Why BerlIn - Global Production Engineering - TU Berlin

university began in 1933. The Berlin Technical
College had become a center of Nazi activity,
especially – but not exclusively – among
the student body. In April 1946, with the
support of the British military government in
Berlin, the university re-opened its doors. A
conscious decision was made not to simply
re-open the Technical College, but to open a
new university under a new name, the Technische
Universität Berlin. The result was the
creation of Germany’s first “technical university.”
In an attempt to redefine the educational
goals of the university, all students were
required to include courses in the humanities
as part of their studies, the intention being to
broaden students’ horizons.
Today, the university offers a broad range of
courses in the humanities and social sciences.
The incorporation of the Berlin Pedagogic
College has strengthened the role of the
teaching profession at TU Berlin. As an engine
for reform and invention reform legislation in
the late 1960’s, TU Berlin brought fundamental
changes to the internal organization of
the university. The outdated structures of the
traditional German university system were
swept aside, and university members were given
a greater role in shaping university policy.
Twenty-one departments were established.
A president replaced the traditional dean as
head of a unified administration. University
committees were made responsible for
academic self-government. After a number of
other changes, the number of departments
fell to 15. In April 2001 these were again reorganized
into seven faculties in order to
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