(Dipl.-Ing.). The doctoral programmes (Dr.techn. and Dr.rer.nat.) are offered as postgraduate programmes. Continuing education is offered in the framework of Lifelong Learning and consists of nine part-time master’s programmes and university programmes plus a range of other courses. Facts and figures Beginners: 1,800 Graduates (academic year 2020/21): 1,865 Federal budget 2021: €182.8 million Income from third-party funds 2021: €79.1 million Floor space (m2): 255,200 Non-academic staff: 1,098 Academic staff: 1,932 (of which project staff 1,083) Lecturers/student assistants: 884 Data from: 2021/22 Rankings In the 2019 Shanghai ranking of universities/Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, it is in the 101–150 range in Computer Science & Engineeringing and Electrical & Electronic Engineering, and in the 201–300 range in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering and Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. In the subjects Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth Sciences as well as Energy Science & Engineering, Graz University of Technology can be found in the 301–400 range. In Mathematics it is in the group 401–500. In the 2021 Leiden Ranking, the PPtop10% analysis puts it on position 279, the PPindustry ranks Graz University of Technology on place 23. Notable alumni Raimund Abraham (1933–2010), architect Silke Bühler-Paschen, physicist Günther Domenig (1934–2012), architect Friedrich Emich (1860–1940), chemist Dietmar Feichtinger (born 1961), architect Ernst Hiesmayr (1920–2006), architect, artist and former rector of the Technical University Vienna Karl Kordesch, fuel cell and battery designer Hans List, technical scientist and inventor, entrepreneur Hanns Malissa (1920–2010), chemist Hubert Petschnigg, architect Alois Riedler (1850–1936), mechanical engineer Rudolf Sanzin (1874–1922), locomotive designer Friedrich St. Florian (born 1932), architect Nikola Tesla, electrical and mechanical engineer, inventor (did not receive a degree and did not continue beyond the first semester of his third year, during which he stopped attending lectures) Karl von Terzaghi, civil engineer and founder of soil mechanics Luis Trenker (1892–1990), architect, artist and alpinist Partnerships TU Graz has set up strategic partnerships with 7 universities: TU Darmstadt, Germany Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, Russia (activities currently suspended) Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy Technical University of Munich, Germany Tongji University, Shanghai, China University of Strathclyde, UK Graz University of Technology is also a member of CESAER. Affiliates and shareholdings TU Graz holds shares in more than 20 companies, mainly research centers like the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology or Virtual Vehicle. It also hosts the Austrian Centre for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalysis and the headquarters of the