Technische Universität Ilmenau
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The Ilmenau University of Technology (German: Technische Universität Ilmenau, TU Ilmenau) is the technical university of Thuringia
and located in Ilmenau
Germany
. It was founded 1894 and has about 7,200 students.
with the title “Technische Universität” (which means that it concentrates on scientific and technical subjects) and it represents a tradition of more than 110 years in the training of engineers. Today's university began life in 1894 as the "Thüringisches Technikum”, a private training college. This took on the status of Hochschule für Elektrotechnik (HfE) before becoming the Technische Hochschule (TH) and finally being accorded the title of Technische Universität (TU).
The 7200 or so students (at the last count) include about 1650 who come from outside Germany. The courses they take lead to Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degrees in which the subjects tend to be drawn from a number of disciplines within the overall groups of Engineering, Mathematics with Science, and Economics with Social Studies.
What are the distinguishing features of the Technische Universität Ilmenau for its students? A standard of education recognised internationally as high; interdisciplinary thinking; personal care for students from professors, tutors and student mentors; a campus with modern buildings only short distances apart; plenty of social activities and social support; many student associations; campaigns, projects and activities on the cultural, sporting and academic fronts.
Because the University is in such close contact and collaboration with so many commercial companies large and small, in Germany and abroad, and because its graduates are so sought after in industry, Ilmenau TU’s graduates have a high chance of being taken up by international enterprises.
The university is famous for its Electrical Department and Computers Department.
For a long time no courses were taught in English and now this trend has changed and they introduced English courses. Now it has the International School which is drawing attention from lot of students and researchers.
Master's in Communications and Signal processing
is the well sought course in English. Each semester, approximately 35 student joins to the program from all over the world.
The town is very small but the ambiance is rich for studying. Students from various countries come here for studies and internship.
The famous MP3 inventor Karlheinz Brandenburg
is one of the professors in this university.
Without research, a university is dead. In Ilmenau the research is the foundation of teaching, postgraduate studies and academic development of the next generation of scientists. The research is carried out at all stages: theory, application of the theory, prototype testing and transfer to industrial application. All are of concern to this TU and are fostered and encouraged. The university occupies a leading position both nationally and internationally in a number of areas of research, pure and applied. Because the TU relies upon interdisciplinary work across faculty boundaries, and brings together many skills thereby, the following highly competitive research activities have been established:
Nano-engineering
Precision engineering
, instrumentation
and measurement
Technical and biomedical prosthetic systems
Drive technology, energy and environmental engineering
Digital media technology
Mobile communications
Proof of the University’s high reputation for research is to be found in its acceptance into the DFG (German Research Council) in 2004 and in the acclaim given to the special research project No. 622, "Positioning and Measurement Machinery in the Nanometre Range”.
The ZIK MacroNano, a centre for innovation whose name speaks for itself, has been set up at the Technische Universität Ilmenau in the context of a federal (BMBF) initiative which goes under the title of “Unternehmen Region” and has two young researcher groups who concentrate on Microfluidics and Bio-Sensors on the one hand and Functionalised Peripherics on the other.
Three research projects at the university became such by winning the Federal German Education Ministry’s competition “InnoProfile”. They are the project on innovative measurement of force and weight using mechatronic concepts; another on digital image processing for intelligent measurement and quality assurance (QUALIMESS); and another on multi-modal integration of ophthalmological diagnostic technology (MIntEye).
The university has another major centre contributing greatly to its research performance and reputation, the ZMN, Centre for Micro- and Nanotechnology.
So that results achieved in applied research can be transferred rapidly to industrial use, and so that spin-off companies are generated by the university and new partners found for collaborative projects, the university has set up public-private partnerships on new models, with the university taking a seat on the management boards of industrial companies. This concept underlies the entities known as “TU Ilmenau Service GmbH” and the “Technologiegesellschaft Thüringen mbH & Co. KG”. Both companies are proving successful in providing academic services, training courses and marketing.
The university is actively sharing in the restructuring and development of the region (“Technologieregion Ilmenau-Arnstadt”). It also contributes to regional planning with its thinking on the encouragement of a high-tech periphery to the campus itself. The large number of innovative technological companies which have taken root in the immediate area of the university is proof of how nourishing the soil of Ilmenau is for their growth. With the “Energietechnisches Zentrum Thüringen” (Energy Engineering Centre for the “Land” of Thüringen), the Ilmenau TU is also steering its research strategy into energy engineering. Here the intention is to unite the academic strength of the University in energy engineering and management with the interest of other Thüringen enterprises and institutes so that the challenges facing the 21st century world with its need for environmentally sound energy may be fully met.
As a technical university, it is contributing lot towards technical growth and research for the Nations of Europe.
Considering the educational export as one its main tasks, the university supports the international exchange of its students and collaborators on the basis of programmes set up to this end.
The Technische Universität Ilmenau strives to increase the number of foreign students and, therefore, promotes the cultural education as an important aspect of an ever increasing international competence requested.
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
and located in Ilmenau
Ilmenau
Ilmenau is a town located in the district of Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany.Ilmenau is situated in the valley of the Ilm river, at an altitude of 431 metres above sea level, and is the biggest town in Ilm-Kreis district, with 6,200 students studying at the Technische Universität Ilmenau. The...
Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was founded 1894 and has about 7,200 students.
Background
Both within and beyond Germany, Ilmenau University of Technology has established a recognised position as a centre of excellence in teaching and research. It is the only university in ThüringenThuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
with the title “Technische Universität” (which means that it concentrates on scientific and technical subjects) and it represents a tradition of more than 110 years in the training of engineers. Today's university began life in 1894 as the "Thüringisches Technikum”, a private training college. This took on the status of Hochschule für Elektrotechnik (HfE) before becoming the Technische Hochschule (TH) and finally being accorded the title of Technische Universität (TU).
Academic prospectus
The pillars of the higher education that the TU offers are technology, science, economics and media subjects. Ilmenau’s teaching and research have long had a high reputation in the older science and engineering subjects. These all also form part of the interdisciplinary media subjects which are a more recent development and combine technology, economics, law and social studies.The 7200 or so students (at the last count) include about 1650 who come from outside Germany. The courses they take lead to Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degrees in which the subjects tend to be drawn from a number of disciplines within the overall groups of Engineering, Mathematics with Science, and Economics with Social Studies.
What are the distinguishing features of the Technische Universität Ilmenau for its students? A standard of education recognised internationally as high; interdisciplinary thinking; personal care for students from professors, tutors and student mentors; a campus with modern buildings only short distances apart; plenty of social activities and social support; many student associations; campaigns, projects and activities on the cultural, sporting and academic fronts.
Because the University is in such close contact and collaboration with so many commercial companies large and small, in Germany and abroad, and because its graduates are so sought after in industry, Ilmenau TU’s graduates have a high chance of being taken up by international enterprises.
The university is famous for its Electrical Department and Computers Department.
For a long time no courses were taught in English and now this trend has changed and they introduced English courses. Now it has the International School which is drawing attention from lot of students and researchers.
Master's in Communications and Signal processing
Signal processing
Signal processing is an area of systems engineering, electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or analysis of signals, in either discrete or continuous time...
is the well sought course in English. Each semester, approximately 35 student joins to the program from all over the world.
The town is very small but the ambiance is rich for studying. Students from various countries come here for studies and internship.
The famous MP3 inventor Karlheinz Brandenburg
Karlheinz Brandenburg
Karlheinz Brandenburg is an audio engineer who has contributed to the audio compression format MPEG Audio Layer 3, more commonly known as MP3.- Biography :...
is one of the professors in this university.
Faculties
- Faculty Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
- Faculty Computer Science and Automation
- Faculty Mechanical Engineering
- Faculty Mathematics and Natural Science
- Faculty Economic Sciences.
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology has its roots in the Faculties of Heavy Current Technology and Light Current Technology of the erstwhile engineering college, the "Hochschule für Elektrotechnik" (HfE). It comprises four institutes as well as the Inter-Faculty Institute for Materials Technology and is in charge of the following graduate courses of study: Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Media Technology, as well as the further education course of Telecommunications Manager.The Faculty of Computer Science and Automation
The Faculty of Computer Science and Automation has its roots in the Institutes of Control Engineering and Electromedical and Radiological of the HfE as well as in the scientific fields of Engineering Informatics and Computer Engineering of the former TH Ilmenau. This faculty has five institutes including 20 departments and the junior professorship "Automation Technology" and is in charge of the course of study of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Computer Engineering.The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering was founded as Faculty of Precision Mechanics and Optics at the HfE. It comprises 19 departments as well as the junior professorship "Design of mechatronics drives" and is in charge of the graduate courses of study of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Automotive Engineering, Optronics, Teacher Training for Vocational School and Materials Science taught at the Inter-Faculty Institute for Materials Technology. Complementary further-education courses offered include Applications of Light and Innovative Engineering Design for Industrial Machinery and Equipment (shared course with the Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena).The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science has emerged from the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Science and Technical Basic Sciences of the HfE. At present, it comprises the Institutes of Mathematics, Physics, and Media and Communications including 24 departments and is in charge of the graduate courses of study of Mathematics, Technical Physics and Applied Media Science. Furthermore, it is responsible for the basic training of the students required for other courses of study in mathematics, physics and chemistry.The Faculty of Economics Sciences
The Faculty of Economics Sciences opened in 1990/91 is the youngest of all faculties at the university. The course of study of Business Informatics has been offered since 1988, and in 1990, the course of study of Industrial Engineering and Management was added. This faculty has four institutes including 15 departments and is in charge of the graduate courses of study of Commercial Information Technology, Industrial Engineering and Management and Media Economics. In the field of further education, it is responsible for the postgraduate course of Economic and Technical Information.Research
Nano-engineering
Precision engineering
Precision engineering
Precision engineering is a subdiscipline of electrical engineering, electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, and optical engineering concerned with designing machines, fixtures, and other structures that have exceptionally low tolerances, are repeatable, and are stable over time...
, instrumentation
Instrumentation
Instrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control of process variables within a production, or manufacturing area....
and measurement
Technical and biomedical prosthetic systems
Drive technology, energy and environmental engineering
Digital media technology
Mobile communications
Proof of the University’s high reputation for research is to be found in its acceptance into the DFG (German Research Council) in 2004 and in the acclaim given to the special research project No. 622, "Positioning and Measurement Machinery in the Nanometre Range”.
The ZIK MacroNano, a centre for innovation whose name speaks for itself, has been set up at the Technische Universität Ilmenau in the context of a federal (BMBF) initiative which goes under the title of “Unternehmen Region” and has two young researcher groups who concentrate on Microfluidics and Bio-Sensors on the one hand and Functionalised Peripherics on the other.
Three research projects at the university became such by winning the Federal German Education Ministry’s competition “InnoProfile”. They are the project on innovative measurement of force and weight using mechatronic concepts; another on digital image processing for intelligent measurement and quality assurance (QUALIMESS); and another on multi-modal integration of ophthalmological diagnostic technology (MIntEye).
The university has another major centre contributing greatly to its research performance and reputation, the ZMN, Centre for Micro- and Nanotechnology.
So that results achieved in applied research can be transferred rapidly to industrial use, and so that spin-off companies are generated by the university and new partners found for collaborative projects, the university has set up public-private partnerships on new models, with the university taking a seat on the management boards of industrial companies. This concept underlies the entities known as “TU Ilmenau Service GmbH” and the “Technologiegesellschaft Thüringen mbH & Co. KG”. Both companies are proving successful in providing academic services, training courses and marketing.
The university is actively sharing in the restructuring and development of the region (“Technologieregion Ilmenau-Arnstadt”). It also contributes to regional planning with its thinking on the encouragement of a high-tech periphery to the campus itself. The large number of innovative technological companies which have taken root in the immediate area of the university is proof of how nourishing the soil of Ilmenau is for their growth. With the “Energietechnisches Zentrum Thüringen” (Energy Engineering Centre for the “Land” of Thüringen), the Ilmenau TU is also steering its research strategy into energy engineering. Here the intention is to unite the academic strength of the University in energy engineering and management with the interest of other Thüringen enterprises and institutes so that the challenges facing the 21st century world with its need for environmentally sound energy may be fully met.
As a technical university, it is contributing lot towards technical growth and research for the Nations of Europe.
National and International Networking
The Technische Universität Ilmenau is an active partner in the scientific-technological just as economic promotion of the Ilmenau Technological Development Area. In addition to this, it seeks to gain wide reputation on both a national and international scale. Therefore, it maintains partnership contacts to educational establishments and industrial companies in Germany and abroad, and motivates its members to take an active part in these contacts by participating in development programmes.Considering the educational export as one its main tasks, the university supports the international exchange of its students and collaborators on the basis of programmes set up to this end.
The Technische Universität Ilmenau strives to increase the number of foreign students and, therefore, promotes the cultural education as an important aspect of an ever increasing international competence requested.