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TU Wien

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Austria
301–350th in World University Rankings 2025
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About TU Wien

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Founded in 1815, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) was known original as the k. k. Polytechnic Institute with a focus on scientific research and teaching. Five faculties were created in 1865 before it was renamed the Technical University in 1872. Over a hundred years later, in 1975, it adopted the name Technical University, which it goes by today. Under the 2002 University Act, TU Wien gained full legal capacity.

Today, it comprises eight faculties. These are Architecture and Planning, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Mathematics and Geoinformation, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Physics.

At TU Wien, students are encouraged to engage with the university’s research projects, many of which are incorporated into its teaching.

With close to 5,000 staff across the entire university, ranging from professors and lecturers to scientific and non-scientific staff, TU Wien caters for around 30,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The first doctorates at the university were awarded in 1902.

The university library, established the same year as the university, was completed in 1987. Organised across six floors it includes open access areas, reading rooms and 700 individual study desks. The building is decorated with numerous owl sculptures, designed by the Swiss artist and architect Bruno Weber, and a lion fountain on the ground floor created by the sculptor Gero Schwanberg

TU Wien’s research priorities include Computational Science and Engineering, Quantum Physics and Quantum Technologies, Materials and Matter, Information and Communication Technology, and Environment.

Its alumni include mathematician and physicist Christian Doppler (Doppler effect), architect Otto Wagner, Nobel Prizewinner for Chemistry Richard Zsigmondy, composers Josef and Johann Strauß, and the first Austrian astronaut Franz Viehböck.

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World University Rankings 2025
20406080100
Teaching 45
Research Environment 46.7
Research Quality 55.1
Industry 93
International Outlook 87.7
3234363840424446201620172018201920202021202220232024202534.138.137.240.238.435.335.840.143.845

Breakdown via year: Teaching

Ranking positions 2016 to 2025
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Key Student Statistics

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Student gender ratio
32 F : 68 M (1)
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International student percentage
33% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
17.6 (1)
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Student total
10606 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at TU Wien

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Physical Sciences251–300th

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Computer Science79th

  • Computer Science

Arts and Humanities301–400th

  • Architecture

Engineering126–150th

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering