Technische Universität Berlin Outline
History and Campus
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Internationalization History and Campus
Profile
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Internationalization History and Campus
19th century 21st century History and Campus | Origin
• Founding of the forerunner academies: Mining 1770 – Academy, Building Academy, Vocational Academy 1821
• Unification into Royal Technical College of Berlin 1879
• Closure of the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg and re-establishment under the new name: Technische 1945 – 1946 Universität Berlin
• Establishment of the School of Humanities 1950 History and Campus | Research History
Franz Reuleaux 1829 - 1905 Machine kinematics
Adolf Slaby 1849 - 1913 Radiotelegraphy
Alois Riedler 1850 - 1936 Motor vehicle construction Gustav Hertz* Franz Reuleaux Adolf Miethe 1862 - 1927 Three-color photography, the flashlight
Georg Schlesinger 1874 - 1949 Machine tool design and factory management
Hermann Föttinger 1877 - 1945 The fully automatic gear box
Laws governing the impact of an electron upon an Gustav Hertz* 1887 - 1975 atom Ernst Ruska* Konrad Zuse
Hans Geiger 1882 - 1925 The Geiger Counter
Dennis Gábor* 1900 - 1979 Holography
Eugene Wigner* 1902 - 1995 Quantum mechanics
Ernst Ruska* 1902 - 1988 The electron microscope Georg Schlesinger Hans Geiger Konrad Zuse 1910 - 1996 The first freely programmable computing machine
Gerhard Ertl* 1936 - Chemical processes on solid surfaces
*Nobel prize laureate
Dennis Gábor* Gerhard Ertl* History and Campus
Profile
Teaching
Internationalization Profile | Campus Map
• around 600 000 sq m base area distributed over several locations in Berlin • 122 buildings (19 000 rooms) Profile | TU Berlin in short
third largest university of technology in Germany
research and teaching intensive cooperation ranging from between science and engineering and natural industry sciences to humanities and social sciences Technische Universität Berlin, a university with international reputation in Germany‘s capital and in the heart of Europe
alliance between joint research projects technology and with numerous non- humanities to meet the university research challenges of the future institutes
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | TU Berlin in figures (2018)
Staff
351 370 Visiting professors and Professors associated lecturers
2718 2135 Scientific staff Other employees Financed by third-party funds: Financed by third-party 1706 (63%) funds: 253 (12%)
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | TU Berlin in figures (2016)
FUNDING IN MILLION € state funding external funding
178,8 177,5 168,2 159,6 174 146,2 158,9 125,4 External funds split-up
private/industry 295,7 302,6 310 14% 251,1 264,8 268,6 284,4 287,6 ESB 2%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 other public funds federal 6% government 32%
Ø In 2016: about 523,000 € of fundings acquired per professor EU 16% Ø In the past 10 years: a rise of 230% state government 1% DFG 29%
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | Faculties
Faculty I 7 institutes / centers Humanities
Faculty II Mathematics and Natural 6 institutes Central Institutes Sciences
Faculty III 6 institutes Central Institute Central Institute Process Sciences El Gouna School of Education
Faculty IV Electrical Engineering and 6 institutes Computer Science
Faculty V Mechanics Engineering and 7 institutes Transport Systems
Faculty VI Planning - Building - 8 institutes Environment
Faculty VII 3 institutes Economics and Management
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | Central Institute El Gouna (Egypt)
Main focus of the degree programs and research: Growth of population and climate change require new strategies to tap new living spaces, water and energy.
M.Sc. Energy Engineering M.Sc. M.Sc. Business Urban Engineering Development Energy Continuing Education Master‘s Programs at Campus El Gouna M.Sc. M.Sc. IT for Energy Water Engineering
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | Core areas in research and education
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | Collaborative Research (selection)
German Excellence Strategy 2019 3 Clusters of Excellence for TU Berlin out of 7 Clusters for Berlin in total
A cross-institutional and A Cluster with five A Cluster focusing on the transdisciplinary Cluster interdisciplinary research areas better understanding of in order to explore and on the elucidation and evolution intelligence in all its facets. further develop new of catalytic networks. The aim is The aim is to fundamentally approaches in to understand how reactants, advance our ability to application-oriented intermediates, and reaction construct intelligent mathematics products come into customized technological artifacts for contact with the various catalysts applications of societal involved importance.
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | Collaborative Research (selection)
An inter-university nucleus for research on the digitalization of our society. Its aim is to foster innovative, cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, and to provide outstanding training for talented young scholars.
An interdisciplinary centre linked to the Cluster of Excellence and aims to inspire, initiate, and promote novel collaborations between research networks and institutions in Berlin on cutting-edge projects in chemistry and the molecular life sciences that may, in turn, open new directions for future catalysis.
A network to support mathematical research in selected innovation areas and to establish and strengthen a network structure of excellent joint initiatives in Berlin.
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | Collaborative Research (selection)
BMBF
TU Berlin as with participation of the coordinator TU Berlin
Collaborative BeMobil Research Bernstein Center Research Research Units Training for Computational Centers (SFB): (FOR): 10 Neuroscience Groups: 10 Berlin Big Data 18 Berlin (BCCN)
BerlinHECOR The German Internet Institute Software Campus
and others (e. g. EU Research and Innovation Projects such as Horizon 2020 and FP7)
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | Strategic Partnerships R&D
non-university research institutions, i.a.: industry and private inverstors, i.a.:
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Profile | Entrepreneurship – Start-ups and Spin-offs
• Currently 20 PhD projects
• 35 Tech startups per year
• 150+ Tech startups since 2007 Research & Master‘s Startup • More than 80% of startups are still in business Publications Programs Support
• Labeled as „The Entrepreneurial University - EXIST“ („Die Gründerhochschule“) by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Trainings • Currently No. 2 in GER of EXIST- Universities Inspiration
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation History and Campus
Profile
Teaching
Internationalization Teaching | Facts and figures
Students: 33.577 Doctorates: 499 Post doctoral lecture qualification: 13
Male: Female: 22.517 11.060 (67 %) (33 %)
International students: 8040 (24%)
Degree Programs: more than. 150 Double Degrees: 38 (with universities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Republic of Korea, Poland, Russia, Serbia)
Programs in English: 26
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Teaching | Courses in English
Architecture - Typology, M.Sc. Industrial and Network Economics, M.Sc. Building Sustainability - Management Methods for Information Systems Management, M.Sc. Energy Efficiency, M.B.A. Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Business Engineering Energy, M.Sc. Sustainability (IMES), M.Sc. Computational Neuroscience, M.Sc. IT for Energy, M.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Polymer Science, M.Sc.
Energy Engineering, M.Sc. Process Energy and Environmental Systems Energy Management, M.B.A. Scientific Computing, M.Sc. Engineering Space Engineering, M.Sc. Environmental Planning, M.Sc. Sustainable Mobility Management, M.B.A. European Studies Urban Development, M.Sc. European and International Energy Law, M.B.L. Urban Management, M.Sc. Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, M.Sc. Global Production Engineering, M.Sc. Water Engineering, M.Sc. ICT Innovation, M.Sc.
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Teaching | Study Structure
Professional Life
Doctorate Doctorate Doctorate
Master Master 2-4 semesters 2-4 semesters
Assessment Test for Professional Life PhD
Bachelor 6-8 semesters
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Teaching | Students by subject (Summer 2017)
Natural Sciences & Social and Mathematics economic 6,215 sciences 1,863 Engineering Others Sciences 3,757 23,062 Humanities 1,894
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation History and Campus
Profile
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Internationalization Internationalization | Fields of action
Administration external human resource internal development strategic partnerships exchange
research cooperation Studying & Teaching Research & junior international studies Internationalization academics @ home liaison offices exchange international students int. recruiting Campus El Gouna summer schools Structure student exchange international website double/ dual degrees English forms / calls
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Internationalization | International cooperation
Institutions with an existing student exchanges, dual degree programs or Memorandi of Understanding
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Internationalization | Facts and figures
Student body • 23 % international students
Professorships • 6 % international professors • more than 16 % international research associates
Alumni § award winning alumni network maintains contacts with TU alumni from over 130 countries
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Internationalization | Students by country of origin
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800 1.030 624 600 449
400 321 315 312 301 266 254 201 193 191 188 180 168 155 200 138 135 130 125 118 118 98 88 81 81 67 66 63 63 60 57 57 56 52 51 48 46 45 45 44 0
Iran Italy IndiaSyria Egypt Spain Brazil Nepal Israel Turkey Poland GreeceTunisia Ukraine FranceMe xicoAustria Albania YemenTaiwan Jordan Croatia Vietnam Bulgaria Pakistan Lebanon Romania Hungary Ecuador PR China Indonesia Colombia Cameroon NetherlandsBangladesh Switzerland Afghanistan Korea (South) United States United Kingdom Russian Federation
42 41 40 38 38 35 35 40 33 32 32 31 29 29 28 27 26 25 25 30 21 20 20 19 18 17 16 15 15 14 14 14 14 20 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 11 10 0
Peru Iraq ChileLatvia Libya Serbia Nigeria Japan Kenya Bolivia Ireland Czech… Sudan Georgia PortugalBelarus Sweden CanadaArmenia Belgium Finland Norway Australia Thailand Mo ngolia Mo ro cco Ma laysia DenmarkSlovenia Argentina Lithuania Bosnia and…Palestinian… Venezuela Azerbaijan Ma cedonia Staatenlos Kyrgyzstan Luxembourg Kazakhstan Saudi Arabia
(Winter 17/18, more than 10 students per country)
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Technische Universität | InternationalPage Scientific 30 of 35 Cooperation | December 4, 2017
What most international students study
Physics 182
Civil engineering 241
Architecture 354
Industrial engineering 382 Global production engineering, industrial and 417 network economics
Energy and process technology 449 Mathematics, business mathematics, 524 business information systems
Electrical engineering 543
Mechanical engineering and transportation 802
Computer science and engineering 1.041 Internationalization | Reasons to study at TUB
Importance in percent: 0 % = not important, 100 % = very important
Good reputation of teaching staff To study in German Good rankings of the university Low fees and cost of living Good repuation of the study program Attractiveness of Berlin Good reputation of the university Good reputation of academic studies in Germany Pofessional/scientific focus of study program Profile of the study program
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Importance in percent
Survey among 300 international students in december 2015
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Internationalization | Alumni Network
Worldwide approx. 5000 contacts outside of Germany in 138 countries
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Internationalization | TU Berlin Summer University
Join students from more than 40 countries around the world and take part in our unique, hands-on academic program at the TU Berlin.
We offer courses in both winter and summer for 4 to 10 weeks. Classes are taught in English and participants can earn European Credit Points (ECTS) for their studies.
For programs, topics and applications please visit us at: http://www.tu- berlin.de/summer_university/
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation Internationalization | TU Berlin Summer University
• Total of 204 students(2017) • 42 different countries(2017)
• 3 four-week-terms in summer, one in winter • A total of 18 different courses with innovative topics (e.g. „blue engineering“ 32 other • Cultural activities countries with China; 63 • Participants can achieve up to 13 ECTS less than 4 Mexico; 4 participant; 50 Russia; 4 Turkey; 5
Iran; 5 USA; 32 Brazil; 5 India; 7 Egypt; 7 Germany; 22
Technische Universität Berlin | International Scientific Cooperation
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