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Overview: University

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

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    Digital design and construction with wood, clay and system

    Is computer-aided design and construction with natural materials a contradiction in terms? Not for TU Graz architect Urs Hirschberg, who sees digital planning as an opportunity for sustainable architecture.   Read more

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    TU Graz and Mondi set up strategic partnership

    At the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Chemical and Process Engineering and Biotechnology at TU Graz, Mondi will endow two professorships, one in Pulping and Paper Technology and one in Food Contact Materials.   Read more

  • Graphic depiction of a white poster with the inscription "Universities vote for Europe", held by hands of different skin colours. A dove of peace perches on the poster.

    Vote for Europe: European elections on 26 May 2019

    Studying in other EU countries on the same conditions as in Austria, doing research in cross-border cooperation – that’s what the European Union means for studying and research. Vote to help shape the future.   Read more

  • The Rectorate team of two women and three men moves dynamically towards the camera.

    TU Graz: Leadership team for the new Rectorate term is now complete

    TU Graz University Council chooses two women vice rectors and two men vice rectors for next Rectorate term from 1st October 2019 to 30th September 2023.   Read more

  • Zwei grauhaarige Männer in Anzug und Krawatte unterzeichnen zwei Dokumente.

    TU Graz and TU Darmstadt extend their funding programme

    Young researchers and lecturers from TU Graz and TU Darmstadt present projects for a joint funding framework for budding scientists on 2nd May. Rectors will then sign the extension to the programme.   Read more

  • Anna-Lülja Praun, born Simidoff, also started her architecture studies in 1924. She belonged to the roughly 70 women graduates of TU Graz in the early years between 1919 and 1950.

    With courage and intelligence: 100 years of women at the ‘Tech’

    Women were allowed to enroll in an Austrian institute of technology for the first time 100 years ago. But what did the first women at IT Graz study? And what became of them? Three women’s stories.   Read more

  • Portrait of a man with black suit and tie, in the background wooden roof truss and trams

    TU Graz researcher Gerhard Schickhofer awarded prestigious Marcus Wallenberg Prize

    For his pioneering research in the field of cross-laminated timber, Gerhard Schickhofer, head of the Institute of Timber Engineering and Wood Technology of TU Graz, has been awarded the 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize. The award is worth some 200,000 euros.   Read more

  • A man with blue eyes, greying hair and dark shirt sits at his desk between a big window and an indoor palm.

    ‘I keep my word’

    IT expert Kay Römer is working on preventing our world from collapsing when things don’t work. In the interview he reveals how to build a career ladder using integrity and empathy.   Read more

  • Five men and a woman are standing in front of an expo wall, on which the logos of TU Graz, SGS and the URL of the Cybersecurity Campus Graz can be read.

    Multi-million euro investment in IT security: SGS and TU Graz set up Cybersecurity Campus Graz

    A unique IT security research, education, testing and certification hub is taking shape in Styria, Austria: Cybersecurity Campus Graz.   Read more

  • Rendering of a seven-storey white building at dusk

    Laying of the Foundation Stone for the new Research Centre at TU Graz

    By order of TU Graz and with financial support from the State of Styria and the EU, BIG is building a new site for the Electronic Based Systems Center. The total project volume is about 15 million euros.   Read more