of Geology and Paleontology Institute of Geophysics Institute of Geotechnical Engineering and Mine Surveying Institute of German and International Mining and Energy Law Institute of Management and Economics Institute of Mineral and Waste Processing, Waste Disposal and Geomechanics Institute of Mineralogy and Mineral Resources Institute of Mining Institute of Subsurface Energy Systems The Faculty of Mathematics/Computer Sciences and Engineering Institute of Applied Mechanics Institute of Chemical and Electrochemical Process Engineering Institute of Computer Sciences Institute of Electrical Information Technology Institute of Mass Transfer Institute of Mathematics Institute of Mechanical Engineering Institute of Particle Technology Institute of Plant Engineering and Fatigue Analysis Institute of Process and Production Control Technology Institute of Tribology and Energy Conversion Machinery Institute of Welding and Machining The Interdisciplinary Research Facilities Centre for Information Technology Centre for Polymers Centre for Simulation Technology DFG Research Centre "Fertigen in Feinblech" European Graduate School "Microstructural Control in Free-Radical Polymerization" Forum Clausthal Laser Application Centre Reputation Ranking DIE ZEIT (CHE Ranking), 2012/2013: Top tier in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering. The CHE-Ranking is the most comprehensive and most detailed university ranking in the German-speaking countries. It is published annually since 2005 by DIE ZEIT. Clausthal is placed regularly among the top universities in the majority of its engineering and sciences programs. WirtschaftsWoche, 2009: 5th among universities with the most alumni on the management boards of German corporate giants. German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche researched the universities with the most alumni at the top of DAX-corporations. Clausthal was placed 5th, however in relation to the size of the student body, TUC came in first. Junge Karriere, 2008: 8th in Industrial Engineering and 11th in Mechanical Engineering Junge Karriere, the career magazine of daily newspaper Handelsblatt conducted a ranking of German universities by interviewing over 51,000 students and graduates as well as over 1000 human resource managers. Handelsblatt is the largest newspaper on business and finance in Germany. Unique features TU Clausthal consistently has a very high percentage of international students, ranging from 25 % to 38 % over the last decade. The largest group of foreign nationals comes from the People's Republic of China (PRC), making up between 12 % and 20 % of total students. TUC has the highest percentage of Chinese students in Germany. The popularity of TUC among Chinese nationals is derived from its reputation as one of the three "ABC-Universities". The abbreviation stands for Aachen, Berlin, and Clausthal and