Facts and figures
General Data
| Faculties/ Institutions |
Institutes | Professorships 1) on 12/01/2025 |
Junior- professorships 2) (occupied) |
Students 3) on 11/01/2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Sciences | 2 | 23 | 1 | 629 |
| Mathematics | 16 | 1 | 317 | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 10 | 29 | 934 | |
| Electrical Engineering/ Information Technology |
4 | 17 | 977 | |
| Computer Science | 12 | 1 | 1.231 | |
| Economics and Business Administration | 17 | 2 | 956 | |
| Humanities | 6 | 29 | 5 | 1.275 |
| Behavioural and Social Sciences | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1.372 |
| Center for Teacher Training and Educational Research | 9 | 660 | ||
| Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer 4) | 96 | |||
| Total students | 8.447 | |||
| plus | ||||
| Language training | 7 | |||
| Guest students* | 114 | |||
| On leave | 74 | |||
| TU Chemnitz total | 25 | 171 | 11 | 8.642 |
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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 (internal status as of 11/11/2025) 4) Number of students with an enrolment at TU Chemnitz * Official guest students statistics |
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Learning and Teaching 5)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Students | 11.410 | 10.893 | 10.482 | 10.378 | 9.873 | 9.752 | 9.670 | 9.291 | 8.455 | 8.095 | 8.447 |
| among them | |||||||||||
| male | 6.590 | 6.293 | 5.989 | 5.867 | 5.526 | 5.407 | 5.312 | 5.015 | 4.450 | 4.267 | 4.462 |
| female | 4.820 | 4.600 | 4.493 | 4.511 | 4.347 | 4.345 | 4.358 | 4.276 | 4.005 | 3.828 | 3.985 |
| International Students | 2.677 | 2.691 | 2.712 | 2.930 | 2.785 | 2.756 | 2.944 | 2.934 | 2.672 | 2.615 | 2.819 |
| International Students with university entrance certificate acquired abroad | 2.416 | 2.391 | 2.429 | 2.629 | 2.550 | 2.530 | 2.725 | 2.719 | 2.483 | 2.432 | 2.648 |
| First-year undergraduate (SS und WS) |
2.146 | 1.497 | 1.496 | 1.693 | 1.333 | 1.234 | 1.332 | 1.243 | 1.203 | 1.262 | 1.617 |
| Freshmen (SS und WS) |
3.759 | 2.871 | 3.012 | 3.154 | 2.680 | 2.5586) | 2.396 | 2.221 | 2.055 | 2.138 | 2.699 |
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5) Data from the Statistical Office of the State of Saxony (year 2025 preliminary status) 6) Data from the TU Chemnitz |
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Young Scientists
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| completed doctorates (PhD) | 132 | 142 | 121 | 136 | 129 | 113 | 110 | 121 | 107 | 110 | 119 |
| completed habilitations | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Staff (each on 01/01)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Budgetary staff positions | 1.219 | 1.205 | 1.187 | 1.187 | 1.187 | 1.188 | 1.188 | 1.188 | 1.188 | 1.188 | 1.188 |
| among them | |||||||||||
| Scientific staff (incl. C4/W3 and C3/W2 professorships) |
574 | 564 | 563 | 562 | 558,5 | 558,5 | 558,5 | 557,5 | 557,5 | 558 | 562 |
| Non-academic staff | 598 | 601 | 589 | 590 | 593,5 | 594,5 | 594,5 | 595,5 | 595,5 | 595 | 591 |
| Trainees | 47 | 40 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Staff funded by third-party, special funds or future contract |
1.109 | 1.111 | 1.146 | 1.175 | 1.144 | 1.223 | 1.238 | 1.148 | 1.121 | 1.155 | 1.170 |
| among them | |||||||||||
| Scientific staff | 954 | 944 | 959 | 981 | 954 | 1.032 | 1.058 | 985 | 971 | 1.000 | 1.018 |
| Non-academic staff | 155 | 167 | 187 | 194 | 190 | 191 | 180 | 163 | 150 | 155 | 153 |
| Lecturers | 112 | 114 | 109 | 105 | 96 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 87 | 68 | 79 |
Finance (in million €)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
| Expenditure in total | 88,0 | 92,3 | 97,3 | 98,1 | 97,9 | 105,0 | 103,9 | 103,8 | 104,7 | 119,2 | ▴ |
| Revenue of third-party-funding | 75,6 | 65,0 | 71,7 | 71,4 | 68,6 | 70,3 | 78,7 | 88,0 | 80,2 | 81,7 | ▴ |
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▴ Data not yet available. |
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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 Micro and Nano Technologies
Research
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