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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 Science and Innovation Campus: location. Leading scientists at the
with 14 partner institutions in research and cultural institutions
research and culture to form the The DRESDEN-concept Board meet regularly to discuss key topics
DRESDEN-concept alliance. This defines the strategy for the and strategies and to submit
was a massive success: DRESDEN- continued development of the recommendations to the Board.
concept proved to be a significant alliance. This consists of the Rector
factor that helped our university to (chairperson) and the chancellor of In the Administrative and
stand out in the federal and state TU Dresden as well as five elected, Infrastructure Committee (AIC), the
excellence competitions, in which leading members of the commercial directors coordinate
TU Dresden gained the University non-university DRESDEN-concept the infrastructural and
of Excellence title in 2012 and member institutions. administrative ventures of their
successfully defended it in 2019. institutions, implement the
Today, DRESDEN-concept comprises The DRESDEN-concept Board resolutions of the Board and the
41 partner institutions, including embodies its role as a strategy AGM, all the while supporting the
TUD Dresden University of committee for Dresden as a science further development of the alliance.
Technology, local institutes belonging
to Germany’s four major scientific
organizations – the Max Planck
Society, the Leibniz and Helmholtz
Associations and the Fraunhofer-
Gesellschaft – as well as other
research institutions, universities and
research-guided cultural institutions.

The partners collaborate and profit
from the best possible synergies in
research and education, as well as
infrastructure and administration.
This is evidenced by the identification
and coordination of focal areas of
research and the shared use of
infrastructure as well as the shared
acquisition of bright minds and
internationally renowned talent at
the research hub that is the city of
Dresden.

The structure of the alliance and
the various types of events it
produces support the development The Scientific Area Network offers the perfect platform to network with colleagues
of DRESDEN-concept into an conducting research in the circular economy as part of the DRESDEN-concept alliance,
internationally visible Science and as well as to discuss the latest research results and to work together towards achieving
Innovation Campus. a resource-conserving future.

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