Facts and Figures

Facts and figures

General Data

Faculties/
Institutions		 Institutes Professorships 1)
on 12/01/2023		 Junior-
professorships 2)
(occupied)		 Students 3)
on 11/01/2023
Natural Sciences 2 23 1 659
Mathematics   16   210
Mechanical Engineering 10 29   1.014
Electrical Engineering/
Information Technology		 4 17   801
Computer Science   12 1 1.309
Economics and Business Administration   17 4 1.020
Humanities 6 29 6 1.412
Behavioural and Social Sciences 3 18 1 1.359
Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research   9   671
Total students       8.455
plus
Language training       10
Guest students*       101
On leave       87
TU Chemnitz total 25 170 13 8.653
 

1)   Positions incl. professorships for joint appointments as well as TTR professorships financed through the WISNA program and professorship funded through the DFG-Heisenberg program

2)    Positions incl. a junior-professorship financed through the WISNA program

3)    Data from the Statistical Office of the State of Saxony (status as of 03/19/2024)

*   Official guest students statistics

Learning and Teaching 2)

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Students 11.272 11.410 10.893 10.482 10.378 9.873 9.752 9.670 9.291 8.455
among them
male 6.356 6.590 6.293 5.989 5.867 5.526 5.407 5.313 5.013 4.450
female 4.916 4.820 4.600 4.493 4.511 4.347 4.345 4.357 4.274 4.005
International Students 2.162 2.677 2.691 2.712 2.930 2.785 2.756 2.944 2.934 2.672
International Students with university entrance certificate acquired abroad 1.934 2.416 2.391 2.429 2.629 2.550 2.530 2.725 2.719 2.483
 
First-year undergraduate
(SS und WS)		 2.135 2.146 1.497 1.496 1.693 1.333 1.234 1.331 1.243 1.203
Freshmen
(SS und WS)		 3.818 3.759 2.871 3.012 3.154 2.680 2.5583) 2.396 2.221 2.055

2)   Data from the Statistical Office of the State of Saxony (year 2023 preliminary status)

3)   Data from the TU Chemnitz

Young Scientists

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
completed doctorates (PhD) 133 132 142 121 136 129 113 110 121 107
completed habilitations 6 7 10 9 6 5 4 2 7 2
 

Staff (each on 01/01)

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Budgetary staff positions 1.233 1.219 1.205 1.187 1.187 1.187 1.188 1.188 1.188 1.188
among them
Scientific staff
(incl. C4/W3 and C3/W2 professorships)		 574 574 564 563 562 558,5 558,5 558,5 557,5 557,5
Non-academic staff 606 598 601 589 590 593,5 594,5 594,5 595,5 595,5
Trainees 53 47 40 35 35 35 35 35 35 35
 
Staff funded by third-party,
special funds or future contract		 1.120 1.109 1.111 1.146 1.175 1.144 1.223 1.238 1.148 1.121
among them
Scientific staff 956 954 944 959 981 954 1.032 1.058 985 971
Non-academic staff 164 155 167 187 194 190 191 180 163 150
 
Lecturers 124 112 114 109 105 96 102 103 104 87
 

Finance (in million €)

  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Expenditure in total 81,0 88,0 92,3 97,3 98,1 97,9 105,0 103,9 103,8 104,7
Revenue of third-party-funding 81,3 75,6 65,0 71,7 71,4 68,6 70,3 78,7 88,0 80,2

 

Central University Institutions

Cluster of Excellence MERGE
Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN)
Saxony's Centre for Teaching and Learning
International Office
University Library
University Computer Centre
Centre for Young Scientists
Foreign Language Centre
Centre for Teacher Training and Educational Research  [DE]
Centre for Knowlegde and Technology Transfer  [DE]
Centre for Sports and Health Promotion
Centre for Humans and Technology (MeTech)  [DE]
Research center for climate-neutral circular economy (CircEcon: Green Circular Economy)
ZEUSS EU-Service Saxony

Scientific institutions

Center for Microtechnologies

Research

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