The Technical University of Leoben is a

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Leoben Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur River, Mur river. With a population in 2023 of about 25,140 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, ...

Styria Styria ( ; ; ; ) is an Austrian Federal states of Austria, state in the southeast of the country. With an area of approximately , Styria is Austria's second largest state, after Lower Austria. It is bordered to the south by Slovenia, and cloc ...

, Austria. It was established on 4 November 1840 as the ''Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt'' in Vordernberg,

, Austria's mining region. In 1849, Peter Tunner relocated the university to nearby

. That year the university had a mere 48 students enrolled. The Technical University of Leoben is a member of TU Austria, an association of three Austrian universities of technology and offers education and conducts research in the fields of mining, metallurgy and materials science.

Name

The university calls itself the ''Technical University of Leoben'' in English, the Austrian ''

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'' calls the university the ''Leoben University Mining and Metallurgy ic' in English and the English translation of the 2002 Universities Act calls the university the ''University of Mining Leoben''.

Departments

Currently, the university has the following departments: * Department of Analytical and Physical Chemistry * Department of Polymer Engineering and Science * Institute of Electrical Engineering * Department of Geoscience and Geophysics * Department of Materials Science * Institute for Structural and Functional Ceramics * Department of Mathematics and Information Technology * Institute of Mechanical Engineering * Department of Metallurgy * Department Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering * Department of Product Engineering * Department of Economics * Institute for Process Technology and Industrial Environmental Protection

Rankings

In Shanghai Ranking Consultancy's 2023 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, the university attained rank 21 in metallurgical engineering. It is in the 301-400 range in mechanical engineering.

Notable alumni

* Peter J. Uggowitzer, Austrian-Swiss metallurgist who is a precursor of nickel-free austenitic stainless steels, aluminium crossover alloys and biodegradable magnesium alloys for implants.

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