Technical University of Bergakademie Freiberg (School) AKA Freiberg School of Mines
Technical University of Bergakademie Freiberg
1765 AD - 1792 AD
AKA Freiberg School of Mines
German university of technology with about 4,300 students in the city of Freiberg, Saxony. It is the oldest university of mining and metallurgy in the world and has been ranked among the best universities worldwide for mining engineering.
TU Bergakademie Freiberg is a highly specialized university of technology comprising six faculties:
- mathematics and informatics
- chemistry
- biology and physics
- geoscience
- geoengineering and mining
- mechanical engineering
- material sciences
- economics
The chemical elements indium (1863) and germanium (1886) were discovered by scientists of Freiberg University.







