The Nuremberg Institute of Technology has a distinct profile and strives to maintain its leading position among its competitors. Our complete success in teaching, research, and management has shown that we are on the right path. For the next few years and decades to come, our goals will remain the same: to take on trend-setting developments and bring about lasting changes.
Business and society benefit from the university's knowledge and technology, and Nuremberg Tech helps generate employment. Applied research and development involving our students are a top priority. A large number of ongoing research projects at the university and its institutes reflect this innovation potential.
The Nuremberg Institute of Technology is a university of applied sciences. Hands-on teaching and research provide students with an education that combines scientific methods and artistic concepts. Additional emphasis is placed on acquiring the "soft" skills required in modern work environments. The university supports and encourages students to develop social and intercultural skills.
It is essential to combine regional attachment and international orientation as components of all our degree programs in Europe of many regions. The Nuremberg Institute of Technology is integrated into our region's structures, central Franconia, which is located in northern Bavaria. Research and teaching meet the needs of the regional economy. At the same time, the university is always establishing and maintaining partnerships with universities and businesses worldwide. An active exchange of students and scientists promotes the transfer of knowledge and cultures across regional and national borders.
The university can boast a long and successful history steeped in tradition, including famous figures such as Georg Simon Ohm, an exemplary researcher, and a teacher. This tradition is followed by members of the university as well as its alumni.
Integrated, process-oriented organizational structures enable interdisciplinary and market-focused work. The Nuremberg Institute of Technology is involved in all activities and meets its students' needs and partners in business and society. It is characterized by its dedication to responsible economic actions aligned with ethical, social, and ecological standards. Social changes represent a challenge for innovation and an opportunity for improvement.
Personal commitment and identification with the university are requirements for everyone to succeed. The university is supportive of its employees and regards open communication and a trusting work relationship as essential prerequisites. Our employees' work-life balance is of great importance to us.
In 2013, the university was renamed Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm to recognize the applied research and educational quality of our programs. We are very proud of this recognition and the history preceding and culminating in the achievement.
On August 1, 1971, the university was established following the Bavarian Law for Universities of Applied Sciences passed on October 27, 1970. The university is a corporation under public law. The state of Bavaria is the bearer of the requirements. Major academic disciplines include engineering, business administration, social studies, and design.
The initiative of focusing on engineering was born in one of the oldest polytechnics in Europe, the "Municipal Polytechnic Institute," founded in 1823 by Johannes Scharrer, Nuremberg's mayor and patron of the German railroad system.
When the school was nationalized in 1833, the physicist Georg Simon Ohm became a staff member and was director of the institute from 1839 to 1849.
After first being called an "Industrieschule" (Industrial School) and "Königlich Bayrisches Technikum" (Royal Bavarian Polytechnic), later "Höhere Technische Staatslehranstalt" (Higher Education Technical Institute), the school was renamed "Ohm-Polytechnikum Nürnberg" in 1933 to honor Ohm and to commemorate its one-hundredth anniversary. After the Municipal Building School was disbanded in 1935, the Department for Structural Building was incorporated.
The business subjects available evolved from the "Höhere Wirtschaftsfachschule" (Higher Business School), founded in 1963.
The social studies subjects evolved from the "Höhere Fachschule für Sozialarbeit (Higher School for Social Work) since June 1, 1963" and from the "Höhere Fachschule für Sozialpädagogik" (Higher School for Social Education) since September 1, 1968. The original institutions had been founded in 1925 and 1927, respectively.
The so-called "open art room" and the "Höhere Fachschule für Grafik und Werbung der Stadt Nürnberg" (Higher School for Graphics and Advertising of the City of Nuremberg) were founded in 1910, and they were the precursors of the Faculty of Design.
On August 4, 1983, the polytechnic in Nuremberg was officially renamed "Georg-Simon-Ohm-Fachhochschule Nürnberg" by decree of the Bavarian state parliament. Thus, the largest institution's legal name had been reinitiated, honoring the renowned physicist, Georg Simon Ohm, who had lectured at the original institute and had been its director from 1839 to 1849.
Professor for mathematics and physics at the "Königliche Polytechnische Schule Nürnberg" (Royal Polytechnic School of Nuremberg) from 1833 to 1849, chancellor from 1839 to 1849.
Georg Simon Ohm was born in Erlangen on March 16, 1789, and was the university's locksmith son. His father must have been an extraordinary person. During his spare time, he studied philosophy, and even in his later life, he took a great interest in studying mathematics with his two sons Georg Simon and Martin.
