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Graz University of Technology is (after Karl-Franzens-University) the second largest university in Styria, Austria. It is situated in the heart of Styria's capital, Graz and was founded in 1811 by Archduke Johann. TUG, as the university is called by its students, is a public university which is the norm in Austria.

During the summer term of 2005 around 8200 people studied at TUG, of which 16% were from abroad and 19% female.

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History

1811: The Joanneum is founded by Archduke Johann

1864: The Stryrian government makes it a Technische Hochschule

1874: The Technische Hochschule is taken over by the State

1901: The Technische Hochschule is granted the right to award doctorates

1955: It is divided into three faculties

1975: It is divided into five faculties and renamed Technische Universität Graz, Erherzog-Johann Universität (University of Technology, Archduke-Johann-University)

2004: The new Austrian university law (UG 2002) is fully implemented. The university is divided into seven faculties and becomes a legal entity in public law

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Organization

The University consists of seven faculties: 
* Institute of Structural Design
* Institute of Architectural Science and Architectural Design
* Institute of History of Arts and Cultural Studies
* Institute of Urbanism
* Institute of Architectural Typologies
* Institute of Architectural Technology
* Institute of Spatial Design
* Institute of Architecture and Landscape
* Institute of Contemporary Art
* Institute of Domestic Architecture
* Institute of Building and Energy
* Institute of Architecture and Media
  • Institutes of the Faculty of Civil Engineering:
    • * Institute of Structural Analysis * Institute of Structural Concrete * Institute of Steel Structures and Shell Structures * Institute of Technology and Testing of Building Materials * Institute of Laboratory for Structural Engineering * Institute of Timber Engineering and Wood Technology * Institute of Highway Engineering and Transport Planning * Institute of Railway Engineering and Transport Economy * Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management * Institute of Urban Water Management and Landscape Water Engineering * Institute of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering * Institute of Construction Management and Economics * Institute of Building Construction and Industrial Architecture * Institute of Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling * Institute of Engineering Geology and Applied Mineralogy * Institute of Building Informatics * Institute of General Mechanics * Institute of Engineering Geodesy and Measurement Systems
  • Faculty of mechanical engineering and economics
    • * Institute of Production Engineering * Institute of Materials Science, Welding and Forming * Institute of Strength of Materials * Institute of Mechanics and Mechanism * Institute of Thermal Engineering * Institute of Material Handling and Logistic Systems * Institute of Machine Components and Methods of Development * Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Thermodynamics * Institute of Hydraulic Fluidmachinery * Institute of Thermal Turbomachinery and Machine Dynamics * Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer * Institute of Automotive Engineering * Institute of Automotive Security * Institute of Tool Technics for Non-Cutting Production * Institute of Production Science and Management * Institute of Industrial Management and Innovations Research * Institute of General Management and Organisation * Institute of Business Economics and Industrial Sociology * Institute of Engineering- and Business Informatics
  • Faculty of electrical engineering and information technology
    • * Institute of Electronics * Institute of Signal Processing and Speech Communication * Institute of Electrical Measurement and Measurement Signal Processing * Institute for Fundamentals and Theory in Electrical Engineering * Institute of Communications Networks and Satellite Communications
  • Faculty of mathematical and physical sciences
  • Faculty of chemistry, chemical and process engineering, and biotechnolgy
  • Faculty of computer science consists of:
    • * Institute of Applied Information Processing * Institute of Information Systems and Computer Media * Institute of Knowledge Management and Visualisation * Institute of Theoretical Computer Science * Institute of Computer Vision and Computer Graphics * Institute of Computer Vision * Institute of Software Technology Total amount of Institutes: 104.

    Teaching

    Students at TUG have a choice of 21 programmes, which are offered as diploma, bachelor, or master programmes. Graduates receive the academic degrees Bakk.techn., Bakk.rer.soc.oec., Mag.rer.soc.oec, or Diplomingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.). The doctoral programmes (Dr.techn. and Dr.rer.nat.) are offered as postgraduate programmes.

    Studies

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    Facts and Figures

    Data as of: 2003/2004

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