Guest students: lifelong learning without the pressure of exams

You can find exciting courses for your guest students in the Studium Generale database or at Early Studies. You can also search for courses on the TUD faculty pages.

Note: For lectures from degree programs with admission restrictions or other teaching formats such as seminars, you will need confirmation from the respective lecturer (by email). For courses from the Studium Generale, you generally do not need confirmation from the lecturer.

Courses of the Faculty of Medicine are excluded from guest auditor status.

The fee per semester is EUR 40.00.

Our bank details:

• Recipient: TU Dresden
• IBAN: DE52 8504 0000 0800 4004 00
• BIC: COBADEFF850
• Bank: Commerzbank AG, Dresden branch
• Amount: 40,00 EUR
• Reason for payment: Guest student fee semester_year for first name last name

You have two options: You can either fill out the guest student application form and send it to or fill out the online form.

You can find the guest student application formhere.

Click here for the online form.

You can use the guest login to register for courses on OPAL, the TUD's teaching and learning platform.

Certificates of attendance for individual courses can be issued. If you require a certificate of attendance, please let us know when you register as a guest student. We will then send you an additional form together with your certificate.

In order to receive the certificate of attendance at the end of the semester, you must provide proof of regular attendance for the respective course (usually at least 80% of the sessions). To do this, have your attendance confirmed on the form by the respective lecturer. Please submit the completed and signed form to us at the end of the semester.

Examinations cannot be taken as a guest student.

The course catalogs can be found on the websites of the respective degree programs and Institutes. You can find the degree programs in our central study information system (SINS) and from there you can access the corresponding websites with the course catalogs.

Many faculties only update their course catalogs shortly before the start of the semester, i.e. around mid to late September for the winter semester and mid to late March for the summer semester.

All TUD degree programs can be found in the central study information system (SINS). If you call up the page of a specific degree program there, the admission status (e.g. "restricted admission") is indicated.

If you have any questions or need help finding courses, you can send us an e-mail with your request at any time. We will be happy to help you.