Technische Universität Berlin

public research university in Berlin, Germany

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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

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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.