Dresden University of Technology

TU Dresden, 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. It 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 been used only since 1961, but its history goes back nearly 200 years to 1828, making it one of the oldest colleges of technology in Germany. It is a member of TU9, a consortium of the nine leading German Institutes of Technology, with 17 faculties and 119 degree programs.