- Largest technical university in Germany
- Regularly ranked among the top 3 universities in mechanical and industrial engineering in Germany (WiWo)
- Ranked 18th place among best universities in mechanical engineering worldwide in 2020 (QS)
- Almost 50.000 enrolled students in the winter semester of 2020/21
- 150 courses to study
- 12.500 international students from 138 countries
- 9 Faculties and 260 Institutes
- One of the biggest Faculties of Mechanical Engineering in Europe with 60 institutes, 34 degree programmes and 2.500 new students ever year
- 3 Excellence Clusters: Fuel Science Center, Internet of Production & Matter and Light of Quantum Computing
- Winter semester: October – March; Summer semester: April – September
