"D" - Technische Universität Dresden

"D" like... Technische Universität Dresden 
(Dresden University of Technology) it is the largest university in the state of Saxony and one of the ten largest universities in Germany with around 35,000 students!

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        Motto: "Wissen schafft Brücken" -
           "Knowledge creates bridges"

In 1828, for the preparation of human resources professionals in the field of engineering and construction of ships for the rapidly growing industry, it was "Royal-Saxon Institute of Technology." Founding director of the university was Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann, who built the Institute in one of the pavilions on terraces Brühla.W school reform has become the "Royal Polytechnical School" and therefore can be equated with the "Royal-Saxon Freiberg" (now University of Technology Freiberg Mining Academy ") as the best technical university in Saxony.

In 1961, under the resolution of the GDR government changed the name to "Technical University of Dresden." At that time, worked eight faculties with more than 10 000 students. During this time he fell also intend to run in the GDR on the basis of aircraft production in Dresden developed a prototype aircraft type 152nd. 


In 2003 the University celebrated its 175th anniversary, during which dedicated the new Main Building of the National and University Library at the Main Campus. At the same time was the creation of Dresden International University.

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.
The university is considered highly underfunded. Until 2020 more than 1,000 jobs are to be cut at Saxon universities, including Dresden University of Technology. As of 2012 there is an annual funding gap of about 50 million Euros. Since March 2012, every single new or extended employment contract needs to be personally approved by the Minister-President of Saxony.

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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.

The university in numbers:
established: 1828
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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