Technische Universität Darmstadt

The Technische Universität Darmstadt , commonly known as TU Darmstadt, is a research university in the city of Darmstadt, Germany. It was founded in 1877 and received the right to award doctorates in 1899. In 1882, it was the first university in the world to set up a chair in electrical engineering. In 1883, the university founded the first faculty of electrical engineering and introduced the world’s first degree course in electrical engineering. In 2004, it became the first German university to be declared as an autonomous university. TU Darmstadt has assumed a pioneering role in Germany. Computer science, electrical engineering, artificial intelligence, mechatronics, business informatics, political science and many more courses were introduced as scientific disciplines in Germany by Darmstadt faculty.

Technische Universität Darmstadt's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics. Technische Universität Darmstadt’s most academically influential people include Gerhard Herzberg, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, and Peter Grünberg.