Technology for PeopleVienna University of Technology at a Glance

History | Alumni | Research Teaching | Mobility | Organisation | Location Beyond Technology | Facts & Figures

Overview

History

Alumni

Research • Focus Points

• Cooperations

• Infrastructure

• EU Framework Programme

• Third Party Funds Development

• Awards & Grants

Studies • Bachelor Programmes

• Master Programmes

• Teacher Trainings

• Doctoral Programmes

• First Admissions

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Mobility

Organisation• Management

• Faculties/Institutes

Location

Beyond Technology

Facts & Figures

History

1815: Founded as „k. k. polytechnisches Institut"

1865: First reform

restructuring, implementation of faculties, concentration on technological disciplines)

1872: Renamed to „k. k. Technische Hochschule" (TH) new organisational statute (lasts until 1945)

1902: First doctorates awarded

1919: Admission for women

1975: Renamed to „Technische Universität" (TU)

1999: Implementation of University Act ´93

2004: Autonomy through University Act ´02

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Alumni 1/2

Richard ZsigmondyNobel laureate Chemistry

Franz Viehböck(astronaut)

Electrical Engineering

Luis Trenker(alpinist)

Architecture

Gebrüder Strauss(composers)

Josef – Civil Engineering

Johann – Business Administration

Rudolph Steiner(antroposopher)

Teacher training:

Mathematics and Science

Christian Doppler(Doppler-Effect)

Physics, Mathematics 4

Alumni 2/2

Herbert Boeckl(painter)

Architecture

Viktor Kaplan(Kaplan-Turbine)

Mechanical Engineering

Boris Nemsic(manager)

Electrical Engineering

Fritz Lang(film director)

Civil Engineering

Susanna Zapreva(manager)

Electrical Engineering

Ingeborg

Hochmair-Desoyer(researcher)

Electrical Engineering 5

Research

Five Research Focus Points:

• Computational Science and Engineering

• Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies

• Materials and Matter

• Information and Communication Technology

• Energy and Environment

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Research

Cooperation | Overview

• On campus • Cooperation centres connecting faculties

• TU doctoral programmes

• With Austrian universities • TU Austria (Graz University of Technology, University of Leoben)

• Vienna Scientific Cluster (University of Vienna, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences)

• Bi- und multilateral• Christian Doppler-Labors

• FWF doctoral programmes

• National research networks of the FWF

• Special research fields of the FWF

• COMET programmes of the FFG

• Economy

7FWF = Austrian Science Fund; FFG = Austrian Research Promotion Agency

Research

Cooperation | Christian Doppler Labors

• Early stages of precipitation: 2007 - 2014

• Ferroic materials: 2008 - 2014

• Wireless technologies for sustainable mobility: 2009 - 2016

• Model based calibration methods: 2010 - 2016

• Portfolio risk management: 2006 - 2012

• Software engineering integration for flexible automation systems: 2010 - 2016

• Spatial data from laser scanning and remote sensing: 2003 - 2010

• Reliability issues in microelectronics: 2010 - 2016

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Research

Cooperation | Doctoral Programmes

TU Vienna:

• AB-Tec Applied Bioscience Technology

• Computational Perception

• Energy Systems 2030

• Functional Matter

• Mathematical Logic in Computer Science

• Partial differential equations

FWF:

• Complex Quantum Systems

• Computational Materials Science

• Models of differential equation in research and technology

• Water Ressource Systems 9

Research

Cooperation | National Research Networks (NFN) sponsored by the FWF:

•Analytic Combinatorics and Probabilistic Number Theory

•Industrial Geometry

•High Performance Bulk Nanostructured Materials

•Nanoscience on Surfaces

•Signal and Information Processing in Science and Engineering (sub-project with the Telecommunications Research Center Vienna )

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Research

Cooperation | Special Research Areas (SFB) sponsored by the FWF:

•ADLIS - Advanced Light Sources: Spectroscopy with Ultrashort Pulses from T-Rays to X-Rays

•IR-ON – Nanostructures for Infrared Photonics

•ViCoM - Vienna Computational Materials Laboratory

•FoQuS - Foundations and Applications of Quantum Science

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Research

K2-Centres:• ACIB - Austrian Center of Industrial Biotechnology

• K2-Mobility - K2-Mobility SVT sustainable vehicle technologies

• MPPE - Integrated Research in Materials, Processing and Product Engineering

• XTribology - Excellence Center of Tribology

K1-Centres:• ACMIT - Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and

Technology

• Bioenergy 2020+

• CEST Centre of Excellence in Electrochemical Surface Technoloy and Materials

• CTR - Carinthian Tech Research - Competence Center for Advanced Sensor Technologies

• FTW - Competence Center for Information and Communication Technologies

• K1-MET - Competence Center for Excellent Technologies in Advanced Metallurgical and Environmental Process Development

• PCCL-K1 - Competence Center in Polymer Engineering and Science

• SBA 2 - Secure Business Austria 2

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• VRVis - Visualization, Rendering and Visual Analysis Research Center

• Wood COMET – Centre of Excellence for Wood Composite Materials and Wood Chemstry

K-Projekte:• AdvAluE - Advanced Aluminium Applications within

ECO Transport

• ECV - Embedded Computer Vision, Link

• FFT - Future Farm Technology

• HFA-TiMBER - Timber in Material, Building and Environmental Research

• JOIN4+ - Network of Excellence for Joining Technologies JOIN 4+

• Micromat - Reliability and Lifetime of Material Interconnects in Electronics

• MPPF - Multifunctional Plug & Play Facade

• PAC - Process Analytical Chemistry - Data Acquisition and Data Processing

• ProDSS - Integrated Decision Support Systems for Industrial Processes

• Softnet II - Competence Network in Next Generation Software Engineering

• ZPT - K-Project non-destructive Testing and Tomography

Cooperation | COMET Programmes

Research

Infrastructure

• DMQT (Designed Matter & Quantum Technologies)

• MCC (Materials Characterization Center)

• X-ray Center

• Surface Analytics Science Center

• USTEM (Center for Electron Microscopy)

• RES (Robust Embedded Systems)

• Low Temperature Facilities

• TRIGA Mark-II (Reactor)

• Vienna Scientific Cluster (High Performance Computing)

• ZMNS (Center for Micro- and Nanostructures)

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Research

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EU Framework Programme

Research

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Third Party Funds Development

Research

Awards & Grants

• Winners of the Wittgenstein-Award • 1997: Erich Gornik – Semiconductor nanoelectronics

• 1998: Georg Gottlob – Information systems and artificial intelligence

• 1998: Walter Schachermayer – Stochastic processes in actuarial mathematics

• 2002: Ferenc Krausz – Quantum optics: ultra fast processes, strong field phenomena

• 2006: Jörg Schmiedmayer – Atomic physics, quantum optics, miniaturisation / chip technology

• ERC-Grants• Silke Bühler-Paschen – Quantum Criticality: The Puzzle of Multiple Energy Scales

• Georg Gottlob – Domain-centric Intelligent Automated Data Extraction Methodology

• Christian Hellmich – Multiscale poro-micromechanics of bone materials, with links to biology and medicine

• Thorsten Schumm – Nuclear Atomic Clock

• Siegfried Selberherr – Modeling Silicon Spintronics

• Stefan Szeider – The Parameterized Complexity of Reasoning Problems

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Teaching

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Teaching at TU Vienna

The education offered by the TU Vienna is rewarded by high international and domestic recognition. The chances for graduates for getting an attractive employment are very prosperous. The high demand for graduates of the TU Vienna from economy and industry,governmental as well as research institutions are manifest evidence for this.

Wide Range of Studies

The TU Vienna offers 19 bachelor-, 43 master-, 5 teacher training and 3 doctoral programmes.Since October 1, 2006, the study programmes have been taught as bachelor and master programmes, according to the Bologna process.

Teaching

ArchitectureArchitecture (033 243)

Civil EngineeringCivil Engineering and Management of

Infrastructure (033 265)

Electrical Engineering and Information

TechnologyElectrical Engineering and Information

Technology (033 235)

Computer SciencesMedia Informatics (033 532)

Medical Informatics (033 533)

Software & Information Engineering (033 534)

Computer Engineering (033 535)

Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Engineering (033 245)

Regional Planning and DevelopmentRegional Planning and Development (033 240)

Technical ChemistryTechnical Chemistry (033 290)

Technical MathematicsMathematics in Science and Technology (033 202)

Statistics and Mathematics in Economics (033 203)

Mathematics in Computer Science (033 204)

Financial and Actuarial Mathematics (033 205)

Technical PhysicsTechnical Physics (033 261)

Chemical and Process EngineeringChemical and Process Engineering (033 273)

Surveying and GeoinformationGeodesy and Geomatics Engineering (033 221)

Business InformaticsBusiness Informatics (033 526)

Mechanical Engineering - EconomicsMechanical Engineering - Management (033 282)

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Studies | Bachelor Programmes

Teaching

ArchitectureArchitecture (066 443)

Building Science and Technology (066 444)

Civil EngineeringCivil Engineering - Structural Engineering (066 465)

Civil Engineering - Building Management

and Geoengineering (066 466)

Civil Engineering - Infrastructure Planning

and Management (066 467)

Biomedical EngineeringBiomedical Engineering (066 453)

Electrical EngineeringEnergy Engineering (066 435)

Automation Technology (066 436)

Telecommunication (066 437)

Computer Technology (066 438)

Microelectronics (066 439)

Computer SciencesComputational Intelligence (066 931)

Visual Computing (066 932)

Information & Knowledge Management (066 933)

Media Informatics (066 935)

Medical Informatics (066 936)

Software Engineering & Internet Computing (066 937)

Computer Engineering (066 938)

Business Engineering and Computer Science (066 939)

Didactic for Informatics (066 950)

Materials SciencesMaterials Sciences (066 434)

Regional PlanningRegional Planning and Development (066 440)

Chemical and Process EngineeringChemical and Process Engineering (066 473)

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Studies | Master Programmes 1/2

Programm code in parentheses

Teaching

Technical ChemistryTechnical Chemistry – Synthesis (066 491)

Technical Chemistry - Materials Technology and Materials Analytics (066 492)

Technical Chemistry - Materials Chemistry

(066 493)

Technical Chemistry - Chemical Process Engineering (066 494)

Technical Chemistry - Biotechnology and Bio-analytics (066 495)

Technical MathematicsMathematics (066 400)

Statistics (066 401)

Mathematics in Science and Technology (066 402)

Mathematics in Economics (066 403)

Mathematics in Computer Science (066 404)

Financial and Actuarial Mathematics (066 405)

Technical PhysicsPhysical Energy and Measurement Engineering

(066 460)

Technical Physics (066 461)

Surveying and GeoinformationSurvey and Land Registration (066 462)

Geodesy and Geophysics (066 463)

Geomatics Engineering and Cartography (066 464)

Business InformaticsBusiness Informatics (066 926)

Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Engineering (066 445)

Mechanical Engineering - EconomicsMechanical Engineering – Management (066 482)

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Studies | Master Programmes 2/2

Programm code in parentheses

Teaching

After finishing a master programme (or a similar degree) there is the possibility of a doctoral programme:

•Doctoral Programme in Technical Sciences („Dr. techn.“)

•Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences („Dr. rer.nat.“)

•Doctoral Programme in Social and Economic Sciences („Dr. rer.soc.oec.“)

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Studies | Doctoral Programmes

Teaching

The following teaching subjects can be studied at Vienna University of Technology:

•Mathematics (E406)

•Descriptive Geometry (E407)

•Physics (E412)

•Chemistry (E423)

•IT and IT Management (E884)

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Studies | Teacher Training

Teaching

Programme absolute relative (%)

Architecture 912 19,9

Civil Engineering 314 6,9

Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

397 8,7

Informatics 857 18,7

Mechanical Engineering 310 6,8

Regional Planning and Development 188 4,1

Technical Chemistry 211 4,6

First Admissions: Bachelor Programmes 1/2

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Teaching

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Programme absolute relative (in%)

Technical Mathematics 291 6,4

Technical Physics 280 6,1

Chemical and Process Engineering 108 2,4

Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering

62 1,4

Business Informatics 186 4,1

Mechanical Engineering - Economics

305 6,7

Teacher training 161 3,5

Source: https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/statistik/public_lehre/inskriptionen_pro_studienrichtung

First Admissions: Bachelor Programmes 2/2

Mobility

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Membership in international associations:

•EUA (European University Association)

•SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education)

•CESAER (Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education)

•IACEE (International Association for Continuing Engineering Education)

•TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe)

•GE4 (Global Education for European Engineers and Entrepreneurs)

International cooperations and mobility

Partner universities The TU Vienna has bilateral agreements with more than 80 universities around the world.

Membership in academic networks:

•ASEA-Uninet (Southeast Asia)

•Eurasia-Pacific Uninet (China, Central Asia, Russia)

•ATHENS (Advanced Technology Higher Education Network)

•4 x TU (TU Bratislava, TU Budapest, TU Prag, TU Wien)

•Technical Universities of European Capitals

Mobility

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Membership in international subject-specific academic networks:

•EUPEN (European Physics Education Network)

•ECTN (European Chemistry Thematic Network)

•LE:NOTRE (Thematic Network in Landscape Architecture)

Mobility and scholarship programmes:

•ERASMUS (Mobility of students and teaching staff: EEA-countries,250 bilateral agreements )

•ERASMUS Mundus (Mobility of students, graduate students, teaching staff: Russia)

• Joint Study (Mobility of students: USA, CAN, Australia, Latin America, Russia, Southeast Asia)

• CEEPUS (Mobility of students and teaching staff: East and Southeast Europe)

International Study Programmes:

• European Masters Programme in Computational Logic (Erasmus Mundus)

• Double-, Joint-Degrees: Ecoles Centrales, INSA Lyon, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Politecnico di Milano, UACG Sofia, Tongji University, Shanghai

• Master Programmes taught in English: Biomedical Engineering, Building Science and Technology

• TUW-Summer University

Organisation

Management 1/2

The University is led by the Rector and four Vice Rectors responsible for Research, Academic Affairs, Financial Management and Controlling and Infrastructure and Development:

• Peter SkalickyRector

• Sabine SeidlerVice Rector for Research

• Adalbert PrechtlVice Rector for Academic Affairs

• Gerhard SchimakVice Rector for Infrastructure and Development

• Paul JankowitschVice Rector for Financial Management and Controlling

The Senate is the supreme collegial board, which consists of 26 members – professors, representatives of the mid-level faculty, non-scientific staff and students.

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Organisation

Management 2/2

The University Council consists of seven members from economy and science. It acts as a supervisory board:

• Siegfried SellitschChairman; CEO (retired) Wiener Städtische Allgemeine Versicherung AG

• Othmar PühringerAssociate chairman; CEO (retired) VA Technologie AG

• Albert Hochleitner CEO (retired) Siemens AG Österreich

• Johannes KhinastMarie-Curie-Chairprofessor, TU Graz

• Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla Scientific Director/Chief Executive, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin

• Hannelore SexlConsultant of the Austrian Academy of Science

• Gabriele Zuna-KratkyManager Technisches Museum Wien

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Organisation

Faculty Bachelor + Master Programmes

Institutes

Architecture and Planning 2 + 3 6

Civil Engineering 1 + 3 8

Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

1 + 5 9

Informatics 4 + 11 7

Mechanical and Industrial Engineering 2 + 2 9

Mathematics and Geoinformation 5 + 9 7

Physics 1 + 2 4

Technical Chemistry 1 + 5 4

(interdisciplinary) 1 + 3 -

Total 19 + 43 54

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Faculties

Location

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Beyond Technology

TU Orchester Since1984, international concert tours.

TU BallVienna‘s oldest ball (originally called "Technikerkränzchen" in 1815)

takes place in Vienna Hofburg, every last Thursday in January.

TU-Forum Topics with up to date, divisive content and technical background.

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TUW Racing Team Students design and build a racing car and take part in international formula-student competitions.

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Facts & Figures 1/2

Finances*

272 Mio. € turnover

234 Mio. € balance sheet total

59 Mio. € third party funds**

Rooms**

> 9.000 rooms

190.000 m² total area

Staff*

152 professors

1.900 scientific staff

1.040 non-scientific staff

1.013 lecturers, teaching assistants and tutors

4.105 total staff

32Sources: * Balance of Accounts 2009 **respectivly Intellectual Capital Report: Ref.No. II.2.11 respectivly IV.2.5.

Facts & Figures 2/2

Library*

1,36 Mio. book stocks

100.854 borrowing

Students**

23.438

thereof 23,9% foreigners

thereof 25,1% women

Alumni***

2.330 first and second degrees

thereof 884 bachelor programmes

thereof 431 master programmes

thereof 779 diploma programmes

thereof 236 doctoral programmes

33Sources: * Library (2009) and www.bmwf.gv.at/unidata: **28.02.2010, ***Academic year 2008/09