Population
564,9K
Dresden, Stadt · 2024-12-31 · AGS 14612000
Cities
Dresden
SN · Dresden municipality
Student decision snapshot
Study destination evidence for Dresden
Dresden uses the official Destatis / GV-ISys municipality boundary for the public city and population contract. Metro areas, neighbouring municipalities and institution marketing regions are not silently folded into this profile.
1 verified institutions1 verified teaching locations5 verified city metrics
Student living
€750–€900
Indicative monthly EUR reference · source methodology varies by city
Student transport
€226.80 / semester
Source-native ticket period · enrolment or eligibility conditions apply
Student work
20 h / week
Federal reference for eligible third-country students during lecture periods; individual residence conditions still control
Metric context
Living: TU Dresden Hydro Science & Engineering describes typical monthly living expenses in Dresden as EUR 750–900.
Transport: WS 2026/27 Deutschlandsemesterticket; total semester contribution EUR 361.00.
Germany programme delivery verification pending
CampCareer has a Germany programme catalogue, but the current city seed relationships do not prove campus-specific delivery. Institution or teaching-location presence is never used to infer programme delivery; city programmes will appear only after explicit offering-to-campus evidence is verified.
The city catalogue state is shown as verification pending rather than “0 programmes”.
Verified institutions in Dresden municipality
1 institutions · 1 locationsThis is the Phase 3 initial verified teaching-location set, not a complete inventory of every German university site. Multi-campus institutions are kept inside the municipality boundary only when the teaching location itself is explicitly verified.
Technische Universität Dresden
Verified domain tu-dresden.de · 1 teaching location
TUD Campus Südvorstadt
Career environment
City of Dresden strong-industry profile These are context signals, not shortage rankings, job guarantees or immigration eligibility signals.
Microelectronics and semiconductorsNanotechnologyRoboticsInternet of Things and cloudArtificial intelligence and 6GLife sciencesSustainability technologies
International student work context
The stored federal reference is up to 20 hours per week during lecture periods for eligible third-country students, or the annual 140 full / 280 half-day rule.
Student auxiliary academic work has a separate exception in the stored federal guidance.
Third-country students may use the 140 full/280 half-day annual rule or work up to 20 hours/week during lecture periods; student auxiliary academic work is exempt from these restrictions.
Metric sources
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder — GV-ISys · 2024-12-31 · high confidenceCity of Dresden — Tomorrow’s Home · 2025-05-21 · medium confidenceTU Dresden — Hydro Science & Engineering · 2026-08-10 · medium confidenceStuRa TU Dresden — Semester contribution · 2026-08-10 · high confidenceMake it in Germany — Study and work · 2026-08-10 · high confidence
City Compare
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