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

Physicist in motion

An interview with experimental physicist Gernot Pottlacher is anything but dull. He paints pictures with words and underscores the spoken word with experiments on his desk. Read more
Teaching stars: TU Graz awards prizes to lecturers of excellence

Outstanding teaching rarely gets curtain calls. Rarely, but not never. Witness TU Graz, where four outstanding lecturers received the Prize for Excellence in Teaching on Wednesday, 9 November. Read more
Friendship: thanks from Iranian students

Iranian students from the last decades express their solidarity with TU Graz in the form of a “recognition plaque” and set an example for peaceful co-existence. Read more
…the feedbackr app

Christian Haintz and Karin Pichler have founded a start-up based on their master’s theses. They talk about their experiences, successes and everything they’ve learned as founders. Read more
Listener, motivator, provocateur and teacher

Geotechnical engineer Roman Marte likes challenging his students. If people aren’t discussing or contradicting each other, he finds the course “dull”. Read more
TU Graz becomes more family friendly

Extension of the number of hours per week of FLEKI, game backpacks, cheaper summer child care and commitment to the “Family at university” charter – the range of offers concerning compatibility of job/studies with family is gradually being expanded. Read more
The Innovation Marathon – the big challenge

TU Graz student Philipp Rouschal on experiences at the TU Austria Innovation Marathon. The aim is to develop unfamiliar new ideas, throw new light on a problem, and bravely ask new questions. Read more
TU Graz Racing Team achieves success in Spain

At the Formula Student competition in Barcelona the TU Graz Racing Team once more gained top positions with second place in the overall class. Read more
875 Kilometres to Work

Exercise pays off – in many ways. Since February, Christian Gösweiner has cycled 875 kilometres as part of the “Cycle to Work” campaign and won a new TU Graz bicycle. Read more
Gardening bliss!

Equipped with the latest gardening tools and sporting blue overalls, Harald Kainz, Rector of Graz University of Technoloy, joined the Urban Gardening Project of the HTU Graz planting chives and basil. Read more