Technische Universität Ilmenau

Last updated • 6 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Ilmenau University of Technology
Technische Universität Ilmenau
TU Ilmenau Logo black green.svg
MottoThe Spirit of Science
Type Public
Established1894 (1894) [1]
Budget€ 124.2 million [2]
Academic staff
778 [3]
Students4,889 [3]
Location
Ilmenau
,
Thuringia
,
Germany

50°40′54″N10°56′20″E / 50.68167°N 10.93889°E / 50.68167; 10.93889
AthleticsGymnastics, Varsity Football, Men's and Women's Basketball, Swimming, Diving, Field Hockey, Soccer, Track and Field
Colors Green and White
Website www.tu-ilmenau.de

The Technische Universität Ilmenau (Ilmenau University of Technology, TU Ilmenau) is a German public research university located in Ilmenau, Thuringia, central Germany. Founded in 1894, it has five academic departments (faculties) with about 4,900 students. [3] Teaching and research are focused on the fields of technology (including computer science), mathematics and natural sciences, business and media. [1]

Contents

Introduction

Background

Research and education at the Technische Universität Ilmenau is focused on engineering with strong links to economics and natural sciences. It is the only university in the federal state of Thüringen with the title "Technische Universität". The university began its life in 1894 as the "Thüringisches Technikum", a private training college. This took on the status of "Hochschule für Elektrotechnik" (HfE) before becoming a "Technische Hochschule" (TH) and in 1992 being accorded the title of "Technische Universität" (TU).

The Humboldt building at the Technische Universitat Ilmenau. Uni nav.jpg
The Humboldt building at the Technische Universität Ilmenau.

Academics

TU Ilmenau offers degrees in technology, science, economics and media. These all also form part of the interdisciplinary media subjects which are a more recent development and combine technology, economics, law and social studies.

The 4,900 students (2021/22) include about 1,700 who come from around 100 nations outside Germany. [3] The courses they take lead to bachelor's and/or master's degrees in which the subjects tend to be drawn from a number of disciplines within the overall groups of engineering, mathematics with science, and economics with social studies.

Among the distinguishing features of the TU Ilmenau are personal care for students from professors, tutors and student mentors; a campus with modern buildings only short distances apart; a variety of social activities and social support; many student associations as well as diverse cultural and sports activities.

The Fraunhofer Institute of Digital Media Technology (IDMT) is located near the TU Ilmenau campus. It is well known for their audio processing technology, media compression, and video processing teams.

Ilmenau Uni.gif
University

Departments

Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology has its roots in the Faculties of Heavy Current Technology and Light Current Technology of the erstwhile engineering college, the "Hochschule für Elektrotechnik" (HfE). It comprises four institutes as well as the Inter-Faculty Institute for Materials Technology and is in charge of the following graduate courses of study: Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Media Technology, Communications and Signal Processing, as well as the further education course of Telecommunications Manager. The inventor of the MP3 music encoding format Karlheinz Brandenburg is one of the professors at this Faculty.

Department of Computer Science and Automation

The Department of Computer Science and Automation has its roots in the Institutes of Control Engineering and Electromedical and Radiological of the HfE as well as in the scientific fields of Engineering Informatics and Computer Engineering of the former TH Ilmenau. This faculty has five institutes including 20 departments and the junior professorship "Automation Technology" and is in charge of the course of study of "Biomedical Engineering", "Computer Science", "Computer Engineering" and "Technical Cybernetics and Systems Theory".

Department of Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Mechanical Engineering was founded as Faculty of Precision Mechanics and Optics at the HfE. It comprises 19 departments as well as the junior professorship "Design of mechatronics drives" and is in charge of the graduate courses of study of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Automotive Engineering, Optronics, Teacher Training for Vocational School and Materials Science taught at the Inter-Faculty Institute for Materials Technology. Complementary further-education courses offered include Applications of Light and Innovative Engineering Design for Industrial Machinery and Equipment (shared course with the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena).

Department of Mathematics and Natural Science

The Department of Mathematics and Natural Science has emerged from the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Science and Technical Basic Sciences of the HfE. At present, it comprises the Institutes of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biotechnique as well as Media and Communications. It is in charge of the graduate courses of study of Mathematics, Technical Physics and Applied Media Science. Furthermore, it is responsible for the basic training of the students required for other courses of study in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Department of Economic Sciences and Media

The Department of Economic Sciences and Media opened in 1990/91 is the youngest of all faculties at the university. The course of study of Business Informatics has been offered since 1988, and in 1990, the course of study of Industrial Engineering and Management was added. This faculty has four institutes including 15 departments and is in charge of the graduate courses of study of Commercial Information Technology, Industrial Engineering and Management and Media Economics. In the field of further education, it is responsible for the postgraduate course of Economic and Technical Information.

Research

The Newtonbau building at the Technische Universitat Ilmenau. Newtonbau Technische Universitat Ilmenau.jpg
The Newtonbau building at the Technische Universität Ilmenau.

Research in Ilmenau is carried out at all stages: theory, application of the theory, prototype testing and transfer to industrial application. Because the TU relies upon interdisciplinary work across faculty boundaries, and brings together many skills thereby, the following highly competitive research activities have been established:

The university has a major centre contributing greatly to its research performance, the ZMN, Centre for Micro- and Nanotechnology. So that results achieved in applied research can be transferred rapidly to industrial use, and so that spin-off companies are founded by the university and new partners found for collaborative projects, the university has set up public-private partnerships on new models, with the university taking a seat on the management boards of industrial companies. This concept is underlain by the entities known as "TU Ilmenau Service GmbH" and the "Technologiegesellschaft Thüringen mbH & Co. KG".

The university is actively participating in the restructuring and development of the region ("Technologieregion Ilmenau-Arnstadt"). It also contributes to regional planning with its thinking on the encouragement of a high-tech periphery to the campus itself. There is a large number of innovative technological companies which have taken root in the immediate area of the university. With the "Energietechnisches Zentrum Thüringen" (Energy Engineering Centre for Thuringia), the TU Ilmenau is also steering its research strategy into energy engineering. Here the intention is to unite the academic strength of the university in energy engineering and management with the interest of other Thuringian enterprises and institutes.

Rankings

University rankings
Overall – Global & National
QS World[ citation needed ]
THE World2024 [4] 1001-1200 49
ARWU World[ citation needed ]
QS Europe[ citation needed ]
QS Employability[ citation needed ]
THE Employability[ citation needed ]

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2024, the university is placed at 1001-1200 globally and 49th within the country. [4]

National and international networking

The Technische Universität Ilmenau is an active partner in the scientific-technological and economic promotion of the Ilmenau Technological Development Area. In addition to this, it seeks to gain a wider reputation on both a national and international scale. Considering educational export as one its main tasks, the university supports the international exchange of its students and collaborators on the basis of programmes set up for this purpose.
The Technische Universität Ilmenau strives to increase the number of foreign students and therefore promotes the cultural education as an important aspect of an ever increasing international competence requested.
Every two years the Initiative Solidarische Welt Ilmenau e.V. hosts ISWI (International Student Week Ilmenau) at the TU Ilmenau. It is an international conference for students from all around the world. It aims to foster tolerance, understanding among nations and an international attitude. The TU Ilmenau runs we4you, which is an organization to help and welcome international students in Ilmenau.

TU Ilmenau in Thuringian scientific and technological culture

The university is the most important employer in Ilmenau. It is one of the four universities in Thuringia, the others being the University of Erfurt, the Bauhaus University of Weimar, and the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. It is now the most important centre of science in Thuringia, and intensive cooperations with the TU Ilmenau occur.

People

Faculty

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen</span>

The Technische HochschuleMittelhessen University of Applied Sciences is a German Fachhochschule for bachelor's and master's studies in the cities of Giessen, Friedberg, and Wetzlar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Technische Universität Berlin</span> Public university in Berlin, Germany

Technische Universität Berlin is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first German university to adopt the name "Technische Universität".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Technical University of Munich</span> Public research university in Munich, Germany

The Technical University of Munich is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leibniz University Hannover</span> Public university in Hannover, Germany

Leibniz University Hannover, also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six periods of renaming, its most recent in 2006.

TU Dresden, also as the Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony and one of the 10 largest universities in Germany with 32,389 students as of 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Graz University of Technology</span> Institute of technology in Austria

Graz University of Technology is a public research university located in Styria, Austria. It was founded in 1811 by Archduke John of Austria and is the oldest science and technology research and educational institute in Austria. It currently comprises seven faculties and is a public university. It offers 19 bachelor's and 36 master's study programmes across all technology and natural sciences disciplines. Doctoral training is organised in 14 English-speaking doctoral schools. The university has more than 17,000 students, and around 1,900 students graduate every year. The Graz University of Technology and the University of Graz co-operate in teaching and research of natural sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">TU Wien</span> University in Vienna, Austria

The Vienna University of Technology is a public research university in Vienna, Austria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Technische Universität Darmstadt</span> Public university in Darmstadt, Germany

The Technische Universität Darmstadt, commonly known 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. In 1883, the university founded the first faculty of electrical engineering and introduced the world's first degree course in electrical engineering. In 2004, it became the first German university to be declared as an autonomous university. TU Darmstadt has assumed a pioneering role in Germany. Computer science, electrical engineering, artificial intelligence, mechatronics, business informatics, political science and many more courses were introduced as scientific disciplines in Germany by Darmstadt faculty.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Technical University of Braunschweig</span> University in Germany

The Technical University of Braunschweig, commonly referred to as TU Braunschweig, is the oldest Technische Universität in Germany. It was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum and is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the most renowned and largest German institutes of technology. It is commonly ranked among the top universities for engineering in Germany. TU Braunschweig's research profile is very interdisciplinary, but with a focus on aeronautics, vehicle engineering including autonomous driving and electric mobility, manufacturing, life sciences, and metrology. Research is conducted in close collaboration with external organizations such as the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, several Fraunhofer Institutes, and Germany's national metrology institute (PTB), among many others. As one of very few research institutions of its type in the world, the university has its own research airport.

The Hamburg University of Technology is a research university in Germany. The university was founded in 1978 and in 1982/83 lecturing followed. Around 100 senior lecturers/professors and 1,475 members of staff work at the TUHH.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Technical University of Dortmund</span> University in Dortmund, Germany

TU Dortmund University is a technical university in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with over 35,000 students, and over 6,000 staff including 300 professors, offering around 80 Bachelor's and master's degree programs. It is situated in the Ruhr area, the fourth largest urban area in Europe. The university pioneered the Internet in Germany, and contributed to machine learning.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">National Polytechnic University of Armenia</span> Public university in Yerevan, Armenia

The National Polytechnic University of Armenia is a technical university located in Yerevan, Armenia. Established as the Karl Marx Institute of Polytechnic in 1933, it provides educational and research programs in various fields of technology and science related to engineering. The university includes a central campus in Yerevan and branch campuses located in Gyumri, Vanadzor and Kapan. Currently there are more than 8,000 students and more than 750 faculty members.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clausthal University of Technology</span> German university

The Clausthal University of Technology is an institute of technology in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany. The small public university is regularly ranked among the Top German universities in engineering by CHE University Rankings. More than 30% of students and 20% of academic staff come from abroad, making it one of the most international universities in Germany. The university is best known for the prominent corporate leaders among its former students.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Technical University of Kaiserslautern</span>

Technical University of Kaiserslautern was a public research university in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karlsruhe Institute of Technology</span> Public university in Karlsruhe, Germany

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is both a German public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kazan National Research Technical University</span>

The Kazan National Research Technical University was established in 1932. Until recently, it was known as Kazan Aviation Institute. In 1973, the institute was named after Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev, the aircraft designer. In 1992, it got the status of State Technical University. The Kazan National Research Technical University teaches about 25,000 students on 65 majors in Engineering, Business and Humanitarian Sciences by the university faculty body of 1,800 persons, including 150 Full Professors & Doctor of Science degree holders, 600 Associate Professors & Ph.D. degree holders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt</span> Technical university in Germany

The Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt is a technical university in Germany, which was founded originally in 1807, and was restructured during 1971. The university is among the applied sciences universities in Germany with over 150 partner universities worldwide. The university is located in Bavaria with campuses in Würzburg and Schweinfurt.

Technische Hochschule „Carl Schorlemmer“ Leuna-Merseburg, abbreviated: THLM was an institution of tertiary education in the city of Merseburg in today's Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded on 1 September 1954 as Technische Hochschule für Chemie Leuna-Merseburg (THC) and closed on 31 March 1993. Hochschule Merseburg was founded on the grounds of THLM in 1992.

The Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (etit) is a department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt. It was the first faculty of electrical engineering in the world and offered the first course of study in electrical engineering.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Department of Computer Science of TU Darmstadt</span> Department of Computer Science of the Technische Universität Darmstadt

The Department of Computer Science is a department of the Technische Universität Darmstadt. With a total of 36 professorships and about 3,700 students in 12 study courses, the Department of Computer Science is the largest department of the university. The department shapes the two research profile areas "Cybersecurity (CYSEC)" and "Internet and Digitization (InDi)" of the university.

References

  1. 1 2 "Portrait and Mission Statement". Technische Universität Ilmenau. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bericht des Rektors 2014/2015" (PDF) (in German). Technische Universität Ilmenau. p. 185. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Facts and Figures". Technische Universität Ilmenau. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. 1 2 "World University Rankings 2024". Times Higher Education World University Rankings . 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.