Vienna University of Technology
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| Motto | Technik für Menschen - Wissenschaftliche Exzellenz entwickeln und umfassende Kompetenz vermitteln |
| Established | 1815 |
| Type | Public university |
| Rector | Peter Skalicky |
| Staff | ~1.800 (4.078 total) |
| Students | 15.836 |
| Location | Vienna, Austria |
| Website | http://www.tuwien.ac.at |
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Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" (k. k. Polytechnisches Institut), it currently has about 15,300 students (19% foreign students/30% women), 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members (1,800 teaching).
As of 2005, the university is ranked no. 32 of the world's 100 top technology universities by the Times Higher Education Supplement, which corresponds to the 8th rank of all European technology universities in that survey.
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[edit] Faculties and Institutes
Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation
Faculty of Physics
Faculty of Technical Chemistry
Faculty of Informatics
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Architecture and Regional Planning
Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
[edit] Famous alumni
- Heinz Zemanek
- Viktor Kaplan
- Roland Rainer
- Herbert Boeckl
- Milutin Milanković
- Hans Sedlmayr
- Ferdinand Fellner
- Boris Nemsic
- Helmut Draxler
- Erwin Schrödinger
- Antoni Wiwulski
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[edit] See also
- Studying in Vienna
- Study in Austria: A Guide
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