TU Braunschweig
Former names | Collegium Carolinum |
|---|---|
| Motto | Nec aspera terrent |
Motto in English | They are not terrified of the rough things |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1745 |
| Founder | Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Academic affiliation | TU9, CESAER, PEGASUS |
| Budget | € 393 million |
| President | Angela Ittel |
Academic staff | 2,060 and 242 professors |
Total staff | 3,795 |
| Students | 19,981 |
| 2,223 | |
| Location | , Lower Saxony , Germany 52°16′25″N 10°31′47″E / 52.27361°N 10.52972°E |
| Website | tu-braunschweig.de |
TU Braunschweig (German: Technische Universität Braunschweig, unofficially University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology) is the oldest Technische Universität (comparable to an institute of technology in the American system) in Germany. It was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum and is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the most renowned and largest German institutes of technology. It is commonly ranked among the top universities for engineering in Germany. TU Braunschweig's research profile is very interdisciplinary, but with a focus on aeronautics, vehicle engineering including autonomous driving and electric mobility, manufacturing, life sciences, and metrology. Research is conducted in close collaboration with external organizations such as the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, several Fraunhofer Institutes, and Germany's national metrology institute (PTB), among many others. As one of very few research institutions of its type in the world, the university has its own research airport.