The Hochschule Mittweida () is a public university of applied science located in Mittweida, Germany, founded in 1867.

History

The University of Applied Sciences Mittweida is the second-largest public university of

applied science Applied science is the application of the scientific method and scientific knowledge to attain practical goals. It includes a broad range of disciplines, such as engineering and medicine. Applied science is often contrasted with basic science, ...

s in Saxony. It has had almost 80,000 alumni from almost 40 countries worldwide. Founded in 1867 as Technicum, the university first served the education of machine-building engineers, and it was one of the largest private schools in Germany at the turn of the century. After the takeover by the

National Socialists Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

, the Technicum lost its status as a private school, and in 1935 became the Engineering School Mittweida (Ingenieurschule Mittweida). In the 1960s, due to the success of the electrotechnical training program, the school became the Engineering College Mittweida. In 1980, it received the right to award the academic degree of doctor engineer. In 1992, after

reunification A political union is a type of political entity which is composed of, or created from, smaller politics or the process which achieves this. These smaller polities are usually called federated states and federal territories in a federal govern ...

, the college received a new start as a university of applied sciences.

Notable almuni

* August Arnold, co-founder of ARRI, developer of the first single-lens reflex camera * , Dutch electrical pioneer who first studied at Mittweida and then at the Hannover Technische Hochschule (now

Leibniz University Hannover Leibniz University Hannover (), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public university, public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six period ...

) in the 1880s, also ''Mittweida. Archief Technische Hochschule'' *

August Horch August Horch (12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant that eventually became Audi. Beginnings Horch was born in Winningen, Rhenish Prussia. His initial ...

, founder of

Audi Audi AG () is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide. The origins of the compa ...

Walter Bruch Walter Bruch (2 March 1908 – 5 May 1990) was a German electrical engineer and pioneer of German television. He was the inventor of closed-circuit television. He invented the PAL colour television system at Telefunken in the early 1960s. In ad ...

, inventor of the

PAL Phase Alternating Line (PAL) is a color encoding system for analog television. It was one of three major analogue colour television standards, the others being NTSC and SECAM. In most countries it was broadcast at 625 lines, 50 fields (25 ...

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system * Florian Munteanu, actor *

Gerhard Neumann Gerhard Neumann (October 8, 1917 – November 2, 1997) was a German-American aviation engineer and executive for General Electric's aircraft engine division (which today is called GE Aerospace). Born and raised in Germany, he went to Chin ...

, developed the

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jet engine

References

;Notes * brochure Mittweida Ingenieur in aller Welt, published by Hochschule Mittweida (FH) University of Applied Sciences * brochure Hochschule Mittweida - University of Applied Sciences, published by Hochschule Mittweida University of Applied Sciences

External links

* {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1867 Universities and colleges in Saxony Mittweida Universities of Applied Sciences in Germany 1867 establishments in the North German Confederation

History

Notable almuni

See also

References

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