A Technische Hochschule (German:[ˌtɛçnɪʃəˈhoːxˌʃuːlə], plural: Technische Hochschulen, abbreviated TH) is a type of university focusing on engineering sciences in Germany. Previously, it also existed in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands (Technische Hogeschool), and Finland (teknillinen korkeakoulu, teknisk högskola). In the 1970s (in Germany) and the 1980s (in the Netherlands), the Technische Hochschule emerged into the Technische Universität (German) or Technische Universiteit (Dutch). Since 2009, several German universities of applied sciences were renamed as Technische Hochschulen.
In German-language countries, the term Hochschule is more general than Universität (plural: Universitäten) and also encompasses universities which do not have the right to confer doctorates and habilitations, in contrast to Universitäten. Today, Universitäten as well as other Hochschulen call themselves Technische Hochschule for historical reasons. However, a Technische Hochschule with the status of a Universität is regarded as a Technische Universität despite the name.
Historyedit
Since the Middle Ages, higher education institutions in Europe were called a university only if a certain classical canon of subjects encompassing philosophy, medicine, law and theology was taught. When engineering sciences became more important in academica due to the Industrial Revolution, institutions of tertiary education devoted to these were denied the prestigious denomination "university", and had to use the more general term Hochschule instead.
It was a major breakthrough, then, when in the first half of the 20th century, some Technische Hochschulen in Germany and Technische Hogescholen in the Netherlands were given the right to award the doctoral degrees, and again later when they were allowed to call themselves universities. This change of status was accompanied by a broader spectrum of academic disciplines and more fundamental research.
While most former Technische Hochschulen opted to change their name to Technische Universität to reflect their new status, some of them preferred to maintain their traditional and established names, most notably the RWTH Aachen in Germany as well as ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne in Switzerland.
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Technology Contents 1 Terminology 2 History 3 In Austria 4 In Germany 5 In Switzerland 6 In Finland 7 See also 8 ReferencesTerminology editMain article Hochschule In German language countries the term Hochschule is more general than Universitat plural Universitaten and also encompasses universities which do not have the right to confer doctorates and habilitations in contrast to Universitaten Today Universitaten as well as other Hochschulen call themselves Technische Hochschule for historical reasons However a Technische Hochschule with the status of a Universitat is regarded as a Technische Universitat despite the name History editSince the Middle Ages higher education institutions in Europe were called a university only if a certain classical canon of subjects encompassing philosophy medicine law and theology was taught When engineering sciences became more important in academica due to the Industrial Revolution institutions of tertiary education devoted to these were denied the prestigious denomination university and had to use the more general term Hochschule instead It was a major breakthrough then when in the first half of the 20th century some Technische Hochschulen in Germany and Technische Hogescholen in the Netherlands were given the right to award the doctoral degrees and again later when they were allowed to call themselves universities This change of status was accompanied by a broader spectrum of academic disciplines and more fundamental research While most former Technische Hochschulen opted to change their name to Technische Universitat to reflect their new status some of them preferred to maintain their traditional and established names most notably the RWTH Aachen in Germany as well as ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne in Switzerland Starting in 2009 several German universities of applied sciences Fachhochschulen with a technical focus have changed their names to Technische Hochschule In Austria editList of Austrian Technische Universitaten by location Institution Established City State Staff StudentsTechnische Universitat Graz 1811 Graz Styria 2 256 12 692Technische Universitat Wien 1815 Vienna Vienna 4 078 26 218In Germany editList of German Technische Universitaten by location Institution Established City State Staff StudentsRheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen 1870 Aachen North Rhine Westphalia 8 047 40 025Technische Universitat Berlin 1770 Berlin Berlin 8 302 31 427Technische Universitat Carolo Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig 1745 Braunschweig Lower Saxony 5 550 15 500Technische Universitat Chemnitz 1836 Chemnitz Saxony 1 185 10 850Technische Universitat Clausthal 1775 Clausthal Zellerfeld Lower Saxony 1 000 4 080Brandenburgische Technische Universitat Cottbus Senftenberg 2013 Cottbus Brandenburg 1 218 10 310Technische Universitat Darmstadt 1877 Darmstadt Hesse 4 122 24 305Technische Universitat Dortmund 1968 Dortmund North Rhine Westphalia 3 867 29 672Technische Universitat Dresden 1828 Dresden Saxony 7 094 36 534Technische Universitat Bergakademie Freiberg 1765 Freiberg Saxony 1 540 5 455Technische Universitat Hamburg Harburg 1978 Hamburg Hamburg 1 150 6 678HafenCity Universitat Hamburg 2006 Hamburg Hamburg 504 2 304Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitat Hannover 1831 Hannover Lower Saxony 4 290 22 236Technische Universitat Ilmenau 1894 Ilmenau Thuringia 2 021 6 909Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern 1970 Kaiserslautern Rhineland Palatinate 1 124 14 184Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie 1825 Karlsruhe Baden Wurttemberg 9 251 22 146Technische Universitat Munchen 1868 Munich Bavaria 9 704 35 000Universitat Stuttgart 1829 Stuttgart Baden Wurttemberg 4 946 27 686List of Technische Hochschulen institutions with the status of Technische Universitat not included by location Institution Established renamed Technische Hochschule City State Staff StudentsOstbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg Weiden 1994 2013 Amberg Weiden Bavaria 325 3 500Technische Hochschule Aschaffenburg 1995 2019 Aschaffenburg Bavaria 3 374Technische Hochschule Bingen 1971 2016 Bingen am Rhein Rhineland Palatinate 212 2 628Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola 1816 2016 Bochum North Rhine Westphalia 252 2 279Technische Hochschule Brandenburg 1992 2016 Brandenburg an der Havel Brandenburg 240 2 616Technische Hochschule Deggendorf 1994 2013 Deggendorf Bavaria 552 5 700Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt 1994 2013 Ingolstadt Bavaria 450 5 200Technische Hochschule Koln 1971 2015 Cologne North Rhine Westphalia 1 620 24 818Technische Hochschule Lubeck 1969 2018 Lubeck Schleswig Holstein 441 4 689Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen 1971 2010 Giessen Friedberg Wetzlar Hesse 1 000 16 044Technische Hochschule Nurnberg 1971 2013 Nuremberg Bavaria 1 855 12 234Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen Lippe 1971 2019 Lemgo Detmold Hoxter North Rhine Westphalia 715 6 544Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg 1971 2013 Regensburg Bavaria 690 11 000Technische Hochschule Rosenheim 1971 2018 Rosenheim Bavaria 500 5 901Technische Hochschule Ulm 1960 2019 Ulm Baden Wurttemberg 120 professors 4 125Technische Hochschule Wildau 1991 2009 Wildau Brandenburg 335 4 152Technische Hochschule Wurzburg Schweinfurt 1971 2023 Wurzburg Schweinfurt Bayern 795 9 322In Switzerland editList of Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology by location Institution Established City Staff StudentsEcole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne 1853 Lausanne 4 000 9 000Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich 1855 Zurich 10 242 17 781In Finland editThe concept of a TH exists also in Finland as teknillinen korkeakoulu which is equivalent to a TH Examples include Teknillinen korkeakoulu in Espoo Tampereen teknillinen korkeakoulu and Lappeenrannan teknillinen korkeakoulu Similarly to German speaking countries most of them later changed their name to teknillinen yliopisto which is equivalent to a TU However Teknillinen korkeakoulu retained its old name until it merged with two other universities to form the current Aalto University See also editTU9 German Institutes of Technology e V List of universities in GermanyReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Technische Hochschule amp oldid 1165631942, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,