- University of Leoben
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The University of Leoben, in the town of Leoben, Austria, is the country's university for mining, metallurgy, and materials.
It was founded on 4 November 1840, as the Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt in Styria, Austria's mining region. In 1848 Peter Tunner relocated the university to the nearby town of Leoben, where it is still located today. That year the university had a mere 48 students enrolled. It has since developed a reputation as one of the finest mining schools in Europe.
Currently, the university has the following departments:
- Department of Analytical and Physical Chemistry
- Department of Polymer Chemistry
- Institute of Electrical Engineering
- Department of Geoscience and Geophysics
- Department of Material Science
- Department of Mathematics and Information Technology
- Institute of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Metallurgy
- Department Mineral Resources and Petroleum Engineering
- Department of Product Engineering
- Department of Economics
- Institute for Process Technology and Industrial Environmental Protection
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Coordinates: 47°23′08″N 15°05′35″E / 47.38556°N 15.09306°E
Categories:- Universities and colleges in Austria
- Educational institutions established in 1840
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