Technische Universitat Dresden (TU Dresden)

About the Technische Universitat Dresden The Technische Universitat Dresden is one of the top universities in Germany and Europe: strong in research and considered first-rate with respect to the range and the quality of the study programmes it offers, it is also closely interconnected with culture, business and society. As a modern comprehensive, multi-discipline university and with its 14 faculties it has a broad and diverse scientific spectrum that only few other universities in Germany are able to match. It is Saxony`s largest university. The large campus family of the TU Dresden is comprised of 37,000 students and approximately 7,900 employees, about 4,400 of whom are budget-funded among them 524 professors and another roughly 3,500 who work as grant-supported employees.

The Technische Universitat Dresden was founded in 1828. Today it is a university that unites the natural and engineering sciences with the humanities and social sciences, as well as medicine. This wide range of disciplines, which is unique in Germany, brings with it the obligation for the university to promote interdisciplinarity and to contribute to the integration of science and society. The Technische Universitat Dresden aims to establish a balance between professional and personal responsibilities and wishes to ensure equal opportunity in all its employment practices. The Technische Universitat Dresden fosters the international character of the university and its members and cross-border Copperation in research and teaching. The university engages in worldwide Copperation and is proud of its direct and close contacts with scientific institutions outside of the academic community, with companies and cultural institutions in Dresden. As an active member of the civil society it contributes to the performance and power of enterprises and institutions of the region and beyond by pursuing knowledge and research transfer. Stable and diverse research and teaching form the basis for the further successful development of the Technische Universitat Dresden. In its core competencies, it distinctively contributes to its fields of excellence. Excellence is born of the conjunction between outstanding research and passionate teaching. All disciplines represented at the university, have a foundation of expertise, initiative spirit, creative curiosity, commitment, communication and the ability to cope with criticism. All members participate in the process of researching by learning and learning by researching. The Technische Universitat Dresden seeks to ensure maximum efficiency and transparency in all decisions and administrative actions.

Foundation year: 1828
Short name: TU Dresde
Type: Public
Students: 34380
Faculty: 960
Faculty/Students Ratio: 36:1
Region: Europe
Location: Dresden