Editing University of Leoben (section)

{{short description|Austrian university of technology}}
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{{Infobox university
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 | name                   = Technical University of Leoben
 | native_name            = Montanuniversität Leoben
 | latin_name             = 
 | established            = {{start date and age|1840}}
 | type                   = [[Public university]]<br />[[Institute of technology]]
 | academic_staff         = 909
 | administrative_staff   = 
 | vice_chancellor        = 
 | rector                 = Peter Moser
 | students               = 4,030
 | city                   = [[Leoben]]
 | province               = [[Styria]]
 | country                = Austria
 | website                = [https://www.unileoben.ac.at/en/ unileoben.ac.at]|
 | logo                   = 
}}
The '''Technical University of Leoben''' is a [[Public university|public]] university in [[Leoben]], [[Styria]], Austria.
It was established on 4 November 1840<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kugler|first=Martin|date=2015-09-30|title=175 Jahre Montanuniversität Leoben: Gerüstet für die Herausforderungen der Zukunft|url=https://link-springer-com.ezproxy2.library.usyd.edu.au/article/10.1007/s00501-015-0417-7|journal=BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte|volume=160|issue=10–11|pages=446–449|doi=10.1007/s00501-015-0417-7|s2cid=161114781 |issn=0005-8912|url-access=subscription}}</ref> as the ''Steiermärkisch-Ständische Montanlehranstalt'' in [[Vordernberg]],
[[Styria]], Austria's mining region. In 1849, Peter Tunner relocated the university to nearby [[Leoben]]. That year the university had a mere 48 students enrolled.

The Technical University of Leoben is a member of [[TU Austria]], an association of three Austrian universities of technology and offers education and conducts research in the fields of mining, metallurgy and materials science.