Berlin Technical University

(Local Name: Technische Universität Berlin - TUB) Since 1946, Berlin Technical University has replaced the Technical College, which came into being in 1879 following the amalgamation of the Building Academy (1799) and the Commercial Academy (1821). It now has 22 faculties and some 25,000 students. The main building lies on the south side of the Strasse des 17. Juni. Hardenbergstrasse, where the Physics Institute (1985), house of residence and refectory are situated. Farther to the north, between the Landwehrkanal and the River Spree is the old Charlottenburg industrial quarter. In Helmholtzstrasse, on a bend of the Spree, stands the Technical Production Center (PTZ), an impressive building owned jointly by the