graz developsrockets and competes in theEuropean Rocketry Challenge where it took first place in 2023.[37] TheTU Graz Satellites team was involved in the development of the first Austrian satelliteTUGSAT-1, which was part of theBRITE-Constellation launched in 2013, ofOPS-SAT and of PRETTY.[38][39][40] Insynthetic biology, theNAWI Graz joint team of Graz University of Technology and theUniversity of Graz was successful in theiGEM competition.[41]
TU Graz has set up strategic partnerships with four universities:[46]
It is also a member ofCESAER as well as ofASEA-UNINET and the Eurasia-Pacific Uninet.[47][48][49]
Graz University of Technology is one of nine members of the European University AllianceUniversity Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering Unite! within theEuropean Universities initiative.[50]
TU Graz holds shares in more than 20 companies, mainly research centres like theAustrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology orVirtual Vehicle.[51] It also hosts theAustrian Centre for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis and the headquarters of theSilicon Austria Labs.[52][53]
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