Generations of students were shaped by the TU Dresden. A lot of famous scientists are inseparably connected with their Alma mater. They had a lasting impact on their field of study and revolutionized processes … Some of those alumni of the TUD are:

• Carl Theodor Albrecht studied mathematics and natural science at the Polytechnikum Dresden, later specialised in geodesy, and co-founded the Internationale Breitendienst, todays International Polar Motion Service (IPMS).
• Edmund Frohne studied civil engineering and even did his doctorate at the THD. He later rebuilt the traffic system of the FRG and became president of the Deutsche Bundesbahn in 1952.
  
• Maria Reiche studied mathematics, astronomy, geography and foreign languages at the TH Dresden. She became famous for her research in the Nazca lines in Peru.
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a student of architecture at the TH Dresden. He became world renowned as German expressionist painter and one of the founders of the artist group "Brücke".
  

The archive of our university collects data and additional information on TUDs „early alumni“, who graduated between 1828 and 1945. You can find more information on the alumni project here. 

What are graduates of the TUD doing today?

14 faculties, 130 courses of study … the TU Dresden offers a wide choice for its students. It is no surprise that graduates of the TUD can be found in all fields of work, e.g.:

• Stanislaw Tillich studied construction and drive techniques till 1984. Since 2008 he is the Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony.
• Grit Heinrich chose landscape architecture as her field of study. Since more that 20 years she’s working as a freelancer. Her works include green areas for schools and castles.
  
• Jens Wonneberger studied civil engineering. Today he is a prizewinning author of more than six novels.
  
• Maria Teresa Ponce came from Nicaragua to Dresden to study Thermodynamics and Fluid mechanics. Today she’s a manager of a thermal power station in her home country.