TU Wien

TU Wien is a public university in Vienna, Austria. Its teaching and research focus on engineering, computer science and natural sciences. It has eight faculties: Architecture and Planning, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Mathematics and Geoinformation, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and Physics. The university is led by a Rector and four Vice Rectors, with a Senate of 26 members and a University Council of seven acting as a supervisory board.

Emperor Francis I founded the institution in 1815 as the k.k. Polytechnisches Institut, with Johann Joseph von Prechtl as first rector. It became the Technische Hochschule in 1872 and took the name Technische Universität Wien in 1975. The university library dates from 1815; its main building, completed in 1987, has six floors of open access areas and reading rooms with around 700 study desks.

Teaching runs across the eight faculties, from pure research and fundamental science to applied technological research and partnership with industry. Research focus points include computational science and engineering, quantum physics and quantum technologies, materials and matter, information and communication technology, and energy and environment. The EU Research Support office helps researchers and administrative staff prepare and carry out EU research projects.

The Austrian study programme register lists 60 programmes of all kinds and languages at TU Wien, 18 of them taught in English: 1 Bachelor's and 17 Master's. English-taught subjects include Information Systems, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Health Administration, Mathematics, the Built Environment, Computer Science, Data Science, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering, Robotics Engineering and Aerospace Engineering.

For an international student, the practical points are straightforward. You apply direct to TU Wien, which runs its own application process. Students from outside the EU/EEA need a Residence Permit, Student. At public universities, EU/EEA and Swiss students pay no tuition within the standard duration plus two semesters; most other students pay a per-semester fee. Every student pays the student union fee.