Good reasons for Slavic Studies at TU Dresden

You are thinking about whether Slavic studies at TU Dresden is the right choice for you? We have put together some good reasons for studying at our Institute which may help you to make a decision.

Excellent support and communication

Being a comparatively small Institute, the Dresden Slavic Studies offer you excellent support right from the start. Lectures and seminars are rarely overcrowded and offer room for reflection and discussion. For all questions regarding study planning and organisation, examination regulations and forms, the Academic Advisory Service and our office will be happy to assist you. And you will quickly and easily come into contact with your new fellow students.

Sound language training - right from the start

Studying a language you may not yet know or know very little about may seem daunting, especially since there is a whole philology attached to it. At our Institute, you will benefit from sound and systematic language training right from the first semester. Most of our lectors are native speakers, and all of them have many years of experience. With or without previous knowledge, you will find the ideal language course to join and learn.

Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies

During your course of Slavic Studies, you will not only learn your language, but also about its history and systematics (do you already know about liquid metathesis?). You will not only analyse the great literary works (Puškin? Mickiewicz? Mácha?), but also their classification. At TU Dresden, moreover, we offer a cultural studies focus and a cultural-historical overview that matches the language you study (from the Polish aristocratic republic to the Czech Wenceslas cult to Socialist Realism and beyond). We are now presenting only a part of it. Take a look into our current courses and convince yourself of our wide range of courses.

Cooperation, research, and international affairs

The Institute of Slavic Studies maintains numerous (research) cooperations with universities and research institutions in Russia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Canada and Kazakhstan. In addition to regular field trips to Slavic countries, we also offer guest lectures, often in the respective national language, which are open to all students. This will also provide you with an insight into the research activities of our Slavic partner institutions. Moreover, the Chairs of our Institute are co-editors of the Zeitschrift für Slawistik, a nationally renowned Slavic journal.

During your studies you will inevitably also think about a stay abroad. The Institute of Slavic Studies maintains numerous partnerships with universities in Slavic countries that are suitable for a semester abroad. You can find more information here. Our Academic Advisory Service and the Faculty's Erasmus Office will be happy to help you with your individual planning.

There are regular cooperations with cultural institutions in Dresden itself, too, for example within the context of museum exhibitions or film screenings with a Slavic connection.

Moving on seamlessly: the Master's programmes

After your successful Bachelor's degree you can continue your studies with us, be it in interdisciplinary Master's program in European Languages (EuroS) or in the Master’s program in Literature, Culture and Societal Change (LiKWa).

At the gateway to the East: Praha or Wrocław or ...?

In Dresden you don't have to wait until your semester abroad or the exam-free period before you have the opportunity to experience Slavic culture not only in theory. In a few hours, you can reach the pulsating metropolises of Eastern Central Europe by train and explore e.g. the Czech or Lower Silesian capital. Saxony itself has a long Slavic history, too: Long before August the Strong, Sorbian settlers have settled here, whose chequered history has a decisive influence on today's Free State.

Last but not least: TU Dresden as a place to study

Being the largest university in Saxony, TU Dresden offers its students a multifarious place to study and lively student life on the campus: action days and various events offer opportunities for networking beyond the premises of the Institute and the Faculty, and complement the intellectual programme.

Not to be neglected neither: TU Dresden is aware of the diversity of its students and offers relief for students with special needs. Disadvantage compensation or part-time studies are just two of the catchwords. Here you can find further information about study and inclusion or studying with family responsibilities.