The University of Leoben (German: ''Montanuniversität Leoben'') in Austria is the country's university for mining, metallurgy and materials.
It was founded on 4 November 1840
as the ''Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt'' in
Vordernberg
Vordernberg is a municipality in the district of Leoben in the Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation ...
,
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
, Austria's mining region. In 1849 Peter Tunner relocated the university to nearby
Leoben
Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice bet ...
. That year the university had a mere 48 students enrolled.
The University of Leoben is a member of
TU Austria
TU Austria is an association of three Austrian technological institutions: the TU Wien, the Graz University of Technology, and the University of Leoben. The association was founded in 2010, and together the universities in the field of science and ...
, 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 itself uses its German name ''Montanuniversität Leoben'' in their English communications, the Austrian ''
Ministry of Education, Science and Research'' calls the university the ''Leoben University Mining and Metallurgy
ic' in English and the ''Legal Information System of the Republic of Austria'' calls the university the ''University of Mining Leoben'' in the English translation of the Universities Act 2002.
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
![Leoben University](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Leoben_University.jpg)
* Department of Metallurgy
* Department Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering
* Department of Product Engineering
* Department of Economics
* Institute for Process Technology and Industrial Environmental Protection
See also
*
TU Austria
TU Austria is an association of three Austrian technological institutions: the TU Wien, the Graz University of Technology, and the University of Leoben. The association was founded in 2010, and together the universities in the field of science and ...
References
External links
Official website (in German)Official website (in English)
Universities and colleges in Austria
Leoben
Educational institutions established in 1840
Buildings and structures in Styria
Education in Styria
1840 establishments in Europe
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