Aug 01, 2025
Major milestone for Excellence funding: TUD submits self-assessment report to the German Science and Humanities Council
Christoph Schletterer (Sachgebiet Corporate Design), Jan Röder (Sachgebiet Strategie), Prof.in Ursula Staudinger (Rektorin) und Dr. Volker Balli (Geschäftsbereich Universitätsentwicklung) und weitere Beteiligte beim Get-together zur Abgabe des Berichts.
We have done it! After months of intensive work, TUD Dresden University of Technology today submitted its self-assessment report on its status as a University of Excellence to the German Science and Humanities Council – in a major milestone for TUD and the next phase of Excellence funding. In May, TUD secured five Clusters of Excellence, attesting to the university's outstanding research credentials.
The self-assessment report summarizes what TUD was able to achieve over the past six years with the help of Excellence funding. It also outlines the strategic vision for the next phase from 2027 to 2033.
“We have been able to accomplish a great deal together,” said Rector Prof. Ursula Staudinger after submitting the report. "We are continuing to build on this as we develop our university with new focal points, both regionally and globally. I would like to express my gratitude to all my colleagues who have contributed to this. It was a lot of hard work, but we did it! We are TUD I The Collaborative University!”
In the next step, TUD will be assessed by an international panel of experts during an on-site visit in November. The German Science and Humanities Council will present the evaluation results in March 2026. Then, it will be decided whether the TUD will retain its status as a University of Excellence.
Background: TUD as a University of Excellence
TUD has proven successful in the previous Excellence Initiative programs of the Federal and State governments. After receiving its first Cluster of Excellence in 2006, TUD was named a University of Excellence for the first time in 2012. Since 2019, the university has received continual as a University of Excellence as part of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State governments . As such, it must undergo an evaluation every seven years. The next evaluation by an international Committee of Experts will take place in November 2025.