Central units are established by the university executive board for research, continuing education, services and supply tasks (§ 98 SächsHSG). According to the basic legal statute of TUD the university has the following central units:

Central Academic Units

Cluster of Excellence "Physics of Life" (PoL)
Center for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI)
Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden

Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Sciences (CIDS) with
Center for Information Services and High Performance Computing (ZIH)
Center for Open Digital Innovation and Participation (CODIP)
Department of Speculative Transformation (DST)

Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering (CMCB) with
Biotechnology Center (BIOTEC)
Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD)
Center for Molecular Bioengineering (B CUBE)

DRESDEN-concept Project center (DcPc) with
Center for Transport and Devices of Emergent Materials (CTD)
Dresden Center for Computational Materials Science (DCMS)
Dresden Integrated Center for Applied Physics and Photonic Materials (DC-IAPP)

Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering
International Institute (IHI) Zittau
Center for International Studies (ZIS)
Botanical Garden
Graduate Academy
Center for Quality Analysis (ZQA)

Central Unit interdisciplinary institutions

Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research (ZLSB)
TUD Excellence Center for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship (TUD|excite)

Central Service Units

Dresden University Sports Center (DHSZ)
University Archives (UA)
Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections
Central EU Service Center Saxony (ZEUSS)

Further facilities for TU Dresden

Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB)
University Sports Club (USV)