Technical University of Berlin Alumni

International Students

25.7

% of international students in the university

8638

Total International Students in the university

Here’s a casual snapshot of some legendary TU Berlin alumni—pioneers in science, tech, politics, and architecture:

Alumni Name

Notable Achievement / Famous For

Degree

Graduating Year

Konrad Zuse

Inventor of the first programmable computer (Z3)

N/A

N/A

Fritz Haber

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1918) for the Haber–Bosch process

N/A

N/A

Carl Bosch

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1931); industrial chemistry pioneer

N/A

N/A

Eugene Paul Wigner

Nobel Prize in Physics (1963)

N/A

N/A

Wernher von Braun

Rocket engineer; key figure in NASA’s space program

N/A

N/A

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosopher, major contributor to logic and language theories

Diplom (Engineering)

1908

George de Hevesy

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1943)

N/A

N/A

Ernst Ruska

Nobel Prize in Physics (1986) for the development of electron microscope

N/A

N/A

Hermann Föttinger

Developed the first chair of fluid mechanics in Germany

N/A

N/A

Hans Geiger

Inventor of Geiger–Müller counter (radiation detection)

N/A

N/A

Henri Marie Coandă

Aircraft designer; discovered the Coandă Effect

N/A

N/A

Bruno Taut

Architect, key figure in expressionist architecture

N/A

N/A

Sabine Bendiek

CEO, Microsoft Germany

N/A

N/A

Wolfgang Wahlster

Known as “Father of Industry 4.0”; founder of DFKI AI center

N/A

N/A

Jürgen Schmidhuber

Pioneer of LSTM neural networks

N/A

N/A

Oliver Samwer

Co-founder of Rocket Internet (serial tech entrepreneur)

N/A

N/A

Anja Feldmann

Distinguished computer scientist in Internet architectures

PhD (Comp. Sci.)

N/A

Gerhard Ertl

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2007), surface chemistry expert

N/A

N/A

Leopold S. (e.g., Klaus-Robert Müller)

Machine learning and brain-computer interface pioneer

N/A

N/A

Zora Arkus-Duntov

Engineer known as “Father of the Corvette”

N/A

N/A

 

Students

97

Yocketers Applied

53

Yocketers Admitted

2,085

Yocketers Interested

Technical University of Berlin admitted student profiles

GRE

311

TOEFL

104

IELTS

7

Profiles that got Into Technical University of Berlin

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Srushti Nehete
spring 2024
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Technical University of Berlin
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Vishnu Shankar
fall 2024
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Technical University of Berlin

IELTS 7

GRE 315

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Atharva Pawar
spring 2024
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IELTS 7.75

GRE 301

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