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The 'Technische Universität Dresden' (usually translated from
German as 'Dresden University of Technology' and abbreviated 'TU Dresden' or 'TUD') is the largest institute of higher education in the city of
Dresden, the largest university in
Saxony and one of the 10 largest universities in
Germany with 34,993 students as of 2006. The name Technische Universität Dresden has only been used since 1961; the history of the university, however, goes back nearly 200 years to 1828. This makes it one of the oldest colleges of technology in Germany, and one of the country’s oldest ''Universitäten'', which in German today refers to institutes of higher education which cover the entire curriculum. The university is member of , a consortium of the nine leading German Institutes of Technology.
History
The Georg-Schumann building
In 1828, with emerging
industrialization, the "Saxon Technical School" was founded to educate skilled workers in technological subjects such as
mechanics,
mechanical engineering and ship construction. In 1871, the year the
German Empire was founded, the institute was renamed the Royal Saxon Polytechnic (''Königlich-Sächsisches Polytechnikum''). At that time, subjects not connected with technology, such as history and languages, were introduced. By the end of the 19th century the institute had developed into a university covering all disciplines. In 1961 it was then given its present name, the Dresden University of Technology (''Technische Universität Dresden'').
TH Dresden 1905
Upon
German reunification in 1990, the university had already integrated the College of Forestry (Forstliche Hochschule) in the nearby small town of
Tharandt. This was followed by the integration of the Dresden College of Engineering (Ingenieurshochschule Dresden), the
Friedrich List College of Transport (Hochschule für Verkehrswesen) the faculty of transport science, and the "Carl-Gustav Carus" Medical Academy (Medizinische Akademie or MedAk for short), the medical faculty. Some faculties were newly founded: the faculties of
Information Technology (1991),
Law (1991),
Education (1993) and
Economics (1993).
Organization
The Dresden University of Technology is organized into 14
faculties. Almost all faculties are located on the main campus South of the city center, except for the Faculty of Medicine which has its own campus near the
Elbe river East of the city center and the Department of Forestry in
Tharandt.
Sciences
★ With 4,298 students the 'Faculty of
Mathematics and the
Natural Sciences' is the largest faculty at the university. It is composed of 5 departments, Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. The departments are all located on the main campus. In
2006, a new research building for the biology department opened. In October
2006 the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft decided to fund a new graduate school, the ''Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering'' and a so called cluster of excellence ''From Cells to Tissues to Therapies''.
Humanities and Social Sciences
★ The 'Faculty of Economics' comprises five departments, Business Education Studies (Wirtschaftspädagogik), Business Management, Economics, Management Information Systems and Statistics. There are 2,842 students enrolled.
★ The 'Faculty of Education', located East of the main campus, has 2,075 students.
★ The 'Faculty of Languages, Literature and Culture' is structured into five departments, American Studies, English Studies, German Studies, Philology, Romance Languages and Slavistics. There are 3,215 students at this faculty.
★ The 'Faculty of Law' is going to close in the next few years. Currently there are still 933 students enrolled. The TU Dresden has partially compensated the closure by establishing a private law school
★ The 'Faculty of Philosophy' comprises seven departments, Art History, Communications, History, Musicology, Political Sciences, Sociology and Theology. There are 3,485 students enrolled.
Engineering
★ The 'Faculty of Architecture' comprises 6 departments. Currently, there are 1,410 students enrolled.
★ The 'Faculty of Civil Engineering' is structured into 11 departments. It is the oldest and smallest of the faculties. There are currently 757 students enrolled.
★ The 'Faculty of Computer Sciences' comprises seven departments, Computational Engineering, Computation Logic, Computer Science, Mediainformatics and the Technology of Information Systems. The faculty has 2,703 students.
★ The 'Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology' is organized into 13 departments. There are 2,288 students enrolled. The faculty is the heart of the so called ''Silicon Valley'' in
Dresden.
★ The 'Faculty of Forestry, Geosciences and Hydrology' has 2,914 students. The faculty is located on the main campus, except for the Forestry department which is located in
Tharandt. The Forestry department is the oldest of its kind in
Germany. Its history goes back to the foundation of the ''Königlich-Sächsische Forstakademie'' in
1816.
★ The 'Faculty of Mechanical Engineering' comprises 19 departments and has 4,140 students.
★ The 'Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences "
Friedrich List"' is the only of its kind in
Germany covering transport and traffic from economy and system theory science to electrical, civil and mechanical engineering. There are 1,536 students enrolled.
Medicine
★ The '''
Carl Gustav Carus'' Faculty of Medicine' has its own campus East of the city center near the
Elbe river. Currently, there are 2,195 students enrolled. The faculty has a partnership with
Harvard Medical School.
Research Centers
★ Dendro-Institute Tharandt at the TU Dresden
★ The European Institute for Postgraduate Education at TU Dresden (EIPOS Europäisches Institut für postgraduale Bildung an der Technischen Universität Dresden e. V.)
★ The European Institute of Transport (EVI Europäisches Verkehrsinstitut an der Technischen Universität Dresden e. V.)
★ The ''
Hannah Arendt'' Center for Research on
Totalitarianism (HAIT Hannah-Arendt-Institut für Totalitarismusforschung an der Technischen Universität Dresden e. V.)
★ Center for Media Culture (MKZ Medienkulturzentrum Dresden e. V. an der TU Dresden)
★ Center for Research on Structure- and Werkstoffmechanik (SWM Struktur- und Werkstoffmechanikforschung Dresden GmbH an der Technischen Universität Dresden)
★ TUD Vietnam ERC, the TU Dresden Vietnam Education and Research Center. The center offers a Master's course in Mechatronics in
Hanoi (
Vietnam) since
2004.
★ Center for Continuing Education in Historic Preservation (WBD Weiterbildungszentrum für Denkmalpflege und Altbauinstandsetzung e. V.)
★ Center for International Studies (ZIS Zentrum für Internationale Studien)
Research
With regard to its ability to generate research money from industry partners, the TU Dresden belongs to the most successful in
Germany. In
2004 3,564 projects were financed with 104.1M Euro from outside sources (other than state funds). The TU Dresden benefits from the strong research tradition in microelectronics and transport sciences in the Dresden area, but also from the establishment of new research fields such as Biotechnology.
The
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft supports the university in many areas and TU Dresden cooperates closely with renowned research institutes such as
Fraunhofer Society,
Leibniz-Gemeinschaft and
Max Planck Society.
Biotechnology and Medical Technology
The university has established a strong partnership with the ''
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics'' in molecular bioengineering. As part of its broader initiative to create centers of excellence, the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft has decided to fund a cluster of excellence in regenerative therapies as well as a new graduate school, the "Dresden International Graduate School for Biomedicine and Bioengineering" with about 300 PhD students.
Magnetism and Material Sciences
The
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft funds research in the area of electromagnetic flow influence in metallurgy, artificial crystal formation and electrochemistry. Other research is done on the
Meissner effect and artificial fibers (textile).
Micro and Nanotechnology
Since the early 1990ies, the
Dresden area has developed into a so called ''Silicon Saxony'' and the TU Dresden is incorporated in this network with three departments of the Faculties of Electrical Engineering and Sciences. Together with the ''Fraunhofer Center for Nano-electronic technologies (CNT)'', which is also in Dresden, it is one of the leading universities in the field of nanotechnology. There is also a research cooperation with the semiconductor company
Qimonda.
Other research areas
The university has a partnership with the ''Fraunhofer-Institut for Transport and Infrastructure systems'' to research on IT-systems for public transport in Dresden.
In partnership with TU Dresden, the ''Ifo Institute of Economic Research (Ifo Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.)'' is researching the economic development in Eastern Germany.
Reputation
The main auditorium
The university offers a comprehensive spectrum of courses and research. It has a high reputation in technical fields such as
electrical engineering,
computer science, photo optics, engine construction and traffic logistics.
In university rankings, particularly in the German professional magazine “Wirtschaftswoche” (Economics Weekly), the best ranked courses are usually
engineering,
medicine,
architecture,
psychology as well as
Business Administration and
economics.
The university is also highly recognized for the high number of entrepreneurs among the graduates (for example in
bioscience firms) and the amount of funds raised from outside sources.
The Center of Biotechnology ("
BIOTEC") is a unique interdisciplinary center focusing on research and teaching in molecular
bioengineering. The BIOTEC hosts top international research groups dedicated to
genomics,
proteomics,
biophysics,
cellular machines,
tissue engineering, and
bioinformatics.
The number of students per professor is lower than the national average but the quality of facilities is ranked slightly worse.
The university is currently developing new strategies to make itself more independent from state funding and decision making. As one of the first universities in Germany it has opened a branch in
Hanoi,
Vietnam offering a Master's course in
Mechatronics. It also maintains close partnerships with leading universities around the world, e.g.
Boston University,
Georgetown University,
Harvard Medical School or
Tongji University.
Campus
SLUB - State and University Library of Saxony
TU Dresden is a campus university in most aspects. Some of its buildings are more than a hundred years old (such as the buildings around Muenchner Platz square). The architecture of these buildings is mostly influenced by the art nouveau style or the Bauhaus school (e.g. the Chemistry building ''Fritz-Foerster-Bau''). In recent years these historic building have been complemented by modern buildings (e.g. the library, the main auditorium, the biochemistry department or the life sciences building).
The main campus, as well as the medical faculty and that of Computer Science, are all within the boundaries of the city of Dresden. The main campus is located South of the city center, mostly in the area bordered by Nöthnitzer Straße, Fritz-Förster-Platz and Münchner Platz; the medical faculty can be found in the Johannstadt district. The faculty of forestry resides in a forest area in the nearby town of Tharandt.
Students
View of Dresden
General
Of the roughly 35,000 students, 45% are studying Engineering Sciences, 36.2% Humanities and Social Sciences, 12.5% Sciences and Mathematics and 6.3% Medicine.
About 59% (20,620) of the student body originates from
Saxony, 18.9% (6,626) from other Eastern German federal states, 12.3% (4,306) from the Western German federal states and 9.8% (3,442) from other countries.
Of the 20,620 students from
Saxony, 12,351 (59.9%) are from
Dresden, 2,934 (14,2%) from the Dresden metro area and 5,335 (25.9%) from other parts of
Saxony.
The origin of the students is based on the location where the A-level exams have been completed.
Foreign Students
There are 3,442 international students enrolled at the TU Dresden (2005/2006). Most of the foreign students come from
Europe (1,527), followed by
Asia (1,404) and
America (170). Ranked by countries the largest group of students comes from
China (710), followed by
Poland (294),
Vietnam (196),
Bulgaria (160) and
Russia (154). The university is also quite popular among Central and East European countries such as the neighboring
Czech Republic or
Ukraine. Also, through the
Erasmus programme and partnerships with universities in the
USA, there are many English, French and Spanish speaking students. The language spoken during lessons is nearly always German on most faculties. To prepare for admissions to the university, many foreign students attend German language courses at the University affiliated language school ''TUDIAS-Sprachschule''.
International students interested in TU Dresden should visit the websites of the "
Akademisches Auslandsamt" (International office) for more information. This office is responsible for handling international applications.
A number of activities for international students facilitates their integration and help students to find new friends. Most notably the
Erasmus-Initiative TU Dresden offers many group activities throughout the semester which are open to all students (not only to ERASMUS participants). A student run program, the
LinkPartnerProgramm matches every interested international student with a German student, to help him or her with questions arising during the first weeks, be it regarding course registration or any other issue students might have.
Leisure activities
Sports are very popular among the TUD students. There are eight big students' clubs and the summer campus party is considered to be the biggest in Germany. There are cafeterias as at most universities and the largest
refectory can compete with some restaurants even as far as menu size.
The university in numbers
★ Number of students: 34,993
★ Number of employees: 6,123
★ Number of faculties: 14
★ Approx. total budget: € 500 Million
★ Number of foreign students: 3,442 (9.8%)
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Facts & Figures on TU Dresden ''
People associated with Dresden University of Technology
Honorary Doctors (Selection)
★ 1905
Wilhelm von Siemens - Industrialist
★ 1906
Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin - General and Airship designer
★ 1928
Heinrich Rickert - Philosopher
★ 1981
Konrad Zuse - Civil Engineer and Computer Scientist
★ 1989
Kurt A. Körber - Entrepreneur
★ 1990
Günther Landgraf - Physicist, Rector of TU Dresden from 1990 to 1994
★ 1995
Václav Havel - Former president of Czech republic
★ 1999
Kofi Annan - Former United Nations secretary general
★ 2002
Walter Kohn - Physicist, Recipient of
Nobel Prize 1998 (Chemistry)
Honorary Presidents (Selection)
★ 1997 Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil.
Günther Landgraf - Rector of TU Dresden 1990-1994
★ 2000 Prof. Dr. med.
Günter Blobel - Recipient of
Nobel Prize 1999 (Medicine)
Faculty
★
Manfred von Ardenne – Physics
★
Heinrich Barkhausen 1911-1953 (not continuously) - Communications technology. Discoverer of the Barkhausen jumps, a manifestation of domain wall movement in magnets.
★
Alfred Baeumler 1924-1933 – Nazi-philosopher and educationalist
★
Kurt Beyer – Civil engineering
★
Adolf Busemann - Aerodynamics
★
Carl Gustav Carus - Medicine
★
Klaus Fuchs – Nuclear technology, soviet spy
★
Hanns Bruno Geinitz – Geology
★
Gustav Kafka 1923-1934 - Psychology
★
Victor Klemperer 1920-1935 – Professor for Romanistics; He wrote "LTI", an analysis of the Nazi's language, and detailed dairies during the Nazi time.
★
Richard Kroner 1924-1928 - Philosopher (Religion)
★
Luise Krüger – Athlete
★
Günther Landgraf – Physics, first freely elected rector of TUD
★ 1921-1998 - Mathematician, Professor, first lectures in
informatics in the
GDR 1967
★
Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann – Astronomer, Geodete
★
Richard von Mises – Mathematician, Professor for Hydro- und Aerodynamics
★
Paul Tillich 1925-1929 - Philosopher (Religion)
★
Gustav Zeuner – Engineer
Alumni
★
Carl Theodor Albrecht - Surveyor
★
Fritz Bleyl (Architecture) – Architect and painter of expressionism
★
Julia Bonk (Politics, History - did not graduate yet) – Politician (PDS), Member of parliament in Saxony
★
Rudolph Hering (Civil Engineering)
★
Katja Kipping (Slavic Studies, American Studies, Law) – Politician, Vicepresident of Linkspartei.PDS
★
Max Littmann (Civil engineering) – Architect
★
Ernst Otto Schlick (Engineering) – Shipbuilding engineer
★
Herbert Seifert – Mathematician
★
Johannes Paul Thilman (Science of Culture) - Composer
External links
★
Official website with the faculties
★
The BioZ Biotechnology Center - Dresden University of Technology
★
TU Dresden Vietnam ERC - Branch of TU Dresden in
Hanoi,
Vietnam
★
Movie clip "Knowledge Unites" - Presentation of Dresden University of Technology, Dresden International University (Postgraduate Education) and TUDIAS (University language school)
★ historic photo 1967, the first lectures in
informatics in the
GDR [1]
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