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

• Events

  From Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0: Future Perspectives for Work and Research

  Prof. Alejandro G. Frank from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) to give two lectures at Chemnitz University of Technology on October 21, 2026

• Campus

  Strengthening Awareness of Intellectual Property

  New cooperation with the European Patent Office enables doctoral candidates, postdocs and staff of Chemnitz University of Technology to participate in an online course on intellectual property rights free of charge

• Research

  Chemnitz University of Technology Receives New Cleanroom at the Center for Micro and Nano Technologies for € 68 Million

  With a multi-million investment, the Free State of Saxony is laying the groundwork for a new cleanroom at the Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies at Chemnitz University of Technology, thereby strengthening research infrastructure and technology transfer in Southwestern Saxony

• Research

  American Visiting Scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Mamros, Spends a Year at the Professorship Forming Technology

  Dr. Elizabeth Mamros of Bucknell University is strengthening a long-standing Ger-man-American research collaboration during her one-year stay at Chemnitz Univer-sity of Technology

• Study

  Preparing for the Examinations in the University Library

  Extended opening hours, opening on Sundays and additional reservable teamwork spaces in the University Library during the examination period from July 6 to August 15, 2026

• 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“.

Next events related to Mechanical Engineering

• 29

  Sep

  Tuesday, 29.09.2026 Promotion

  • Fakultät für Maschinenbau
  • Time: 10:30 to 12:30 Location: Erfenschlager Str. 73, Projekthaus MeTeOr der TU Chemnitz E05.001 Language: Deutsch
  • Speaker: Philipp Wilsky, M. Sc.
  • Info: Professur Arbeitswissenschaft&Innovationsmanagement
  • Vorgehensweise zur Konzeptionierung und Planung des objektbegleitenden Informationsflusses in Produktionssystemen
  • iCal file
• 30

  Sep

  Wednesday, 30.09.2026 Promotion

  • Fakultät für Maschinenbau
  • Time: 10:30 to 12:30 Location: Reichenhainer Str. 70, Weinhold-Bau C25.059 Language: Deutsch
  • Speaker: Robin Tenscher-Philipp, M. Sc.
  • Info: Professur Förder- und Materialflusstechnik
  • Methoden der künstlichen Intelligenz im Scan- und Rekonstruktionsprozess
  • iCal file