"The senate is supporting the rectorate in the name of the university, to continue to actively engage in public discourse and media for an open-minded and tolerant society." This was unanimously decided in a secret ballot of TU Dresden's senate on 14 January 2015.

The rector of TU Dresden, Professor Hans Müller-Steinhagen, sees this as confirmation of the university's clear position on open-mindedness and tolerance: "We are grateful and proud, that we at TU Dresden learn, teach, work and live with around 5,000 international scientists and students to achieve top performances in research and teaching together. Science is international! TU Dresden thrives on interaction between foreign and German students and scientists, who are all a firm part of our university, regardless of religion and background. Due to events in the last few weeks, the reputation of Dresden and Saxony has already suffered significant damage, far beyond the borders of our country. Unfortunately, TU Dresden has even experienced some individual cases of foreign scientists leaving because of current developments in Dresden. Given this fact, I am particularly grateful that the TU Dresden's senate, in a secret ballot yesterday, decided to support the rectorate in the name of the university, to continue to actively engage in public discourse and media for an open-minded and tolerant society."

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