1. Technology for People TU Wien at a Glance History | Alumni | Research
Teaching | Mobility | Organisation | Location culTUre | TU Life | Facts & Figures

2. Overview History Alumni Research Teaching Mobility Organisation
Focus Points
Cooperations
Infrastructure
EU Framework Programme
Awards & Grants
Teaching
Bachelor Programmes
Master Programmes
Doctoral Programmes
Facts
Mobility
Organisation
Management
Faculties
Location
culTUre TU Life
Facts & Figures

3. History
1815: Founded as „k. k. polytechnisches Institut" 1865: First reform restructuring, implementation of faculties, concentration on technological disciplines) 1872: Renamed to „k. k. Technische Hochschule" (TH) new organisational statute (lasts until 1945) 1902: First doctorates awarded 1919: Admission for women 1975: Renamed to „Technische Universität" (TU) 1999: Implementation of University Act ´ : Autonomy through University Act ´ : Decision to remain at the current city location 2011: First female Rector 2015: 200-year-anniversary

4. 200 years of forward-thinking
History
200 years TU Wien:
200 years of forward-thinking
In 2015, the TU Wien celebrated its 200th anniversary. Founded as ‘k. k. polytechnisches Institut’ (‘Imperial and Royal Polytechnical Institute’), TU Wien is a center for research, teaching and learning under the banner of progress. Throughout the past two centuries, researchers at TU Wien have made a lasting contribution to shaping the future of Austria and Europe.

5. Alumni 1/2
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Among the most famous of graduates from TU Wien are Christian Doppler (Doppler effect, [1]), Joseph Loschmidt (Loschmidt constant), architect Otto Wagner, Nobel Prizewinner for Chemistry Richard Zsigmondy [2], Viktor Kaplan (Kaplan turbine, [3]), Alexander Meissner (vacuum tube amplifier), computer pioneer Heinz Zemanek (first complete transistorised computer in Europe, known as “Mailüfterl”, [4]), Gottfried Ungerböck (trellis modulation) as well as composers Josef and Johann Strauß [5], author Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando and the founder of anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner.

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Successful alumni from more recent times include Franz Viehböck (first Austrian astronaut, [1]), Wolfgang Anzengruber (CEO of Verbund, [2]), Susanna Zapreva (CEO of Stadtwerke Hannover AG, [3]), Theresia Vogel (CEO of Austrian Federal government climate and energy funding, [4]), Ingeborg Hochmair-Desoyer (cochlea implants, [5]), Manfred Matzinger-Leopold (Director of Austrian Mint) and Judith Engel (Project Manager for the Vienna Central Station Rail Infrastructure, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG ).
Bilder: © [1] ESA, [2] Verbund, [3] enercity, [4] Klimafonds/Ringhofer, [5] Edith.mitschnigg | CC 3.0

7. Research Five Research Focus Points:
Computational Science and Engineering
Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies
Materials and Matter
Information and Communication Technology
Energy and Environment
Additional Fields of Research:

8. Research Cooperation | Overview 1/2 On campus
Cooperation & research centres connecting faculties
TU doctoral programmes
With Austrian universities
TU Austria (Graz University of Technology, University of Leoben)
Vienna Scientific Cluster (University of Vienna, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, University of Innsbruck, Graz University of Technology, University of Leoben, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt)

9. Research Cooperation | Overview 2/2 Bi- und multilateral Economy
Christian Doppler-Labors
FWF doctoral programmes
National research networks of the FWF
Special research fields of the FWF
COMET programmes of the FFG
Laura Bassi Center
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
Economy
FWF = Austrian Science Fund; FFG = Austrian Research Promotion Agency

10. Research Cooperation | Christian Doppler Labors 1/2
Anthropogenic Resources
Application Oriented Coating Development
Wireless technologies for sustainable mobility
Metal-supported Electrochemical Energy Converters
Mechanistic and physiological Methods for more productive Bioprocesses
Model based calibration methods
Photopolymers in digital and reconstructive Dentistry
Software engineering integration for flexible automation systems

11. Research Cooperation | Christian Doppler Labors 2/2
Reliability issues in microelectronics
Thermoelectricity
Magnetic sensors and manterials
Model-Based Process Control in the Steel Industry
Lifespan and reliability of interfaces in complex multi-layered structures in electronics
High Performance TCAD
Precision technology for automated in-line measurement
Interfaces in Metal-Supported Electrochemical Energy Converters
Dependable Wireless Connectivity for the Society in Motion

12. Research Cooperation | Doctoral Programmes 1/2 TU Wien:
Catalysis Materials and Technology
Vienna Graduate School on Computational Materials Science
Adaptive Distributed Systems
Environmental Informatics
MEIBio Molecular and Elemental Imaging in Bioscience
EWARD Energiebewusste Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung
URBEM Urban Energy and Mobility Systems
CPPS (Cyber-Physical Production Systems)
Computational Design
BIOINTERFACE - Frontier Research in Nanotechnology and the Life Sciences
Unravelling Advanced 2D Materials TU-D

13. Research Cooperation | Doctoral Programmes 2/2 FWF:
CoQuS - Complex Quantum Systems
Dissipation and Dispersion in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
SolidFun – Buildings Solids for Functions
Water provision systems
Particles and Interactions
NanoCell - Nano-Analytics of Cellular Systems
Logic methods in informatics
Specials:
Vienna PhD School of Informatics
Research Laboratory Raum

14. Research
Cooperation | National Research Network (NFN) sponsored by the FWF:
Rigorous Systems Engineering (RiSE)

15. Research
Cooperation | Special Research Areas (SFB) sponsored by the FWF:
Algorithmic and Enumerative Combinatorics
FoQus – Foundations and Applications of Quantum Science
FOXSI – Functional Oxide Surface and Interfaces
IR-ON – InfraRed Optical Nanostructures
Next Lite – Next Generation Light Synthesis and Interaction
Transmembrane Transporters in Health and Disease
ViCoM - Vienna Computational Materials Laboratory
Quasi Monte Carlo Methods Theory and Applications

16. Research Cooperation | COMET Programmes 1/3 K2-Centres: K1-Centres:
ACIB - Austrian Center of Industrial Biotechnology
V2C2 - Virtual Vehicle Competence Center
MPPE - Integrated Research in Materials, Processing and Product Engineering
XTribology - Excellence Center of Tribology
K1-Centres:
ACMIT - Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology
Bioenergy 2020+
CEST Centre of Excellence in Electrochemical Surface Technoloy and Materials
ASSIC/CTR - Carinthian Tech Research - Competence Center for Advanced Sensor Technologies
K1-MET - Competence Center for Excellent Technologies in Advanced Metallurgical and Environmental Process Development
PCCL-K1 - Competence Center in Polymer Engineering and Science

17. Research Cooperation | COMET Programmes 2/3 K1-Centres: K-Projects:
RCPE - Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering
SCCH - Software Competence Center Hagenberg
SBA 2 - Secure Business Austria 2
VRVis - Visualization, Rendering and Visual Analysis Research Center
Wood COMET – Centre of Excellence for Wood Composite Materials and Wood Chemstry
CDP – Austrian Center for Digital Production
K-Projects:
AAHM R2P - Alpine Airborne Hydromapping
Amoree - Aluminium and magnesium processing optimization with special respect to resource and energy efficiency
AEDA - Advanced Engineering Design Automation
DEXHELPP - Decison Support for Health Policy and Planning: Methods, Models and Technologies based on existing health care data

18. Research Cooperation | COMET Programmes 3/3 K-Projects:
GSG - Green Storage Grid
JOIN4+ - Network of Excellence for Joining Technologies
PAC - Process Analytical Chemistry - Data Acquisition and Data Processing
PolyComp - Functional Polymer Composites
ZPT - K-Project non-destructive Testing and Tomography

19. Research Cooperation | Laura Bassi Center
CVAST - Center for Visual Analytics Science and Technology

20. Research Cooperation | Ludwig Boltzmann Institute
LBI for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology

21. Research Infrastructure X-ray Center (XRC)
Analytical Instrumentation Center (AIC)
NMR-Spectroscopy Center
TRIGA Mark-II (Reactor)
Center for Micro- and Nanostructures (ZMNS)
VSC - Vienna Scientific Cluster, High Performance Computing
USTEM - Center for Electron Microscopy
Low Temperature Facilities

22. Research Awards & Grants 1/3 Winners of the Wittgenstein-Award
2013: Ulrike Diebold - Applied Physics, Oxide Surfaces [1]
2006: Jörg Schmiedmayer – Atomic physics, quantum optics, miniaturisation / chip technology [2]
2002: Ferenc Krausz – Quantum optics: ultra fast processes, strong field phenomena [3]
1998: Georg Gottlob – Information systems and artificial intelligence [4]
1997: Erich Gornik – Semiconductor nanoelectronics [5]
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Pictures: © [1] Matthias Heisler, [2] Bernd Euring, [3] P. Spiola

23. Research Awards & Grants 2/3 17 ERC-Grantees
Andrius Baltuska, Cycle-Sculpted Strong Field Optics
Günter Blöschl, Deciphering River Flood Change
Silke Bühler-Paschen, Quantum Criticality – The Puzzle of Multiple Energy Scales (Quantum Puzzle)
Ulrike Diebold, Oxide Surfaces – Microscopic Processes and Phenomena at Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces
Georg Gottlob, Domain-centric Intelligent Automated Data Extraction Methodology
Karsten Held, Ab initio Dynamical Vertex Approximation
Christian Hellmich, MICROBONE – Multiscale poro-micromechanics of bone materials, with links to biology and medicine
Laura Kovacs, Symbolic Computation and Automated Reasoning for Program Analysis
Jan Kunes, Excitonic Magnetism in Strongly Correlated Materials

24. Research Awards & Grants 3/3 17 ERC-Grantees
Aleksandr Ovsianikov, Laser-engineered Biomimetic Matrices with Embedded Cells
Arno Rauschenbeutel, Nanofiber Quantum Networks
Silvan Schmid - PLASMECS:NanoPlasmoMechanical Systems
Jörg Schmiedmayer, Non-equilibrium Dynamics and Relaxation in Many Body Quantum Systems (Acronym: QuantumRelax)
Thorsten Schumm, Nuclear Atomic Clock
Franz Schuster, Isoperimetric Inequality
Siegfried Selberherr, Modeling Silicon Spintronics
Stefan Szeider, The Parameterized Complexity of Reasoning Problems

25. Teaching Teaching at TU Wien Wide Range of Studies
The education offered by the TU Wien is rewarded by high international and domestic recognition. The chances for graduates for getting an attractive employment are very prosperous. The high demand for graduates of the TU Wien from economy and industry, governmental as well as research institutions are manifest evidence for this.
Wide Range of Studies
The TU Wien offers 18 bachelor-, 32 master- and 3 doctoral programmes.
Since October 1, 2006, the study programmes have been taught as bachelor and master programmes, according to the Bologna process.

26. Teaching Bachelor Programmes Architecture Technical Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering and Management of
Infrastructure ( )
Electrical Engineering and Information
Technology
Technology ( )
Computer Sciences
Media Informatics and Visual Computing ( )
Medical Informatics ( )
Software & Information Engineering ( )
Computer Engineering ( )
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering ( )
Regional Planning and Development
Regional Planning and Development ( )
Technical Chemistry
Technical Chemistry ( )
Technical Mathematics
Technical Mathematics ( )
Statistics and Mathematics in Economics ( )
Financial and Actuarial Mathematics ( )
Technical Physics
Technical Physics ( )
Chemical and Process Engineering
Chemical and Process Engineering ( )
Surveying and Geoinformation
Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering ( )
Business Informatics
Business Informatics ( )
Mechanical Engineering - Economics
Mechanical Engineering - Management ( )
Programm code in parentheses

27. Teaching Master Programmes 1/2 Architecture Civil Engineering
Building Science and Technology ( )
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering ( )
Infrastructural Management ( )
Electrical Engineering
Energy Systems and Automation
Technology ( )
Telecommunications ( )
Microelectronics and Photonics ( )
Embedded Systems ( )
Across faculties
Materials Sciences ( )
Biomedical Engineering ( )
Computer Sciences
Double degree programme "Computational Logic
Erasmus-Mundus)" ( )
Computational Intelligence ( )
Visual Computing ( )
Media Informatics ( )
Medical Informatics ( )
Software Engineering & Internet Computing ( )
Computer Engineering ( )
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering ( )
Regional Planning
Regional Planning and Development ( )
Programm code in parentheses

28. Teaching Master Programmes 2/2 Technical Chemistry
Chemistry and Technology of Materials ( )
Technical Mathematics
Technical Mathematics ( )
Statistics & Mathematics in Economics ( )
Financial and Actuarial Mathematics ( )
Technical Physics
Physical Energy and Measurement Engineering ( )
Technical Physics ( )
Chemical and Process Engineering
Chemical and Process Engineering ( )
Surveying and Geoinformation
Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering ( )
International Programm Cartography ( )
Business Informatics
Business Informatics ( )
Mechanical Engineering - Economics
Mechanical Engineering – Management ( )
Programm code in parentheses

29. Teaching Doctoral Programmes
After finishing a master programme (or a similar degree) there is the possibility of a doctoral programme:
Doctoral Programme in Technical Sciences („Dr. techn.“)
Doctoral Programme in Natural Sciences („Dr. rer.nat.“)
Doctoral Programme in Social and Economic Sciences („Dr. rer.soc.oec.“)

30. Teaching Students 1/2 Programme absolute Programme absolut
Architecture
5,892
Biomedical Engineering
325
Business informatics
1,051
Civil Engineering
2,400
Computational Logic 8
Computer Sciences Management (discontinued) 18
Economics – Mechanical Engineering
2,066
Electrical Engineering
2,696
Individual Studies 30
Informatics
5,674
Programme
absolute
Architecture
5.892
Civil Engineering
2.400
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Informatics
5,675
Mechanical Engineering
2,174
Regional Planning and Development
1,218
Technical Chemistry
1,484
Winter term 2015/16, source: Knowledge Balance Sheets 2015

31. Teaching Students 2/2 Programme absolut Material Science 78
Mechanical Engineering
2,210
Process Engineering
694
Regional Planning
1,216
Surveying and Geoinformation
366
Teacher Trainings
308
Technical Chemistry
1,515
Technical Mathematics
1,469
Technical Physics
1,903
Winter term 2015/16, source: Knowledge Balance Sheets 2015

32. Mobility International cooperations and mobility Partner universities
The TU Wien has bilateral agreements with more than 70 universities around the world.
Membership in international associations:
EUA (European University Association)
SEFI (European Society for Engineering Education)
CESAER (Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education)
IACEE (International Association for Continuing Engineering Education)
TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe)
GE3 (Global Education for European Engineers and Entrepreneurs)
Membership in academic networks:
ASEA-Uninet (Southeast Asia)
Eurasia-Pacific Uninet (China, Central Asia, Russia)
ATHENS (Advanced Technology Higher Education Network)
4 x TU (TU Bratislava, TU Budapest, TU Prag, TU Wien)
Technical Universities of European Capitals

33. Mobility
Membership in international subject-specific academic networks:
EUPEN (European Physics Education Network)
ECTN (European Chemistry Thematic Network)
LE:NOTRE (Thematic Network in Landscape Architecture)
Mobility and scholarship programmes:
ERASMUS (Mobility of students and teaching staff: EEA-countries, 250 bilateral agreements )
ERASMUS Mundus (Mobility of students, graduate students, teaching staff: Russia)
Joint Study (Mobility of students: USA, CAN, Australia, Latin America, Russia, Southeast Asia)
CEEPUS (Mobility of students and teaching staff: East and Southeast Europe)
International Study Programmes:
European Masters Programme in Computational Logic (Erasmus Mundus)
Double-, Joint-Degrees: Ecoles Centrales, INSA Lyon, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Politecnico di Milano, UACG Sofia, Tongji University, Shanghai
Master Programmes taught in English: Biomedical Engineering, Building Science and Technology
TUW-Summer University

34. Organisation Management 1/2
The University is led by the Rector and four Vice Rectors responsible for Research, Academic Affairs, Finance as well as HR and Gender:
Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Kurt Matyas, Vice Rector for Human Resources and Gender Anna Steiger , Rector Sabine Seidler, Vice Rector for Infrastructure Josef Eberhardsteiner , Vice Rector for Research and Innovation Johannes Fröhlich (from left to right)
Picture: © Raimund Appel

35. Organisation Management 2/2
The Senate is the supreme collegial board, which consists of 26 members – professors, representatives of the mid-level faculty, non-scientific staff and students.
The University Council consists of seven members from economy and science. It acts as a supervisory board:
Gabriele Zuna-Kratky, Manfred Broy, Monika Fehrer, Veit Sorger (Chairman), Sabine Herlitschka, Herbert Tumpel, Peter Schuster (from left to right)
Picture: © TU Wien | Thomas Blazina

36. Organisation Faculties Architecture and Planning Civil Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Informatics
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Mathematics and Geoinformation
Physics
Technical Chemistry

37. Location

38. culTUre TU Ball TU Orchester Akademische Bläserphilharmonie Wien
Vienna‘s oldest ball (originally called "Technikerkränzchen" in 1815)
takes place in Vienna Hofburg, every last Thursday in January.
TU Orchester
Since1984, international concert tours.
Akademische Bläserphilharmonie Wien
Wind orchestra with its headquarters at the TU Wien
TU Choir
Since 2012, focus on pop music.
Picture TU Choir: © Peter Häring | CC BY 3.0 AT

39. TU Life
TU-Forum Topics with up to date, divisive content and technical background.
TUW Racing Team Students design and build a racing car and take part in international formula-student competitions.
TU Wien Space Team Students share their interest in aerospace engineering. They design, create and lift their own rockets.
Physikmobil The goal of Bernhard Weingartner´s “Physikmobil” is to arouse enthusiasm for science and technology in the public sphere.

40. Facts & Figures 1/2 Finances* Rooms Staff** 347 Mio. € turnover
balance sheet total
Rooms
> 9.000
rooms
290,000 m²
total area
Staff**
3,675
scientific staff
thereof 143
professors
1,134
non-scientific staff
4,809
total staff
Sources: * Balance of Accounts 2015 ** Knowledge Balance Sheets 2015

41. Facts & Figures 2/2 Library* Students** Alumni** 1,4 Mio. book stocks
Web-Server/Access to library services
(virtual visits)
Students**
29,919
thereof 27.7%
women
Alumni**
2,768
first and second degrees
thereof 1,384
bachelor programmes
thereof 1,011
master programmes
thereof 113
diploma programmes
thereof 260
doctoral programmes
Sources: * Library (2016), ** Knowledge Balance Sheets 2015