Technische Universität Darmstadt - A Presentation: Facts and Figures from 2011.

1. Technische Universität Darmstadt
We always want to be among the best
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2. Our Campus
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3. Origin
founded 1877
positioned in the metropolitan region
Rhein-Main-Neckar, one of
the most dynamic and
strongest regions of Europe
supported with more than 270 million Euro
from the State of Hesse and
139 million Euro from third-party
funds (in 2010)
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4. People
23.100 Students
270 Professors
2.220 Research Associates
1.780 Administrative and
technical employees
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5. Directions
113 Departments
304 Fields of Study
100 Courses of Studies
5 Collaborative Research Centers
7 Graduate Colleges
1 Research Cluster of Excellence
1 Graduate School of Excellence
3 LOEWE Centers of Excellence
5 LOEWE Focus Areas
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6. Locations
City Center
Lichtwiese
Stadium
Wind tunnel
and August Botanical
Euler Airport Garden
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7. Standpoints
Milena Seibert
Social Sciences
Everything here is close
together, technology,
research, future, history
and fun!
Mathieu Omet Mete Budakli
Physics Mechanical Engineering
Because of its good The TU Darmstadt
reputation I chose TU allows me to get
Darmstadt. My professional knowledge
expectations were that puts me in the
quickly exceeded. I was position to help people.
introduced to possibilities Broad subject research
that I would have never activities in bionics,
dreamt of. Come to the mechatronics or
TU Darmstadt! Here you adaptronics offers
are at the heart of many future
knowledge and the possibilities for my
future. future.
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8. Life
Good support
Music
in all departments Orchestra, big band,
and choir
Sports
Endurance training and
golf, juggling and Campus-Clubs
kendo, skiing and ‘603 qm’, ‘Schlosskeller’
snowboarding and ‘Schlossgarten-Café’
Theater
To enjoy or to
participate in
Dance
Mobility More than ballroom
Open-Air
Student ID card as a Beer gardens and
ticket for public outdoor movie shows
transportation
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9. Our Identity
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10. Pioneers
Eramus Kittler was the first chair
in electrical engineering in 1882.
We created
the Electrical Engineer.
And since than much more!
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11. Trendsetter
Air and Aviation
Technology
Computer Science Paper Science and Renewable
Technology Energy Sources
Control Engineering Industrial
and Automation Engineering
Technology
Power Economics
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12. Personalities
Günter Behnisch
1976 – 1987 Professor of Architect of the Munich Olympic Stadium
Design and Industrial
Architecture
Wolfgang Hilberg
1972 – 2000 Professor of Inventor of the radio-controlled clock
Computer Technology
Rolf Isermann
1977 – 2006 Professor of Was selected by MIT as one of the ‘Top Ten’
Control Engineering and most important future researchers of the world
Process Automation
Robert Piloty
1964 – 1990 Professor of Pioneer of computer technology and grounded
Control Engineering and the study of computer science
Data Engineering
Bert Rürup
1976 – 2009 Professor of Advised the German government on social
Economics political questions from 1974 to 2009
Gerhard Sessler
1975 – 1999 Professor of Developed the electrode microphone and the
Electroacoustics silicon condenser microphone
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13. Alumni
Some of the many big names:
 Christoph Franz (Industrial Engineering)
CEO Deutsche Lufthansa AG
 Peter Grünberg (Physics)
Physics Nobel Prize Winner 2007
 Gerhard Herzberg (Chemistry)
Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner 1971
 Katharina Landfester (Chemie)
Director of Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
 El Lissitzky (Architecture)
Painter, Architect, Typographer, Co-founder of Constructivism
 Hans Dieter Pötsch (Industrial Engineering)
Board of Management Volkswagen AG, Finance and Controlling
 Chaim Weizmann (Chemistry)
First State President of Israel
 Klaus L. Wübbenhorst (Industrial Engineering)
CEO GfK Group (Market Research)
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14. Our Character
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15. Inspirational
Since 2005 we are an autonomous
University. The first in Germany.
We live personal responsibility and are
ready to initiate change.
We make room for creativity and
enthusiasm.
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16. Focused on Technology
We concentrate on technology –
interdisciplinary from the perspectives of
natural and engineering sciences or of liberal
arts and social sciences.
Data security concepts such as the unforgeable
passport and the insurance card were ‘made by TU
Darmstadt’. Our students of computer science make
communication in all the IT system networks
secure and conceived the encryption technology.
Global Challenges Energy Supply –
All areas of study concentrate on their competencies:
From powerplant engineering to geothermics.
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17. Curious on the future
Research clusters strengthen our profile:
Thermo-Fluids and Combustion Engineering
Product quality and energy efficiency for gas turbines,
combustion engines, power plants, wind generators, airplanes
New Materials
Custom-fit technologies and materials for energy and
communication technology, traffic and environmental
engineering, et al.
Nuclear and Radiation Science
Research with most intense particle radiation of heavy ions
and antimatter
Integrated Product and Production Technology
Integration of product development and production system
design with material sciences, business administration and
logistics under the condition of scarce resources
Future Internet
Services in global and dense networks with secure,
powerful and highly efficient technologies and applications
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18. Interdisciplinary Strong
Passing the boundaries of disciplines we find
fascinating results:
 Computational Engineering – computer modeling,
simulation, analysis and optimisation of complex
applications in engineering and natural phenomena.
 Urban Research – integrated examination of water
supply, energy use, quality of life, security and culture
of building with the aim to understand cities and to plan
and design them. Involved are social, history and sport
sciences, lighting technology, construction engineering,
architecture and economics.
 Adaptronics – intelligent, self-adapting components
and materials. Interaction between mechanical
engineering, materials science, computer sciences,
electrical engineering, mathematics and chemistry.
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19. Open-minded
We are an
internationally
oriented
university since
our founding in
1877.
In the year 1900
one in five
students came
from abroad.
The same is true
today.
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20. Global Network
Among other universities, we cooperate
with:
 Tongji-Universität
(China)
 École Centrale de Lyon
(Frankreich)
 Universidade de São Paulo
(Brasilien)
 Chalmers University of Technology
(Sweden)
 École Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne
(Switzerland)
 Virginia Tech
(USA)
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21. Excellent
Known for outstanding and coming scientists:
 Seven Graduate Programs:
Ranging from topology of technology, genetic
reactions to radiation of ions to system modeling
of aero engines
 Ingenium – organisation to support young
researchers at TU Darmstadt
 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the German
Research Association:
2008 Dr. Nicole Deitelhoff (political scientist) and
Dr. Torsten Granzow (materials scientist)
2010 Prof. Dr. Christina Thiele (chemist)
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22. Chosen by the best
“Germany's most attractive
university in engineering
sciences.”
Ranking 2009 of the Alexander von
Humboldt Stiftung, which supports
international top scientists
“Nationwide second place in
mechanical engineering and
material sciences.”
Funding Ranking 2009 of Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft
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23. Leading in Research
Success with the excellence initiative by the German federal and
state governments for the development of cutting edge
research:
 Cluster ‘Smart Interfaces’ :
Making material surfaces more efficient and more durable
 Graduate School of Computational Engineering:
Computer based modeling, analysis and simulation
 Involvement in the cluster ‘Formation of Normative Orders’ at the
Goethe University Frankfurt
Collaborative Research Centers:
 Astrophysical processes of the formation of atoms to the
superconducting electron accelerator S-DALINAC
 Integral sheet metal design
 Flow and combustion in gas turbine combustion chambers
 Electrical fatigue in functional materials
 Management of uncertainty in load-bearing systems in
mechanical engineering
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24. Leading in Teaching
Higher-than-average satisfaction in
teaching and service:
82% of TU Darmstadt students are
(very) satisfied with the quality
of courses, nationwide only 70%
of university students
57% of TU Darmstadt students are
(very) satisfied with the
orientation courses at the start
of studies, nationwide 47%
53% of TU Darmstadt students are
(very) satisfied with e-learning
services, nationwide 38%
Source: Studienqualitätsmonitor 2010, HIS –
Higher Education Information System
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25. Highly Prestigious
We qualify you for the best
opportunities and positions.
Distinguished for our performance
in research and academics and
of our graduates: Best standing in
top rankings of the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft, the
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung,
the Centre for Higher Education
Development and by leading
companies.
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26. Foresighted
We lead in future areas such as energy and
mobility, communication and information,
construction and living.
In 2007 and 2009 our team of architecture and
electrical engineering students won the ‘Solar
Decathlon’ competition sponsored by the US
Department of Energy. We presented the
most future oriented solar house that generates
more energy than it uses up.
Masterplans for logistics and traffic, intelligent and
energy efficient and secure technology for aircraft, car,
train: in collaboration with economics, mathematics,
social sciences, civil engineering, computer science,
mechanical engineering, electrical engineering.
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27. Our Partners
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28. Solution Oriented Cooperation
With our innovative strength we are
influential in the economy and
academics, politics and the community.
We cooperate with selected partners:
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29. Learning Practically
Europe‘s first ‘teaching factory’ for
production processes is located on our
campus.
It shows the complete value added chain
from the processing of raw materials to
the assembly. The Center for Industrial
Productivity conveys methods of lean
production to prospective engineers as
well as companies.
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30. Research Together
Students and scientists research together
– also in robotics and simulation. The
outcome: The ‘Darmstadt Dribblers’
are a multiple Robocup World Champion.
The group Akaflieg unites the flying
enthusiasts among the students and
scientists. The innovative gliders are
built and flown by the group. Since the
founding of the club in 1920 more
than forty unique gliders have been
constructed.
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31. Acting Responsibly
We recognize our social responsibility in the fields of
science and development. They are the benchmark
of our actions.
Endowed chair for „Science and Technology for Peace
and Security“: Focus on biological and chemical weapons
research, cooperation of biology, social sciences and
“IANUS” – an interdisciplinary workgroup on natural science,
technology and security.
Information and communication technology in architecture:
virtual reconstructions of destroyed synagogues in
Germany during the Third Reich. A new form of cultural
memory.
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32. Our Surroundings…
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33. A Scientific City
… with over 30 research and academic working institutions,
among others:
 European Space Association ESA/ESOC
 European Organisation for the Exploitation of
Meterological Satellites EUMESAT
 GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research
 German Institute for Polymers
 Three Fraunhofer Institutes
 European Center for Aviation Development
 Hochschule Darmstadt / University of Applied Sciences
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34. With Inventive Talent
Businesses from Darmstadt have
earned international recognition.
People achieve great things in this
city.
Merck
Liquid Crystals
Wella
Cosmetics
software ag
IT Business Solutions
Deutsche Telekom AG
Communication
… research, development, products,
trends and visions, worldwide.
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35. With Language and Poetry
The Georg
Büchner Prize is
the most significant
literary award in
Germany. It is
granted annually by
the German
Academy for
German Language
and Poetry based in
Darmstadt.
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36. With Culture and Art Nouveau
Mathildenhöhe is the symbol that
represents Darmstadt as the Art Nouveau
center.
Darmstadt – the city of the international
holiday courses for New Music
(characterized by componists like
Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage),
the internationally renowned Jazz
Institute and the ‘Waldspirale’, one of the
last buildings designed by Friedensreich
Hundertwasser.
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37. Our Claim
We want to be so
attractive that we
can continuously
increase our
budgets in order to
strengthen our
profile and offer
further incentives
for excellent
performance.
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38. We are Recommended
“In my opinion you must definitely go to Darmstadt.
They have a good Polytechnic School.”
Albert Einstein 1919
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