It is a comprehensive survey, meaning that all technical, administrative and academic employees at TU Dresden will be contacted via an email from the Rector and asked to participate. However, the survey is not intended for student assistants. At the beginning of the survey, it is necessary to classify yourself into a particular status group so that you are asked the appropriate questions. 

These are:

• Professors in the Schools and central units (incl. junior professors)
• Research associates in the Schools and central units
• Research assistants (WHKs) in the Schools and central units
• Employees in technology and administration in the Schools and central academic units and interdisciplinary units
• Employees in technology and administration in the central university administration, in operating units and other organisational units (e.g. University Executive Board, representatives)

It is a wide-ranging employee survey. The University Executive Board expects to receive valuable information on strengths and weaknesses with regard to working conditions in order to implement improvement measures. The focus lies on aspects that can be controlled within the framework of personnel and organisational development.

The questionnaire used was developed at the University of Bielefeld  for the university context. It has already been used at over 20 higher education institutions (universities and technical colleges) for employee surveys and adapted to the specific requirements of TU Dresden. Various topics from your daily work routine, such as management culture, cooperation or communication, are being collected.

It is an online survey. At the beginning of the survey period, an email will be sent by the Rector. The link contained within the email will take you to the survey. Unfortunately, it is not possible to complete a hard copy.

You will need approximately 20 minutes to complete the questionnaire. This time is considered working time.

For technical reasons, the survey should be completed without lengthy interruptions.

A further comments section was not used for this wide-ranging initial survey in order to ensure that the very extensive data could be evaluated and prepared in the best possible and most efficient manner, taking into account the available resources. However, if you have any suggestions or comments on the survey, we would be pleased to receive your feedback.

The data collected will be processed and scientifically evaluated in cooperation with the Personnel Development Team and the Centre for Quality Analysis, a central scientific unit of TU Dresden.

In order to guarantee confidentiality and anonymity in every case, various measures were taken in cooperation with the data protection officer of TU Dresden and stipulated in a data protection concept.

Socio-demographic variables in particular were reduced to a minimum so that it is not possible to identify a specific individual. In addition, the group of people surveyed was restricted for some questions so that, at the Chair level for example, the duration that a person has been a member of the university is not recorded.

The survey can only be completed for one employment contract. You should therefore choose one position which you will consider when answering the questions. We recommend that you choose the position that is most important to you.

The results of the employee survey will be shared with staff after the end of the survey period as part of an internal university informational event. In addition, the results will be published at the end of November for TUD internal download at this website.

The evaluation is only differentiated according to Schools (civil and environmental engineering, humanities and social sciences, engineering sciences, science, medicine) and according to membership of the central administration or a central unit.

The survey results will be communicated to employees in various formats (e.g. informational event, newsletter, TUD internal download at this website). Based on the resulting need for action, the various responsible parties will design measures that will help achieve improvements in the respective areas. We look forward to your suggestions in this process.
We plan to repeat the survey every three to four years in order to measure changes over time.