Technological Trade Museum

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Technological Trade Museum
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Technological Trade Museum

type of school Higher technical federal teaching and research institute
School number 920417
founding 1879
address

Wexstrasse 19-23

place Vienna-Brigittenau
state Vienna
Country Austria
Coordinates 48 ° 14 '12 "  N , 16 ° 22' 10"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '12 "  N , 16 ° 22' 10"  E
carrier Republic of Austria
student about 2600
Teachers 330
management Victoria Puchhammer-Neumayer
Website www.tgm.ac.at
Old TGM in Vienna 9., Währinger Strasse 59

The Technological Trade Museum ( TGM ) (own name: tgm | Die Schule der Technik ) is a higher technical federal teaching institute (HTL) in Vienna , to which a state-accredited research institute (HTBLuVA) is affiliated.

The TGM offers students who have completed the eighth grade a technically oriented continuation of their school career to the Matura. The training period is usually five years with the completion of the maturity and diploma examination ( BHS Matura ). According to relevant professional experience, the professional title of engineer can be applied for. The school has the status of a technical and commercial educational institution .

As a so-called central teaching institution, it reports directly to the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) .

history

The TGM was opened on October 26, 1879 by Wilhelm Exner under the patronage of the then Lower Austrian Trade Association based on the model of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers in the 1st district of Vienna, Eschenbachgasse 11. The aim of the founder was to provide the Austrian economy - at the time the establishment was founded, mainly commercial enterprises - with a place for advanced training in the field of technology.

In the first phase, this took place in the form of exhibitions and consultations, a kind of museum structure. The naming resulted from this. As a result, school structures developed very quickly, which resulted in the establishment of the various educational institutions.

In 1881 the school was expanded to include the Lower Technical College for Furniture and Building Joinery. From this year on, every teacher was awarded the title of professor for the duration of his activity. The next expansion took place in 1884 by renting parts of the former Vienna branch of the Siglschen Lokomotivfabrik (whose headquarters were in Wiener Neustadt) in Vienna's 9th district at Währinger Strasse  59. Training for metal workers, electrical engineers and machine fitters was held in this building.

In the school year 1896 the total number of pupils exceeded 1000 and in 1899 the higher technical school for electrical engineering (5 years old) was opened. In 1905 the TGM was nationalized under Director Georg Lauboeck, three years later it was placed under the Ministry of Commerce. In 1911, the technical school for construction and machine fitters was converted into the higher department for machine technology (5 years old).

The amateur broadcaster of the Research Institute for Radiotechnik began to publish regular broadcasts on shortwave in 1937 . In the same year the association of old technologists was founded and in 1958 the first female student graduated from the TGM.

In the 1979/80 school year, the TGM moved from the old building on Währinger Straße to the newly built building on Wexstraße in Brigittenau (20th district). The old building is currently being used by the WUK . Since then, the new location has housed the entire school, workshops, laboratories and the research institute. The main building of the TGM is the tallest school building in Austria with 16 floors and 68 meters.

school

The TGM is the oldest federal technical college and the largest school in Vienna. It runs a day school with seven departments:

In addition, preparatory courses as evening school for working people:

Four-semester colleges are also offered.

An accredited research institute with the following areas is affiliated with the TGM :

The school has (as of 2016) around 3,674 students.

School experiment "learning office"

At the beginning of the 2016/17 school year, a school experiment to introduce a "learning office" was started under the direction of the head of the information technology department, Gottfried Koppensteiner. The aim here is for the students to acquire most of their knowledge themselves. They have a great deal of autonomy and can, for example, mostly put together their own timetable. The present teacher does not teach “classically” actively, but rather acts as a coach . Numerous schools from all over Austria sent representatives to the TGM to observe the new form of teaching. The Vienna University of Economics and Business is examining the school experiment in a study.

Technologists Association

The Association of Technologists is an association of graduates and students from this institution and was founded in 1947. He represents the interests of the graduates; For example, he helps with the submission of the engineering title and runs an address service or address search service. The Association of Technologists also endeavors to convey requests from the industry regarding training to the teaching staff, the management and the ministry. The association is also the point of contact for all matters relating to the students.

Well-known graduates

Old TGM in Vienna 9., Währinger Strasse 59

Web links

Commons : Technological Trade Museum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Michael Widter: Press release. (PDF; 155.7 kB) TGM - The School of Technology. In: widter.com. December 9, 2019 .;
  2. ↑ a b c d locations - vocational schools. Higher technical federal teaching and research institute, TGM - Technological Trade Museum. In: berufsbildendeschulen.at. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Technological Trade Museum - Vienna History Wiki. In: Vienna History Wiki . July 19, 2019, accessed February 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Klaus Lorbeer: The learning office at the TGM continues. In: Computerwelt . August 28, 2017, accessed April 9, 2020 .