The archival holdings consist of approx. 5,000 metres of archive material and span a period of 200 years, from the founding of the Polytechnic Institute in Vienna until around 2015.

The holdings

 

Director’s Office of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna (1815 - 1866)
Rector’s Office of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna (1866 - 1871)
Rector’s Office of the Imperial and Royal Technical University in Vienna (1872 - 1918)
Rector’s Office of the Technical University in Vienna (1918 - 1975)
Rector’s Office and University Administration of TU Wien (1975 - 1996)

(1815 - 2003)

(from around 1950 - 2000)

Examination and student indexes from the technical and commercial department of the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna (1815 - 1865)
Examination and student indexes from the Realschule and preparatory classes (1813 - 1865)
Main indexes from the Imperial and Royal Polytechnic Institute in Vienna (1866 - 1871)
Main indexes from the Imperial and Royal Technical University in Vienna (1872 - 1950)
Viva-voce records (1902 - 1997)
Post-doctoral records (1849 - 2005)

Examination records of State and degree examinations (1879 - around 2000)
Administration records from the Dean’s Offices

(A limited number)

For example: Student Union (HTU) records

from professors and other staff
from former students

Privilegien: approx. 5,800 patent specifications issued by the Habsburg Monarchy (around 1800 - 1852)
A collection of photos and pictures: Portraits of teachers, graduates, depictions of buildings at TU Wien as well as slides used for teaching purposes
A collection of plans: Plans of buildings at TU Wien, student drawings, template drawings for teaching purposes
Medals and commemorative coins
Publications: Course programmes, reports from the inauguration ceremonies of rectors, publications by lecturers and institutes, specific research on the TU archival holdings.

Finding Aids

Invention privileges from the years ca. 1800 ca. 1850

If you are looking for invention privileges from later years, you will find them at the Patent Office:

Privilegiensammlung Österreichisches Patentamt, opens an external URL in a new window

Indexes of the student catalogues from the academic years 1900 to 1935

The indexes list the names of all students who were enrolled at TH Wien between 1900 and 1935. Each index covers five academic years, the names are listed in alphabetical order.