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Technische Universität Berlin
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public research university in Berlin, Germany
OverviewAI-generated
Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin or the Berlin Institute of Technology, is an active educational and funding institution located in Berlin, Germany. It was established in 1946, with origins tracing back to 1879. The university operates under the legal name Technische Universität Berlin within the jurisdiction of DE.
The institution has a student population of 35,436 and employs 8,428 individuals. It maintains specific network infrastructure, including IPv4 routing prefix 130.149.0.0/16 and IPv6 routing prefixes 2001:638:809::/48 and 2a01:4f8:131:24::/64. The university is identified by various codes, including the acronym TUB and the ISNI 0000 0001 2292 8254.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, ROR, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- 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.
- Type
- Public
- Established
- 1770 ; 256 years ago ( 1770 ) ( Königliche Bergakademie zu Berlin ) 1799 ( Königliche Bauakademie zu Berlin ) 1879 ( Königlich Technische Hochschule zu Berlin / Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg ) 1946 as Technische Universität Berlin
- Affiliation
- TIME , TU9 , EUA , CESAER , DFG , SEFI , PEGASUS , German Excellence Universities , Berlin University Alliance
- Budget
- EUR 659.3 million (2022)
- President
- Fatma Deniz (since 2026)
- Academic staff
- 3,120
- Administrative staff
- 2,258
- Students
- 35,570
- Campus
- Urban
- Website
- tu.berlin
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1946
- Location
- Berlin, Germany
- Also known as
- TUB, Berlin Institute of Technology, TU Berlin, Technical University of Berlin
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.6734.6 · ISNI 0000 0001 2292 8254
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Technische Universität Berlin
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Berlin
- Elevation
- 47
- Employees
- 7179
- Official website
- www.tu.berlin
- Image
- TU Berlin Hauptgebaeude070710 UlrichDahl.jpg
- Students count
- 35156
- Motto
- Wir haben die Ideen für die Zukunft
Show 22 more facts
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of Technische Universität Berlin
- P8168
- Cornwallis Island
- different from
- HTW Berlin
- IPv6 routing prefix
- 2a01:4f8:131:24::/64
- Commons category
- Technische Universität Berlin
- topic's main category
- Category:Technische Universität Berlin
- inception
- 1879-04-01
- Commons gallery
- Technische Universität Berlin
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Technische Universität Berlin alumni
- IPv4 routing prefix
- 130.149.0.0/16
- grants
- habilitation
- native label
- Technische Universität Berlin
- budget
- 563200000
- social media followers
- 9420
- postal code
- 10623
- official map URL
- www.tu.berlin/en/studying/university-life/campus-map
- located on street
- Straße des 17. Juni
- P12674
- Lilius Bratton Rainey
- P12749
- New Britain
- official shop URL
- tu-berlin-shop.com
- hashtag
- TUBerlin
- short name
- TU
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Encyclopedic overview
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 (meaning '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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Technische Universität Berlin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.