Facts and Figures

International Composition

The total population of all students currently stands at 29,000. Of these, active (non-leave of absence) students currently account for just under 26,000 (excluding enrolled doctoral students). Within this group, the proportion of those with international citizenship and international university entrance qualifications (Bildungsausländer:innen) has risen steadily over the last 15 years at TU Dresden, from 9.2% in 2010 to 16.1% in 2024. Looking at nationality alone, 18.9% of active students at TUD currently come from 128 countries (source: internal key figure statistics as of December 1, 2024). 

Among doctoral students, the figure is 27.0% of all doctoral candidates (source: internal key figures statistics as of December 1, 2024).

Among the scientific staff at TU Dresden, 26.3% are international, while among active professors (excluding senior professors), just under 10% have international citizenship. Internationals make up 4.3% of non-academic staff. This means that 98 nationalities are represented among the employees at TU Dresden alone (source: internal personnel statistics as of December 1, 2024). 

For more detailed information on the international composition of students and staff, please get in touch with the International Office at TU Dresden directly. 

International Teaching

Currently, TU Dresden offers 43 international study programs, comprising 26 English-taught Master's degree programs and 26 double-degree programs with global partners. Among German universities with more than 20.000 students, TUD currently ranks among the top 2 (English-taught Master's) and the top 3 (double degrees).

While the number of foreign students pursuing a Master's degree has risen sharply, the number of those pursuing a Diplom degree has fallen continuously. This is related to the switch from diploma to BA/MA degree programs. Bachelor's degree programs are less in demand among international students, and the number of incoming exchange students has also decreased in recent years.

International Ranking

In international university rankings, TU Dresden is among the TOP 10 nationally three times. TU Dresden has just over 10 placements among the international TOP 100 in the subjects and over 60 placements among the TOP 10 nationally. In the THE Impact Ranking, TU Dresden defended its global leadership role for SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) in 2025 and remains ranked 1st together with TU Delft, TUM, RWTH Aachen University, among others.

International Partnerships

TU Dresden has partnerships with universities and other institutions worldwide at the faculty, school, or university level. Currently, TU Dresden has a network of 146 partner universities worldwide. For student exchanges, this figure rises to 391 partner universities worldwide.

TU Dresden maintains a portfolio of central strategic partnerships (King's College London, UK; IIT Madras, Chennai, India; Zurich, Switzerland and Delft, Netherlands), as well as a network of central strategic partnerships in the border region SN-CZ-PL (various universities in Wroclaw, Prague, Liberec and Usti nad Labem) and with selected institutions in India (IIT Delhi, IIT Rhorkee, DIW), Taiwan (NTU, TSMC, NTUST) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Stellenbosch). 

Goals of the strategic partnership work are to:

• increase reputation and impact in the scientific community. community, 

• support profile building and excellence in research and teaching,

• increase international visibility,

• increase regional and international impact in business and society,

• promote technology transfer on a global scale, and

• recruit and promote international talent.