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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University, public
Year of foundation
1836
Total number of Students
8,455
Students at this campus
8,455
Semester contribution
295.18 €
Tuition fees
There are no study fees.

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science
0%
Natural Sciences, Mathematics
10.3%
Law, Economic and Social Sciences
36.3%
Humanities, Languages
9.9%
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
40.5%
Other studies
3%

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree
%
Master's degree
%
Teacher qualification degree
%
Pre-Bologna degrees
%
Other types of degrees
%

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

Special features regarding the library

Locations: A central location of the university library including university archive: Straße der Nationen 33, 09111 Chemnitz; Stock: Approx. 1,094,000 printed books and journals; about 643,000 electronic media; Services: Offers on open science (support for open access publications, publication funds, bibliometric analyses); For teaching information literacy; range of e-learning courses; extensive range of e-books and e-journals; University press and university archive form independent departments within the university library; Special Saxony-Czech special library; Parent-child area
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Foreign language center and courses

There is a foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, German as a Foreign Language, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Latin, Arabic, Czech
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Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Participation in international competitions (e.g. EUSA Games), university championships (German and Saxony University Championships) of the General German University Sports Federation (adh) or the Saxony State Conference on University Sports (LHS). Participation in the general university sports programmes of other universities is subject to their respective regulations. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. One special feature of the sports programme at Chemnitz University of Technology is the university’s gym (ZFG), which will be expanded in 2025 and relocated to the new sports hall complex. There are also attractive programmes through numerous partnerships with external providers and partners such as a climbing centre, Chemnitz bouldering lounge, Club Nautique Leipzig (sailing), Golf Club Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, ice rink (curling). The new sports hall built in 2024/25 opens up new possibilities, such as the use of the university’s own climbing and bouldering room and a large gymnastics and dance hall.
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Last update 2025: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education