Foto: Rechts ist eine männliche Person zu sehen, zwischen den Händen dieser Person befindet sich eine imaginäre Wolke aus weißen Zahnrädern und Punkten. Die Zahnräder stehen für die Fakultät Maschinenwesen. Links ist nur der graue Bildhintergrund zu sehen

Foto: Eine junge Frau im grünen Abendkleid steht vor einem Windkanal und ein schmaler weißer Luftstrahl aus dieser Anlage streift sie und umfließt sie

TECHNOLOGY OVERCOMES BARRIERS

The Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering has been at the core of the development of TU Dresden and it is today the largest faculty at this university. This tradition and the responsibility for the present and the future suggest that the principles of thinking and actions followed by the faculty should be captured in a mission statement. It provides guidance for all faculty members and formulates the principles that align with how the faculty conducts its substantive work and promotes a culture of coexistence. The mission statement of the faculty is embedded in the mission statement of TU Dresden.

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Wichtige Themen im Überblick

Foto von Professor Michael Beckmann vor dem Hintergrund einer virtuellen Stadtlandschaft

Faculty Leadership

A dean, two assistant deans and a woman who holds everything together. The department leaders are elected for three years and are responsible for the shifting of all gears and the smooth running of strategic development in the Mechanical Science and Engineering department. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Beckmann has been Dean since 2020. Together with the academic deans and the Chairman of the Audit Committee, the leadership team also has the upper hand over the educational matters.

Foto: mehrere Professoren die sich in verschiedenen Gesprächen angeregt miteinander unterhalten

Institutes and Chairs

13 institutes and more than 50 Chairs teach and conduct research at the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering in the service of technology for people. More than 1,000 employees work here every day - in innovative teaching, gaining new scientific ground and shaping the leaders of tomorrow.

Offers of the Career Service

The Career Services supports students in reaching their career goals by providing career counselling, workshops and career fairs.

Foto: repräsentatives Haupttreppenhaus des Zeuner-Baus, des Hauptgebäudes der Fakultät Maschinenwesen. Blick von unten, auf das Halbpodest mit großem Fenster. Das Treppenhaus ist ausgestattet mit historischer Malerei und schmiedeeisernem Geländer.

A Bond

The Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering was the nucleus for the development of the TUD Dresden University of Technology and is now one of the largest faculties at this university with almost 3,500 students. Almost 70 million euros in third-party funding per year testify to the faculty's research strength. More than 1,000 employees work at 13 Institutes on a daily basis, including around 50 professors and over 600 externally funded employees. Interdisciplinarity is of great importance at the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, which is evident in our broad range of courses and diverse research activities.

Study programs
The faculty offers a wide range of degree programs - Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering and Natural Materials Technology, Material Science, Textile Machinery and High Perfomance Material Technology as well as Mechatronics and Renewable Energy Systems. In the course of the Bologna reform, all degree programs were modularized and grading was changed to the credit point system - this guarantees international comparability. Nevertheless, TU Dresden is one of the few German universities that continues to offer the internationally recognized degree of Diplom-Ingenieur in the engineering sciences.

Research program
Our faculty drives technological progress. Regardless of whether it concerns products, components, plants, materials, manufacturing processes, technologies, systems or software: Engineers have a particular influence on that value chain which extends from brainstorming and conception to design and implementation. The research activities of the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering focus on the following topics: Energy storage, design, Industry 4.0, robotics, materials, lightweight and textile materials and aerospace. Networking with non-university research institutions is close and fruitful. Cooperation with the Helmholtz Centers as well as Fraunhofer and Leibniz Institutes is a matter of course and makes it easier for students to access interesting industrial and research internships as well as subject-related student jobs.

To the mission statement of the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering