HTWD opens International Week 2025 - encounters, exchange and diversity on campus

International Week 2025 opened today at the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden (HTWD) with a ceremonial welcome and a varied programme of events.

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Portrait of doctoral candidates: Hedvika Maxová

Five young researchers started their research projects at HTW Dresden in 2025 with the ESF Plus doctoral scholarship. In this interview, scholarship holder Hedvika Maxová talks about her career steps.

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Follow-up funding secured: iCCiEE enters second round

The intercultural Co-Creation for international Entrepreneurship Education (iCCiEE) project is entering its next phase: After the successful first term (2023-2024), the project will be funded for a further two years by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) as part of the ‘Higher Education Dialogue with the Islamic World’ programme.

New impulses for HTW Dresden: Prof Ingo Gestring officially inaugurated

The new rector focuses on cooperation, trust and the courage to change

Delegation from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) visits HTW Dresden

A high-ranking delegation from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Canada visited HTWD from 5 to 8 April 2025. The purpose of the visit was to deepen international cooperation in the fields of energy, mechanical engineering and sustainable technologies.

Inauguration of the new Rector of HTW Dresden

Professor Ingo Gestring takes over the management of the university on 1 April 2025.

Research and training cooperation for sustainable water management with the MENA region enters its fifth year

Water resources in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are increasingly under threat - a sustainable solution is more urgent than ever. Together with international partners, the Dresden University of Applied Sciences (HTW Dresden) is focussing on innovative approaches in the field of water management.

‘Virtual Museum of the Orkhon Valley’ officially opened in Ulaanbaatar

Since 2018, students and teachers from the HTW Dresden have been involved in the Mongolian-German Expedition to Mongolia. Now, Dr Hendrik Rohland, visiting professor of archaeoinformatics, has supported the development of a virtual museum that presents the results of over 20 years of Mongolian-German archaeological research. The results of excursions by students from the HTW Dresden to Mongolia have also been incorporated into the museum.