1. Top-level international research

We are a globally acclaimed research university with tradition. We achieve top results in technology, the sciences and medicine. The new high technologies and life sciences are our core competences.

2. Scientific exchange and cosmopolitan outlook

We encourage scientific exchange. Our university culture is cosmopolitan and hospitable. As we see it, excellent research is not a question of origin, skin colour, gender or religion. The interdisciplinary work accounts for a large proportion of our activities. We collaborate with renowned companies, universities and research institutions on a national and international level.

3. Excellent learning environment

We produce highly qualified graduates. Our junior scientists can give their innovative spirit a free rein. It is precisely in this point that we see the opportunities for a perpetual regeneration of our university.

4. Science and technology for humankind

The ongoing development of science and technology is our mission. Not for its own sake, however, but to place the benefits for our society centre stage. Technological and scientific progress has to respect people's dignity, sustainable business and the protection of the environment. We uphold clear academic goals: cultural sensitivity and social competence are just as important as professional pre-eminence and economic infrastructures.

5. Close connections with practice

We continually adapt to new requirements in terms of both degree courses and further education, accelerating the transfer of knowledge and technology between the university and the fields of implementation as we do so. Because careers and professional qualifications are nowadays characterised by 'life-long learning'.

6. Modern management

We accept the challenges imposed on the 'entrepreneurial university' by today's society and business world. It is with this in mind that we have created contemporary organisational and management structures. We regularly set up new fields of development between science and industry. And we are committed to the performance principle.

7. Gender equality and family-friendliness

Besides actively promoting genuinely equal opportunities for men and women, we also aim to accommodate gender topics on all levels of university life. In our capacity as a family-conscious university, we give our members every support towards a better reconciliation of career and family commitments. In fact, we are resolutely pursuing the goal of becoming Germany's most attractive Technical University for women.

8. Dialogue with the public domain

We communicate with the public domain. Because it is important that society realises what we are contributing to our future in terms of science and technology.