Dresden is booming: over 37,000 students and cultural diversity in focus!

Dresden is booming: over 37,000 students and cultural diversity in focus!

There is moving news from the educational landscape in Saxony: the winter semester 2024/2025 has a total of37,085 students at Dresden universitiesstarted, which means a slight decrease compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, Dresden as a university location shows great interest, especially from abroad. Over1,200 students from Chinahave enrolled to study at local institutions. The disciplines of engineering, law, economics, social sciences and medicine are particularly popular, reflecting the preferences of prospective academics. According to dresden.de, most first-year students come from the neighboring federal states of Saxony, Brandenburg and Thuringia.

Despite this positive development, the total number of students throughout Saxony has increased103,714increased, indicating a growing population and a strong interest in higher education. The university location has once again proven to be attractive.

Demographic changes in Dresden

But it's not just the number of students that are increasing - the population in Dresden is also changing. Since 1999 there has been a continuous increaseHouseholds in Dresden, with the average household size being 20241.78 peoplelies. What is particularly important here is the increase insingle-person householdswhich shows that more and more people are living alone. While 70% of Dresden residents live in multi-person households, the proportion of married couples with children and single parents is only growing slowly. Soon you will find many singles in the city center and in prefabricated housing areas, while suburban areas are more likely to be characterized by families and older couples.

How does it look on the economic side? In 2023, Dresden recorded23,960 branchesin the company register, which means that every seventh branch in Saxony is located here. Particularly noteworthy is the growing importance ofSemiconductor industry, and many Dresdeners are also employed in the healthcare sector as well as in education and training.

Cultural offerings and citizen satisfaction

A look at Dresden's cultural life shows that the city places great value on cultural diversity. The results of the municipal citizen survey show that art, museums and libraries are highly valued by citizens. What is interesting is that theClub cultureis more in demand among younger people, but satisfaction is rather low compared to other cultural offerings. The state operetta remains an integral part of Dresden's cultural landscape, which is increasingly attracting a younger and more diverse audience. Citizens are very satisfied with the offering, staff and the price-performance ratio.

For anyone interested there is the edition “Dresden in numbers – first quarter of 2025“ free of charge online, while a printed form can be ordered from the municipal statistics office.

With these developments, Dresden continues to be a lively place where education, business and culture go hand in hand. Something is happening here – and the people of Dresden should continue to look forward to exciting times ahead!