Founded in 1894, TU Ilmenau is a public technical university specializing in engineering, mathematics, natural sciences, and media technology.
Address: Ehrenbergstraße 29, 98693 Ilmenau, Thüringen, Germany
Media Technology & Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering & Mechatronics
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Sound Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong focus on media technology and applied engineering. Collaborations with research institutes (e.g., Fraunhofer IDMT).
Research:
Digital media technology & Interactive systems, Mobile communications & RF engineering, Precision engineering & Nanopositioning, Automotive systems & Mechatronics.
Famous Alumnis:
Karlheinz Brandenburg (MP3 co-inventor)
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
800
Current students***:
5000
Foreign students***:
20%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Expertise in media technology and specific engineering fields, human-sized university, good research facilities.
Cons
Located in Ilmenau (smaller town in Thuringia).
Best For
Technical university specializing in media technology, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering.
Most Similar Schools Locally
- Technische Hochschule Ulm is the closest domestic counterpart for metrology, transportations and nanotechnologies; it does not run the doctoral programmes found here and covers quality as well.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and transportations can consider Hochschule Augsburg, and it is slightly larger, at about 7,000 students against roughly 5,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- A good alternative in the same country is Hochschule Reutlingen, which likewise covers ergonomics and UX, transportations and nanotechnologies; it covers logistics and quality as well, and has almost the same size, at about 5,500 students.
- Also strong in metrology, transportations and optics, Hochschule Karlsruhe – Technik und Wirtschaft makes a sensible second look at home; it covers logistics and aerospace as well, and is larger, enrolling about 8,000 students against roughly 5,000 here.
- Hochschule Mittweida follows much the same lines as this institution, with sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and optics as common ground, and it covers aerospace and bioinformatics as well, and is slightly larger, at about 6,000 students against roughly 5,000 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan shares the transportations, nanotechnologies and optics orientation of this university, and it has almost the same size, at about 5,000 students, and is also a public institution.
- Tokyo University of Technology, based in Japan, is built around sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and nanotechnologies much like this university, and it is private, whereas this university is public, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
- University of Bielsko-Biała (Poland) works on the same fields as this institution, chiefly transportations, nanotechnologies and optics; it covers quality as well, and has almost the same size, at about 5,000 students.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on nanotechnologies, optics and fluid dynamics is Technische Universiteit Eindhoven in the Netherlands, and it covers bioinformatics and civil engineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 14,000 students against roughly 5,000 here.
- Military University of Technology in Poland shares the metrology, transportations and nanotechnologies orientation of this university, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Automotive, Engineering, Innovation, Robotics
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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