A total of 1,623 members of staff and 1,400 students took part in an online survey at the beginning of the year regarding how well-known and effective Institutional Strategy measures at TUD are.

Preliminary analysis shows, that two thirds of the staff take a positive view of the continuing development of TU Dresden through the Institutional Strategy and its measures. Although aware that the current period of funding of the Excellence Initiative is limited from 2012 to 2017, 72 per cent of staff members nevertheless believe that TU Dresden’s Institutional Strategy is effecting long-term structural changes.

The large amount of data collected is currently being evaluated in detail at the Center for Quality Analysis (Zentrum für Qualitätsanalyse - ZQA). The ZQA is also in charge of the current Institutional Strategy evaluation by external reviewers commissioned by the Rectorial Board. Hence, the final report of the survey results will be not be available before summer 2016.