TU Braunschweig
Former names | Collegium Carolinum |
|---|---|
| Motto | Nec aspera terrent |
Motto in English | They are not terrified of the rough things |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1745 |
| Founder | Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel |
Academic affiliation | TU9, CESAER, PEGASUS |
| Budget | EUR 393 million |
| President | Angela Ittel |
Academic staff | 2,060 and 242 professors |
Total staff | 3,795 |
| Students | 19,981 |
| 2,223 | |
| Location | , Lower Saxony , Germany 52°16′25″N 10°31′47″E / 52.27361°N 10.52972°E |
| Website | tu-braunschweig.de |
TU Braunschweig (German: Technische Universität Braunschweig) is the oldest technical university in Germany. It was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum. It is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the most renowned German institutes of technology. It is commonly ranked among the top engineering universities 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 (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, PTB), among many others. As one of very few research institutions of its type in the world, the university has its own research airport.