Established 1765 Students 4927(WS 2015/16) Website tu-freiberg.de Phone +49 3731 390 | Chancellor p.p. Jens Then Total enrollment 4,927 (2015) Founded 1765 | |
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President Prof. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht Motto The University of Ressorces. Since 1765. Notable alumni Alexander von Humboldt, Clemens Winkler, August Breithaupt, Victor Mordechai Goldschmidt, Fredrik Idestam Similar TU Dresden, Chemnitz University of Techno, Clausthal University of Techno, Hochschule Mittweida, Dresden University of Applie | ||
Student s life in tu bergakademie freiberg
The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (usually translated from German as Freiberg University of Mining and Technology or Freiberg Mining Academy, University of Technology) is a German university of technology with about 5000 students in the city of Freiberg, Saxony. It was established in 1765 by Prince Franz Xaver, regent of Saxony, based on plans by Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel and Friedrich Anton von Heynitz, and is the oldest university of mining and metallurgy in the world. The chemical elements indium (1863) and germanium (1886) were discovered by scientists of Freiberg University. The polymath Alexander von Humboldt studied mining at the Bergakademie Freiberg in 1791/1792. Today, TU Bergakademie Freiberg is a university of technology comprising six faculties: mathematics and informatics; chemistry, biology and physics; geoscience, geoengineering and mining; mechanical engineering; material sciences; and economics. Admission to all programs from Bachelor through PhD is without tuition fees; students pay only a registration fee of about € 84 per semester.