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Institutes
 
Professorships1)
on 12/01/2022
Junior-
professorships
(Occupied)
Students 2)
on 11/01/2022
 
Natural Sciences  2 23   669
Mathematics    16   206
Mechanical Engineering 10 29   1.161
Electrical Engineering/
Information Technology
4 17   963
Computer Science   12 1 1.462
Economics and Business Administration   17 2 1.246
Humanities 6 28 5 1.560
Behavioural and Social Sciences 3 18 1 1.394
Center for Teacher Training   9   630
Total students       9.291
plus        
Language training       9
Guest students*       112
On leave       69
TU Chemnitz total 25 169 9 9.481


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

*    Official guest students statistics

Learning and Teaching 2)

  2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Students 10.921 11.272 11.410 10.893 10.482 10.378  9.873 9.752 9.670 9.291
among them                    
male 6.124 6.356 6.590 6.293 5.989 5.867 5.526 5.407 5.313 5.013
female 4.797 4.916 4.820 4.600 4.493 4.511 4.347 4.345 4.357 4.274
International Students 1.591 2.162 2.677 2.691 2.712 2.930 2.785 2.756 2.944 2.934
International Students with university entrance certificate acquired abroad 1.387 1.934 2.416 2.391 2.429 2.629 2.550 2.530 2.725 2.719
                     
First-year undergraduate
(SS und WS)
2.026 2.135 2.146 1.497 1.496 1.693 1.333 1.234 1.331 1.243
Freshmen
(SS und WS)
3.498 3.818 3.759 2.871 3.012 3.154 2.680 2.558 3) 2.396 2.221


2) Data from the Statistical Office of the State of Saxony(year 2021 preliminary status)

3) Data from the TU Chemnitz

 

Young Scientists

         
completed doctorates (PhD) 140 133 132 142 121 136 129 113 110 121
completed habilitations 6 6 7 10 9 6 5 4 2 7

Staff

  2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Budgetary staff positions (each on 1.1.)          
Professorships (C4/W3) 105 105 105 105 105 105 105 106 106 106
Professorships (C3/W2) 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 51
Scientific staff
(without C4/W3, C3/W2)
418 418 418 408 407 406 402,5 401,5 401,5 400,5
Non-academic staff 612 606 598 601 589 590 593,5 594,5 594,5 595,5

Budgetary staff positions in total

1.186 1.180 1.172 1.165 1.152 1.152 1.152 1.153 1.153 1.153

Staff funded by third-party and special funds
         
Scientific staff 857 956 954 944 959 981 954 1.032 1.058 985
Non-academic staff 152 164 155 167 187 194 190 191 180 163
Staff funded by third-party and special funds in total 1.009 1.120 1.109 1.111 1.146 1.175 1.144 1.223 1.238 1.148
 
Lecturers 158 124 112 114 109 105 96 102 103 104
Trainees 61 53 47 40 35 35 35 35 35 35

Finance (in million €)

  2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Expenditure in total 75,9 81,0 88,0 92,3 97,3 98,1 97,9 105,0 103,9 103,9
Revenue of third-party-funding 75,6 81,3 75,6 65,0 71,7 71,4 68,6 70,3 78,7 88,0

 

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  [DE]
Centre for Knowlegde and Technology Transfer  [DE]
Centre for Sports and Health Promotion
Centre for Humans and Technology (MeTech)  [DE]

 

Scientific institutions

Center for Microtechnologies

Research

Research Ecxellence
Affiliated Institutes and research partners