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Mechanical / Materials / Process Engineering, Department

Fakultät Maschinenwesen at the TU Dresden

TU Dresden

Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Phone: +49 351 463-32786

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Basic information

Percentage of teaching by practitioners	6.2 %
Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's	6.2 %

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

10/14 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment	52.0 %
Master theses in cooperation with work environment	52.0 %

Research

Third party funds per academic	272.3 T€
Doctorates per professor	2.1

Mechanical Engineering

Process Engineering

Materials Science / Engineering

Degree courses with details

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

none

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Special features regarding teaching
In stage I studies, small groups (max. 30 people) look at the teaching content individually in further detail in seminar exercises. Pre-produced timetables are provided for each semester based on the study schedules. Four semesters of standard basic study, followed by specialisation with a free choice of the branch of study/profile recommendation.
Special features regarding the international orientation
Cooperation agreements including with Purdue University, West Lafayette; East Siberia State University in Ulan Ude; St. Petersburg State Technological University of Plant Polymers; Universidad des Atlantico (UA), (Colombia); Technical University of Ostrava; Tongji University (China); Wrocław University of Technology; Prof. Cuniberti is the coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Master's course in "Nanoscience and Nanotechnology" with the University of Grenoble, KU Leuven, Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.
Special features regarding the equipment
Centre for Virtual Mechanical Engineering (5-side CAVE) ; Training reactor; helium liquefaction facility; gas turbines in teaching and test power plant; in-situ CT; radial braiding machine; multifunction quick-stroke press; multi-component injection moulding system; CNC-controlled weaving machines for SD structure.
Special features regarding research activities
Research platforms have been established for: Energy Storage; Industry 4.0; Focus on materials research; Interactive Lightweight Construction Systems; Human Technology Design; Research Cluster Bio Inspired Plant Design; Robotics; Aerospace
Support for founders
connectING group meetings for female students and some for male students, with topics that include information on company start-ups
Other special features
The TU Dresden faculty with the most third-party funding, participation in clusters of excellence, high-profile and recognised research activities; Broad range of research fields at the faculty (materials science, process engineering, mechanical engineering) and joint degree courses with other faculties. Scientific output by international teaching staff; DIPL.-ING.
Further information on research activities
https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/forschung

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(S)-Students' judgements (F)-Facts (P)-Professors' judgements

(ME)= Mechanical Engineering (PE)= Process Engineering (MatSE)= Materials Science / Engineering (IntDiscip)= very interdisciplinary and thus not classified;
As the ranking is done for the whole subject area, for the single "sub-subjects" it can happen that not all rank groups are represented in all criteria.

Last update 2022: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education.

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Total number of students	3,130
Number of master degree students	670
Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	48.8 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	51.5 %
Contact with work environment, bachelor's	7/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	7/12 points

Teacher support	2.4
Support in studies	2.3
Courses offered	2.2
Study organisation	1.8
Exams
Digital teaching elements	2.4
Research orientation	2.6
Job market preparation
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories
Overall study situation	2.2

Teacher support	1.7
Support in studies	1.7
Digital teaching elements	1.7
Courses offered	1.6
Study organisation	1.5
Transition to Master's studies	1.6
Research orientation	1.8
Overall study situation	1.9

Total number of students	330
Number of master degree students	300
Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	54.2 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	60.1 %
Contact with work environment, bachelor's	7/12 points
Contact with work environment, master's	7/12 points

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exams
Digital teaching elements
Research orientation
Job market preparation
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Laboratories
Overall study situation

Teacher support	number of cases below 15
Support in studies	number of cases below 15
Digital teaching elements	number of cases below 15
Courses offered	number of cases below 15
Study organisation	number of cases below 15
Transition to Master's studies	number of cases below 15
Research orientation	number of cases below 15
Overall study situation	number of cases below 15