TU9 Leading in the Acquisition of Third-Party Funding

The TU9 universities are leading in the acquisition of third-party funding in Germany. The TU9 universities regularly lead the way in rankings for the acquisition of third-party funding and gain the following remarkable results: For example in 2008 the total amount of third-party funding for German universities and institutions of higher education was € 4.85 billion, and without medical facilities € 3.64 billion.

Of this the TU9 universities acquired € 1.03 billion (without medical facilities). TU9 members thus acquired a share of 22 per cent of all third-party research funding in that year. (ref.: Federal Statistical Office 2010)

The German universities’ share of third-party funding was some € 3.34, of which the nine TU9 universities acquired a total of € 1.03 billion, or some 31 per cent of university third party funding in 2008.

Third-party funding per professor is 1.5 to 3.6 times higher than average.

A detailed breakdown (including charts and tables) is available here [German ony].

In further rankings, TU9 and its members are also always to be found in top groups.