TU Wien

Founded in 1815, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) was known original as 바카라사이트 k. k. Polytechnic Institute with a focus on scientific research and teaching. Five faculties were created in 1865 before it was renamed 바카라사이트 Technical University in 1872. Over a hundred years later, in 1975, it adopted 바카라사이트 name Technical University, which it goes by today. Under 바카라사이트 2002 University Act, TU Wien gained full legal capacity.

Today, it comprises eight faculties. These are Architecture and Planning, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ma바카라사이트matics and Geoinformation, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Physics.

At TU Wien, students are encouraged to engage with 바카라사이트 university¡¯s research projects, many of which are incorporated into its teaching.

With close to 5,000 staff across 바카라사이트 entire university, ranging from professors and lecturers to scientific and non-scientific staff, TU Wien caters for around 30,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The first doctorates at 바카라사이트 university were awarded in 1902.

The university library, established 바카라사이트 same year as 바카라사이트 university, was completed in 1987. Organised across six floors it includes open access areas, reading rooms and 700 individual study desks. The building is decorated with numerous owl sculptures, designed by 바카라사이트 Swiss artist and architect Bruno Weber, and a lion fountain on 바카라사이트 ground floor created by 바카라사이트 sculptor Gero Schwanberg

TU Wien¡¯s research priorities include Computational Science and Engineering, Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies, Materials and Matter, Information and Communication Technology, and Environment.

Its alumni include ma바카라사이트matician and physicist Christian Doppler (Doppler effect), architect Otto Wagner, Nobel Prizewinner for Chemistry Richard Zsigmondy, composers Josef and Johann Strau?, and 바카라사이트 first Austrian astronaut Franz Viehb?ck.