From Technische Hochschule to Research University

Download or read book From Technische Hochschule to Research University written by Franz G. Rammerstorfer and published by Böhlau Verlag Wien. This book was released on 2016-07-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume takes a look at the past – at the last 50 years in particular – and a look at the present, painting a picture of how the Imperial Royal Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1815, became the Technische Universität Wien – the "TU Wien" – with the launch of the 1975 University Organisation Act, and has increasingly developed into a research university ever since. Contemporaries from the years when the TU Wien was still the TH in Vienna have a place to tell their stories in this volume, alongside articles on interfaculty research facilities and service centres that support research activities and transfer of research results in accordance with the TU Wien's motto, “Technology for people”. One of the main goals of this book is to not only inform readers, but also to amuse them a bit as they peruse the pages of the volume.