Berlin Institute Of Technology
The Technische Universität Berlin (TUB or TU Berlin) is a research university located in Berlin, Germany.
The TU Berlin was founded in 1879 and is one of the largest and most prestigious technical universities in Germany. It has the highest proportion of foreign students out of universities in Germany, with 20.9% in the summer semester of 2007, roughly 5,598 students. The university alumni and professor list include National Academies elections, two National Medal of Science laureates and ten Nobel Prize winners.
The TU Berlin is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology and of the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network, which allows for student exchanges between leading European engineering schools. It also belongs to the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research. As of 2011, TU Berlin is ranked 46th (2010: 48th) in the world in the field of Engineering & Technology according to QS World University Rankings. The university is known for its high ranked engineering programmes, esspecially in mechanical engineering and engineering management.
Read more about Berlin Institute Of Technology: History, Campus, Organization, Faculty and Staff, Library, Notable Alumni and Professors, Rankings
Famous quotes containing the words berlin, institute and/or technology:
“I got lost but look what I found.”
—Irving Berlin (1888–1989)
“Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The successor to politics will be propaganda. Propaganda, not in the sense of a message or ideology, but as the impact of the whole technology of the times.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)