Services for First-Year Students

The Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at TU Dresden includes the Faculties of Biology, Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. The collections of these subjects can be found at the following locations:

• Biology: Central Library, occasionally DrePunct
• Chemistry & Food Chemistry: Central Library
• Mathematics: Central Library, occasionally DrePunct
• Physics: Central Library, occasionally DrePunct
• Psychology: Central Library, some DrePunct, Fiedlerstraße and Interim Library Bergstraße

TIP!
The textbook collection area on level 0 of the Central Library is particularly suitable for first-year students of all subjects. There you will find introductory literature, basic works and textbooks on all subjects taught at TU Dresden in several copies for loan.

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The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at TU Dresden included the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Linguistics, Literature and Cultural Studies and the Faculty of Philosophy.

• Students of these disciplines can find the relevant literature mainly in the Central Library of the SLUB.
• The August-Bebel Straße / TextLab library houses our educational science collections, which are relevant for all student teachers or those interested in education. This location is also home to the SLUB TextLab, the SLUB's open text workshop, which supports you in working on and with texts, also in the context of digital humanities.
• Students of the Faculty of Law will find extensive specialist literature in the Interim Library Bergstraße. It is also home to the SLUB Open Science Lab, a place for exchange and collaboration.

TIP!
The textbook collection area on level 0 of the Central Library is particularly suitable for first-year students of all disciplines. There you will find several copies of introductory literature, basic works and textbooks on all subjects taught at TU Dresden to borrow.

CENTRAL LIBRARYAUGUST-BEBEL-STRASSE LIBRARYSLUB TEXTLAB

The Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, the Faculty of Computer Science and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering belong to the Engineering Sciences department at TU Dresden. The literature collections of these faculties can be found at the following locations:

• Textbooks/standard works: Central Library
• Electrical Engineering and Information Technology: Drepunct location Note: the majority of literature is available as eBooks!
• Computer Science: Central Library
• Mechanical Engineering: DrePunct
• Biomedical Engineering: Fiedlerstraße Library

TIP!
The textbook collection on level 0 of the Central Library is particularly suitable for first-year students of all subjects. There you will find several copies of introductory literature, basic works and textbooks on all subjects taught at TU Dresden to borrow.

CENTRAL LIBRARYLIBRARY DREPUNCTLIBRARY FIEDLERSTRASSE

The Faculties of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Transportation Sciences "Friedrich List" and Economics belong to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TU Dresden. The literature of these faculties can be found at the following locations:

• Architecture: Central Library
• Civil Engineering: DrePunct
• Geography/Geosciences: Central Library
• Environmental Sciences: Central Library, Tharandt Library
• Transportation Sciences/Mobility: Central Library, DrePunct
• Water Sciences: Central Library, Drepunct
• Economic Sciences: Central Library

At our decentralized location in Tharandt you will also find our holdings in the field of forestry. Click here for the welcome video for first-year students at Tharandt Library.

TIP!
The textbook collection area on level 0 of the Central Library is particularly suitable for first-year students of all subjects. There you will find several copies of introductory literature, basic works and textbooks on all subjects taught at TU Dresden to borrow.

CENTRAL LIBRARYLIBRARY DREPUNCTLIBRARY THARANDT

Students of the Faculty of Medicine have their own decentralized location, the Fiedlerstraße / Medicine Library, where they can find literature relevant to their subject.

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In addition to its stacks, the Fiedlerstraße library has its own extensive collection of textbooks in the open access area of the library. There you will find several copies of current introductory literature, basic works and textbooks to borrow.

FIEDLERSTRASSE LIBRARY