Germany

The RWTH Aachen University was founded in 1870 after Prince William of Prussia decided to use a donation to set up an institute of technology somewhere in the Rhine Province. Funding local banks and an insurance company meant that it was eventually located in Aaachen, so building work began in 1865 and doors opened to 223 students during the Franco-Prussian War. There was a strong focus on engineering and particularly the local mining industry. The university has always had strong ties with industry, creating a European equivalent of Silicon Valley around it, and attracted exceptional levels of external funding to its researchers. For its size, Aachen is the dominant German city for university spin-off companies and offices of engineering firms.

The university was re-founded in April 1946, and its roots go back to the Building Academy established in the 18th century. Nowadays, TU Berlin is an internationally famous university in the German capital, at the heart of Europe. It is one of the largest institutes of technology in Germany. The main focus in research and teaching at TU Berlin is on engineering and natural sciences. In addition, it offers degree programmes in planning, social sciences, the humanities, and economics and management. Apart from the main campus, there are further sites in Berlin and a satellite campus in El Gouna, Egypt.

The range of degree courses at the traditional institution in the heart of Bremen Neustadt – a central city location – is decidedly innovative and practically oriented. The Bremen University of Applied Sciences enjoys a long tradition that goes back to 1799. Teaching and study, research, development and construction as well as continued education as part of life-long learning characterise the work of the Bremen University of Applied Sciences. With 40 institutes participating in interdisciplinary knowledge transfer, the University is a particularly competent partner for moderate-sized companies. All participants benefit from the University’s practical and application-oriented profile, its international orientation and diverse opportunities for collaboration between science and industry – not least the students.

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is one of Europe’s top universities. It is committed to excellence in research and teaching, interdisciplinary education and the active promotion of promising young scientists. The university also forges strong links with companies and scientific institutions across the world. TUM was one of the first universities in Germany to be named a University of Excellence. Moreover, TUM regularly ranks among the best European universities in international rankings.

The university was re-founded in April 1946, and its roots go back to the Building Academy established in the 18th century. Nowadays, TU Berlin is an internationally famous university in the German capital, at the heart of Europe. It is one of the largest institutes of technology in Germany. The main focus in research and teaching at TU Berlin is on engineering and natural sciences. In addition, it offers degree programmes in planning, social sciences, the humanities, and economics and management. Apart from the main campus, there are further sites in Berlin and a satellite campus in El Gouna, Egypt.

The university was re-founded in April 1946, and its roots go back to the Building Academy established in the 18th century. Nowadays, TU Berlin is an internationally famous university in the German capital, at the heart of Europe. It is one of the largest institutes of technology in Germany. The main focus in research and teaching at TU Berlin is on engineering and natural sciences. In addition, it offers degree programmes in planning, social sciences, the humanities, and economics and management. Apart from the main campus, there are further sites in Berlin and a satellite campus in El Gouna, Egypt.

The TUHH is a compact technical university with a clear profile in research and innovative learning methods where theory and practice meet. Proximity is an important aspect of our dealings with our students. They experience it at first hand during project-based learning in small groups and in close contact with our eminent academic staff. Our goal is to educate creative minds with an individual specialist profile and a high level of social skills. Developing technology for mankind is the focus of our mission statement. We stand for the development of Hamburg as an innovative metropolis. The TUHH makes an important contribution to this by introducing new technologies such as energy supply, mobility, logistics and digitization. In this context, the TUHH will evolve and grow as a state-of-the-art university of technology in the future. The TUHH is identified with successful reforms, unconventional paths and initiatives in a way that is matched by hardly any other German university.

The University of Stuttgart is one of the leading technically oriented universities in Germany with global significance. It sees itself as a center of university-based, non-university, and industrial research. Furthermore, it takes a role as a guarantor of research-based teaching, focused on quality and holism. The Stuttgart Way means an interdisciplinary integration of engineering, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences based on the fundamentals of cutting-edge research at a disciplinary level.