User:Kryli/TU Clausthal Edit English 2
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1775 |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanschke |
| Students | 4.080 (WS 2011/12) 1.165 International Students[1] |
| Location | , |
| Website | www.tu-clausthal.de |
The Clausthal University of Technology (German: Technische Universität Clausthal, also referred to as TU Clausthal or TUC) is an institute of technology (Technische Universität) in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Lower Saxony, Germany.
The small public university is regularly ranked among the Top German universities in engineering by CHE University Rankings.[2]
More than 30% of students and 20% of academic staff come from abroad, making it one of the most international universities in Germany.[3]
The university is best known for the prominent corporate leaders among its former students. In 2011, five of the 30 leading companies within the German stock index had alumni of TUC on their management board. Two of them as CEO.[4]
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The Department of Computational Intelligence is hosting the annual Multi-Agent Programming Contest.
Reputation[edit]
Ranking[edit]
- DIE ZEIT (CHE Ranking), 2012/2013: Top tier in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering.[9]
The CHE-Ranking is the most comprehensive and most detailed university ranking in the German-speaking countries.[10] It is published annualy since 2005 by DIE ZEIT. Clausthal is placed regularly among the top universities in the majority of its engineering and sciences programms.
- WirtschaftsWoche, 2009: 5th among universities with the most alumni on the management boards of German corporate giants.[11]
German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche researched the universities with the most alumni at the top of DAX-corporations. Clausthal was placed 5th, however in relation to the size of the student body, TUC came in first. [12]
- Junge Karriere, 2008: 8th in Industrial Engineering and 11th in Mechanical Engineering[13]
Junge Karriere, the career magazin of daily newspaper Handelsblatt conducted a ranking of German universities by interviewing over 51.000 students and graduates as well as over 1000 human ressource managers. Handelsblatt is the largest newspaper on business and finance in Germany.
Unique features[edit]
TU Clausthal consistently has a very high percentage of international students, ranging from 25% to 38% over the last decade.[14] The largest group of foreign nationals comes from the People's Republic of China (PRC), making up between 12% and 20% of total students. TUC has the highest percentage of Chinese students in Germany.
The popularity of TUC among Chinese nationals is derived from its reputation as one of the three "ABC-Universities".
The abbreviation stands for Aachen, Berlin, and Clausthal and refers to RWTH Aachen, TU Berlin and TU Clausthal.
In China, these three Universities are regarded as Germany's leading Universities of Technology.[15]
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Clausthal's reputation in China was further enhanced when former Alumni Wan Gang became the Chinese Minister for Science and Technology.
Since 2007, Wan Gang coordinates the science and technology activities in all of China.[18]
As a former mining academy, TU Clausthal is one of three universities in Germany (besides TU Freiberg and RWTH Aachen) that offers study programs in the fields of metals, mining, and petroleum engineering. In this regard, TUC was referred to as the "most renowned university for metallurgy" by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[19]
In relative terms, TU Clausthal is among the universities with the most alumni on the management boards of German blue chip corporations.[20] Most recently, this included companies like RWE[21], ThyssenKrupp[22], K+S[23], HeidelbergCement[24], Aurubis[25], ENRC[26] und Jungheinrich.[27]
References[edit]
- ^ "Studierendenstatistik für das Wintersemester 2011/12" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 19. November 2011 (German).
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ DIE ZEIT - CHE Ranking (German , Retrieved May 13, 2012 (German)]
- ^ International Center Clausthal - Student Information, Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Jürgen Großmann - CEO of RWE AG, Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Ekkehard D. Schulz - Former CEO of ThyssenKrupp AG, Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Gerd Grimmig - member of the Board of Executive Directors of K+S AG, Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Klaus-Dieter Maubach - Member of the Board of Management at E.ON AG, Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Albert Scheuer - Member of the Managing Board of HeidelbergCement AG, Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ DIE ZEIT - CHE Ranking (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ CHE Ranking explained, Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Wirtschaftswoche: Elite Universities – The universities of the DAX bosses (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Clausthal Alumni and Corporate Germany (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Junge Karriere: University Ranking 2008, abgerufen am 11. Mai 2012]
- ^ Technische Universität Clausthal, Hochschulstatistik 2010, Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ DIE ZEIT - Von Kanton nach Clausthal, Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ TAZ -Von Fernost in den Westharz, Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Wirtschaftswoche - Ansturm auf den Harz, Hochschulstatistik 2010, Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Interview mit Michael Hou, Chinabeauftragten der TU Clausthal, Hochschulstatistik 2010, Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine - Stahlindustrie, Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Clausthal's alumni in Corporate Germany (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Jürgen Großmann, CEO of RWE AG (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Ekkehard Schulz, former CEO of ThyssenKrupp AG (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Gerd Grimmig, Executive board of Kali und Salz AG (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Albert Scheuer, Executive board of HeidelbergCement AG (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Peter Willbrandt becomes new CEO of Aurubis (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Handelsblatt - JOHANNES SITTARD (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012
- ^ Dr. Klaus-Dieter becomes head of technology at Jungheinrich AG (German), Retrieved May 12, 2012