About TU Dresden - Short Portrait
Leading
Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) is one of the largest technical universities in Germany and is among the leading and most dynamic universities in Germany. As a university with 17 faculties in five Schools, TUD offers a broad variety of 124 degree courses and covers a wide research spectrum in the Research Priority Areas (RPAs) Health Sciences, Biomedicine & Bioengineering, Information Technology & Microelectronics, Smart Materials & Structures, Energy, Mobility & Environment as well as Culture & Societal Change.
Excellent
Since 2012, TUD has been one of eleven “Universities of Excellence”. Its core elements are the Institutional Strategy “The Synergetic University” with the unique research alliance DRESDEN-concept, the Clusters of Excellence “Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden” (cfaed) and “Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden" (CRTD) as well as the Graduate School “Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering” (DIGS-BB). TUD stands for values such as tolerance and cosmopolitanism and expresses these regularly, publicly and visibly.
Starting in January 2019, three new Clusters of Excellence will commence their research:
PoL: Physics of Life,
ct.qmat: Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter, and
CeTI: Centre for Tactile Internet.
As of 1November 2019, TU Dresden will receive permanent funding within the framework of the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments.
Dynamic
About 32,000 students are enroled at TUD – three times as many as in 1990 (11,220 students). Internationally, TUD has earned an excellent reputation. About one seventh of the students come from abroad. Today, about 8,600 employees from 70 countries are working at Technische Universität Dresden. TUD is among the 20 most innovative universities in Europe (“Reuters Top 100: Europe’s Most Innovative Universities”). Third-party funding increased from 102.7 million (2005) to 269,3 million euro (2016); annual patent applications from 71 (2004) to 183 (2016).
Connecting
“Knowledge builds bridges” – this is TUD’s motto. And through its unique course offers, its research projects and networks, TUD does build bridges between scientific disciplines, between industry and science, between east and west, between the municipality and the university, and between generations. Its Internationalisation Strategy “TU Dresden – connected to the world” comprises international university partnerships with selected universities such as King’s College London, TU Delft, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, University of Trento, Osaka University, POSTECH in South Korea and the WYSS Institute at Harvard.
Steeped in Tradition
TUD has a long tradition and vast experience in research and teaching: It was founded in 1828 as a “Technische Bildungsanstalt” and obtained the status of a university in 1961. Since 1990, and in the framework of German reunification, TUD experienced a rapid development towards being a university with a broad range of courses. Among other things, three formerly independent higher education institutions were integrated into the university and the faculties were founded.
Family and environmentally friendly
Our university supports students and staff to reconcile family, studies and work. Since 2007, TUD has been a certified family friendly university. With its Equal Opportunities Concept, TUD addresses the gender equality policy as a core task with commitment and determination. In January 2003, TU Dresden became the first technical university in Germany to have a validated environmental management system according to the EMAS regulation.
Promoting health
Motivated and productive employees and students are crucial factors for TU Dresden's success. With the motto "Together: fit – healthy – powerful", TU Dresden has established a university health management system with the aim of promoting and maintaining the health of employees and students for the long term.
Quality of Life
Dresden is one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. The capital of Saxony with its baroque architecture, its castles, Elbe meadows, parks and rich cultural life has enchanted many generations of visitors and residents.
The TU Dresden Motto
“Knowledge builds bridges” because we build bridges:
- Between science and industry: Knowledge transfer, starting from fundamental research via applied research through to businesses, has a long and extremely successful tradition at TUD
- Between sciences: At TUD, engineering, medicine, natural and social sciences are intertwined in a network, in order to find an interdisciplinary approach to solving the challenges of the 21st century.
- Between cultures: TU Dresden is connected globally. Many of our students, lecturers and researchers come from abroad to jointly study and work in Dresden.
- Transcending institutional boundaries: Our “DRESDEN-concept” is a unique country-wide research alliance comprised of the university and Fraunhofer-, Max-Planck-, Helmholtz-, Leibniz and other institutions.
- Between generations: Our programmes for lifelong learning are well-received, not only among young adults, but throughout all generations. Popular examples are the “Kids’ university” and the “Seniors’ academy”.
- Between East and West: Internationally noted conferences and transnational partnerships in the Euro-region Poland-Czech Republic-Germany have solidified TU Dresden’s reputation as a bridge between the East and the West at the centre of Europe.
TUD’s facts and figures
- Founded in 1828
- Today: around 32,000 students including 67% from Saxony, 8% from the other former East German federal states, 8% from the former West German federal states and 16% from abroad (126 nations) (as of 1.11.2019)
- 7,862 young people have enroled for the winter semester 2018/2019 for a degree at Saxony’s largest university. The percentage of international 1st year students has increased from 17% to 19% in comparison to the previous year.
- Around 8,000 staff, thereof 600 professors
- 17 Faculties in 5 schools
- Total budget: approx. EUR 577.8 million thereof approx. 46% third-party funded
- About 2,600 patent applications since 1994
- About 20 spin-off companies per year