Facts and figures at a glance

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1. 1. Diverse and International
   2. Excellent and Collaborative in Research
   3. Successful in Science and Transfer
   4. Global Impact, Regional Leadership 
   5. Sustainable and Vibrant University Culture

• Founded in 1828
• University of Excellence since 2012
• Students in 17 Faculties across 5 Schools, and in Teacher training degree programs
• 8,400 employees
  • of whom 5,500 are academic staff (38 % women, 25 % international researchers)
  • of whom 3,600 are funded by third parties

Diverse and International

With its wide range of courses, TU Dresden offers a home to practically every scientific discipline.

• 29,000 students, of whom around 21 % are international students from 128 countries
  • 22.7 % in the School of Engineering Sciences
  • 26.6 % in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • 12.8 % in the School of Science 
  • 9.7 % in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • 13.3 % in Teacher training degree programs
  • 12 % in the School of Medicine
• 21:1 student : teacher ratio  
• 121 degree programs, of which 28 are conducted in English and 26 are double degree programs
• 25,000 members in the TUD Alumni Network
• 6,500 are PhD students, of whom 27 % are international students
• 1,200 tenured academic staff, of whom around 600 are professors

Excellent and Collaborative in Research

TUD is among the leading universities worldwide and one of the German Universities of Excellence.

• With five Clusters of Excellence (EXC), TUD ranks first among all technical universities in Germany.
  • CeTI - Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop – joint EXC with University of Würzburg
  • ct.qmat - Complexity, Topology and Dynamics in Quantum Matter
  • PoL - Physics of Life
  • CARE - Climate-Neutral and Resource-Efficient Construction – joint EXC with RWTH Aachen University

  • REC² - Responsible Electronics in the Climate Change Era

• 4 Alexander von Humboldt professorships, 8 Endowed Chairs and 11 Heisenberg professorships
• 16 DFG Research Training Groups
• TUD is the leading or co-applicant in 15 Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) and Transregios (TRR)
• 24 ERC grants (active)
• 2 BMBF Clusters4Future and 4 BMBF projects with funding of at least EUR 1 million per year
• Speaker roles for the Base4NFDI joint project, in the NFDI4Earth consortium, and member of 12 other NFDI consortia
• Participation in projects prioritized by FIS Science System: Einstein Telescope, DALI, SLICES-DE
• Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Sciences (CIDS) with
  • ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig: 1 of 7 National Competence Centers for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
  • NHR@TUD: 1 of 9 National High Performance Computing Centers
• 23 acatech members
• 27 Members of the German National Academy of Sciences

Successful in Science and Transfer

TUD has a high level of third-party funding and is the university with the most
patents in Germany.

• On average, TUD|excite^® supports 20 spin-offs each year
• High level of third-party funding: total budget of EUR 924 million (in 2025), of which EUR 371 million (40 %) in third-party funding
• 3^rd strongest university in Germany in terms of third-party funding (Destatis)
• 1^st in patent registrations (German Economic Institute)
• 1^st worldwide in the 2025 THE Impact Ranking (SDG 9) in the area of "Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure"
• 2025 DFG Atlas:
  • No. 1: Electrical Engineering
  • No. 1: (Neuro) Psychology
  • No. 2: Civil Engineering
  • No. 3: Solid State Chemistry
  • No. 3: Condensed Matter Physics
  • No. 4: Computer Science
• 100 patent registrations in 2025
• 1,000 research collaborations alongside various annually with various companies

Global Impact, Regional Leadership 

Our vision is to continue TUD's transformation a into a globally oriented yet regionally anchored top university for the 21st century.

• International over 500 partnerships in over 70 countries worldwide
• Saxon Science Liaison Offices in Taiwan (Taipei) and Indien (Chennai)
• 6,500 international members in the TUD Alumni Network
• transCampus: transnational strategic partnership between TU Dresden, King's College London and IIT Madras
• EUTOPIA: Alliance of 10 European universities
• TU9: Alliance of leading universities of technology in Germany
• TUD|Lusatia Campus: research infrastructure for structural change in Lusatia
• Science and Innovation Campus:
  • 47 research institutes and research-guided cultural institutions as part of DRESDEN-concept
  • 58 (ongoing) joint appointments with DRESDEN-concept partner institutions
  • 10 joint research groups
  • 9 joint shared technology platforms
  • 5 joint shared buildings
  • The Saxon State and University Library (SLUB) is one of the largest and most innovative academic libraries in Germany with > 90 million sources in its catalog and > 1.1 million visits per year.

Sustainable and Vibrant University Culture

TUD's campus offers an exceptional, welcoming atmosphere: Innovatively and sustainably designed, to serve as an excellent place to learn and work.

• Certified environmental management system in accordance with EMAS since 2003
• Sustainability strategy with more than 80 measures
• Green Office (since 2021) and master plan (since 2019) for a green livable campus with around 4.9 ha of insect-friendly meadows
• Certified by the "Shaping Diversity" audit in 2024
• Family-friendly campus: Campusbüro Uni mit Kind, childcare during the holidays and events, nursing care
• University Health Management for all staff and students
• 1.478 courses in over 200 different sports disciplines at Dresden University Sports Center
• 40 scientific and technical collections
• Art collection with around 4,000 works of all genres in the Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections
• 5 Botanical Gardens: Dresden, Bosel Garden, Zuschendorf, Fichtelberg, and the Forest Park Tharandt (Saxon State Arboretum)
• Compliance management system with anonymous whistleblower system