A decisive milestone in the ongoing competition for the Excellence Strategy (ExStra) is scheduled for 20 and 21 February 2019. An on-site visit will then take place at the TU Dresden by an international committee of experts from the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat). Preparations for this two-day evaluation have already been under way for months. The basis for this evaluation is the “University of Excellence” proposal submitted on 10 December 2018.

After the inspection it is time to be patient: Only on 19 July 2019 will we know whether the hard work of recent months and years has been crowned with success and whether the TUD has been able to defend its title of excellence.