1. Welcome at TU Dresden

2. February 2010TU Dresden Technische Universität Dresden is one of the oldest and most renowned universities in Germany. Technische Universität Dresden holds a commanding position in research, greatly due to engineering and natural sciences. Technische Universität Dresden combines humanities, technical and natural science subjects and medicine, to form a highly efficient university at which nearly all subjects can be studied. Mission statement mission

3. February 2010TU Dresden The past Studying in Dresden for the past 180 years close connection between theory an practice a sound co-operation between the various academic fields after 1990 it was extended to include other subjects as well as the sciences 18281851187118901961 Founded as a technical educational establishment Royal Saxon polytechnic school of higher education PolytechnicRoyal Saxon technical school of higher education (TH) Technical University of Dresden (TUD) historical

4. February 2010TU Dresden Statistics 4Science areas 14 faculties 35,000students 8,000employees Total buget 500 mill. Euros, Approx. 155 mill. Euros third-party-funded (third-party funds for research and other specific projects) overview

5. February 2010TU Dresden Science areas Engineering Sciences Electrical Engineering/ Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Transport Science, Forestry, Geo- and Hydrosciences Humanities and Social Sciences Literature, Linguistics and Culture Sciences, Philosophy, Education Sciences, Economics and Business Administration, Law Natural SciencesMathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology MedicineMedical Faculty, University Hospital overview

6. February 2010TU Dresden Information technology Regenerative medicine and molecular bioengineering Materials science, biomaterials and nanotechnology Water, energy, environment Population, infrastructure, transport Key Aspects of TU Dresden‘s research profile overview

7. February 2010TU Dresden Students according to sciences Natural Sciences Medicine Engineering Sciences Humanities and Social Sciences overview

8. February 2010TU Dresden The campus - teaching 14 faculties approx. 1,800 teaching staff three locations in and around Dresden Lecture hall centre: 7 lecture theatres 10 seminar rooms 1 art room places for 3,574 participants overview

9. February 2010TU Dresden The campus - research 7 areas of specialist research 12 endowed chairs 7 graduate colleges 4 research groups 1 international graduate college overview

10. February 2010TU Dresden The campus – the library completed in 2002 book museum including the Maya handwriting „Codex Dresdensis“ about 8,9 mill. publications non-reference: 420,000 volumes (extendable up to 850,000 volumes) closed stack: 2.4 mill. volumes 3,200 magazine titles in non- reference to order inventory research: electronic and conventional overview

11. February 2010TU Dresden Master Courses in English Computational Logic www.cl.inf.tu-dresden.de/compulog Computational Engineering wwwce.inf.tu-dresden.de Molecular Bioengineering www.biotec.tu-dresden.de Nanobiophysics www.biotec.tu-dresden.de/teaching/biophysics Hydro Science and Engineering www.tu-dresden.de/fghh/wasser.html Tropical Forestry and Management www.forst.tu-dresden.de/Inter Advanced computational and civil engineering structural studies www.tu-dresden.de/biw/access/index.htm studying

12. February 2010TU Dresden Living costs for students Living in student accommodation or shared accommodation is possible from 130 – 240 Euros a month www.studentenwerk-dresden.de /wohnen Total living costs about 600 Euros a month http://tu-dresden.de/internationales studying

13. February 2010TU Dresden Fees for studies no tuition fees but a student service fee – at present 169,70 Euros per semester Already included is the semester ticket: public transport in Dresden and surroundings, up to about 50 km studying

14. February 2010TU Dresden Free time – social life a colourful varied party and club scene with over 50 locations changing cultural events including many museums, theatres and cinemas including 91 libraries and archives festivals from classical to modern throughout the year studying

15. February 2010TU Dresden Free time - sport in addition to the university sports centre (USZ), there are more than 300 sport clubs which include about 70 different kinds of indoor and outdoor sports 2 large stadiums for football or American Football as well as many other sports places studying

16. February 2010TU Dresden Foreign relations international Dresden

17. February 2010TU Dresden Statistics – foreign students international

18. February 2010TU Dresden Country of origin – foreign students international

19. February 2010TU Dresden The 5 largest groups of foreign students (WS 08/09) international

20. February 2010TU Dresden Dresden´s location Dresden

21. February 2010TU Dresden Facts capital of the federal state of Saxony with more than 800 years of history located in the border triangle between Germany, Poland, Czech Republic about 500.000 inhabitants numerous open green spaces, parks and meadows of the river Elbe many museums, theatre, cinemas and much more famous for its baroque architecture and its art and cultural treasures partnered with 12 other cities 1 university, 6 higher education institutions Dresden

22. February 2010TU Dresden Dresden

23. February 2010TU Dresden Around Dresden – the Sächsische Schweiz (Saxon Switzerland) 40 km from Dresden extensive trails, national parks popular climbing area with over 1,100 peaks and 15,000 differently graded routes popular recreational area open air theatre in Rathen (Felsenbühne – mountain theatre) www.saechsische-schweiz.de Dresden

24. February 2010TU Dresden Around Dresden – the Königstein fortress mentioned for the first time in 1241 in an official document as a fortress on the rock plateau 1516-24 monastery between 1563 and 1569 construction of the deepest well in Saxony – 15.5 m conversion to a fortress from 1589 used for military purposes until 1955 a museum from 1955 Dresden

25. February 2010TU Dresden Around Dresden – Meissen about 25 km from Dresden over 1000 years old castle and gothic cathedral dominate the city skyline famous for its Meissen Porcelain www.meissen.de Dresden

26. February 2010TU Dresden Around Dresden – some more tips In close proximity: Pillnitz Castle The Erzgebirge (Ore mountains) The Silberstrasse (silver road) A little further away: Prague/CZ Berlin Leipzig Wroclaw/PL Dresden

27. February 2010TU Dresden Thank you for your attention!