Technische Universität Darmstadt

Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt)

Technische Universität Darmstadt
Former names	Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
Type	Public university
Established	1877
President	Hans Jürgen Prömel[]
Academic staff	303 professors and 2400 academic employees
Administrative staff	1850 non-academic employees (administrative and technical) and 169 trainees
Students	25,100
Location	Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany 49°52′30″N 8°39′23″E / 49.874995°N 8.656517°E / 49.874995; 8.656517 (Technische Universität Darmstadt)Coordinates: 49°52′30″N 8°39′23″E / 49.874995°N 8.656517°E / 49.874995; 8.656517 (Technische Universität Darmstadt) (inner city) 49°51′40″N 8°40′50″E / 49.86113°N 8.68056°E / 49.86113; 8.68056 (Technische Universität Darmstadt) (Lichtwiese)
Campus	Urban/Suburban
Affiliations	TU9 German Institutes of Technology e. V EUA (European University Association) CLUSTER (Consortium Linked Universities in Science, Technology Education and Research) CESAER (Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research) TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe), CRE (Association of European Universities CRE-Columbus) EAIE (European Association for International Education) PACE (Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education)
Website	www.tu-darmstadt.de

Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
49°52′30″N 8°39′23″E / 49.874995°N 8.656517°E / 49.874995; 8.656517 (Technische Universität Darmstadt)Coordinates: 49°52′30″N 8°39′23″E / 49.874995°N 8.656517°E / 49.874995; 8.656517 (Technische Universität Darmstadt) (inner city)

The Technische Universität Darmstadt (unofficially Technical University of Darmstadt or Darmstadt University of Technology), commonly referred to as TU Darmstadt is a research university in the city of Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1877 and received the right to award doctorates in 1899. In 1882 it was the first university in the world to set up a chair in electrical engineering, and founded the first faculty for it in 1883.