TU9

TU9 German Universities of Technology e. V. is the alliance of nine leading Technical Universities in Germany. The current president of TU9 is Wolfram Ressel, rector of the University of Stuttgart. Overview TU9 was established in 2003 as an informal consortium of those Institutes of Technology in Germany which were established before 1900. The founding president of TU9 is Horst Hippler, also president of the University of Karlsruhe. The registered association ("e. V.") TU9 German Institutes of Technology e. V. was solemnly founded on January 26, 2006 at TU Braunschweig. Its head office is in Berlin. The following presidents (or their representatives) attended foundation and signed the certificate of incorporation: Konstantin Meskouris, prorector of RWTH Aachen Jörg Steinbach, vice president of TU Berlin Jürgen Hesselbach, president of TU Braunschweig Johann-Dietrich Wörner, president of TU Darmstadt Hermann Kokenge, rector of TU Dresden Erich Barke, president of Leibniz University Hannover Horst Hippler, rector of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Wolfgang A. Herrmann, president of the Technical University of Munich Dieter Fritsch, rector of University of Stuttgart The mission of this organization is to act as contact for society, economy and politics, particularly for the university education of engineers. The members of TU9 mutually accredit their bachelor's and master's degrees and, therefore, support the progression of the Bologna process and quality assurance concerning university education of engineers.