What excellence means in concrete terms
The title is not merely honorary. It brings funding, influence and international prestige. From January 2027, TU Dresden will receive between 10 and 15 million euros per year from the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. The funding will support long-term research projects and new scientific structures.
A key foundation for this work are five Clusters of Excellence – large research alliances focusing on major future topics such as microelectronics, new materials, medicine and artificial intelligence. Today, TU Dresden is regarded as Germany’s most patent-active university, with successful spin-offs in fields such as robotics, microelectronics and biotechnology.