Knowledge creates Future
Interview with Stanislaw Tillich, premier of the free state of saxony
TU Dresden: As Premier of the Free State of Saxony, you have again and again promoted TU Dresden’s application to become a University of Excellence. Now you have also given your face to the poster campaign. What are the reasons behind this?
Stanislaw Tillich: I would like the TU Dresden to become a University of Excellence so that researchers from all over the world see how attractive this location is. It will give science a boost, it will give a boost to research, and a boost to Dresden and Saxony as a whole if we become a University of Excellence. That's why I'm keeping my fingers crossed for everyone.
TU Dresden: What significance do science and research have for Saxony?
Stanislaw Tillich: Science and research are vital for us. Germany is poor in raw materials but rich in knowledge. And we can be even richer if we succeed not only in offering a good education to researchers and scientists, but also in being attractive for others who come here to help develop Saxony and to advance science and research.
TU Dresden: Do you believe that a University of Excellence in Saxony will also be of significance to the whole of Saxony?
Stanislaw Tillich: I am certain that if TU Dresden becomes a University of Excellence, it will not only be of great significance for Dresden but for Saxony as a whole and even beyond. We will be, for example, an attractive location for young people from The Czech Republic and Poland, indeed from the whole world, wanting to study here. There is also a completely different aspect that can come out of this. Hopefully, it will contribute to Saxony, Lower Silesia and Northern Bohemia once again becoming very strong economically, as they were just before the First World War when they formed one of the strongest economic regions in the whole of Europe. That's also something I associate with a University of Excellence.
Interview by Kim-Astrid Magister, July 2011
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