Welcome to Mechanical Engineering

• attractive degree programs,
• superior study conditions
• innovative, market oriented research achievements

Motivated and committed professors are working intensively to foster scientific education of fresh young talents. Thus Mechanical Engineering at TU Chemnitz is a prime supplier of flexible, outstanding educated and highly motivated young graduates that are in high demand throughout the high tech industries all over the world. Graduates from Chemnitz work in high profile position in far places such as the United States and South East Asia, but also in key industries in Germany and central Europe.

Undergraduate and graduate students will find the department of Mechanical Engineering an excellent platform for private and scientific development.

I want to warmly welcome you to participate in our work and share our goals.

Jonas Hensel
Prof. Dr.
Dean, Mechanical Engineering

News

• Study

  TUCpanel 2026: please participate!

  Until May 15, 2026, students at Chemnitz University of Technology have the opportunity to actively help shape their study conditions as part of a university-wide online survey.

• Research

  Insights at the Atomic Level: What Binds the World in its Innermost Core?

  At the Transmission Electron Microscopy Center at Chemnitz University of Technology researchers explore the nanoscale to study and develop modern materials with new characteristics

• Events

  Who would like to actively help shape the „Across eCampus”?

  The European University Alliance Across is looking for interested students and staff at Chemnitz University of Technology who would like to share feedback on the digital services they use in focus groups on 18 and 20 March 2026, thereby supporting the practical, user-centred further development of the „Across eCampus“.

• Events

  Impressions from the "World Capital of Modernism"

  In the Year of Jewish Culture in Saxony, the University Library at Chemnitz University of Technology will be hosting an exhibition on monument preservation in Tel Aviv's "White City" from February 25, 2026

• Events

  Promoting Women in Science: 3rd International Women-in-Science Day at TU Chemnitz

  TU Chemnitz invites female scientists of all career stages and female students on March 6, 2026, to this years’ focus topic on women’s health

• Campus

  Complete the course paper all around the clock

  Simply hold on: University Library of Chemnitz University of Technology open 24/7 immediately from the “Long Night of Postponed Course Papers” on February 5, 2026 up to February 14, midnight

• International

  Going abroad with Erasmus+

  The application for doing a semester abroad with Erasmus+ during winter semester 2026/27 and summer semester 2027 is still open until 31st of March 2026

• Events

  „Tag des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses“ on 11 November 2025

  The “Tag des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses” at Chemnitz University of Technology focuses in 2025 on the opportunities and challenges of academic qualification in the age of AI – participation is free of charge following online registration

Next events related to Mechanical Engineering

• 18

  May

  Monday, 18.05.2026 Promotion

  • Fakultät für Maschinenbau
  • Time: 11:00 to 13:00 Location: Reichenhainer Str. 70; Raum C16.001 Language: Deutsch
  • Speaker: Dipl.-Ing. Peter Bruno Birnbaum
  • Info: Professur Umformtechnik
  • Einfluss zyklisch diskontinuierlicher Prozessführung auf die Warmumformbarkeit des Blechwerkstoffs 2MnB5"
  • iCal file
• 26

  May

  Tuesday, 26.05.2026 Promotion

  • Fakultät für Maschinenbau
  • Time: 11:00 to 13:00 Location: Erfenschlager Str. 73 , Raum E03.106 Language: Deutsch
  • Speaker: Christian Illgen, M. Sc.
  • Info: Professur Werkstoffwissenschaft
  • Untersuchung des mikrostrukturellen und mechanischen Verhaltens eines niedrig legierten Vergütungsstahls unter kombinierter Warmumformung und Q&P-Wärmebehandlung
  • iCal file