chair for management control system in Germany. The first chair holder was Péter Horváth, founder of Horváth & Partners. In Germany, the beginnings of computer science go back to the Institute for Practical Mathematics of the TH Darmstadt, which the mathematician Alwin Walther built in early 1928. In 1956, the first programming lectures and internships in Germany were offered at the TH Darmstadt. Due to the reputation that the TH Darmstadt had at the time in computer science research, the first international congress on computer science held in German-speaking countries took place in October 1955 at the TH Darmstadt. Robert Piloty, professor at the TH Darmstadt, developed the computer science courses in Germany. In 1968, the TH Darmstadt introduced the first degree course in computer science in Germany and in 1975 the first degree course in business informatics. Artificial intelligence as a scientific field in Germany and Europe was founded by Wolfgang Bibel, professor of intellectics at TU Darmstadt. He set up a research group for artificial intelligence at the TH Darmstadt in 1988. In 1996, the first chair in Germany for renewable energies was set up at TH Darmstadt and staffed with . In 2004, it became the first German university to be declared as an autonomous university. Academic profile Departments Typical for a university of technology, ten out of its 13 academic departments (, FB) are in engineering, natural sciences, and mathematics, while three departments are in the social sciences and the humanities. The departments (with number of the department) are: Department of Law and Economics (FB1) Department of History and Social Sciences (FB2) Department of Human Sciences (FB3) Department of Mathematics (FB4) Department of Physics (FB5) Department of Chemistry (FB7) Department of Biology (FB10) Department of Materials and Earth Sciences (FB11) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (FB13) Department of Architecture (FB15) Department of Mechanical Engineering (FB16) Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (FB18) Department of Computer Science (FB20) Fields of study There are five fields of study (Studienbereiche), which offer interdisciplinary degree courses in which students take lectures in multiple departments: Computational engineering Energy science and engineering Information systems engineering Mechanics Mechatronics TU Darmstadt offers about 100 courses of study. Beyond bachelor's and master's degrees, it also offers degree courses for teaching positions at German vocational schools and the secondary schools known as gymnasiums. Research profile TU Darmstadt defined three major research fields: Energy and