Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola

About THGA

The Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola (THGA) is a state-recognized, over 200-year-old engineering university in Bochum that evolved from a traditional mining school. As a non-independent operating unit of the DMT-Gesellschaft für Lehre und Bildung (DMT-LB), it offers nine Bachelor's and seven Master's degree programs in mechanical engineering, applied materials science, electrical and information engineering, process and environmental engineering, geotechnics, mineral resources extraction and recycling, as well as industrial engineering, some of them part-time or practice-integrated. In modern laboratories for mechanical engineering, materials science, geo-resources, process engineering and electrical engineering, projects on high-tech materials, recycling processes, automation and Industry 4.0 are carried out. The Post-Mining Research Center, unique worldwide, studies the perpetual tasks of mining. Through knowledge and technology transfer, the THGA offers companies service and contract research projects as well as support with spin-offs. The curriculum was developed, among others, with ThyssenKrupp Steel and Deutsche Edelstahlwerke; around 80 percent of final theses address practical questions.

Site

Bochum

Processes

Degree programs: 9 Bachelor's and 7 Master's programs, Post-Mining Research Center, Knowledge and technology transfer / contract research, Career Service, Central Student Advisory Service, International Office / Studying Abroad, Alumni Network, Student Dormitory

Certificates

State Recognition (NRW)

Industries

Education/Engineering, Mining and Post-Mining, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Process and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Information Engineering

Locations

Bochum

DE

Campus and headquarters

• Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science Laboratories
• Laboratory for Thermal and Chemical Process Engineering
• Power Electronics Laboratory
• Robotics Laboratory
• Chemical Process Engineering Laboratory

Research and Laboratory Facilities

Inside the production

Quality and Recognition

THGA is a state-recognized university; the responsible supervisory authority is the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

History

1. 1821

   Origin as a mining school; over 200 years of tradition and Bochum's oldest university

2. 1975

   Students of the process engineering track at the then “Fachhochschule Bergbau der Westfälischen Berggewerkschaftskasse Bochum”

3. 2021

   Launch of the alumni network