The Resource University: research and teaching on raw materials, materials, energy and the circular economy in Freiberg.
Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
Akademiestraße 6, 09599 Freiberg · Prüferstraße 1a, 09599 FreibergNew on Amplifa
About TU Bergakademie Freiberg
The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg was founded in 1765 as a mining academy and is regarded as the world's oldest mining and metallurgy university. Since 1993 it has borne the name Technische Universität and educates students at six faculties in the fields of mathematics and computer science, chemistry, physics and life sciences, geosciences, geotechnology and mining, mechanical engineering, process and energy engineering, materials science and materials technology, as well as economics. Its research focuses are the exploration, extraction and processing of raw materials, the development of materials and engineered materials, energy systems, and processing and recycling methods for a sustainable circular economy. The university has laboratory and technical facilities including in foundry and forming technology, glass, ceramics, process engineering and additive manufacturing, as well as an underground research and teaching mine (Reiche Zeche). At the Freiberg location there is close networking with the Helmholtz Institute for Resource Technology (HIF), Fraunhofer institutes and EIT RawMaterials, whose Regional Center Freiberg is based at TUBAF.
- Site
- Freiberg
- Processes
- Technology Transfer, Startup Consulting (SAXEED), IT Services, Alumni Network, Further Education
- Materials
- Materials Science and Engineering, Foundry and Forming Technology, Additive Manufacturing, Glass and Ceramics, Refractories and Composites, Processing and Recycling
- Founded
- 1765
- Industries
- Raw Materials, Materials Science and Engineering, Geosciences, Energy Systems, Climate & Environment, Recycling / Circular Economy
- 01
Teaching and Study
- 02
Basic Research
- 03
Modeling and Simulation
- 04
Pilot Scale / Technology Development
- 05
Technology and Knowledge Transfer
- 06
Startup Consulting (SAXEED)
Research Infrastructure & Processes
Materials Science and Engineering
Development of new materials and engineered materials as well as the associated process and manufacturing technologies.
Foundry and Forming Technology
Research and teaching at the Faculty of Materials Science and Materials Technology with the Institute of Foundry Technology and the Institute of Metal Forming.
Additive Manufacturing
Equipped laboratory and technical areas for technology development in the TechStack of the faculties.
Glass and Ceramics, Refractories and Composites
Institutes of Glass and Glass Technology and of Ceramics, Refractories and Composites of Faculty 4.
Processing and Recycling
Development of processing and recycling methods to close the raw materials cycle.
Locations
Akademiestraße 6, 09599 Freiberg
DEMain Campus / Administration
Prüferstraße 1a, 09599 Freiberg
DEEIT RawMaterials Regional Center Freiberg (CLC East)
Inside the production
Industries
Additional services
History
- 1765
Founding of the Bergakademie Freiberg on 21 November; oldest mining and metallurgy university in the world
- 1766
Start of teaching with 19 enrolled students
- 1796
Establishment of the world's first university laboratory by Wilhelm A. Lampadius
- 1863
Discovery of the element indium by Ferdinand Reich and Hieronymus T. Richter
- 1886
Discovery of the element germanium by Clemens A. Winkler
- 1993
Bergakademie becomes a Technische Universität; opening of the Faculty of Economics
- 2009
Target of 5,000 students reached
- 2010
Addition to the name 'Die Ressourcenuniversität' (The Resource University) introduced
- 2011
Founding of the Helmholtz Institute for Resource Technology Freiberg (HIF)
- 2015
250th anniversary
- 2019
Part of the UNESCO World Heritage Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
- 2025
260 years of the Bergakademie; first female rector takes up office