The Brandenburg University of Technology (German: Brandenburgische Technische Universität - BTU Cottbus) was founded in 1991 as the only technical university in Brandenburg, Germany. Located in Cottbus, in English it is often called Technical University of Cottbus or TU Cottbus. The university hosts 6,400 students and 1,218 employees. 125 of these are professors, 526 are scientific assistants and 562 are non-scientific assistants. About 15% (930 students) of the student population are of foreign origin. The university has been a school for construction engineering in the former GDR starting from 1954. After the german reunification the school became a Technical University and was finally renamed into Brandenburg Technical University in 1994. In the following years the university has undergone major construction efforts and the number of students has continuously grown ever since. The University is separated into 4 faculties (German: Fakultät) each of them having a focus on certain study and research areas. Each faculty is further subdivided into departments (Institut).