Overview: University

TU Graz
Graz University of Technology

Which principles and aims guide the members of TU Graz? Which quality standards shape their work? Why is TU Graz one of the universities in Austria with the best cooperation ventures? On which traditions is the university based? Find out more about strategy, aims, achievements and history at TU Graz.

TU Graz Compact

Gain an overview of TU Graz by taking a look at numbers and facts. Find out more in the university’s publications – in print and online. Get an overall picture in TU Graz Compact.

Mission Statement

What does TU Graz stand for? What are the university’s aims? What makes the university unique? Click here to find out about the Mission Statement.

Key Objectives and Focus Areas

Find out about the TU Graz Key Objectives and Focus Areas.

Cooperation Ventures

Who does TU Graz cooperate with, to make it possible to achieve more? For further information see Cooperation Ventures in Research and Teaching.

Diversity

What does diversity mean to TU Graz? Which measures does the university implement? Find out about how the university promotes diversity under Diversity.

Digitalisation

Proactively shaping the digital transformation is a key objective of TU Graz. Read more about Digitalisation

Climate-Neutral TU Graz

TU Graz has adopted an ambitious roadmap for its path to climate neutrality by 2030, making it one of the pioneers among Austria's universities. Read more on page Climate-Neutral TU Graz

Quality Management

All employees contribute to the high standards of research and teaching at TU Graz. Quality Management is described on this page.

TU Graz Corporate Portfolio

TU Graz works together closely with partners from science and business by means of participations. Here you can find out about the TU Graz Corporate Portfolio.

Organisational Basis

The University Act and the Statute form the basis of work in research and teaching. Here, you can find out about the Organisational Basis.

History

TU Graz has an impressive history. Find out more under History.

Buildings of TU Graz

TU Graz spreads across 3 big campus locations: the Alte Technik campus, the Neue Technik campus and Inffeldgasse campus. Learn more about the development of the campus sites and buildings.

Development of the Campus Inffeldgasse

In the coming years, TU Graz and the Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG, the federal real estate company) will ensure that the campus Inffeldgasse is designed sustainably. More about the Campus Inffeldgasse.

TU Graz people

Read about the people and events that shape TU Graz: in the staff magazine TU Graz people

Partnership of TU Graz and University of Strathclyde

Scotland: sheep, bagpipes, electrical engineering, and much more. This is what the first PhD students of Graz University of Technology can look forward to from this coming winter semester onwards at the new partner university – the University of Strathclyde. Read more
Harald Kainz to take over the presidency of TU Austria on July 1st

The Rector of Graz University of Technology will take over the presidency of TU Austria, the association of Austrian universities of technology, thus succeeding Sabine Seidler, Rector of Vienna University of Technology. The priorities for the next 12 months are digitalisation, sustainability and… Read more
KAGes relies on 3D printing by TU Graz for protective equipment

Protective equipment for clinical personnel is in short supply worldwide these days. TU Graz manufactures 10,000 urgently needed protective face shields for Steirische Krankenanstalten GmbH (KAGes) using 3D printing technology. The first 1,000 units were handed over today. Read more
Information from Graz University of Technology on dealing with COVID-2019 (“coronavirus”)

In accordance with the requirements of the federal government, no in-person courses are currently taking place at TU Graz, and employees are working from home or are on leave of absence. All buildings are closed to the public. Read more
Researcher of patterns in the large text of DNA

Leila Taher searches a "strange text" of three billion letters for patterns that define us as human beings. The TU Graz bioinformatician reads the human genome – and loves unanswered questions. Read more
… My experiences as a visiting researcher at TU Graz

Mojtaba Pourbashiri came to Graz, Austria, during his PhD. Since January 2019 he works as a postdoctoral guest researcher in the field of advanced materials science. He has found Graz to be a city of science and peace. Read more
… Studo – from start-up to partner for digitalisation

Anyone who tells the founding story of the university app “Studo” has to look back beyond the year of the company's formation in 2016. The five founders – four men and one woman – got to know each other during their studies at TU Graz. Read more
Respect for diversity: TU Graz diversity awards

Graz University of Technology has awarded five "Mind the Gap" awards for gender and diversity to employees and students who have placed human diversity at the centre of research or teaching contexts. Read more
… coming to TU Graz as a degree seeking student

Brenda Barrios came to Austria as a student of the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering Master's Programme at Graz University of Technology. In her Blog Post she tells us, why Graz became the city of her heart. Read more
The beauty of defects

Peter Hadley tries to understand which defects give rise to which properties in certain materials – what makes a ruby red, electricity flow through silicon, or a wire break? Read more