• Studying in an international context:
  At the School of Science, we place special emphasis on this, as is reflected in the School’s International Study Programs.
• Learning languages from each other, finding out more about the culture and the home country of your language partner, and exchanging knowledge from different fields of activity:
  A “Language tandem – improve your skills and find friends” (a service of the Multimedia Language Center - MSZ - at TU Dresden) makes this possible.
• Intercultural encounters and exchange between international students and Germans:
  Students will find a wide range of offers at TU Dresden’s Cultural Office.
• Making new friends – to this end, Studentenwerk Dresden and Café Lingua, the regulars’ table for language lovers, have interesting projects on offer.
• Support for newly-arrived international students:
  AEGEEarranges contacts between German and international students via its buddy program. In the tutoring program, international students receive help from experienced students.

At the heart of “Internationalization at Home” lies the internationalization of teaching. To this end, there are many options, such as integrating international components into teaching, cooperating with international colleagues and inviting them to guest lectureships, or in turn sending teaching staff abroad.

The great efforts of the research assistants and lecturers of the School to internationalize teaching, and to impart international knowledge and intercultural competences is reflected in the constantly expanding international studies program.

Increasing numbers of international students and projects with international partners and visiting professors from abroad place new demands on administrative staff. In order to improve support for staff members, Technische Universität Dresden organizes "SPRachlich und INTerkulturell - Fit for the World with the SprInt Program”, a linguistic and intercultural qualification program for non-academic staff.

As part of the "Living together" series of events, the International Office at the School of Science holds numerous events and intercultural workshops for participants to exchange ideas.

Event series “Living together”

2018   "Living together 2018":
Theater Workshop / Yoga Workshop
TUesday After Work Mixer
Banquet in Prohlis
Intercultural Workshop "Understanding the Germans"

2017   "Living together 2017":
Japan Workshop

2016   "Living together 2016":
Christmas trip to the “Erzgebirge” (Ore Mountains)
TUesday After Work Mixer @School of Science
Midsummer bonfire at the Elbe
Trip to the “Königstein” Fortress
Crossing bridges: Oldtimer bus tour for newcomers at TU Dresden

2015   "How to live together":
Living in Dresden in the Times of Pegida
When Tony Met Mo – Film evening with discussion
Workshop "Understanding Dresden better"
Workshop "Forscher Alumni"
Workshop „Moral Courage“
IFTAR - breaking the fast together
Regional Ambassadors Worklunch
International Contact Forum

(funded by TU Dresden’s Institutional Strategy as part of the Excellence Initiative) “Summer of Excellence” at the School of Science)

„Summer of Excellence“ at School of Science

Under the recurring motto “Summer of Excellence” - and within the framework of the International Summer Schools - international early-career scientists from all over the world had the opportunity to advance their individual research, to enter into an intensive exchange of knowledge, and to build a sustainable research network. Internationally renowned speakers conveyed the latest findings on the various main topics.

Summer of Excellence 2017

• "Micromotors - Theory, Fabrication, and Application"
  Dr. Juliane Simmchen (Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry)
  Dr. Benjamin Friedrich (cfaed-Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden and

  Faculty of Physics)

• "Topological and Symmetry-Broken Phases in Physics and Chemistry"
  Prof. Stöckinger, Prof. Klauß (Faculty of Physics)
  Prof. Doert (Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry)

Summer of Excellence 2016

• "Symmetries and Phase Transitions - From Crystals and Superconductors to the Higgs Particle and the Cosmos"
  Prof. Thomas Doert (Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry)
• "Bio-Leaching and Metal Extraction Processes for Urban Mining: From Fundamental Principles to Practical Applications"
  Prof. Jan J. Weigand (Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry)
  Prof. Marion Ansorge-Schumacher (Faculty of Biology)

Summer of Excellence 2015

• "Large Fluctuations and Extreme Events – Theory and Applications"
  Prof. Stefan Siegmund (Faculty of Mathematics)
• "Plant Derived Polyphenols as Drug Leads"
  Prof. Günter Vollmer (Faculty of Biology)

Summer of Excellence 2014

• "Methodology of Task Design – How to Construct Exercises for Learning"

  Faculty of Psychology / Faculty of Mathematics

 iJaDe – Interdisciplinary and Research Alumni Symposium Dresden-Japan

2021 - iJaDe 2021– Collaborating for Innovation
2018 - iJaDe2018 – Second Interdisciplinary and Research Alumni Symposium
2016 - iJaDe2016 – Interdisciplinary German-Japanese Symposium

Specialized and interdisciplinary conferences for alumni and friends of TU Dresden

2021 - 5. Alumni Symposium Biology
2017 - Natural compounds: From molecular mechanisms to applications 
2015 - Forscher Alumni Tagung in Angola 
2015 - International Alumni Symposium   
2015 - Regional Ambassador Conference 

Excellence Initiative of TU Dresden

Within the framework of the Excellence Initiative of TU Dresden, the School of Science organized and supported the following symposia and conferences - as well as specialized and interdisciplinary meetings for alumni and friends of TU Dresden.

2019
1st European Congress on Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment of EACLIPT
 International Congress of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology

2018
Teacher Education in (Trans)Formation: Global Trends, National Processes and Local Factors
International Symposium on Nano & Supramolecular Chemistry
International Solar Neutrino Conference