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About the Program

The Eleonore-Trefftz-Program at TU Dresden makes temporary stays possible for visiting women scientists who represent their subject in teaching and research at a respective faculty. Female professors, junior professors and junior researchers who are at least at an advanced stage of their postdoc can hold visiting professorships for 3 to 12 months researching and teaching.

The program serves to promote careers for women on their path to a professorship. Visiting professors also act as role models for female students and young female researchers from those subjects which have currently few or no women professors, encouraging them to choose an academic career.

Application deadlines: 15 September 2025 / 15 April 2026

Call for applications with references to funding volume and required documents.

You can find information about the Schools and Faculties in the overview.

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International Summer Get-Together at the Rectorate of TU Dresden

On July 18th, the festive hall of the Rectorate transformed into a vibrant meeting point for international guests from around the world. Scientists from the Dresden Fellowship Program and the Eleonore-Trefftz-Program, who are currently researching and teaching at TUD, were invited to network and share impressions from their stay in Dresden. Prof. Tetzlaff and Prof. Böhm warmly welcomed the guests Read more

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Regional Ambassador Prof. Luisa Giacoma is Alumna of the Month

“My visiting professorship was the turning point in my career!” - As an Eleonore Trefftz Visiting Female Professor at TU Dresden, Prof. Luisa Giacoma learned how to organize herself as a professor in order to achieve her goals as efficiently as possible. As a regional ambassador and member of the TUD International Alumni Council, she now builds bridges between TUD and Italian universities. Read more

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Interview mit Dr. Sandra Buchmüller

Dr. Sandra Buchmüller came to Dresden in 2022 as a visiting professor of the Eleonore Trefftz Program. At TUD, she researched the topic of a conscious and non-stereotypical approach to aspects of gender and diversity in design research and development processes. To the video

Interview with Prof. Dr. rer. Anita Behme

"The ET professorship gave myself a boost in (academic) self-confidence – and made me actually believe that a permanent professorship was achievable. Luckily that turned out to be true, even at TUD." - Prof. Dr. rer. Anita Behme, 2013 Eleonore Trefftz guest professor & since 2016 professor at TU Dresden Learn more

Eleonore Trefftz was a German physicist and mathematician, who completed her PhD in 1945 at Dresden University of Technology. In 1971, she was appointed a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society, making her one of the first women to receive this honour and the first woman to become a Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics. Take a look at her career here.

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