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University of Leoben
The Technical University of Leoben is a public university in Leoben, Styria, Austria. It was established on 4 November 1840 as the Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt in Vordernberg, Styria, Austria's mining region. In 1849, Peter Tunner relocated the university to nearby Leoben. 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.
The university calls itself the Technical University of Leoben in English, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research calls the university the Leoben University Mining and Metallurgy [sic] in English and an English translation of the 2002 Universities Act calls it the University of Mining Leoben.
Currently, the university has the following departments:
In Shanghai Ranking Consultancy's 2025 global ranking of academic subjects, the university attained rank five in metallurgical engineering among European universities and ranked 42 worldwide. It was in the 201-300 range in materials science & engineering.
In 2024 it ranked in the range 801-1000 in Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking and in engineering sciences, 601-800.
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University of Leoben
The Technical University of Leoben is a public university in Leoben, Styria, Austria. It was established on 4 November 1840 as the Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt in Vordernberg, Styria, Austria's mining region. In 1849, Peter Tunner relocated the university to nearby Leoben. 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.
The university calls itself the Technical University of Leoben in English, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research calls the university the Leoben University Mining and Metallurgy [sic] in English and an English translation of the 2002 Universities Act calls it the University of Mining Leoben.
Currently, the university has the following departments:
In Shanghai Ranking Consultancy's 2025 global ranking of academic subjects, the university attained rank five in metallurgical engineering among European universities and ranked 42 worldwide. It was in the 201-300 range in materials science & engineering.
In 2024 it ranked in the range 801-1000 in Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking and in engineering sciences, 601-800.