Technische Universität Berlin

Technische Universität Berlin
Motto
Wir haben die Ideen für die Zukunft. Zum Nutzen der Gesellschaft.
Motto in English
We've got the brains for the future. For the benefit of society.
TypePublic
Established
  • 1770 (1770) (Königliche Bergakademie zu Berlin)
  • 1799 (Königliche Bauakademie zu Berlin)
  • 1879 (Königlich Technische Hochschule zu Berlin)
  • 1946 as Technische Universität Berlin
AffiliationTIME, TU9, EUA, CESAER, DFG, SEFI, PEGASUS, German Excellence Universities, Berlin University Alliance
Budget€659.3 million (2022)
PresidentGeraldine Rauch (since 2022)
Academic staff
3,120
Administrative staff
2,258
Students35,570
Location,
Germany

52°30′43″N 13°19′35″E / 52.51194°N 13.32639°E / 52.51194; 13.32639
CampusUrban
Websitetu.berlin

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first German university to adopt the name "Technische Universität" (university of technology).

The university alumni and staff includes several US National Academies members, two National Medal of Science laureates, the creator of the first fully functional programmable (electromechanical) computer, Konrad Zuse, and ten Nobel Prize laureates.

TU Berlin is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology and of the Top International Managers in Engineering network, which allows for student exchanges between leading engineering schools. It belongs to the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research. The TU Berlin is home of two innovation centers designated by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. The university is labeled as "The Entrepreneurial University" ("Die Gründerhochschule") by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

The university is notable for having been the first to offer a degree in Industrial Engineering and Management (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen). The university designed the degree in response to requests by industrialists for graduates with the technical and management training to run a company. First offered in winter term 1926/27, it is one of the oldest programmes of its kind.

TU Berlin has one of the highest proportions of international students in Germany, almost 27% in 2019. In addition, TU Berlin is part of the Berlin University Alliance, has been conferred the title of "University of Excellence" under and receiving funding from the German Universities Excellence Initiative.