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DRESDEN-concept − Science and

Innovation Campus

DRESDEN-concept is the research alliance of excellence uniting
TU Dresden with local non-university research and cultural
institutions.

In 2010, TU Dresden joined forces with 14 The structure of the alliance and the various
partner institutions in research and culture to types of events it produces support the
form the DRESDEN-concept alliance. This was development of DRESDEN-concept into an
a massive success: DRESDEN-concept proved internationally visible Science and Innovation
to be a significant factor that helped our Campus.
university to stand out in the federal and state
excellence competitions, in which TU Dresden Science and Innovation Campus:
gained the University of Excellence title in
2012 and successfully defended it in 2019. The DRESDEN-concept Board defines the
Today, DRESDEN-concept comprises 45 strategy for the continued development of the
partner institutions, including TUD Dresden alliance. This consists of the Rector
University of Technology, local institutes (chairperson) and the chancellor of TU
belonging to Germany’s four major scientific Dresden as well as five elected, leading
organizations – the Max Planck Society, the members of the non-university DRESDEN-
Leibniz and Helmholtz Associations and the concept member institutions.
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft – as well as other
research institutions, universities and The DRESDEN-concept Board embodies its
research-guided cultural institutions. role as a strategy committee for Dresden as a
science location. Leading scientists at the
The partners collaborate and profit from the research and cultural institutions meet
best possible synergies in research and regularly to discuss key topics and strategies
education, as well as infrastructure and and to submit recommendations to the Board.
administration. This is evidenced by the
identification and coordination of focal areas In the Administrative and Infrastructure
of research and the shared use of Committee (AIC), the commercial directors
infrastructure as well as the shared acquisition coordinate the infrastructural and
of bright minds and internationally renowned administrative ventures of their institutions,
talent at the research hub that is the city of implement the resolutions of the Board and
Dresden. the AGM, all the while supporting the further
development of the alliance.

The Scientific Area Committees (SACs)
represent Dresden’s research strengths as a
science hub: SAC 1: Biomedicine and
The Scientific Area Net- Bioengineering; SAC 2: Information
work offers the perfect Technology and Microelectronics; SAC 3:
platform to network with
colleagues conducting Materials and Structures; SAC 4: Culture and
research in the circular Societal Change. The SACs are the core of the
economy as part of the scientific cross-institute cooperation and
DRESDEN-concept alli-
ance, as well as to discuss serve to identify and prioritize research topics.
the latest research results
and to work together With the Scientific Area Networks (SANs),
towards achieving a re-
source-conserving future. DRESDEN-concept has paved the way for a
research-guided, interdisciplinary networking

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