Technische Universität Clausthal

About TU Clausthal

Technische Universität Clausthal is a public university of the state of Lower Saxony, located in Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the Upper Harz. Emerging from a mining academy founded in 1775, today it teaches with around 85 professors, around 3,000 students and around 1,100 employees in the engineering, natural and economic sciences as well as computer science. The overarching guiding theme is the Circular Economy, with the four research fields of Sustainable Energy Systems, Raw Material Security and Resource Efficiency, Sustainable Materials and Processes, and Digitalization for a Sustainable Society. The university is structured into two faculties, 28 institutes and five interdisciplinary scientific centers; the institutes conduct work, among other things, on metallurgy, materials science and materials engineering, welding technology and separating manufacturing processes, as well as polymer materials and plastics engineering. Through its Service Center for Research and Transfer, it mediates cooperation between science and industry, advises on inventions and patents, and operates technology transfer. In addition to the main site, there are the Energy Campus Goslar with the Energy Research Center of Lower Saxony (EFZN) and the Drilling Simulator Celle as the German Center for High-Performance Drilling Technology and Automation.

Site

Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Processes

Knowledge and Technology Transfer (Service Center for Research and Transfer), Start-up Consulting, Patent and Invention Consulting, Research Funding Consulting, Continuing Education and Event Management, Study Counseling, TUCreate – Student Workshop (Prototyping), University Library

Materials

Sustainable Materials and Processes

Founded

1775

Employees

ca. 1,100

Industries

Sustainable Energy Systems, Raw Material Security and Resource Efficiency, Sustainable Materials and Processes, Digitalization, Mining and Geosciences, Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

1. 01

   Research

2. 02

   Teaching

3. 03

   Knowledge and Technology Transfer

4. 04

   Cooperation with Industry

5. 05

   Start-ups and Patent Consulting

Materials and Processes Research Focuses

Locations

Clausthal-Zellerfeld

DE

Main Site (Campus)

Goslar

DE

Energy Campus / Energy Research Center of Lower Saxony (EFZN)

Celle

DE

Drilling Simulator Celle – German Center for High-Performance Drilling Technology and Automation

Research and Transfer

Inside the production

History

1. 1775

   Founded as the 'Clausthal Mining Academy'

2. 1810

   Two-track mining school for the training of miners and officials

3. 1864

   'Mining Academy Clausthal' with international significance as a training institution in mining and metallurgy

4. 1968

   'Technische Universität Clausthal', expansion of the teaching and research spectrum

5. 1984

   Spin-off of Sympatec GmbH, today the world market leader in particle measurement technology

6. 1991

   Spin-off of SincoTec Group, world market leader in resonance testing technology

7. 2000

   Expansion of the economic sciences

8. 2007

   Foundation stone laid for the Energy Research Center in Goslar

9. 2015

   All-time high with 4,963 students

10. 2018

    German Sustainability Award

11. 2020

    University of the Circular Economy