International collaborations form the central element of our internationalization. They exist and emerge at all levels of the university. With our international partnerships, we pursue multiple strategic goals and strive to become – and remain – a modern, global university.

Our information platform gives you an overview of existing cooperations (open to the public) as well as further information regarding activities, including exchange (open to members of TUD only).

Learn more about TUD’s partnerships in the following sections:

Table of contents

1. 1. Strategic Partnerships
      1. Strategic University Partnerships
      2. Regional Partnerships
      3. Partnerships in the Global South
   2. Coordinated Partnerships
   3. Contractual partnerships
      1. International Partners in Industry and Business

Strategic Partnerships

TU Dresden maintains particularly intensive connections with selected university partners. These partners contribute to TU Dresden's profile and increase the quality of research and teaching. Each of these partnerships sets certain focal points, such as having a regional impact on society or promoting technology transfer internationally.

Strategic University Partnerships

The transCampus is a unique partnership between TU Dresden and King's College London. Originally based in medicine where both universities have excellent, complementary infrastructure and knowledge, the partnership now includes numerous other areas of cooperation such as psychology, neurology, materials sciences and mathematics, that thrive for excellent research.

TU Delft is a renowned partner in disciplines of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geosciences, with numerous active links to TU Dresden. Accordingly, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is in charge of shaping the partnership. At university level, the activities are pooled and further developed in terms of strategically overarching goals.

Regional Partnerships

With the Regional Partnerships, TU Dresden pursues the goal of increasing its impact on economy and society in the cross-border region between Saxony, Lower Silesia as well as the regions around Usti nad Labem, Liberec, and Prague and strengthening the region's science and business location across borders. In addition to universities, stakeholders from the economy and society are also actively engaged in the partnerships, resulting in a transregional exchange of knowledge between research, teaching, and practice.

Partnerships in the Global South

The global challenges of this century are one of the high priorities in the central internationalization strategy of TU Dresden. International partnerships, especially within the Global South that contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, build the basis for this category.

The increasing engagement in networks and alliances add to these goals.

Coordinated Partnerships

Many international partnerships are managed at the five Schools of TU Dresden. Below you will find the contact persons for internationalization.

Contractual partnerships

The basis for international partnerships are cooperation agreements at the central, school or faculty level, which, for example, make it possible to participate in funding programs or to agree on the waiving of tuition fees for TUD students who go to a partner university for exchange studies. With regard to cooperation agreements, the TU Dresden takes a practical approach and considers it a "bottom-up" process rather than a "top-down" one. Thus, active partnerships usually emerge from concrete cooperation ideas on the initiative of researchers and teachers. Currently, TU Dresden has international contacts to more than 600 universities abroad.

An overview of TU Dresden's partnerships can soon be found on the TU Dresden Dashboard and on the following additional websites:

Subject-specific cooperations:

• Double and Joint degree programs
• Departmental and faculty cooperations
• Exchange agreements within the framework of the Erasmus+ program

Interdisciplinary cooperations:

• University cooperations
• Bilateral exchange agreements at university level outside Europe

International Partners in Industry and Business

The European Project Center (EPC) and Directorate 5 – Research will advise you on European programs for research funding, educational and third-country partnerships, and funding from Structural Funds.