TU Wien
university of technology in Vienna, Austria
TU Wien (German: Technische Universität Wien) is a public research university in Vienna, Austria.
The university's teaching and research are focused on engineering, computer science, and natural sciences. It currently has about 28,100 students (29% women), eight faculties, and about 5,000 staff members (3,800 academics).
History
The institution was founded in 1815 by Emperor Francis I of Austria as the k.k. Polytechnisches Institut (English: Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute). The first rector was Johann Joseph von Prechtl. It was renamed the Technische Hochschule (English: Technical College) in 1872. In 1975, it was renamed Technische Universität Wien (English: TU Wien).
Academic reputation
As a university of technology, TU Wien covers a wide spectrum of scientific concepts from abstract pure research and the fundamental principles of science to applied technological research and partnership with industry.
TU Wien is ranked #190 by the QS World University Ranking, #406 by the Center of World University Rankings, and it is positioned among the best 251-300 higher education institutions globally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
“TU Wien” enters the record as university of technology in Vienna, Austria. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Wien, university and technology can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q689400. VIAF identifies the subject as 149517288. The Library of Congress control number is n79079563. Authority coordinates are 48.199, 16.371. None of the 6 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1815, 1872 and 1975.
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