We are UT: the entrepreneurial technical university that educates the next generation of ‘High Tech, Human Touch’ innovators to build a better world together. Since 1961, we have been committed to combining our entrepreneurial mindset and personal approach with technological innovation across all disciplines.
An entrepreneurial mindset is essential to our success: by continually challenging ourselves and one another, we can grow and innovate. We embrace a culture that places trust and responsibility above rigid hierarchies. Our green university campus is a symbol of high-tech facilities and crosssector innovation, and a vibrant home to a welcoming, open and inclusive community where personal development, sport and culture flourish. On our campus and beyond, we foster a strong sense of community to achieve our goals together. In the way we work, we support one another and ensure that everyone feels seen and valued.
When it comes to our research, education and innovation activities, we strive to place the needs of society at the centre – particularly through our focus on the impact domains of Climate, Health, Safety & Security, and Chip Technology.
Our values
Our values – open, inclusive and entrepreneurial – are inseparably connected. They form our compass and underpin the UT culture, in which we trust one another, take responsibility and engage in open and respectful dialogue – so that we can grow and improve together.
Entrepreneurial: entrepreneurship is about taking initiative. Creating something from nothing, always driven by what society needs. As an entrepreneurial university, we give this concept renewed meaning: we develop new forms of collaboration with industry and society, and give our students a significant role in this. We show courage, take a hands-on approach, and continually find new applications of ‘High Tech, Human Touch’ to address societal challenges.
Open: Our mission to contribute to society can only be realised through genuine collaboration. Science is teamwork – local and global, physical and virtual: stronger together. With our campus as a home base and meeting place, we connect with communities and partners, listen to what society needs, and translate this into our education, research and innovation programmes. We do so responsibly, with due attention to knowledge security, and guided by our Open Science principles: as open as possible, as closed as needed.
There is no university without open dialogue. That is why we govern transparently: decisions at university and faculty level are accessible to students and colleagues. Our openness ensures that entrepreneurs, societal partners and citizens can easily find us and are keen to work with us. Critical voices are welcome – it is precisely diversity of ideas and perspectives that keeps us sharp and strengthens our role as a trusted university. This also means being clear about what we expect of one another and holding each other accountable for what we have discussed and agreed.
Inclusive: We are committed to an inclusive environment in which respect and appreciation for one another come first. We see differences as a source of enrichment: they make our community stronger. Grounded in academic and professional integrity, and in the creation of a socially safe environment, everyone can be themselves and contribute in their own way. Our university and region thrive on the wide range of backgrounds and perspectives brought together here from across the world. We aim to remove barriers and promote equal opportunities so that everyone can realise their full potential. With all these talents and perspectives, UT is becoming a place where diversity, creativity and collaboration come together – and where everyone can excel and develop