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TU Wien
Sign in to saveAlso known as Technische Universität Wien, TUW, Vienna University of Technology, TU Vienna, Technischen Universität Wien, Technical University of Vienna
university of technology in Vienna, Austria
Key facts
- Motto
- Technik für Menschen
- Motto in english
- Technology for people
- Type
- Public
- Established
- November 6, 1815 ; 210 years ago ( 1815-11-06 )
- Founder
- Emperor Francis I of Austria
- Affiliation
- ATHENS EUA EURECOM TIME
- Budget
- €271 million (2019)
- Rector
- Jens Schneider
- Academic staff
- 4,228 (2020)
- Administrative staff
- 1,271 (2020)
- Students
- 26,654 (2021)
- Location
- Vienna , Austria
- Campus
- Urban
- Website
- tuwien.at
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1815
- Location
- Vienna, Austria
- Also known as
- TUW, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna University of Technology
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.5329.d · ISNI 0000 0004 1937 0669
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public university
- Country
- Austria
- Located in
- Vienna
- Elevation
- 181
- Founded by
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Official website
- www.tuwien.at
- Image
- Technische Universität Wien mainbuilding mainentrance northview.jpg
- Students count
- 29341
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- Commons category
- TU Wien
- topic's main category
- Category:TU Wien
- social media followers
- 10748
- inception
- 1815-01-01
- Commons gallery
- Technische Universität Wien
- language used
- German
- IPv4 routing prefix
- 193.170.79.0/24
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:TU Wien alumni
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Academic staff of TU Wien
- street address
- Karlsplatz 12-13, 1040 Wien
- code
- E
- native label
- Technische Universität Wien
- phone number
- +43-1-58801-0
- fax number
- +43-1-58801-41275
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- short name
- TUW
- P12749
- USS Sennet
- ranking
- 190
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute (now the TU Wien) in 1823 The main building of the Vienna at the Karlsplatz in 1825 Main building of the TU Wien in 2012 TU Wien (German: Technische Universität Wien) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria.
The university's teaching and research are focused on engineering, computer science, and natural sciences. It currently has about 28,100 students (29% women), eight faculties, and about 5,000 staff members (3,800 academics).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TU Wien” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.