Technische Universität Dresden
- Germany
- Founded 1828
Overview
TU Dresden, officially using the English name Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony, and one of the 10 largest universities in Germany with 29,000 students as of 2024.
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Key facts
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People who studied here
- Heinrich Hertz (opens in a new tab)German physicist (1857–1894)
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (opens in a new tab)German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker (1880–1938)
- Adolf Loos (opens in a new tab)Austrian and Czech architect and art collector (1870-1933)
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (opens in a new tab)German artist (1884–1976)
- Maria Reiche (opens in a new tab)Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator
- Katja Kipping (opens in a new tab)German politician
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