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Brief history of TU Dresden

Königlich Sächsische Foundation of the Electrotechnical Institute, the
Royal Polytechnic School training Technische Hochschule Institutes of Automotive Engineering, Metallurgy
in mechanical engineering, civil (Royal Saxon Technical and Materials Science as well as Metrology and
engineering and chemistry University) Exchange Engineering
1851 1890 by 1924

Royal Saxon Polytechnic,
Founding of the 281 students; expansion of
Technische Bildungs- technical and scientific
anstalt in Dresden; education through the Women are After the destruction of the
technician and establishment of a general officially allowed Second World War, teaching
mechanic training for department with to study at the begins with 450 students initially
local industry humanities chairs TH Dresden in three faculties
1828 1871 1907/08 1946

1838 1883 1923 1961

Start of Introduction of Integration of the TU Dresden: Nine faculties
engineering the Diplom Dresden-Strehlen provide education in 159
training examination Pedagogical Institute institutes. 10,768 students
into the General are enrolled in direct study
Department programs and 5,266 in
distance learning
programs

1865 1900 1928

Teacher training for mathematics The university is granted the 2,705 students are enrolled. The
and natural sciences; profiling of right to award doctorates. teaching staff includes 63 full
the departments 1,007 students, of which 232 professors, 17 honorary professors
are foreigners, are enrolled and 24 Privatdozenten

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