German
Participants may choose to write the Master's thesis in English.
For individual funding:
31 May and 30 November of every year (e.g. via uni-assist)
Please see also the website.
For DAAD scholarships:
15 September at the university for the following year (winter semester).
This Master's programme presents an interdisciplinary education; focusing mainly on the world's leading textile machinery manufacturers in Germany and the processing of textile high performance materials for technical applications. The objective is to produce graduates who understands the field of expertise in its complexity, are acquainted with highly innovative fields of research, and can apply the acquired specialised knowledge in a future professional occupation in research, industry, teaching or international cooperation. Our graduates are qualified for technical executive functions in the textile and clothing industry, spin companies developing technical textiles and textile products (machinery and automobile construction, membrane development, architecture, medical products, etc.) as well as in research and education. However, graduates also work in classical textile and clothing industries. The main focus of the subject-specific modules is on resource-efficient technologies for the manufacture of new technical and textile-based products and innovative textile machine developments. These include the study areas of nonwovens for medical and hygienic applications, textile recycling, filter materials, geotextiles, lightweight construction, personal and property protection, and smart textiles. The programme provides students with a first professional university degree education in the fields of mechanical engineering, textile mechanical engineering, textile engineering, textile technology, textile-based product development, ready-made textile product technologies, textile chemistry and textile finishing, and textile recycling. The curriculum also allows for individual in-depth study and setting of priorities within the framework of the "research internship" module and the elective modules as well as during the Master's thesis. This Master's degree qualifies our students with excellent results worldwide to enter a PhD programme.
Our programme is research-oriented with extremely high practical relevance. Our study programme is characterised by a very good supervision ratio between teachers and students. The excellent infrastructure with state-of-the-art machinery and plant technology as well as testing technology along the entire value chain is almost unique in the field in Germany and worldwide. Students are offered the financially supported opportunity to attend national and international conferences and trade fairs. This is supported by the fact that the institute is embedded in an efficient international network of the textile field. Due to the excellent conditions for studying in this programme, an extremely high success rate of students with DAAD scholarships has been achieved so far. ITM conducts two to three online seminars, focusing on curriculum and application procedures for prospective students. Contact your local DAAD office to ascertain the dates of the online seminars.
The curriculum includes a total of 15 modules, consisting of 12 compulsory modules and 12 elective modules from which three modules must be selected. The 12 elective modules include specific contents on complex textile constructions, design of technical textiles, machines and technologies for the production and finishing of technical textiles, functionalisation and boundary layer design of textile surfaces, textile finishing, fibre-based implants and biomaterials, tissue engineering, 2D/3D CAE technologies for the development of textile constructions and textile products, machines and technologies for the production of nonwovens and for textile recycling, design, construction and adjustment of textile and finishing machines. The basic modules in Mathematics, Computer Applications in Mechanical Engineering, Technical Mechanics, Machine Elements/Design, and Mechanisms and Ergonomics/Management impart the mathematical, scientific, business as well as engineering-relevant basics for the field of textile and clothing technology.
During the mandatory research internship and the elective subjects, students can specialise and deepen their knowledge individually. In addition, the Master's thesis offers a further opportunity for individual deepening and focusing on the later targeted field of activity. The students work independently and according to scientific methods on a challenging industry-relevant topic from current research in the field and/or its applications. The results are presented and discussed in the form of a colloquium.
Our Master's degree programme covers four semesters. The teaching is spread over the first three semesters and the first six weeks at the beginning of the fourth semester. The curriculum and objectives of the course, forms of lecturing and studying, requirements, suitability, frequency, required work, as well as the duration of each module can be found in the module description. The appropriate distribution of the modules over the individual semesters can be taken from the study plan. The fourth semester also includes a period of four months for the preparation of the Master's thesis and for the colloquium. Including the Master's thesis and the colloquium, 120 credits can be acquired in total. Successful completion of the programme earns the graduates an academic degree that entitles them to pursue doctoral studies worldwide.
Currently, students pay approx. 340 EUR per semester (i.e. for six months). This includes a ticket for public transport and regional trains in all of Germany ("Deutschlandticket"). Additionally, students can use a bike rental service all over the city for free for 30 minutes. The contribution also assures concessions in the university cafeterias and offers benefits (e.g. price reductions) for many cultural and leisure activities in Dresden.
Dresden offers high quality of living at very moderate costs. Currently, students should expect to pay around 850 EUR per month including rent, food, insurance and basic expenses. This figure is relatively low compared to other big German cities.
Information on scholarships and funding for students is summarised on a dedicated web page of the TU Dresden.
Applicants must have a first vocationally qualifying international university degree (BSc) in one of the following fields: Mechanical Engineering, Textile Engineering, Textile Technology, Ready-made Clothing Engineering, Ready-made Clothing Technology, Textile Chemistry, Textile Finishing or Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science. They must have also acquired related industrial experience in the field of the intended Master's degree in the last two years before applying and also during the application period/process for the DAAD scholarship.
For individual funding:
31 May and 30 November of every year (e.g. via uni-assist)
Please see also the website.
For DAAD scholarships:
15 September at the university for the following year (winter semester).
In order to top up their budget, some students may want to look for temporary work in Dresden. If so, different regulations apply for students from EU member states, countries of the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland, and students from outside the European Union and the EEA area. In addition, restrictions on the duration of employment may apply. Professors, lecturers and group leaders involved in the Master's programme may offer students the possibility of working as academic assistants. However, living expenses can be financed only partially through a job as an academic assistant.
TU Dresden offers plenty of counselling and training within its Career Service to help students with finding professional orientation. They offer workshops to equip students with professional skills and aid to optimise their CV. Moreover, they support students who want to connect with potential employers.
Additionally, there are special workshops for international students to get to know the German and Saxon job market and network.
Tutors for basic courses (mathematics, mechanical engineering, computer science as well as textile related courses)
TU Dresden (TUD) is a German University of Excellence and among the top universities in Europe. With approx. 29,000 students (21% foreign) it is the largest technical university in Saxony. It enjoys an outstanding national and international reputation for research in natural and engineering sciences.
As a collaborative university, TUD closely cooperates with external research as well as cultural, industrial and social institutions. Students also benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration with a focus on practical outcomes.
The Institute of Textile Machinery and High-Performance Material Technology (ITM) is one of the key performers in the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering at TUD and one of the leading worldwide university research facilities in Polymer, Fibre, Textile, and Assembling Technology for multi-disciplinary application areas. The research covers the entire textile-related process chain – from molecule to the final product. ITM has two chairs – "Textile Technology", headed by Professor Cherif, and "Development and Assembly of Textile Products", headed by Professor Kyosev. The interdisciplinary ITM team carries out intensive research in the fields of bio-based fibres, hybrid yarns, polymer development, 2D/3D reinforcement structures, finishing and functionalisation technologies, smart textiles, digital product and process chain development and joining technologies. Main research points are 5D materials, meaning interactive materials with built-in artificial intelligence based on integrated sensor-actor systems, carbon-reinforced concrete, and medical textiles, e.g. for implants and fibre-reinforced composites.
Research projects strongly focus on interactive textile constructions with intrinsic functionalities for lightweight, membranes, technical textiles, textile-based carbon concrete composites, medical and biological applications. The primary research aim is to provide the knowledge necessary to authorise a responsible use of resources and circular product development. To substantially impact this, with a staff of approx. 250 highly motivated people, the ITM collaborates multi-disciplinarily with several faculties at the TUD, non-university research institutes and industry partners, in Germany and worldwide. The infrastructure is excellent from fibre spinning to a cleanroom for medical and carbon fibre research. The industry recognises the research outcome, and this results in outstanding support of ITM by machinery manufacturers. They provide most of the machines, which are then significantly improved and even newly developed during research from scratch. Digital textiles, simulations (product but also process chain) and characterisation are other main topics to enable a rapid transfer of innovation into products at the lowest level of prototyping loops.
More than 120 national and international awards, including those for our students, have recognised these achievements since 2010. Besides promoting our highly motivated graduates, we are also recruiting talented young scientists supra-regionally and internationally from different areas of expertise, e.g. chemistry, material science, informatics, biology, etc. As a teaching and research institution, ITM contributes to the training of the next generation of scientists by offering three study courses. The first course focuses on studying mechanical engineering with the specialisation in processing and textile machinery design. A second Master's course is in the field of economic engineering. The third international Master's course on textile machinery and high-performance material technology, is supported by DAAD. More about 175 years of excellence in research and education and 100 years of ITM can be found here: https://youtu.be/d5UqY4Jt1HI?si=R3WW2J-KWn1tmJDU.
The capital of the Free State of Saxony, Dresden, stands majestically on the Elbe River. The fourth-largest city by area in Germany, Dresden is home not just to riverside palaces, Baroque churches and world-class museums but also to a proud history of science and technology. This finds continuity into the present with the DRESDEN-concept, an alliance of 41 research institutions in and around Dresden of which TUD is a proud and prominent member.
Whether you are interested in theatre, opera, cabaret or cinema, or if you enjoy a stroll through museums or a night out at the pub, Dresden has something to offer everyone. Students also get an opportunity to be active in the many sports facilities in Dresden, including TU Dresden’s own, or in the surrounding nature of the Elbe landscape, the Elbe Sandstone Mountains (Elbsandsteingebirge) or the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge). The surroundings of the city have plenty to offer and the city is an excellent hub from which to explore Berlin, Prague, Leipzig and Wrocław.
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