TU Graz
| Technische Universität Graz | |
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| Motto | Wissen - Technik - Leidenschaft |
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Motto in English
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Science - Passion - Technology |
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Public university Institute of technology |
| Established | 1811 |
| Rector | Harald Kainz |
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Academic staff
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2,306 |
| Students | 13,454 |
| Location | Graz, Styria, Austria |
| Website | tugraz.at |
The Graz University of Technology (German: Technische Universität Graz, short TU Graz) is one of five universities in Styria, Austria. It was founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria and currently comprises seven faculties. The university is a public university. It offers 18 bachelor's and 33 master's study programmes (of which 14 are in English) across all technology and natural science disciplines. Doctoral training is organised in 14 English-speaking doctoral schools. The university has more than 13,000 students, and approximately 2,000 students graduate every year. Science study programmes are offered in the framework of NAWI Graz together with the University of Graz.
The university has a staff of 3,251. Research areas are combined in five fields of expertise. The university is one of the universities with the highest third-party funding in Austria. In the competence centre programme COMET of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, the university is the most strongly represented Austrian university. The university information system CAMPUSonline, which was developed at the university, is used by the majority of Austrian universities as well as by several other universities in the German-speaking area. Student teams from the university successfully participate in international student competitions in a variety of disciplines.
The TU Graz, the Montanuniversität Leoben and the TU Wien form the network Austrian Universities of Technology (TU Austria) with approximately 47,000 students and 9,000 staff.
The university has multiple campuses, as it is mainly situated on three sites in the city, two in the centre of Graz and one in the southeast of the city.
Campus buildings at the Graz University of Technology
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