Ursula M. Staudinger

Rector, Technische Universität Dresden | Professor of Interdisciplinary Aging Science

Today, people live around 30 years longer than 100 years ago. We are healthier, more active and we have a higher standard of living.

Ursula M. Staudinger

2017-08-31T12:05:01+00:00

https://www.ursulastaudinger.com/testimonials/today-people-live-around-30-years-longer-than-100-years-ago-we-are-healthier-more-active-and-we-have-a-higher-standard-of-living/

Mental productivity can be increased even in age.

Ursula M. Staudinger

2017-08-31T12:05:12+00:00

https://www.ursulastaudinger.com/testimonials/mental-productivity-can-be-increased-even-in-age/

The human brain remains modifiable well into old age.

Ursula M. Staudinger

2017-08-31T12:05:30+00:00

https://www.ursulastaudinger.com/testimonials/the-human-brain-remains-modifiable-well-into-old-age/

Ursula M. Staudinger

New Rector of Technische Universität Dresden

Deliah Allgemein March 19, 2020September 30, 2020

On 17th March 2020, Technische Universität Dresden’s Extended Senate elected Ursula M. Staudinger to be the new Rector for a designated term of five years. She is scheduled to take office in mid-August 2020.

In the run-up to the election, presentations were held at the University. Ursula M. Staudinger highlighted the successful substantiation of TU Dresden’s University of Excellence application as a pivotal task for her tenure as Rector and thereby leading the University to a confirmation of its excellence status. To this end, the strengthening of broad interdisciplinarity on equal footing will be of crucial importance.

Excellent Research and Teaching

Staudinger states that, naturally, excellent research must go hand in hand with excellent and innovative teaching. “In addition, I would like to develop TU Dresden into a global university for the 21^st century, and I see the 200^th anniversary in 2028 as an important milestone in this process.” TU Dresden can make decisive contributions to mastering the global challenges facing humanity and at the same time further expand its role as an important societal stakeholder.

Ursula M. Staudinger at TU Dresden © Michael Kretzschmar

As a former professor at TU Dresden, she was deeply impressed by the development of the University in recent years: “It was not least this performance curve of the University that motivated me to apply for the position of Rector.” Professor Ursula M. Staudinger has extensive leadership and management experience, not to mention excellent knowledge of other academic systems, which she would like to bring to TU Dresden, as well as her excellent international networks.

Farewell to Columbia University

Ursula Staudinger has been working at Columbia University in New York since 2013, where she was the Founding Director of the Robert N. Butler Aging Center for five years. She will leave Columbia University in August. “It is not easy for me to leave Columbia University and the extraordinary interdisciplinary network that I was able to build up with colleagues there. I hope I can maintain a close relationship with Columbia,” says Staudinger.