History of Chemnitz University of Technology – Facts & Figures
| The first two buildings of the Industrial School | |||
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| Ancient Lyceum | Dresdner Straße | ||
| 02.05.1836 | Establishment of the Royal Industrial School Chemnitz (14 students); education is taught in three major subjects: Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Agriculture |
| 09.10.1862 | Change of designation to Royal Higher Industrial School (187 students); to the school network belong additionally the Industrial Design School including 33 students, the School for Civil Engineering including 84 students and the Craftsmen School including 55 students |
| 11.06.1878 | The school network consisting on the Higher Industrial School, the School for Civil Engineering, the Craftsmen School and the School for Industrial Design is merged under the designation State Technical School; the Higher Industrial School is complemented by a Department for Civil Engineering |
| Winter term 1882 | Beginning of teaching in Electrical Engineering; in the following time, the number of students surpasses 1.000 for the first time |
| 06.04.1892 | Establishment of a Department for Electrical Engineering at the Higher Industrial School and at the Craftsmen School |
| 05.05.1900 | In order to emphasize the special position between technical secondary schools and universities, the Higher Industrial School is awarded the designation Royal Industrial Academy |
| Easter 1912 | Establishment of a Department for Industrial Education (closed subsequent to winter term 1935/36) |
| 12.04.1929 | Change of designation to State Academy of Technology; the Academy consists now on five departments: for Mechanical Engineering, for Chemical and Textile-chemical Engineering, for Architecture and Civil Engineering, for Electrical Engineering and for Textile Engineering |
| 24.02.1945 | Closure of the Academy due to damages after air raid over Chemnitz |
| 03.12.1945 | Re-opening of the Academy but closure again on 06.12.1945 |
| 09.04.1947 | Re-opening as vocational school with the designation Polytechnic School Chemnitz including 466 students; the school network meanwhile consists on the engineering resp. vocational schools for Mechanical Engineering (173 students), for Chemistry (32 students), for Urban and Industrial Civil Engineering (187 students) and for Electrical Engineering (74 students) |
| March 1952 | Change of designation of the Polytechnic School to School for Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering, in September 1952 to School for Heavy Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering (1.226 students); Closure of the School in August 1955; the School for Chemistry was relocated at the School of Köthen, the School for Civil Engineering at the School of Görlitz |
| 08.10.1953 | Beginning of teaching at the University for Mechanical Engineering established in the building of the ancient Polytechnic School initiated by an industrial internship of one term (291 students) |
| 01.04.1955 | Establishment of a Workers and Farmers Faculty as 4th faculty of the University for Mechanical Engineering in addition to the Faculties for Mathematics and Sciences, for Mechanical Engineering and for Technology |
| 09.10.1963 | Award of the status University of Technology (1.525 students and 460 extra-occupational students. Higher education is taught at the Faculties for Mathematics and Sciences, for Mechanical Engineering and for Technology as well as, from 1965 on, at the additionally established Faculty for Electrical Engineering |
| 10.09.1968 | iIn implementation of the 3rd Higher Education Reform establishment of the Scientific Council as well as the Colleges for Social Sciences, for Mathematics and Sciences, for Engineering and for Electrical Engineering as advisory bodies; the Institutes were merged into the new structural units, the sections |
| 14.11.1986 | Award of the status general educating University of Technology (ca. 8.000 students) |
| 01.09.1990 |
Change of designation from University of Technology Karl-Marx-Stadt to Chemnitz University of Technology
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| 1990 | Initiation of the Higher Education Renewal Process |
| 01.10.1992 | Integration of the former University for Education Zwickau and change of designation to University of Technology Chemnitz-Zwickau |
| 15.11.1993 | Establishment of a Faculty of Economics and Business Administration |
| 24.01.1994 | Establishment of a Faculty for Humanities |
| 25.06.1997 | Renaming to Chemnitz University of Technology – the university site at Zwickau meanwhile had been abandoned; the university consisted on the Faculties for Sciences, for Mathematics, for Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering, for Computer Sciences, for Economics as well as for Humanities (5.200 students) |
| September 1997 | Termination of the education of primary school teachers and, from winter term 1999/2000 on, no more enrolment of students in the degree programs for teachers (concentration of teacher higher education at the University of Leipzig and the Technical University of Dresden) |
| July 2003 | Signing of the “Higher Education Contract” by the Free State of Saxony and the Saxon universities |
| 01.01.2009 | Coming into force of the new Saxon Higher Education Act |
| 01.11.2009 | Establishment of an 8th faculty– Faculty for Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| 02.05.2011 | Opening of the festival week in celebration of the 175th Anniversary of the Royal Industrial School Chemnitz |
| 01.11.2012 | The Cluster of Excellence “MERGE – Technologies for Multifunctional Lightweight Structures” officially commenced operation and was established as Central Institution of Chemnitz University of Technology. The cluster was funded by 34 million Euro for a period of five years within the Federal and States Excellence Initiative |
| 01.10.2013 | Establishment of a Center for Teacher Training as Central Institution for the education of teachers for primary schools |
| 01.06.2014 | Establishment of a Center for Knowledge and Technology Transfer as Central Institution of Chemnitz University of Technology |
| seit 03/2020 | Significantly limited operation of Chemnitz University of Technology due to preventive measures against the spreading of the Corona-pandemic |
| 07.08.2020 | Establishment of the Central Institution MAIN (Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes) |
| 01.10.2020 | Opening of the new Central Library in the building Alte Aktienspinnerei, Straße der Nationen 33 |
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