Facts and figures at a glance

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 5,400 (18.5 %) are international students from 124 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,. % in teacher training degree programs
- 11.3 % in the School of Medicine
119 degree programs, of which 25 are conducted in English and 32 are double degree programs
330 erasmus partner universities worldwide
6,400 doctoral students
1,000 tenured academic staff, of whom around 600 are professors

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

High level of third-party funding: total budget of EUR 773 million (in 2023), of which EUR 361 million via third-party funding
Three Clusters of Excellence:
- CeTI - Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop
- ct.qmat - Complexity and Topology in Quantum Matter
- PoL - Physics of Life
TUD is a (co)applicant in 12 Collaborative Research Centers (CRC) and Transregios (TRR)
2 BMBF Future Clusters 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 Artificial Intelligence

TU Dresden is the university with the most patents in Germany.

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TUD|excite pools all innovation activities at TUD as an “Excellence Center for Innovation, Transfer, and Entrepreneurship“
86 patent registrations in 2022
1,000 research collaborations alongside various companies annually
5th place in the DFG Funding Atlas
Ranked 59th worldwide in the 2023 THE Impact Ranking in Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Start-up service dresden|exists supports on average 20 spin-offs annually

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

621 partnerships in 94 countries worldwide, Liaison Office Taiwan (Taipei)
Around 19,000 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
TUD | Lusatia Campus: research infrastructure for structural change in Lusatia
Science and Innovation Campus
- 37 research institutes and research-based cultural institutions as part of DRESDEN-concept
- 45 joint (active) appointments with DRESDEN-concept partner institutions

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