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Although one or the other may wish it, not all of your studies will take place in one building. Instead, there are some important buildings that will play a role in your everyday study.

Auditorium Center (HSZ)

Especially the basic lectures are not held in the APB, but in the Lecture Hall Center (HSZ). In in this building, which is very monotonous compared to the APB, you will experience many of your lectures. You will also gather some miles while commuting between the APB and the HSZ. The HSZ includes four lecture halls, among others the Audimax, the largest lecture hall of the university and the biggest auditorium in Saxony. In addition, there are some seminar rooms, in which exercises can take place. Behind the "central cube" is the beautiful meadow of the HSZ. On it you can not only relax. Also parties and fairs take place there regularly. And if you're feeling peckish, there's the Grillcube with burgers and the like.

Willersbau

The Willersbau is the mathematics building at the TU Dresden. This is where some of your math classes take place. The Willersbau is in the immediate vicinity of the lecture hall center and the Trefftzbau, which houses the math lecture hall.

Trefftzbau

Parts of your math lectures usually take place here. Since the building is currently being renovated and exceptions confirm rules, no lectures are held there at the moment due to the renovation. In front of the Trefftz building is the Trefftzwiese, which is a great place to relax after a lecture, especially in the summer.

SLUB

The Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library, or SLUB in short, is what is simply called Bib at other universities. With a selection of over 12 million collection units consisting of books, magazines, films, etc., it is one of the largest (university) libraries in Germany.

In addition to haptic reading material, the SLUB also offers an extensive selection of online resources that you can download free of charge as a student. Many of the books that are recommended to you in basic lectures are available in large quantities at the SLUB. So a trip to the textbook department can save you a lot of unnecessary expense. Across from the main building is the DrePunct, a branch of the SLUB where most computer science textbooks are stored. If you are looking for a specific book, it is advisable to check the SLUB website to find out the location of the book. This will save you most of the search and will show you whether the book you are looking for is currently available.

But even for notorious non-readers, the SLUB is a popular place to stay because of the many workstations. If you want to study together with others, there is a spacious entrance area with group tables. In addition, private group rooms can be reserved. If you prefer to study alone, there are of course enough quiet places for you in the SLUB. The quietest workplaces can be found in the central reading room in the second basement, which can also be seen in the picture below. A nice café, where you can pay by Mensa card, completes the whole.

Seminar building

The LSK's language courses take place in the seminar building, recognizable by its particularly beautiful facade. For those who want to go beyond a simple language course, seminars on the culture and politics of selected countries and regions are also offered. For more information, visit the LSK website. The building is located right next to the SLUB, about a 20-minute walk from the APB.

Canteens

Fortunately, if you don't want to spend your studies ordering pizza, you don't have to, because the Studierendenwerk operates a network of 18 refectories. No matter in which building of the university you are, you will find a cafeteria or at least a café nearby. The daily menu of all canteens can be found on the website of the Studierendenwerks.

The largest of the canteens, the Alte Mensa, is fortunately located directly between the faculty and the HSZ. Here you will find a variety of daily changing main dishes, salads and desserts. For friends of late breakfasts or students with disturbed sleep rhythms, the Mensa Siedepunkt offers a warm evening menu between Monday and Friday from 5:30 pm until 7:45 pm. Since the canteens can barely cope with the crowds at peak times, meal times that do not start immediately after the end of a double period are a good idea.

If you don't like what the Alte Mensa has to offer, you can take the 10-minute walk to the Zeltschlösschen. The Zeltschlösschen is a classic refectory that is inferior to the Alte Mensa in pretty much all respects.

In five minutes you can also reach the canteen U-Boot. The name says it all and accordingly, guests dive down the entrance stairs into the atmosphere of an underwater world. There is the new serving counter with an open kitchen. As soon as guests enter the hallway, they find themselves in the "beach area". The blue seating and wooden benches were reinstalled and integrated into the new design concept. In the summer months, the terrace on George-Bähr-Straße invites guests to enjoy a meal under shady trees. Every day at lunchtime, you can choose delicious Vietnamese dishes such as a wok dish, which is also available as a meatless option, as well as fried rice or fried noodles.

You can also escape cooking on weekends, because the kebab place Firat is also open on Saturdays and Sundays. Especially after a productive study session at the SLUB, it is quite convenient to reach with a short walk of about ten minutes.

Students' Clubs Count Down

Dresden is considered the unofficial capital of student clubs, after all there are 15 of them here. The Studentenklub IZ e.V. also runs a small student club, the Count Down, in the depths of the dormitory Güntzstraße 22.

IZ stands for Informatikzentrum and in fact this is the last remaining part of the computer science faculty in Johannstadt, where it had its home until the mid-2000s.

In addition to a large selection of the best beers and the tastiest mate at student prices, the Count Down offers a wide range of events. Game nights, various metal parties, the joint Erasmus country night with the ESN initiative of TU-Dresden as well as werewolf and cocktail nights are part of the regular repertoire.

For further information please visit countdown-dresden.de.