Editing Dresden (section)

===Universities===
Dresden is home to a number of renowned universities, but among German cities it is a more recent location for academic education.
* The [[Dresden University of Technology]] (Technische Universität Dresden, abbreviated as TU Dresden or TUD) with more than 36,000 students (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/profil/portrait|title=About TU Dresden – Short Portrait|access-date=20 September 2019|url-status=dead|website=tu-dresden.de|archive-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719021233/https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/profil/portrait}}</ref> was founded in 1828 and is among the oldest and largest [[University of Technology|Universities of Technology]] in Germany. It is currently the university of technology in Germany with the largest number of students but also has many courses in [[social studies]], economics and other non-technical sciences. It offers 126 courses. In 2006, the TU Dresden was successful in the [[German Universities Excellence Initiative]] of the [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany)]].
* The [[Dresden University of Applied Sciences]] (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden) was founded in 1992 and had about 5,300 students in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.htw-dresden.de/oea/Presse/06_Imma.pdf|title=HTW Dresden immatrikuliert 1.434 Studierende|website=htw-dresden.de|language=de|access-date=20 September 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607030317/http://www.htw-dresden.de/oea/Presse/06_Imma.pdf|archive-date=7 June 2007}}</ref>
* The [[Dresden Academy of Fine Arts]] (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden) was founded in 1764 and is known for its former professors and artists such as [[George Grosz]], [[Sascha Schneider]], [[Otto Dix]], [[Oskar Kokoschka]], [[Bernardo Bellotto]], Carl-Gustav Carus, [[Caspar David Friedrich]] and [[Gerhard Richter]].
* The [[Palucca School of Dance]] (Palucca Hochschule für Tanz)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.palucca.eu/en.html |title=Palucca Hochschule für Tanz |access-date=15 March 2016 |archive-date=16 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316125114/http://www.palucca.eu/en.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> was founded by [[Gret Palucca]] in 1925 and is a major European school of [[free dance]].
* The [[Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden|Carl Maria von Weber College of Music]] was founded in 1856.

Other universities include the ''Hochschule für Kirchenmusik'', a school specialising in [[Christian music|church music]], and the ''Evangelische Hochschule für Sozialarbeit'', an education institution for social work.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}} The ''Dresden International University'' is a private postgraduate university, founded in 2003 in cooperation with the Dresden University of Technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.di-uni.de/diu-dresden-international-university |title=Mission, Leitbild und Ziele |website=Dresden International University |language=de |access-date=12 May 2020 |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730041528/https://www.di-uni.de/diu-dresden-international-university |url-status=live }}</ref>