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"Vienna University of Technology (German: Technische Universität Wien) is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. Founded in 1815 as the "Imperial-Royal Polytechnic Institute" (k. k. Polytechnisches Institut), it currently has about 26,200 students (19% foreign students/30% women), 8 faculties and about 4,000 staff members (1,800 academic). The university's teaching and research is focused on engineering and natural science.

Notable faculty and alumni[edit]Siegfried Becher (1806 - 1873), professor of economics
Paul Eisler (1907 - 1992), inventor of the printed circuit
Hugo Ehrlich (1879 - 1936), known Croatian architect
Tillman Gerngross, Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth College, leading entrepreneur and bioengineer, founder of GlycoFi and Adimab
Adolph Giesl-Gieslingen (1903 - 1992), was an Austrian locomotive designer and engineer
Karl Gölsdorf (1861 - 1916), was an Austrian engineer and locomotive designer
Viktor Kaplan (1900), inventor of the Kaplan turbine
Milutin Milankovic (1879 – 1958), geophysicist and civil engineer
Rudolf Steiner (1861 - 1925), philosopher, scientist, founder of anthroposophical movement
Yordan Milanov (1867 - 1932), was one of the leading Bulgarian architects from the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century
Richard von Mises (1883 - 1953), scientist
Hubert Petschnigg (1913 - 1997), architect (completed his studies at TU Graz)
Ferdinand Piëch (1937), is an Austrian business magnate, engineer and executive who is currently the chairman of the supervisory board of Volkswagen Group
Zvonimir Richtmann (1901 - 1941), Croatian Jewish physicist, philosopher, politician and publicist
Irfan Skiljan, author of the image viewer software Irfanview
Edo Šen (1877 – 1949), Croatian architect.
Gottfried Ungerboeck (1940), inventor of trellis modulation, IBM Fellow
Heinz Zemanek (1920), Austrian computer pioneer
Keivan Ghaffari (1962), Iranian Electronic Engineer,currently Head of one of the Core Section of Nokia Siemens Networks"

Name: Vienna University of Technology Location/Address: Karlsplatz 13 Vienna, Vienna Austria 1040 Phone Number: +43-1-58801-0 Web Site: [Web Link] Type of School: Undergraduate School with Graduate Programs School Affiliation: Public -- National Date Founded: 1815 Enrollment: 26,000 Location of GPS Coordinates: entrance at Karlsplatz 13 Nicknames/Mascots: Not listed School Colors: Not listed School Motto: Not listed

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