Technische Universität Braunschweig

Technische Universität Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig) is a public technical university in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany, the oldest technical university in the country, founded in 1745 as the Collegium Carolinum, and it is placed in the 781-790 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.布伦瑞克工业大学（TU Braunschweig）是德国下萨克森州布伦瑞克的公立工业大学，1745 年以「卡罗琳学院」（Collegium Carolinum）之名创立，是德国历史最悠久的工业大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 781-790 区间。

A member of the TU9 alliance of leading German institutes of technology and of CESAER, it is subdivided into six faculties, enrols about 18,500 students, and its OpenAlex record lists 63,560 research works and 2,960,246 citations.该校是德国顶尖工科院校联盟 TU9 与欧洲高等工程教育与研究学校协会 CESAER 的成员，下设六大学院，注册学生约 18,500 名，其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 63,560 项、被引 2,960,246 次。

Historically known as Carolo-Wilhelmina after its ducal founders, the university has its own research airport and focuses on Future City, Metrology, Mobility, and Engineering for Health as its four research priorities.该校历史上以其创办公爵之名称作「Carolo-Wilhelmina」，拥有自己的研究机场，四大研究重点为「未来城市」「计量学」「出行」与「健康工程」。

History

• Duke Charles I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel founded the Collegium Carolinum in 1745 as an educational institution that served as a transition between school and university, the root of today's institution.不伦瑞克-沃尔芬比特尔公爵卡尔一世于 1745 年创办卡罗琳学院（Collegium Carolinum），作为衔接中学与大学的过渡学府，此即今日大学的源头。

• The Collegium Carolinum opened under Duke Charles I and continued under his son Duke Charles William Ferdinand, combining classical and modern scientific instruction in the spirit of the Enlightenment.卡罗琳学院在卡尔一世治下开办，其子卡尔·威廉·斐迪南公爵继之，秉持启蒙精神把古典学与现代科学教育结合。

• In 1862 the institution was restructured as the Polytechnische Schule, focusing teaching on engineering and the applied sciences.1862 年，学院改制为「理工学院」（Polytechnische Schule），教学重心转向工程与应用科学。

• In 1878 the school became a Technische Hochschule, gaining the title along with other German technical institutes of the era.1878 年，学校升格为「高等工业学校」（Technische Hochschule），与同期德国各工科院校一同获得这一称号。

• In 1968 the institution reached full university status, adopting the name Technische Universität Braunschweig that its complete name still carries today, with English translation discouraged.1968 年，学校取得完整的大学地位，定名「Technische Universität Braunschweig」，官方至今不鼓励将其译成英文。

• From 1933 the university operated under National Socialist control of German academic life, a period that later prompted institutional reckoning with its history.自 1933 年起，该校在纳粹对德国学术生活的控制下运作，这段历史后来促使校方进行反思。

• After German reunification in 1990 the university expanded cooperation with eastern German institutes and universities, broadening its research network.1990 年德国统一后，该校扩大与东德研究机构和大学的合作，拓展了研究网络。

• In 2006 the university helped found TU9, the incorporated society of Germany's nine leading institutes of technology, together with RWTH Aachen University and Technical University of Munich.2006 年，该校与亚琛工业大学、慕尼黑工业大学等共同发起成立 TU9——德国九所顶尖工科大学的联合体。

• Fellow TU9 members include the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Darmstadt University of Technology and Dresden University of Technology, with which Braunschweig shares doctoral networks.TU9 成员还包括卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院、达姆施塔特工业大学与德累斯顿工业大学，布伦瑞克与它们共享博士培养网络。}

• Stuttgart University, Berlin Institute of Technology and Hannover University complete the TU9 alliance of which Braunschweig is a founding member.斯图加特大学、柏林工业大学与汉诺威大学与前述院校共同构成 TU9 联盟，布伦瑞克是其创始成员。}

• The university's four research priorities — Future City, Metrology, Mobility and Engineering for Health — structure inter-faculty projects with partners such as the German Aerospace Center.学校的四大研究重点——未来城市、计量学、出行与健康工程——组织了与德国航空航天中心等伙伴的跨学院项目。}

• The Carolo Cup, run by the university's Institute of Control Engineering, draws student teams from across Germany and Europe in an annual autonomous driving competition.由该校 Control Engineering Institute 主办的「Carolo Cup」，每年吸引德国与欧洲各地的学生队伍参加自动驾驶竞赛。}

• The university's sports programme and the Studentenwerk halls create a residential student culture around the compact Braunschweig campus in the city's science quarter.学校的体育项目与学生服务社宿舍，围绕城市科学区中紧凑的布伦瑞克校区形成住校学生文化。

• Braunschweig's position in Lower Saxony places the university within the state's automotive, aerospace and metrology research cluster, alongside its industrial partners.布伦瑞克地处下萨克森州，使该校与产业伙伴同处该州的汽车、航空航天与计量研究集群。}

• Teaching was suspended during the Second World War, and when classes resumed the university had lost some seventy percent of its buildings, making it one of the first German universities to reopen after 1945.二战期间授课中断；复课时校舍已损毁约七成，该校由此成为 1945 年后德国最早复课的大学之一。

• The postwar reconstruction rebuilt the campus and added new faculties as West Germany's engineering economy expanded after 1949, when the Federal Republic was founded.随着 1949 年联邦德国成立后工程经济的扩张，战后重建既修缮了校园，也增设了新学院。

• Six faculties now organise the university: Faculty 1 (Carl Friedrich Gauss Faculty), Faculty 2 (Life Sciences), Faculty 3 (Architecture-Civil Engineering-Environmental Sciences), Faculty 4 (Mechanical Engineering), Faculty 5 (Electrical Engineering-Electrical Information Technology) and Faculty 6 (Humanities and Educational Sciences).大学现由六大学院构成：第一学院（卡尔·弗里德里希·高斯学院）、第二学院（生命科学）、第三学院（建筑-土木-环境科学）、第四学院（机械工程）、第五学院（电气工程-电子信息）、第六学院（人文与教育科学）。

• Faculties 4 and 5, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering, hold the largest shares of the 18,500 registered students.第四与第五学院（机械工程、电气工程）在 18,500 名注册学生中人数最多。

• Three Nobel laureates in the natural sciences have been associated with the university over its history, in physics and chemistry.校史上共有三位自然科学领域的诺贝尔奖得主与该校结缘，分属物理学与化学。

• From 1992 the Deutsche Bahn named ICE trains 597 and 596 Carolo-Wilhelmina, honouring the university's contributions to German rail transport engineering.自 1992 年起，德国联邦铁路将 ICE 597 与 596 次列车命名为「Carolo-Wilhelmina」，以纪念该校对德国轨道交通工程的贡献。

• The university's own research airport, a rarity among academic institutions worldwide, supports aeronautics teaching and flight-test research with the German Aerospace Center.该校拥有自己的研究机场——这在国际学术机构中极为少见——与德国航空航天中心合作支撑航空教学与飞行试验研究。

• Metrology research developed in cooperation with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Germany's national metrology institute established in Braunschweig in 1950.计量学研究与 1950 年在布伦瑞克设立的德国联邦物理技术研究院（PTB）合作开展。

• Vehicle engineering, including autonomous driving and electric mobility, grew with close cooperation with Volkswagen and the regional automotive industry.车辆工程（涵盖自动驾驶与电动出行）在与大众汽车及区域汽车产业的密切合作中成长。

• The university joined the TU9 alliance, the incorporated society of the most renowned German institutes of technology, consolidating its national engineering profile.该校加入 TU9 联盟——德国最负盛名工科院校的联合体，巩固了其全国工程教育地位。

• The Carolo Cup, the world's largest autonomous model-car competition for students, has been organised by the university, drawing teams from across Europe.该校主办的「Carolo Cup」是全球规模最大的大学生自动驾驶模型车竞赛，吸引欧洲各地队伍参赛。

• Engineering for Health and infection research developed through cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and the Fraunhofer Institute in Braunschweig.「健康工程」与感染研究通过与亥姆霍兹感染研究中心及布伦瑞克的 Fraunhofer Institute 的合作发展起来。

• Angela Ittel, a psychologist, became president of the university in 2021, leading its research strategy and digital transformation.心理学家安格拉·伊特尔于 2021 年出任校长，主导学校的研究战略与数字化转型。

• By the 2020s the institution combined its six faculties with a research network of national laboratories, industry partners and the research airport, positioning it among Germany's top engineering universities.到 2020 年代，该校把六大学院与国家实验室、产业伙伴及研究机场组成的研究网络结合，稳居德国顶尖工科大学之列。

Academics

• Teaching spans the six faculties, covering mathematics, computer science, business administration and economics within Faculty 1's Gauss tradition, life sciences in Faculty 2, and civil, environmental and architectural engineering in Faculty 3.教学覆盖六大学院：第一学院在高斯传统下涵盖数学、计算机科学、工商管理与经济学，第二学院为生命科学，第三学院为土木、环境与建筑工程。

• Faculty 4 delivers mechanical, automotive and aerospace engineering, while Faculty 5 covers electrical engineering, information technology, physics and metrology.第四学院开设机械、汽车与航空航天工程，第五学院覆盖电气工程、信息技术、物理与计量学。

• Faculty 6 adds humanities, social sciences and education, giving the technical university a broad non-engineering component.第六学院增设人文、社会科学与教育学，为这所工业大学补上广博的非工科板块。

• Registration stands at about 18,500 students, with mechanical and electrical engineering the largest faculties by enrolment.注册学生约 18,500 名，机械与电气两院按人数规模最大。

• Research is organised in four priority areas, Future City, Metrology, Mobility and Engineering for Health, each spanning multiple faculties and external partners across the region.研究组织为四大重点领域——未来城市、计量学、出行与健康工程——各自横跨本地区的多个学院与外部伙伴。

• Aeronautics research with the German Aerospace Center gives students access to flight-test facilities and the university's own research airport.与德国航空航天中心合作的航空研究，让学生得以使用飞行试验设施与校内研究机场。

• Metrology teaching and research draw on the presence of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt in Braunschweig, a national metrology centre.计量教学与研究得益于德国联邦物理技术研究院这一国家计量中心就在布伦瑞克。

• Vehicle engineering programmes cooperate with Volkswagen on autonomous driving and electric mobility projects, feeding engineers into the regional automotive cluster.车辆工程项目与大众在自动驾驶和电动出行课题上合作，为区域汽车产业集群输送工程师。

• Life sciences and infection research connect to the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Fraunhofer institutes in the city's science cluster.生命科学与感染研究连接着亥姆霍兹感染研究中心与城市科学园区内的弗劳恩霍夫研究所。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 63,560 research works and 2,960,246 citations, concentrated in engineering, physics, materials and life sciences.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 63,560 项、被引 2,960,246 次，集中于工程、物理、材料与生命科学。

• Doctoral training is organised through faculty-based graduate schools with an interdisciplinary focus on the four research priorities.博士培养由各学院的博士生院承担，围绕四大研究重点开展跨学科训练。

• Materials science and lightweight construction research supports aerospace and automotive applications developed with industry partners.材料科学与轻质结构研究支撑与产业伙伴共同开发的航空航天与汽车应用。

• Computer science and information technology programmes cover software systems, robotics and the digital infrastructure underlying the university's smart-city research.计算机科学与信息技术课程覆盖软件系统、机器人以及支撑智慧城市研究的数字基础设施。

• The university library system serves the six faculties with technical collections and access to national research databases.大学图书馆体系以技术类馆藏与国家研究数据库访问权限服务六大学院。

• Continuing education and part-time engineering programmes connect the university to practising professionals in Lower Saxony's industry.继续教育与兼读工程课程把大学与下萨克森产业界的在职专业人士连接起来。

• Exchange programmes with TU9 partners and European technical universities draw international students into engineering and life-science degrees.与 TU9 伙伴及欧洲工科大学的交换项目，吸引国际学生攻读工程与生命科学学位。

Campus

• The main campus lies in Braunschweig at coordinates of 52.26594 degrees north and 10.52673 degrees east, within the city's traditional science quarter.主校区位于布伦瑞克，坐标为北纬 52.26594、东经 10.52673，坐落于城市的传统科学区。

• Campus buildings clustered around the central forum host the faculties, the main library and the university's administration within a walkable urban site.环绕中央广场的校园建筑集中了各学院、主图书馆与校部机关，构成步行可达的城市校园。

• The university's research airport lies on the outskirts of Braunschweig, used for flight-test programmes with the German Aerospace Center.大学的研究机场位于布伦瑞克郊外，用于与德国航空航天中心合作的飞行试验项目。

• Engineering laboratories and the metrology facilities occupy specialised buildings developed with the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt.工程实验室与计量设施占用与德国联邦物理技术研究院共同建设的大型专用建筑。

• Student dormitories operated with the Studentenwerk house thousands of residents within walking distance of the central campus.与学生服务社合作运营的宿舍楼容纳数千名住宿生，步行可达中央校区。

• Braunschweig's tram and rail links connect the campus to Hanover in about an hour and to the city's research sites by short rides.布伦瑞克的有轨电车与铁路把校园约一小时连到汉诺威，短程即达城内各研究机构。

• The historic Carolinum building and the university's ceremonial hall preserve the institution's eighteenth-century origins within the modern campus.历史悠久的卡罗琳纳姆建筑与大学礼堂，在现代校园中保留着十八世纪的创校印记。

• The campus adjoins Braunschweig's science cluster, including the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and Fraunhofer facilities.校区紧邻布伦瑞克科学园区，含亥姆霍兹感染研究中心与弗劳恩霍夫设施。

• Experimental halls for automotive and aerospace research accommodate full-scale vehicle testing beside the engineering faculties.汽车与航空航天研究的实验大厅在工程学院旁容纳全尺寸车辆测试。

• The city's position between Hanover and Wolfsburg places the campus inside Germany's automotive and aerospace industrial heartland.城市地处汉诺威与沃尔夫斯堡之间，使校园位于德国汽车与航空工业的核心地带。

Reputation

• Technische Universität Braunschweig is placed in the 781-790 band of the 2027 QS World University Rankings.布伦瑞克工业大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中处于 781-790 区间。

• THE World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 651-700 band.2027 年度 THE 世界大学排名将其列于 651-700 区间。

• The 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities survey ranks it 1,002nd worldwide, and the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2026 places it in the 701-800 band.2026-2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名将其列于世界第 1,002，2026 年软科世界大学学术排名（ARWU）将其列于 701-800 区间。

• It is commonly ranked among the top engineering universities in Germany and belongs to the TU9 alliance of leading German institutes of technology.它常列德国顶尖工科大学之列，并隶属德国顶尖工科院校联盟 TU9。

• Three Nobel laureates in physics and chemistry are counted among its academic lineage, from Klaus von Klitzing to Manfred Eigen and Georg Wittig.其学术血脉中包含三位物理与化学诺奖得主——克劳斯·冯·克利青、曼弗雷德·艾根与格奥尔格·维蒂希。

• Its OpenAlex record lists 63,560 research works and 2,960,246 citations, led by engineering, physics and materials science.其 OpenAlex 记录列有研究成果 63,560 项、被引 2,960,246 次，以工程、物理与材料科学为首。

• Architecture and civil engineering are nationally rated in Germany's highest category, with ties to the country's leading architecture practices.建筑与土木工程在德国属最高评级，与全国顶级建筑事务所渊源深厚。

• The university's role in magnetic levitation and rail engineering was honoured when Deutsche Bahn named an ICE train Carolo-Wilhelmina in 1992.其在磁悬浮与轨道交通工程上的贡献，使德国联邦铁路于 1992 年将一列 ICE 命名为「Carolo-Wilhelmina」。

• Employer recognition in German aerospace, automotive and metrology industries anchors its engineering graduates' careers.德国航空、汽车与计量产业的雇主认可，为其工程毕业生的职业发展提供支撑。

Student life

• The university does not adopt a formal Latin motto, and its identity rests on the 1745 Collegium Carolinum origins and the Carolo-Wilhelmina name.该校不采用正式的拉丁文校训，其身份奠基于 1745 年卡罗琳学院的源起与「Carolo-Wilhelmina」之名。

• Student life is organised around the compact urban campus, with student associations, sports clubs and the Studentenwerk providing services.校园生活围绕紧凑的城市校园展开，学生社团、体育俱乐部与学生服务社提供各类服务。

• The Carolo Cup autonomous model-car competition brings student teams from across Europe to Braunschweig each year, a signature campus event.「Carolo Cup」自动驾驶模型车竞赛每年吸引欧洲各地学生队伍来到布伦瑞克，是校园的标志性赛事。

• Engineering student societies host guest lectures with Volkswagen, the German Aerospace Center and regional firms, tying study to industry practice.工科学生社团举办大众、德国航空航天中心与区域企业的客座讲座，把学习与产业实践相连。

• Sports facilities on campus support football, rowing on the Oker river and inter-faculty tournaments through the year.校园体育设施支撑足球、奥克尔河赛艇与全年的院际锦标赛。

• Braunschweig's lively student quarter, with its cafés and clubs, sits within walking distance of the central campus.布伦瑞克热闹的学生街区（咖啡馆与俱乐部林立）距中央校区步行可达。

• The university's international student community, drawn by exchange programmes and English-taught master's degrees, adds a global dimension to campus life.由交换项目与英语授课硕士吸引的国际学生社群，为校园生活增添了全球维度。

• Traditional events include the annual university ball and the summer campus festival, alongside orientation weeks for incoming students.传统活动包括年度大学舞会与夏季校园节，另有面向新生的迎新周。

• Proximity to Hanover and Wolfsburg gives students access to major cultural venues and industry internship sites within commuting distance.邻近汉诺威与沃尔夫斯堡，让学生在日常通勤范围内即可到达大型文化场馆与产业实习点。

Notable people

• Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of history's greatest mathematicians, studied at the Collegium Carolinum, the university's predecessor, before moving to Göttingen.卡尔·弗里德里希·高斯，历史上最伟大的数学家之一，曾在大学前身卡罗琳学院就读，后转往哥廷根。

• Klaus von Klitzing, who won the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics for the quantum Hall effect, studied physics at the university and graduated in March 1969.克劳斯·冯·克利青，1985 年因量子霍尔效应获诺贝尔物理学奖，曾在该校学习物理并于 1969 年 3 月毕业。

• Manfred Eigen, winner of the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, is counted among the university's academic lineage.曼弗雷德·艾根，因研究极快化学反应获 1967 年诺贝尔化学奖，被列为该校的学术血脉之一。

• Georg Wittig, who shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Wittig reaction, is another laureate associated with the university.格奥尔格·维蒂希，因维蒂希反应分享 1979 年诺贝尔化学奖，是该校关联的另一位桂冠得主。

• Richard Dedekind, the mathematician who introduced the Dedekind cut and ideal theory, spent part of his career in Braunschweig and is counted among the institution's scholars.理查德·戴德金，提出戴德金分割与理想论的数学家，职业生涯部分岁月在布伦瑞克度过，被列为该校学人。

• Ernst Otto Beckmann, the chemist who invented the Beckmann thermometer and discovered the Beckmann rearrangement, studied toxicology at the institution.恩斯特·奥托·贝克曼，发明贝克曼温度计并发现贝克曼重排反应的化学家，曾在学院学习毒物学。

• Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, founded the Collegium Carolinum in 1745, and his son Charles William Ferdinand continued its development as an Enlightenment institution.不伦瑞克-沃尔芬比特尔公爵卡尔一世于 1745 年创办卡罗琳学院，其子卡尔·威廉·斐迪南公爵继续把它发展为启蒙学府。

• Angela Ittel, a psychologist, has served as president since 2021, steering the university's research strategy and digital transformation.安格拉·伊特尔，心理学家，2021 年起任校长，掌舵学校的研究战略与数字化转型。

• Ting Chen, later the fourth chair of the Wikimedia Foundation Board, studied electrical engineering at Braunschweig from 1989 to 1993.陈霆，后任维基媒体基金会理事会第四任主席，1989 至 1993 年在布伦瑞克学习电机工程。

• Faculty in automotive engineering cooperate with Volkswagen on driverless technology, embedding university researchers in Germany's largest carmaker's development projects.汽车工程教师与大众在无人驾驶技术上合作，把大学研究者嵌入德国最大车企的开发项目。