Graz University of Technology University of Graz. The university has a staff of 3,324. Research areas are combined in five fields of expertise. "TU Graz", the "University of Leoben" and "TU Wien" form the network "Austrian Universities of Technology (TU Austria)" with approximately 47,000 students and 9,000 staff. The university has multiple campuses, as it is mainly situated on three sites in the city, two in the centre of Graz and one in the southeast of the city. Campus buildings at the Graz University of Technology 1811: The Joanneum is founded by Archduke John of Austria. The first subjects taught were physics, chemistry, astronomy,
Trams in Graz by 1967. In the 1990s, with the city's narrow central streets proving ill-suited to large quantities of private car traffic, the city adopted a policy of improving and expanding public transport, with modernisation and extension of the tramway. The area around "Jakominiplatz" was developed as the main tram and city bus interchange from 1995, whilst extensions to "Puntigam", "Liebenau Murpark" and "St Paul" followed in 2006 and 2007. In 2001, Graz was the launch customer for the Bombardier Transportation's Cityrunner design, with the acquisition of 18 long five-section trams. These were the city's first 100% low-floor trams, although the concept