Guest Stays

Guest stays by EU nationals without remuneration at TU Dresden, including:

• visiting researchers of all status groups who wish to come to TU Dresden with a scholarship from outside TU Dresden
• visiting researchers of all status groups who wish to come to TU Dresden with their own funding

• Visiting researchers who come to TU Dresden with a scholarship from TU Dresden (Dresden Fellow). In this case, please contact the coordinator of TUD's own scholarship.
• Visiting researchers who receive a regular employment contract at TU Dresden. In this case, please contact Directorate 2 - Human Resources.

• The visiting researcher contract
  Please fill out the fields completely and have the form signed by the visiting researcher and the responsible supervisor (usually the inviting head of institute)!
• The evaluation of degrees obtained abroad for the planned activity at TU Dresden carried out as part of the equivalence check. To apply for an equivalence check, please refer to the information on the relevant page.

All forms should preferably be submitted in digital form as pdf files by e-mail!

Please send us the completed forms (guest contract and assessment as part of the equivalence check) and the corresponding proof (scholarship) as a scan. Alternatively, you can send the documents by (in-house) post to the School Administration.

Please check the documents for completeness in advance to avoid delays in the approval process for the guest stay.

As a rule, we need five working days to process the application once the complete documents have been submitted. The processing time may be delayed if the documents are incomplete or incorrectly completed.

Please note that the processing time may be delayed in complicated cases. In this case, you will be informed by e-mail.

Please note: Applications that are to be processed before the end of the year must be submitted exclusively by email no later than seven working days before the start of the shutdown. In the winter semester 2024/25, this deadline is December 11, 2024. Applications that are incomplete or received after December 11, 2024 can only be processed from January 6, 2025!

Please note that the documents required for the approval of guest stays by researchers from EU countries may only be signed by the International Affairs Advisor / Executive Manager for the School. In order to avoid delays in the recruitment process, you should initiate the associated processes described above as early as possible.

If you have any questions, please contact the International Affairs Advisor.

Guest stays by Non-EU nationals without remuneration at TU Dresden, including

• visiting researchers of all status groups who wish to come to TU Dresden with a scholarship from outside TU Dresden
• visiting researchers of all status groups who wish to come to TU Dresden with their own funding

• Visiting researchers who come to TU Dresden with a scholarship from TU Dresden (Dresden Fellow). In this case, please contact the coordinator of TUD's own scholarship.
• Visiting researchers who receive a regular employment contract at TU Dresden. In this case, please contact Directorate 2.

• The pre-filled Hosting Agreement - Contract for the Granting of a Residence Permit according to §18d Residence Act: Please fill in the fields marked with XXX completely (ideally, please remove the XXX beforehand) and have the form signed by the visiting researcher (see p. 2, at the bottom)!
• Official proof of the amount and duration of the scholarship (confirmation from the scholarship provider) or proof of your own funds available for the research stay (further information on proof of funding)

• The visiting researcher contract
  Please fill out the fields completely and have the form signed by the visiting researcher and the responsible supervisor (usually the inviting head of institute)!
• The evaluation of degrees obtained abroad for the planned activity at TU Dresden carried out as part of the equivalence check. To apply for an equivalence check, please refer to the information on the relevant page.

All forms should preferably be submitted in digital form as pdf files by e-mail!

Please send us the completed forms (guest contract and assessment as part of the equivalence check) and the corresponding proof (scholarship) as a scan. Alternatively, you can send the documents by (in-house) post to the School Administration.

Please check the documents for completeness in advance to avoid delays in the approval process for the guest stay.

As a rule, we need five working days to process the application once the complete documents have been submitted. The processing time may be delayed if the documents are incomplete or incorrectly completed.

Please note that the processing time may be delayed in complicated cases. In this case, you will be informed by e-mail.

Please note: Applications that are to be processed before the end of the year must be submitted exclusively by email no later than seven working days before the start of the shutdown. In the winter semester 2024/25, this deadline is December 11, 2024. Applications that are incomplete or received after December 11, 2024 can only be processed from January 6, 2025!

Please note that the documents required for the approval of visiting researchers from non-EU countries may only be signed by the International Affairs Advisor / Executive Manager for the School of. In order to avoid delays in issuing the hosting agreement, you should initiate the associated processes described above as early as possible.

Please note that applications for visiting researchers from embargoed countries (Iran, Russia, etc.) are subject to an export control procedure. This is time-consuming and should therefore be announced to the International Affairs Advisor in good time.

If you have any questions, please contact the International Affairs Advisor.