TU Dresden campus

Engineering

Diplom Bauingenieurwesen at TU Dresden

TU Dresden, Germany

Programme overview

Diplom programme in civil engineering focused on designing and maintaining the built environment in the face of resource scarcity, climate change, digitalisation and mobility, including new building materials and methods.

Faculty: Faculty of Civil Engineering  |  Duration: 10 semesters (5 years) full-time; 20 semesters part-time  |  Study mode: full-time (part-time option); German-taught; Diplom  |  Intake: winter semester  |  Location: Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

What you will study

Basic studies (semesters 1-3) cover structural design, building physics, engineering and continuum mechanics, mathematics, construction informatics, building materials, surveying and environmental sciences, followed by specialisation in the main study phase.

Career pathways

Structural engineers work as structural designers in design and approval planning or site supervision, as expert witnesses, and in engineering offices, construction firms, testing institutes and public administration.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Abitur (general higher-education entrance qualification) or an equivalent entrance qualification. German language proficiency is required; international applicants and German applicants with foreign qualifications must meet the university's language requirements. Applicants whose foreign qualification does not give direct access to German higher education must first attend a Studienkolleg. Numerus clausus: no (open admission). Application deadlines for the first subject semester (German applicants and Bildungsinländer): Application period: 1 June – 15 September. International applicants: Application period non-EU applicants: 1 April – 15 July; Application period EU applicants: 1 April – 15 September (with proof of German for study); 1 April – 15 July (without proof of German for study). Application is made online through the TU Dresden application portal.

Intake: winter semester

Duration: 10 semesters (5 years) full-time; 20 semesters part-time

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