Chemnitz University of Technology is located in the town of Chemnitz in Germany. With over 10000 students it is the third largest university in Saxony and around 750 international students from 100 universities all over the world are enrolled each year. It was founded in 1836 as Royal Mercantile College ("Königliche Gewerbeschule") and became a technical university in 1986.
The tradition of science in this region goes back to the 16th century wit...
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Chemnitz University of Technology is located in the town of Chemnitz in Germany. With over 10000 students it is the third largest university in Saxony and around 750 international students from 100 universities all over the world are enrolled each year. It was founded in 1836 as Royal Mercantile College ("Königliche Gewerbeschule") and became a technical university in 1986.
The tradition of science in this region goes back to the 16th century with Georg Agricola, a famous German scholar of minerals, being the city's mayor. In 1836 the Royal Mercantile College was established as a scientific base to support the industrial revolution. In 1882 more than 1,000 students registered for this College. Modern scientific areas like electrical engineering were included in the studies. These developments made it possible that the institution became a Royal Technical Academy ("Königliche Gewerbeakademie"). Especially this academy helped Chemnitz to become one of the industrial centers in the...
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