On March 1, Prof. Dr. Veronika Grimm takes up the Chair of Energy Systems and Market Design at the University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN).
After three years of successful founding and development work, there will be a change in the office of Founding President on March 31. As part of the focus on AI, Prof. Dr. Michael Huth will take over the office of President from Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans Jürgen Prömel. Until he takes office on October 1, Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin will lead the UTN as Acting Founding President.
The Minister of State for Science and the Arts, Markus Blume, visits the UTN on April 10 to hold in-depth talks with Prof. Alexander Martin after his inauguration as Acting Founding President. Afterwards, Blume meets UTN employees to answer questions about the new focus on artificial intelligence.
On 2 August 2024, Albert Füracker, Bavarian State Minister for Finance and Home Affairs, and Professor Alexander Martin, Acting Founding President of the UTN, signed a declaration of intent to initiate a comprehensive cooperation. This cooperation aims to achieve a significant objective: integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into public administration. The integration is expected to enhance the efficiency of tax administration, reduce costs and expedite processes for taxpayers.
With effect from October 1, Prof. Dr. Michael Huth has taken office as the new Founding President of the Technical University of Nuremberg (UTN). He is moving to the UTN from Imperial College London, one of the top 10 universities in the world. At Imperial, Prof. Huth was Professor of Computer Science, Head of the Department of Computing.
On October 18, the University of Technology Nuremberg opened its first building on the new campus together with Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and State Minister for science and the arts Markus Blume. The “Cube One” is characterized by its flexible usage options and sustainable construction.
The Technical University of Nuremberg is advancing its vision of future-oriented, interdisciplinary research with a focus on artificial intelligence. In November, the Founding Steering Board approved the renaming of the university’s first two founding departments. The technical department “Engineering” will be refocused as “Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence,” while the humanities department “Liberal Arts & Sciences” will be renamed “Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.” Additionally, the establishment of three new departments is planned for the coming years: “Biological Engineering,” “Mechatronic Engineering,” and “Natural Sciences.”
From left to right: Founding Vice President Prof. Dr. Isa Jahnke; Head of the Erlangen-Nuremberg State Building Authority, Matthias Franz; Minister of Science Markus Blume; Minister President Dr. Markus Söder; Mayor Marcus König; Founding President Prof. Dr. Michael Huth. (Copyright: Uwe Niklas)
Prof. Dr. Michael Huth has taken office as the new Founding President of the Technical University of Nuremberg (UTN), with effect from October 1, 2024. (Copyright: Eye-D Fotodesign)
Foto: Albert Füracker, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament and Bavarian State Minister of Finance and Regional Affairs, together with Professor Alexander Martin, Acting Founding President of UTN, presenting the signed agreement for a comprehensive collaboration. (Copyright: Dieter Zeitler)
10.04.2024 The Minister of State for Science and Arts Markus Blume visits the UTN to mark the inauguration of Prof. Alexander Martin as Acting Founding President.
31.03.2024 Founding President Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Jürgen Prömel leaves the UTN. His successor Prof. Dr. Michael Huth will take the office in Octobre. (Copyright: Eye-D Fotodesign)
1.3.2024 Founding President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel hands the certificate of appointment as Professor of Energy Systems and Market Design to Prof. Veronika Grimm.
2023
On March 9, the design competition for two more buildings in the north of the campus area was completed. The winning concept convinced the jury in particular with its clear urban planning decision to situate the two buildings differently.
On April 1, Prof. Dr. Alexander Martin completed the Founding Presidium as Founding Vice President for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Also on April 1, Prof. Dr. Gyburg Uhlmann accepted the appointment as Professor of classical philology at the UTN. As Founding Chair, she will establish the Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The second campus festival of UTN takes place on July 14. It marks two milestones in the development of the University of Technology Nuremberg: On the one hand, the construction ceremony for the first building on the campus take place in the presence of Minister President Dr. Markus Söder. On the other hand, the young university inaugurate the so-called Experience Cubes, which will bring the concept of UTN to life on campus.
October 16 marks the start of the first degree program at UTN: A week prior to the start of the courses, Lord Mayor Marcus König and Founding President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans Jürgen Prömel, welcome the first eight students to Nuremberg.
In November, Founding President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans Jürgen Prömel signs a Memorandum of Understanding with Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). In this agreement, the participating institutions pledge to collaborate on the development of specific research initiatives, training programs and funding arrangements.
On December 5, Minister-President of Bavaria Dr. Markus Söder announces that UTN will have an AI focus in the future.
11.12.2023: Teachers, Prof. Gyburg Uhlmann, Prof. Isa Jahnke and principal Reiner Geißdörfer together with two students from Dürer-Gymnasium at the project presentation.
7.11.2023: President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel and President Prof. Ángel Cabrera together with Lord Mayor Marcus König at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding. (Copyright: City of Nuremberg)
1.11.2023:: University alliance of FAU, Ohm, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences and UTN paves the way for regional entrepreneurship. (Copyright: AdobeStock/BullRun)
10.10.2023: Mayor Marcus König, Founding Chair Prof. Wolfram Burgard, Founding Vice President Prof. Isa Jahnke, Founding President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel and Kanzler Dr. Markus Zanner together with the first students of the UTN-
22.09.2023: Founding President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel and Markus Blume, Minister of State for Science and the Arts, sign the bilateral university agreement of the UTN. (Copyright: StMWK/Wolfgang M. Weber)
14.07.2023: Dieter Maußner, Head of StBAER, Lord Mayor Marcus König, Founding President Prof. Prömel, Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and Founding Vice President Prof. Isa Jahnke open the Experience Cubes (Copyright: UTN/Dieter Zeitler)
04.04.2023: Founding President Prof. Prömel presents Prof. Martin with the certificate of appointment as Founding Vice President at the UTN.
22.03.2023: Founding President Prof. Prömel presents Prof. Uhlmann with the certificate of appointment as Founding Chair at the UTN.
22.03.2023: University Taking Shape: Interdisciplinary approaches in response to new challenges. Lecture by Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt.
08.02.2023: The structural and framework planning for the campus of the Technical University of Nuremberg is completed. Dieter Maußner, Head of the Erlangen-Nuremberg State Building Authority, hands over the final brochure to Founding President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel and Dr. Markus Zanner, Kanzler of UTN.
08.02.2023: Prof. Dr. Isa Jahnke, Founding Vice President of UTN at University Taking Shape at JOSEPHS. The expert in digital didactics took the audience on a journey to learning experience designs and activating learning strategies.
01.01.2023: The UTN becomes a new member of Universität Bayern e.V. The certificate was ceremoniously presented to the founding president of the UTN, Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel, by the chairwoman of Universität Bayern, Prof. Sabine Doering-Manteuffel, on January 19 at Speinshart Monastery.
2022
On January 1, Professor Dr. Isa Jahnke is granted the professorship of Information Science & Learning Technologies, besides being appointed first Vice President. As Founding Vice President for Academic and International Affairs, she will complement the existing Executive Board and develop and enhance digital teaching and learning with modern technologies and instructional designs.
On February 1, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard takes office as Founding Chair of the Department of Engineering and Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. The University of Technology Nuremberg has established its first Department.
Under the heading “Meet the University”, the University of Technology Nuremberg celebrates its first campus festival on July 22. The celebration takes place on the construction site covering 37 hectares in Nuremberg’s new quarters of Lichtenreuth. In the opening ceremony, the new corporate design is presented.
Mid November, Minister-President of Bavaria Dr. Markus Söder, Secretary of State Markus Blume, Secretary of State Christian Bernreiter, Lord Mayor Marcus König, Mr. Michael Lueb, Division Manager of the State Building Authority, and Founding President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans Jürgen Prömel laid the foundation stone for the first building on the campus.
16.11.2022: Founding President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel, Markus Blume, Bavarian Minister of State for Science and the Arts and Marcus König, Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, in front of the UTN roll-up at University Taking Shape at Josephs.
29.11.2022: Marcus König, Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, Dr. Michael Fraas, Economics and Science Officer, Jo-Achim Hamburger, Chairman of the Jewish Community of Nuremberg and Founding President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel ceremonially unveil the first UTN street sign.
18.11.2022: Marcus König, Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, Christian Bernreiter, Bavarian State Minister for Housing, Construction and Transport, Dr. Markus Söder, Minister-President of Bavaria, Markus Blume, Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts and Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel, Founding President of UTN. (Photo: Dieter Zeitler)
27.10.2022: Discussion event “Data as a key resource: Are we competitive in Bavaria?” organized by the Stifterverband. Our founding president Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel was also on the podium. (Photo: Stefan Heigl/ Stifterverband)
12.10.2022: Founding Chair Prof. Burgard, Founding President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel, Founding Vice President Prof. Isa Jahnke and Kanzler Dr. Zanner in the Bavarian State Parliament
12.10.2022: The founding board of the University of Technology in Nuremberg with members of the Bavarian State Parliament
29.09.2022: AI expert Chris Boos presents Prof. Wolfram Burgard with the German AI Award together with WELT presenter Katja Losch. (Photo: Philip Nürnberger)
22.07.2022: The founding board and representatives of the Department of Engineering with Finance Minister Albert Füracker, Science Minister Markus Blume, Science Officer Dr. Michael Fraas and Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament Karl Freller (Photo: Dieter Zeitler)
22.07.2022: Finance Minister Albert Füracker, Founding President Prof. Prömel and Science Minister Markus Blume unveil the new UTN logo. (Photo: Dieter Zeitler)
31.05.2022: Prof. Burgard receives the IEEE Robotics and Automation Technical Field Award 2022.
0.05.2022: Ferdinand Heide, designer of the campus planning, presents the architectural concept of the UTN at University Taking Shape.
13.04.2022: Kanzler Dr. Zanner visits the construction site with Richard Mergner, Chairman of BUND Nature Conservation in Bavaria.
31.03.2022: Prof. Lehner, second mayor of the city of Nuremberg, visits the Presidium.
24.03.2022: Markus Blume, Bavarian State Minister for Science and the Arts, together with the founding board and Prof. Burgard in the interim building in Ulmenstraße
07.03.2022: Prof. Burgard at the University Taking Shape lecture series
03.02.2022: Together with Dr. Michael Fraas, Economics and Science Officer of the City of Nuremberg, the founding board shows the Bavarian Minister of the Interior Joachim Herrmann the construction site.
02.02.2022: Gründungspräsident Prof. Prömel zu Gast am Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts (Foto: Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts)
02.02.2022: Founding President Prof. Prömel visits the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (Photo: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light)
2021
The tenth state-run university in Bavaria has been officially set up on January 1. Dr. Markus Zanner is appointed Kanzler.
On March 1, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans Jürgen Prömel takes up office as Founding President.
In April 2021, the winner design is selected for the structural and urban design framework. It was submitted by the team around Ferdinand Heide Architekten/TOPOS.
On August 27, the first groundbreaking ceremony takes place on the construction site on Brunecker Straße.
December 2021 sees the naming of the first street on the campus: As a name giver, the Nuremberg City Council selected the astrophysicist and mechanical engineer Dr. Luise Herzberg.
In the same month, a cooperation agreement is signed for a modular building for the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg to be erected on the campus of the University of Technology Nuremberg. The building will be ready to use early in 2024. After the initial period of 15 years covered by the agreement, the building will be transferred to the University of Technology Nuremberg.
21.12.2021: Founding President Prof. Prömel, together with Kanzler Dr. Zanner, presents Prof. Jahnke with the certificate of appointment as Founding Vice President for Studies, Teaching and International Affairs.
16.12.2021: UTN founding president Prof. Prömel and TH Nuremberg president Prof. Oberbeck with the signed cooperation agreement for the modular building on the new campus of the Technical University (Photo: Matthias Wiedmann)
14.12.2021: Kanzler Dr. Zanner receives the University Medal from Prof. Leible, President of the University of Bayreuth. (Photo: Jürgen Rennecke)
30.11.2021: Founding President Prof. Prömel at Fraunhofer IIS in Nuremberg with Prof. Heuberger, Prof. Grill and Prof. Martin
28.10.2021: The first international delegation at the UTN: Founding President Prof. Prömel with Rector Kainz from TU Graz
28.10.2021: Our guest in Ulmenstraße: Karl Freller, 1st Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament
27.10.2021: Meeting among neighbors: Founding President Prof. Hans Jürgen Prömel with Ulrich Zimmer, Senior Vice President at MAN Truck & Bus SE in Nuremberg
25.10.2021: Marcus König, Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg, during his welcoming address at the first lecture series at Nuremberg Institute of Technology (Photo: Dieter Zeitler)
25.10.2021: Prof. Wolfgang A. Herrmann, President Emeritus of the Technical University of Munich, during his lecture on the topic: “The idea behind it: Why the Technical University of Nuremberg was founded” (Photo: Dieter Zeitler)
25.10.2021: Before the opening of the first UTN lecture series in the Historic Town Hall of the City of Nuremberg (Photo: Dieter Zeitler)
27.08.2021: Science Minister Sibler, Founding President Prof. Dr. Prömel, Minister President Dr. Söder and Nuremberg’s Lord Mayor König at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Nuremberg Institute of Technology (Photo: Marcus Rebmann)
27.08.2021: Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg Marcus König at the ground-breaking ceremony for UTN (Photo: Marcus Rebmann)
2020
With the positive evaluation of the concept by the Science Council early in 2020, the green light is given for the in-depth operative realization of the project, which has advanced at an incredible pace ever since.
The City of Nuremberg and the State of Bavaria jointly sign a declaration in March 2020, laying down the cornerstones for the urban development agreement to be signed.
In December 2020, the Bavarian Parliament passes the “Act on the Establishment of the University of Technology Nuremberg”, thus paving the way for the establishment of the new university starting on January 1, 2021. On the same date, the development regulation comes into force which forms the statutory framework for the first few years.
2019
The year marks the beginning of planning the urban structures and the first building for the location on Brunecker Straße. At the same time, preliminary action is taken to prepare the site – also regarding a protection of species evaluation and developing work of the land plot.
2018
In October 2018, the Bavarian Government presents the “Concept for the Foundation of the University of Technology Nuremberg”, drawn up by the Structural Commission, to the Science Council for review.
In the south of Nuremberg on Brunecker Straße, the State of Bavaria purchases an area covering 37.5 hectares for the new campus university in direct urban surroundings.
Interim building at Ulmenstrasse 52 (Photo: Andreas Vallbracht)
Aerial view of the site on Brunecker Strasse (Photo: Hajo Dietz)
The planned site for the Technical University of Nuremberg (Photo: Aurelis)
2017
The Bavarian Government passes a trailblazing resolution to establish a new university in Nuremberg, which, upon overall completion, is to provide up to 6,000 students.
The concept is drawn up by a Structural Commission comprising eminent experts under the chairmanship of the President of the Technical University of Munich at the time, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang A. Herrmann.
