With over 31,000 students---most of them enrolled in engineering courses---and 260 institutes in nine faculties, the RWTH Aachen is Germany's largest technical university, offering more than 100 courses of study. Located in one of Germany's oldest cities and nestled close to the borders to Belgium and the Netherlands, the RWTH maintains close co-operations with Belgian and Dutch universities. According to the 2009 THEQS rankings, the RWTH is the 57th best engineering university in the world.
Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Templergraben 55
52056 Aachen
Germany
011-49-241-80-1
rwth-aachen.de
Located in the heart of the German capital the TU Berlin is Germany's second largest technical university with over 27,000 students. Ranked 62nd in the 2009 THEQS list, the TU Berlin offers 90 courses of study, employs 322 professors and 14 junior professors, and maintains co-operations with over 100 international universities and institutes in 36 countries.
Technische Universitaet Berlin
Strasse des 17. Juni 135
10623 Berlin
Germany
011-49-30-314-0
tu-berlin.de
Founded in 1745, the Braunschweig University of Technology (TU Braunschweig) is Germany's oldest technical university. On the smaller side with 13,000 enrolled students the TU Braunschweig excels in research related to hybrid engines and micro air vehicles, and is the government-appointed German institute for establishing fire-resistance ratings. The TU Braunschweig maintains international academic co-operations with over 200 schools all over Europe and offers dual degree programs. The THEQS rankings list the TU Braunschweig in 285th position.
Technische Universitaet Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig
Pockelsstrasse 14
38106 Braunschweig
Germany
tu-braunschweig.de
Spread over 138 buildings, the Darmstadt University of Technology (TUD) offers 100 degree courses, 272 professors and an academic staff of 2,150. This group teaches 21,000 students just 20 miles outside of Frankfurt. Numerous reputable engineers are closely connected to the TUD: Rolf Isermann---a renowned expert in digital automation technology and mechatronics, whom the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked as one of the world's "top ten" researchers in the field of future technologies--has been teaching at the TUD since 1977. The 2009 THEQS ranking lists the TUD in 119th position.
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
Karolinenplatz 5
64289 Darmstadt
Germany
tu-darmstadt.de
The Technical University of Dresden (TUD) is known as a research-focused institution, a status not quite reflected in the THEQS list that ranks the TUD in 195th position. With 419 professors and nearly 35,000 students, the TUD is among the largest technical universities in Germany. The TUD is the only university from the former German Democratic Republic in the TU9 network, and it features a total of 14 faculties that focus on practice-oriented courses.
Technische Universitaet Dresden
Helmholtzstrasse 10
01069 Dresden
Germany
tu-dresden.de
Four out of nine faculties at the Leibniz University of Hannover (LUH) are dedicated to engineering: the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Sciences, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. The Faculties of Natural Sciences and of Mathematics and Physics round the technical focus of the LUH that also includes a law school, a management school and the Faculties of Humanities. Founded in the 19th century with just 64 students, the LUH is now the academic home to approximately 21,000 students and offers about 75 courses of study.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover
Welfengarten 1
30167 Hannover
Germany
uni-hannover.de
Ranked as the 71st best engineering university in the world, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the technology division of the University of Karlsruhe. It was founded it 1825 and is the oldest technical university in Germany. As of 2010, more than 18,000 students are enrolled in KIT courses.
Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie
Kaiserstrasse 12
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
kit.edu
Comprising of 13 faculties, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has established itself as Germany's foremost technical and engineering institution. Six Nobel Prizes grace the Institution's impressive list of awards and achievements. The quality of study is reflected in the 2009 THEQS list that ranked the TUM 45th, making it the only German school in the top 50. The TUM offers about 130 courses of study, some of which are completely or partly held in English and about one fifth of the students hail from abroad.
Technische Universitaet Muenchen
Arcisstrasse 21
80333 Muenchen
Germany
tum.de
Rounding up the TU9 is the University of Stuttgart (US), that snatched up the 89th position in the 2009 THEQS rankings. Located in the center of a region known for technological excellence and progressive engineering, the US has established itself as an achievement oriented academic institution since its founding days in 1829. About 19,000 students flock the US campuses. Six out of the university's ten faculties are dedicated to engineering disciplines. Famed German astronaut Ulf Merbold and car pioneer Gottlieb Daimler are among the alumni.
Universitaet Stuttgart
Pfaffenwaldring 60
70569 Stuttgart
Germany
uni-stuttgart.de