They rate among the best addresses in Germany for studying technological sciences: the TU9. The abbreviation stands for
an association of the nine leading technical universities in Germany.
If you have inventive talent, are enthusiastic about the world of technology and want to study, the technical universities in Aachen, Berlin, Braunschweig, Darmstadt, Dresden, Hanover, Munich, Karlsruhe and Stuttgart offer training that is strongly oriented toward technical subjects.
The TU9 – an initiative of the nine biggest technical universities (TUs) in Germany founded in 2003 – are well-known think-tanks for budding engineers. They offer a number of subjects ranging from the classical engineering disciplines – civil, mechanical and electrical engineering – to natural-science subjects such as physics, chemistry and biology, which provide an important basis for the study of engineering sciences. The number of graduates is an indication of how popular the TU9 are: about 50 percent of all German engineers have a TU9 degree in their pockets.
Another argument in favour of studying at a TU9 university is their strength in research. Three of them – the RWTH Aachen, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the TU Munich – have been designated Universities of Excellence. When it comes to engineering, the TU9 regularly top the rankings and attract the most funding for research.
The TU9’s attraction has become internationally known. 18 percent of students at the TU9 are from abroad – a much higher figure than the national average of 13 percent. The TU9 are also highly attractive for foreign scientists. In the natural sciences, Munich Technical University took first place in the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s research rankings. And in engineering the TU9 monopolized the first five places. By the way, these nine universities offer interested international students a practical self-assessment test.
www.tu9.de; www.self-assessment.tu9.de
