International Spring, Summer and Autumn Courses Dresden University of Technology

Intensive courses:
German language, cultural, and regional studies (levels A1-C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages)

Students and graduate students of all majors/disciplines
These intensive courses are specially designed according to the participants' command of German. Several courses are offered for students at the following levels: beginners and students with only a little previous knowledge of the German language (basic levels / A1-A2), more experienced students (intermediate / B1-B2), and those with advanced knowledge (B2-C1).

In the student canteens (Mensa), you can choose from a selection of reasonably priced meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A meal costs approx. 6 EUR. You may also use the kitchen facilities in your student flat. Supermarkets are situated only five minutes away from the course location and the student residences.

Regional and cultural studies as well as a cultural programme

• Regional and cultural studies programme:
  • Guided city walk: historic city centre
  • Visits to museums: German Museum of Hygiene, Military History Museum, Volkswagen Factory
  • Historical sights: Elbe castles, Dresden Panometer

• Get-together 
• A full day trip at the weekend, e.g. hiking tours in Saxon Switzerland, day trips to Meißen (extra costs)
• Various cultural and leisure time activities
• Support given by student tutors
• Additional activities cost extra.

The Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) is one of the largest technical universities (“Technische Universitäten”) in Germany and one of the leading and most dynamic universities in Germany. As a full-curriculum university with 18 faculties in five schools, it offers a broad variety of 121 disciplines and covers a wide research spectrum. Its focus areas of biomedicine, bioengineering, materials sciences, information technology, microelectronics as well as energy and environment are considered exemplary in Germany and throughout Europe.

About 32,400 students are enrolled at TUD – more than three times as many students as in 1990 (11,220 students). Internationally, the TUD has earned a good reputation, about one eighth of its students come from abroad. Today, about 8,300 employees from 70 countries work at the Technische Universität Dresden.

TUD’s main campus is located south of the Dresden city centre and can be easily reached by bus (bus lines 61, 66, and 85) and by tram (tram lines 3 and 8) or via the A17 highway (exit: “Dresden Südvorstadt”). The university’s outer campuses are located in Tharandt (Department of Forest Sciences), Dresden-Blasewitz (University Hospital and “Biocampus”), Dresden-Johannstadt (Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology), Pirna (Institute of Waste Management), and Zittau (IHI).