It was founded in 1745 as Collegium Carolinum[3] and is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the most renowned and largest German institutes of technology.

TU Braunschweig's research profile is very interdisciplinary, but with a focus on aeronautics, vehicle engineering including autonomous driving and electric mobility, manufacturing, life sciences, and metrology.

While the adjective technische (English: technical) in its name implies a focus on science and engineering, it is still a university in the sense that it represents a wide range of subjects.

The TU Braunschweig focuses its research in four main areas: Future City, Metrology, Mobility and Engineering for Health.

Important topics are intelligent and interconnected mobility, low-emission vehicles using non-fossil energies and sustainable production.

At BRICS, microorganisms in the fields of biotechnology and infection research are investigated using systems biology methods.

In the Laboratory for Emerging Nanometrology, institutes of the TU Braunschweig conduct research together with departments of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt.

At the Automotive Research Centre Niedersachsen, scientists working on the Metropolitan Car are collaborating to find answers to the social and ecological challenges associated with increased urbanization.

In addition to the TU Braunschweig, which plays a leading role, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Leibniz University Hannover are also involved.

Experts from pharmacy, process engineering and micro technology are working together on a long-term basis in a model that is unique in Germany to date.

iBMB was also instrumental in leading the Eureka project, which has become a guideline for building codes and regulations governing fire protection measures for traffic tunnels.