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,
Graz Prague when Lutherans were banned from the city. Ludwig Boltzmann was Professor for Mathematical Physics from 1869 to 1890. During that time, Nikola Tesla studied electrical engineering at the Polytechnic in 1875. Nobel Laureate Otto Loewi taught at the University of Graz from 1909 until 1938. Ivo Andric, the 1961 Nobel Prize for Literature Laureate obtained his doctorate at the University of Graz. Erwin Schrödinger was briefly chancellor of the University of Graz in 1936. Graz lies in Styria, or "Steiermark" in German. "Mark" is an old German word indicating a large area of land used as a defensive border,