Established | 1765 |
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Rector | Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Barbknecht |
Total staff | 2,040 (2021)[1] |
Students | 3,471 (WS 2022/23)[1] |
Location | Freiberg , Germany |
Website | https://tu-freiberg.de/en |
The Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (abbreviation: TU Bergakademie Freiberg, TUBAF) is a public university of technology with 3,471 students[2] in the city of Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. The university's focuses are exploration, mining & extraction, processing, and recycling of natural resources & scrap, as well as developing new materials and researching renewable energies. It is highly specialized and proficient in these fields.
Today, it is the oldest university of mining and metallurgy in the world.