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Technische Universität Chemnitz | |
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Type | Public |
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Established | 1836/1986 |
Budget | € 166.5 million (2019) [1] |
Chancellor | Thomas Lang |
President | Gerd Strohmeier |
Academic staff | 2,361[1] |
Students | 9,752[1] |
Location | , , Germany 50°48′49″N 12°55′45″E / 50.81361°N 12.92917°E |
Website | www |
Chemnitz University of Technology (German: Technische Universität Chemnitz) is a public university in Chemnitz, Germany. With over 9,000 students, it is the third largest university in Saxony.[2] It was founded in 1836 as Königliche Gewerbschule (Royal Mercantile College) and was elevated to a Technische Hochschule, a university of technology, in 1963. With approximately 1,500 employees in science, engineering and management, Chemnitz University of Technology is among the most important employers in the region.