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Technische Universität Darmstadt

We always want to be among the best

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Our Campus

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Origin

founded 1877

positioned in the metropolitan region Rhein-Main-Neckar, one of the most dynamic and strongest regions of Europe

supported with more than 270 million Euro from the State of Hesse and 139 million Euro from third-party funds (in 2010)

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People

23.100 Students

270 Professors

2.220 Research Associates

1.780 Administrative and

technical employees

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Directions

113 Departments

304 Fields of Study

100 Courses of Studies

5 Collaborative Research Centers

7 Graduate Colleges

1 Research Cluster of Excellence

1 Graduate School of Excellence

3 LOEWE Centers of Excellence

5 LOEWE Focus Areas

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Locations

City Center

Lichtwiese

Botanical Garden

Wind tunnel and August Euler Airport

Stadium

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Standpoints

Mathieu Omet Physics

Because of its good reputation I chose TU Darmstadt. My expectations were quickly exceeded. I was introduced to possibilities that I would have never dreamt of. Come to the TU Darmstadt! Here you are at the heart of knowledge and the future.

Mete Budakli Mechanical Engineering

The TU Darmstadt allows me to get professional knowledge that puts me in the position to help people. Broad subject research activities in bionics, mechatronics or adaptronics offers many future possibilities for my future.

Milena SeibertSocial Sciences

Everything here is close together, technology, research, future, history and fun!

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Life

MusicOrchestra, big band, and choir

SportsEndurance training and golf, juggling and kendo, skiing and snowboarding

Campus-Clubs ‘603 qm’, ‘Schlosskeller’ and ‘Schlossgarten-Café’

Open-AirBeer gardens and outdoor movie shows

DanceMore than ballroomMobility

Student ID card as a ticket for public transportation

TheaterTo enjoy or to participate in

Good support in all departments

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Our Identity

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Pioneers

Eramus Kittler was the first chair in electrical engineering in 1882.

We created the Electrical Engineer.

And since than much more!

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Trendsetter

Paper Science and Technology

Air and Aviation Technology

Industrial Engineering

Power Economics

Control Engineering and Automation Technology

Computer Science Renewable Energy Sources

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Personalities

Günter Behnisch 1976 – 1987 Professor of Design and Industrial Architecture

Architect of the Munich Olympic Stadium

Wolfgang Hilberg 1972 – 2000 Professor of Computer Technology

Inventor of the radio-controlled clock

Rolf Isermann 1977 – 2006 Professor of Control Engineering and Process Automation

Was selected by MIT as one of the ‘Top Ten’ most important future researchers of the world

Robert Piloty 1964 – 1990 Professor of Control Engineering and Data Engineering

Pioneer of computer technology and grounded the study of computer science

Bert Rürup 1976 – 2009 Professor of Economics

Advised the German government on social political questions from 1974 to 2009

Gerhard Sessler 1975 – 1999 Professor of Electroacoustics

Developed the electrode microphone and the silicon condenser microphone

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Alumni

Some of the many big names:

Christoph Franz (Industrial Engineering) CEO Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Peter Grünberg (Physics) Physics Nobel Prize Winner 2007

Gerhard Herzberg (Chemistry) Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner 1971

Katharina Landfester (Chemie) Director of Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

El Lissitzky (Architecture) Painter, Architect, Typographer, Co-founder of Constructivism

Hans Dieter Pötsch (Industrial Engineering) Board of Management Volkswagen AG, Finance and Controlling

Chaim Weizmann (Chemistry) First State President of Israel

Klaus L. Wübbenhorst (Industrial Engineering) CEO GfK Group (Market Research)

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Our Character

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Inspirational

Since 2005 we are an autonomous University. The first in Germany.

We live personal responsibility and are ready to initiate change.

We make room for creativity and enthusiasm.

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Focused on Technology

We concentrate on technology – interdisciplinary from the perspectives of natural and engineering sciences or of liberal arts and social sciences.

Data security concepts such as the unforgeable passport and the insurance card were ‘made by TU Darmstadt’. Our students of computer science make communication in all the IT system networks secure and conceived the encryption technology.

Global Challenges Energy Supply – All areas of study concentrate on their competencies: From powerplant engineering to geothermics.

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Curious on the future

Research clusters strengthen our profile:

Thermo-Fluids and Combustion Engineering Product quality and energy efficiency for gas turbines, combustion engines, power plants, wind generators, airplanes

New Materials Custom-fit technologies and materials for energy and communication technology, traffic and environmental engineering, et al.

Nuclear and Radiation Science Research with most intense particle radiation of heavy ions and antimatter

Integrated Product and Production Technology Integration of product development and production system design with material sciences, business administration and logistics under the condition of scarce resources

Future Internet Services in global and dense networks with secure, powerful and highly efficient technologies and applications

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Interdisciplinary Strong

Passing the boundaries of disciplines we find fascinating results:

Computational Engineering – computer modeling, simulation, analysis and optimisation of complex applications in engineering and natural phenomena.

Urban Research – integrated examination of water supply, energy use, quality of life, security and culture of building with the aim to understand cities and to plan and design them. Involved are social, history and sport sciences, lighting technology, construction engineering, architecture and economics.

Adaptronics – intelligent, self-adapting components and materials. Interaction between mechanical engineering, materials science, computer sciences, electrical engineering, mathematics and chemistry.

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Open-minded

We are an internationally oriented university since our founding in 1877.

In the year 1900 one in five students came from abroad. The same is true today.

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Global Network

Among other universities, we cooperate with:

Tongji-Universität (China)

École Centrale de Lyon (Frankreich)

Universidade de São Paulo (Brasilien)

Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

Virginia Tech (USA)

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Excellent

Known for outstanding and coming scientists:

Seven Graduate Programs: Ranging from topology of technology, genetic reactions to radiation of ions to system modeling of aero engines

Ingenium – organisation to support young researchers at TU Darmstadt

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the German

Research Association:

2008 Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff (political scientist) and

Dr. Torsten Granzow (materials scientist)

2010 Prof. Dr. Christina Thiele (chemist)

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Chosen by the best

“Germany's most attractive university in engineering sciences.”

Ranking 2009 of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, which supports international top scientists

“Nationwide second place in mechanical engineering and material sciences.”

Funding Ranking 2009 of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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Leading in Research

Success with the excellence initiative by the German federal and state governments for the development of cutting edge research:

Cluster ‘Smart Interfaces’ : Making material surfaces more efficient and more durable

Graduate School of Computational Engineering: Computer based modeling, analysis and simulation

Involvement in the cluster ‘Formation of Normative Orders’ at the Goethe University Frankfurt

Collaborative Research Centers:

Astrophysical processes of the formation of atoms to the superconducting electron accelerator S-DALINAC

Integral sheet metal design

Flow and combustion in gas turbine combustion chambers

Electrical fatigue in functional materials

Management of uncertainty in load-bearing systems in mechanical engineering

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Leading in Teaching

Higher-than-average satisfaction in teaching and service:

82% of TU Darmstadt students are (very) satisfied with the quality of courses, nationwide only 70% of university students

57% of TU Darmstadt students are (very) satisfied with the orientation courses at the start of studies, nationwide 47%

53% of TU Darmstadt students are (very) satisfied with e-learning services, nationwide 38%

Source: Studienqualitätsmonitor 2010, HIS – Higher Education Information System

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Highly Prestigious

We qualify you for the best opportunities and positions.

Distinguished for our performance in research and academics and of our graduates: Best standing in top rankings of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, the Centre for Higher Education Development and by leading companies.

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Foresighted

We lead in future areas such as energy and mobility, communication and information, construction and living.

In 2007 and 2009 our team of architecture and electrical engineering students won the ‘Solar Decathlon’ competition sponsored by the US Department of Energy. We presented the most future oriented solar house that generates more energy than it uses up.

Masterplans for logistics and traffic, intelligent and energy efficient and secure technology for aircraft, car, train: in collaboration with economics, mathematics, social sciences, civil engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering.

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Our Partners

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Solution Oriented Cooperation

With our innovative strength we are influential in the economy and academics, politics and the community.

We cooperate with selected partners:

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Learning Practically

Europe‘s first ‘teaching factory’ for production processes is located on our campus.

It shows the complete value added chain from the processing of raw materials to the assembly. The Center for Industrial Productivity conveys methods of lean production to prospective engineers as well as companies.

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Research Together

Students and scientists research together – also in robotics and simulation. The outcome: The ‘Darmstadt Dribblers’ are a multiple Robocup World Champion.

The group Akaflieg unites the flying enthusiasts among the students and scientists. The innovative gliders are built and flown by the group. Since the founding of the club in 1920 more than forty unique gliders have been constructed.

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Acting Responsibly

We recognize our social responsibility in the fields of science and development. They are the benchmark of our actions.

Endowed chair for „Science and Technology for Peace and Security“: Focus on biological and chemical weapons research, cooperation of biology, social sciences and “IANUS” – an interdisciplinary workgroup on natural science, technology and security.

Information and communication technology in architecture: virtual reconstructions of destroyed synagogues in Germany during the Third Reich. A new form of cultural memory.

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Our Surroundings…

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A Scientific City

… with over 30 research and academic working institutions, among others:

European Space Association ESA/ESOC

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meterological Satellites EUMESAT

GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research

German Institute for Polymers

Three Fraunhofer Institutes

European Center for Aviation Development

Hochschule Darmstadt / University of Applied Sciences

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With Inventive Talent

Businesses from Darmstadt have earned international recognition. People achieve great things in this city.

Merck Liquid Crystals

Wella Cosmetics

software ag IT Business Solutions

Deutsche Telekom AG Communication

… research, development, products, trends and visions, worldwide.

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With Language and Poetry

The Georg Büchner Prize is the most significant literary award in Germany. It is granted annually by the German Academy for German Language and Poetry based in Darmstadt.

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With Culture and Art Nouveau

Mathildenhöhe is the symbol that represents Darmstadt as the Art Nouveau center.

Darmstadt – the city of the international holiday courses for New Music (characterized by componists like Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage), the internationally renowned Jazz Institute and the ‘Waldspirale’, one of the last buildings designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

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Our Claim

We want to be so attractive that we can continuously increase our budgets in order to strengthen our profile and offer further incentives for excellent performance.

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We are Recommended

“In my opinion you must definitely go to Darmstadt. They have a good Polytechnic School.”

Albert Einstein 1919