TU Dresden

TU Dresden (German: Technische Universität Dresden, TUD), officially using the English name TUD Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It 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 29,000 students as of 2024. TU Dresden has held the title of University of Excellence since 2012 and was confirmed in the German Excellence Strategy in 2019 and 2026. The name Technische Universität Dresden has only been used since 1961; the history of the university, however, goes back nearly 200 years to 1828.

Type

University of Excellence, Public research university

Founded

1828

Students

31,517

Also known as

Dresden Technical University, Dresden University of Technology, Königlich Sächsisches Polytechnikum, Königliche Polytechnische Schule