Welcome
to Chemnitz
There is a lot going on culturally in this 'little big city' — after all, it takes a lot to become the European Capital of Culture 2025! And you can be a part of it! Chemnitz has always been associated with culture. With a variety of clubs, theatres, cinemas, art, and festivals, this city at the gate to the Ore Mountains has a lot to offer — and also brings you closer to a wealth of unique industrial culture.
In the art collections, for example, you can really lose yourself in the expressionism of Karl Schmidt-Rotluff. Or how about the works of Henry van de Velde in the Henry van de Velde Museum? The Schlossberg Museum introduces you to Chemnitz’s history, while the Gunzenhauser Museum exhibits classical modernism and 20th century art.
For a real highlight, check out the off-culture event “Begehungen”: This art exhibition, featuring performances, readings, and concerts, moves to a new venue every year — in empty buildings, on wasteland, even once in a former prison and an allotment area.
Chemnitz also offers a lively nightlife with bars, clubs and pubs around the Brühl and the city center. Concerts and alternative events at the AJZ or the Spinnerei also offer a wide range of opportunities to enjoy student life to the full.
Everything is within quick and easy reach, which means Chemnitz will quickly feel like home without being cramped. The central campus is more international than almost any other campus in Germany. One in four students comes from another country, and more and more of the almost 100 degree programmes are taught entirely in English.
There’s even an international option for the little ones: The Chemnitz-Zwickau Student Service’s “Campulino” daycare centre on the university campus gives children up to the age of six from various nations the chance to explore and discover to their heart’s content — 100 places are available to children of students and academics. Yet another reason why studying in Chemnitz offers a bright future.
There is a lot going on culturally in this 'little big city' — after all, it takes a lot to become the European Capital of Culture 2025! And you can be a part of it! Chemnitz has always been associated with culture. With a variety of clubs, theatres, cinemas, art, and festivals, this city at the gate to the Ore Mountains has a lot to offer — and also brings you closer to a wealth of unique industrial culture.
In the art collections, for example, you can really lose yourself in the expressionism of Karl Schmidt-Rotluff. Or how about the works of Henry van de Velde in the Henry van de Velde Museum? The Schlossberg Museum introduces you to Chemnitz’s history, while the Gunzenhauser Museum exhibits classical modernism and 20th century art.
For a real highlight, check out the off-culture event “Begehungen”: This art exhibition, featuring performances, readings, and concerts, moves to a new venue every year — in empty buildings, on wasteland, even once in a former prison and an allotment area.
Chemnitz also offers a lively nightlife with bars, clubs and pubs around the Brühl and the city center. Concerts and alternative events at the AJZ or the Spinnerei also offer a wide range of opportunities to enjoy student life to the full.
Everything is within quick and easy reach, which means Chemnitz will quickly feel like home without being cramped. The central campus is more international than almost any other campus in Germany. One in four students comes from another country, and more and more of the almost 100 degree programmes are taught entirely in English.
There’s even an international option for the little ones: The Chemnitz-Zwickau Student Service’s “Campulino” daycare centre on the university campus gives children up to the age of six from various nations the chance to explore and discover to their heart’s content — 100 places are available to children of students and academics. Yet another reason why studying in Chemnitz offers a bright future.
The university
Chemnitz University of Technology
When it was founded as the “Königliche Gewerbschule” in 1836, today’s Chemnitz University of Technology was nowhere near as big as it is now. Almost 8,500 students from around 90 countries now study…