Relevant Electrical and Electronic Engineering, over 120 years of experience as a faculty at the University; Connections with local research institutions and with business/industry; High research relevance and practice feedback = best research-oriented study conditions including attractive participation options for students (especially in the Master’s) in research projects; Substantial individual guidance in the programme; Great elective choices in the programme; High share of electrical/electronic engineering; Teacher-student relationships built on trust; Genuine combination of economic sciences and components in electrical/electronic engineering, incorporating both approaches of thinking and acting.

High proportion of foreign-educated students and foreign-educated research assistants/doctoral students; The international percentage (students) at the faculty (electrical/electronic engineering and industrial engineering) taken together is at around 19 %. For research assistants, this figure is around 15%. More than 30 (!) nations are represented - from Europe and beyond. Dissertations can also be written in English. Another special feature: Highly renowned in the international science community – as a result, many international research partners (science and industry).

Chalmers tekniska hoegskola, Göteborg, Schweden; Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spanien; Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spanien; Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spanien; Universite de Lille, Frankreich; Universität Bologna, Italien; Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Rom, Italien; Haskolinn i Reykjavik, Island; Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spanien; Tongji-Universität Shanghai, China.

Good and high-quality lab facilities and equipment with a high level of investment, e.g. modern clean room labs, up-to-date IT equipment, including current licences, up-to-date literature stock (also available electronically), large number of state-of-the-art student workspaces in institutes, plenty of student lab workstations (no waiting times in the labs), modern (periodically updated) student work placements, numerous tutor groups, equipment allows for high-quality research (see research success:; Research infrastructure overall very good to excellent).

Top research at the institutes – electrical engineering at the TU Braunschweig is involved in three Clusters of Excellence of the excellence initiative of the federal government and the federal states from 2019 - this means excellent funding in the coming years; Research alliance with LUH and PTB/ DLR; High level of acceptance of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) in public research promotion institutions (national/international); notable ratio of third-party funding (repeated for more than 30 years); Approx. 70% publicly reviewed funds and approx. 30% industry funds.

The Technology Transfer Office supports interested young academics as potential business founders, for example by coaching them, or providing help applying for funding that promotes, for example, innovative, technology-oriented start-up projects or knowledge-based services. The Entrepreneurship Hub teaches the expertise and methods for business model innovation, accompanies and supports the start-up process, creates the interface between teaching, research, business and society and strengthens a vibrant and interdisciplinary university start-up culture.

Very close cooperation with the PTB (Federal Physical-Technical Institute), from 2015 joint appointments, joint graduate schools, training as well as joint young academic groups; Participation in interdisciplinary research centres - including as part of joint sponsorships with industry (Nds. Vehicle research, Laboratory for Emerging Nanomaterials); Many international (MSc) students and research assistants.