Technische Universität Darmstadt
- Germany
- Founded 1877
Overview
The Technische Universität Darmstadt, commonly known as TU Darmstadt, is a public research university in the city of Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1877 and received the right to award doctorates in 1899.
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Key facts
| Founded | 1877Source: Wikidata (opens in a new tab) |
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| Main location | DarmstadtSource: Wikidata. Other campuses may not be listed. (opens in a new tab) |
| Students | 24,969 (2021)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Staff | 5,173 (2023)Source: Wikidata. Can be out of date. (opens in a new tab) |
| Website | tu-darmstadt.de (opens in a new tab) |
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Scholarships for international students
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People who studied here
- Georg Cantor (opens in a new tab)German mathematician, inventor of set theory (1845–1918)
- Peter Grünberg (opens in a new tab)German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939–2018)
- Hermann Staudinger (opens in a new tab)German chemist, winner of the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1881–1965)
- August Kekulé (opens in a new tab)German organic chemist (1829–1896)
- Chaim Weizmann (opens in a new tab)Israeli statesman and British chemist (1874–1952)
- Gerhard Herzberg (opens in a new tab)German-Canadian physicist and physical chemist (1904-1999)
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