The Technische Universität Berlin, with some 33,500 students, is one of the largest German Institutes of Technology. In contrast to most other such institutions it offers a wide range of subjects. In addition to the core subjects in natural sciences and engineering, the TU Berlin also has faculties and institutes specialising in planning, humanities, social sciences and economics. In the Berlin region it offers the widest range of engineering options.
History1770-1821
| Founding of the predecessors of the TU Berlin: Mining Academy, Building Academy, Vocational Academy
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1879
| Unification into Royal Technical College of Berlin
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1945-1946
| Closure of the Technical College of Berlin and reestablishment under the new name: Berlin University of Technology
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1950
| Establishment of the Faculty for Humanities
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2001
| Concentration of teaching and research into 8 faculties
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Famous researchers at TU Berlin Adolf Miethe
| 1862 - 1927
| three-colour photography, rotogravure printing, and the flashlight
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Alois Riedler
| 1850 - 1936
| motor vehicle construction
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Adolf Slaby
| 1849 - 1913
| radiotelegraphy
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Franz Reuleaux
| 1829 - 1905
| machine kinematics
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Georg Schlesinger
| 1874 - 1949
| machine tool design and factory management
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Hermann Föttinger
| 1877 - 1945
| fully-automatic gear box
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Hans Geiger
| 1882 - 1925
| easurement instrument for detecting ionizing radiation, "Geiger Counter"
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Ernst Ruska
| 1906 - 1988
| electron microscope (Nobel Prize in 1986)
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Konrad Zuse
| 1910 - 1996
| first freely programmable computing machine
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The PEESE program is located at Faculty IIIclick here
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more and detailed information please refer directly to the TU Berlin Homepage
