Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
- Germany
- Founded 1765
Overview
The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg is a public university of technology with 4,389 students in the city of Freiberg, Saxony, in Germany. The university's focuses are exploration, mining and extraction, processing, and recycling of natural resources and scrap, as well as developing new materials and researching renewable energies.
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Key facts
| Founded | 1765Source: Wikidata (opens in a new tab) |
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| Main location | FreibergSource: Wikidata. Other campuses may not be listed. (opens in a new tab) |
| Website | tu-freiberg.de (opens in a new tab) |
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| YouTube | Official channel (opens in a new tab) |
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Scholarships for international students
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People who studied here
- Alexander von Humboldt (opens in a new tab)Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769–1859)
- Novalis (opens in a new tab)German poet and writer (1772-1801)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (opens in a new tab)Russian polymath (1711-1765)
- Friedrich Mohs (opens in a new tab)German geologist and mineralogist (1773-1839)
- Abraham Gottlob Werner (opens in a new tab)German geologist (1749-1817)
- Theodor Körner (opens in a new tab)German poet (1791–1813)
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