Scientific profile of the faculty

Research Priority Areas 

The Faculty of Medicine Dresden focussed from a primarily very broad range of smaller scientific projects to three priority research areas. These are:

• oncological diseases
• metabolic diseases with focus on diabetes and
• neurological and psychiatric diseases

Within the scientific areas, Dresden University Medicine shows high-performance in research and patient care and takes a competitive position in the field of translational research.  The success of this strategic focus, which both the MFD and the UKD support, is reflected, among other things, in the successful establishment of a German Center for Health Research (DZG) in Dresden including the set-up of prestigious centers like DKTK, NCT, DZD, DZNE . Four well-supported cross-sectional profiles link the three vertical profile foci.