Facts and figures at a glance

Table of contents

1. 1. Diverse and international study location
   2. Excellent and interdisciplinary research
   3. Success in science transfer
   4. Globally networked, regionally anchored
   5. TUD Campus: vibrant and sustainable

• Founded in 1828
• University of Excellence since 2012
• TUD has 17 Faculties divided into 5 Schools
• 8,500 employees
  • of whom 5,600 research faculty (of whom 40 % female scientists and 25 % international faculty)
  • of whom 3,500 are funded by third parties

Diverse and international study location

With its wide range of courses, TU Dresden offers a home to practically every scientific discipline.

• 29,000 students, of whom around 20 % are international students from 128 countries
  • 24.9 % in the School of Engineering Sciences
  • 27.2 % in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • 12.3 % in the School of Science 
  • 10.0 % in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences
  • 14.3 % in teacher training degree programs
  • 11.3 % in the School of Medicine
• student : teacher ratio | 19.8 : 1
• 119 degree programs, of which 26 are conducted in English and 26 are double degree programs
• 20.000 alumni inthe TUD Alumni Network
• 6,500 doctoral students, of whom 27 % Internationals
• 1,100 tenured academic staff, of whom around 600 are professors

Excellent and interdisciplinary research

TUD is among the leading universities worldwide and one of eleven German Universities of Excellence (Top 1% QS-Ranking 2023)

• With five clusters of excellence, TUD ranks first among all Technical Universities and third overall.
  • CeTI - Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop
  • ct.qmat - Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter
  • PoL - Physics of Life
  • CARE - Climate-Neutral and Resource-Efficient Construction

  • REC² - Responsible Electronics in the Climate Change Era

• 3 Alexander von Humboldt Professorships, 8 endowed Chairs and 8 Heisenberg Programs
• 24 ERC Grants
• TUD is a (co)applicant in 13 Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) and Transregios (TRR)
• 2 BMBF Clusters4Future and 4 BMBF projects with funding of at least EUR 1 million per year
• Speaker roles for the Base4NFDI joint project, in the NFDI4Earth consortium, and participation in 12 other NFDI consortia
• Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Sciences (CIDS) with
  • NHR@TUD: 1 of 9 National High Performance Computing Centers 
  • ScaDS.AI Dresden/Leipzig: 1 of 7 National Competence Centers for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Success in science transfer

TUD has a high level of third-party funding and TUD is the university with the most
patents in Germany.

• TUD|excite^® pools all innovation activities at TUD as an “Excellence Center for Innovation, Transfer, and Entrepreneurship“ and supports on average 20 spin-offs annually
• High level of third-party funding: total budget of EUR 852 million (in 2024), of which EUR 369 million via third-party funding
• third strongest university in Germany in terms of third-party funing (Destatis)
• 1^st in patent registrations (German Economic Institute)
• DFG Atlas 2024:
  • No. 1: Electrical Engineering
  • No. 1: (Neuro) Psychology
  • No. 2: Civil Engineering
  • No. 3: Solid State Chemistry
  • No. 3: Condensed Matter Physics
  • No. 4: Computer Science
• 1^st worldwide in the 2024 THE Impact Ranking in Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 100 patent registrations in 2024
• 1,000 research collaborations alongside various companies annually

Globally networked, regionally anchored

Our vision is to continue TUD's transformation a into a globally oriented yet regionally anchored top university for the 21st century.

• 500 partnerships in over 70 countries worldwide
• Saxon Liaison Offices in Taiwan (Taipeh) and Indien
• 2,140 international alumni in the TUD Alumni Network
• EUTOPIA: Alliance of 10 European universities
• transCampus: transnational strategic partnership between TU Dresden and King's College London
• TU9: alliance of leading Universities of Technology in Germany
• FIS: national process for prioritising new major research infrastructure e. g. Einstein Telescope, DALI, SLICES-DE
• TUD|Lusatia Campus: research infrastructure for structural change in Lusatia
• Science and Innovation Campus:
  • 43 research institutes and research-based cultural institutions as part of DRESDEN-concept
  • 58 joint (active) appointments with DRESDEN-concept partner institutions
  • 9 joint technology platforms
  • 8 joint research Groups

TUD Campus: vibrant and sustainable

TUD's campus offers an exceptional, welcoming atmosphere: Innovatively and sustainably designed, to serve as an excellent place to learn and work.

•  The Saxon State and University Library (SLUB) is one of the largest and most innovative academic libraries in Germany with more than 90 million sources in the catalog and over 1.1 million visits per year.
• Art collection with around 4,000 works of all genres in the Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections
• 5 Botanical Gardens: Dresden, Bosel Garden, Zuschendorf, Fichtelberg, and the Forest Park Tharandt (Saxon State Arboretum)
• Certified environmental management system in accordance with EMAS since 2003
• Sustainability Strategy with more than 80 measures
• Green Office and master plan for a green livable campus
• Certified as a family-friendly university since 2007
• 375 childcare places in daycare centers close to campus
• University Health Management for all staff and students
• Compliance management system with anonymous electronic notification system
• 871 sport courses in over 60 different sport types at Dresden University Sports Center