Established 1811 Students 13,171 Website tugraz.at Phone +43 316 8730 Founded 1811 | Administrative staff 927 Location Graz, Styria, Austria Total enrollment 17,754 (17 Oct 2016) Founder Archduke John of Austria Academic staff 1,554 | |
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Type Public university
Institute of technology Address Rechbauerstraße 12, 8010 Graz, Austria Undergraduate tuition and fees International tuition: 726.72 EUR (2011) Notable alumni Nikola Tesla, Hubert Petschnigg, Karl von Terzaghi, Markus Lanthaler, Hellmuth Stachel Similar University of Graz, TU Wien, Montanuniversität Leoben, Medical University of Graz, University of Natural Resource | ||
The Graz University of Technology (German: Technische Universität Graz, short TU Graz) is the second-largest university in Styria, Austria, after the University of Graz. Austria has three universities of technology – in Graz, in Leoben, and in Vienna. The Graz University of Technology was founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria. TU Graz is a public university. In the academic year 2015/16, 18.1% of the students were from abroad and 22.8% of the students were female out of the 13,171 students enrolled at the TU Graz.
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Graz university of technology
Campus
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
History
1811: The Joanneum is founded by Archduke John of Austria. The first subjects taught were physics, chemistry, astronomy, mineralogy, botany, and technology.
1864: The Styrian government makes it a Technische Hochschule.
1874: The Technische Hochschule is taken over by the state.
1888: Opening of the Main Building (Alte Technik) by Franz Joseph I of Austria.
1901: The Technische Hochschule is granted the right to award doctorates.
1955: It is divided into three faculties.
1975: It is divided into five faculties and renamed Technische Universität Graz, Erherzog-Johann Universität (Graz University of Technology, Archduke-Johann-University).
2004: The new Austrian university law (UG 2002) is fully implemented – the university is divided into seven faculties.
Organization
The university consists of seven faculties:
Teaching
Students at TU Graz have a choice of 18 bachelor programmes and 31 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.
Study programmes
Bachelor's programmes
Master's programmes taught in German
Master's programmes taught in English
Teacher training programmes — secondary teacher education
PhD Programmes
Postgraduate university courses (some of which are held in English)
[As of January 2017]
Facts and figures
Data from: 2015–16
Rankings
The Graz University of Technology achieves good positions in international university rankings. In the 2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, it can be found in the 351 – 400 bracket. In the 2015 Shanghai ranking of universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences, the Graz University of Technology is in the 151 – 200 range.
Notable alumni
Spin-offs and start-ups
There are companies that have been spun-out of the university by faculty and students, based on technology created at TU Graz; with the exception of non-profit research spin-offs these companies need licenses through the university since implementation of the 2002 University Act in 2004.
Forschungsholding TU Graz GmbH manages shares of spin-offs and is responsible for out-licensing: