Important key figures and rankings on the university, on studying and teaching as well as on science and research.
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TUBAF
Rankings
- In the 2024 QS World University Rankings by subject, TU Bergakademie Freiberg achieved 22nd place in the "Mineral & Mining Engineering" category worldwide and fourth place in Europe.
- The Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) ranks the university 63rd among German universities in terms of research performance in 2023/24.
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Crispin-I. Mokry
Student numbers
- Total students on 1 November 2022: 3.471
- 41.4% of all students are from outside Germany
- 81% of all students are enrolled in STEM subjects
- 33 % of all students are female
- 27% of all students are in their first semester of university
Students and first-year students
Year | total students | first-year students |
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2022/2023 | 3.471 | 811 |
2021/2022 | 3.655 | 835 |
2020/2021 | 4.000 | 1.114 |
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Crispin-I. Mokry
Research and Science
- Third-party funding in 2022: € 60.2 million
- Doctoral graduations in 2021/22: 101 (35% female)
- Invention disclosures in 2021: 25
- Patent applications in 2021: 41
Collaborative Research Centres and other DFG Major Projects Competence Centres of the University
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Crispin-I. Mokry
Staff
2,079 members of staff (as of 1 December 2022), including:
- 1,024 budget-financed employees
- 715 third party-funded employees
- 340 student and research assistants
- 94 professors
- 6 junior professors
- 15 apprentices
Structure
- 6 faculties
- 13 central institutions
- 42 institutes
- 8 affiliated institutes
- 6 centers of excellence
- 66 degree programs
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Detlev Müller
International profile
Partnerships with universities abroad:
- 184 cooperation agreements, including 76 ERASMUS arrangements and 18 interdisciplinary collaboration agreements with universities abroad
- 218 contacts to staff of universities in more than 50 countries
International degree programs:
- Double-degree agreements with partner universities in China, France, Ghana, Italy, Poland, Russia (suspended), Thailand, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine