Dresden University of Technology (TUD) is one of Germany’s leading research institutions and has been recognized as a University of Excellence. With around 29,000 students and 8,500 staff members, 122 degree programs, and 17 faculties, it is one of the largest technically oriented universities in the country. As TUD | The Collaborative University, it embraces collaboration across disciplinary, organizational, and national boundaries, working in close exchange with academia, industry, and society.
TUD represents a self-concept that combines scientific excellence with innovative strength, and regional responsibility with a global outlook — collaborative. inventive. transformative. engaged.
50Hertz is one of the four transmission system operators in Germany and part of the international Elia Group. Together, we ensure the electricity supply for around 18 million people in northern and eastern Germany and actively drive the energy transition in Europe. Our high-voltage grid, spanning approximately 10,000 kilometers, extends from Hamburg to Leipzig and from Brandenburg to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Our mission is to expand the high-voltage grid in line with demand, maintain it, transport electricity reliably over long distances, and integrate it into the European grid.
Our goal is not only to make the electricity supply secure and stable, but also sustainable: by 2032, we aim to integrate 100 percent renewable energy into our grid on an annual basis—a highly ambitious target that requires technical innovation and creative solutions.
We work closely with European grid operators and thus take responsibility far beyond Germany’s borders, because a stable and sustainable power grid is the foundation of a climate-neutral Europe.
As an employer, we offer an exciting environment with challenging projects, numerous development opportunities, and genuine teamwork. 50Hertz stands for openness, diversity, and a modern corporate culture in which new ideas are welcome.
As the world’s leading resource of independent energy experts and technical advisors, we help industries and governments manage the many complex, interconnected change processes taking place in the energy industry globally and regionally. Through our consulting, monitoring, verification and certification services, we provide assurance across the entire energy value chain – from generation and production, transmission and distribution to end use. We support the operation of high-risk physical and digital assets and systems in the areas of wind, solar/photovoltaic, energy storage, hydrogen, oil, gas, synthetic fuels, power grids and carbon capture and storage. Our more than 5,000 dedicated experts who work closely with our customers in the energy sector make us the trusted partner to manage the greatest global change in a generation: the energy transition.
As the largest municipal utility in eastern Germany, the SachsenEnergie Group reliably supplies around 600,000 customers with energy, water, telecommunications services, as well as energy-related services and modern infrastructure. SachsenEnergie is a partner of the Free State of Saxony and the state capital Dresden. More than 160 municipal shareholders rely on modern supply concepts and efficient energy management. With the contribution of over 4,100 employees, SachsenEnergie generates revenues of €5.5 billion and plans to invest around €700 million in 2025 in the security of supply and the future viability of Saxony.
As part of the SachsenEnergie Group, SachsenNetze, as the electricity and gas network operator in Dresden and eastern Saxony, ensures reliable energy distribution within its grid areas through modern and high-performance infrastructure. SachsenNetze plans to invest around €732 million by 2027 solely in the expansion and renewal of electricity grids.
Each year, more than 50 apprentices and dual students start their careers at the SachsenEnergie Group in ten apprenticeship professions and five degree programs. All apprentices of the SachsenEnergie Group are generally offered employment for at least one year upon successfully completing their final examinations. With very good to good performance, apprentices are even guaranteed permanent employment.
TenneT Germany is the largest transmission system operator in Germany (in terms of circuit length, installed capacity, and control area size; as of 31 December 2024). The company operates critical infrastructure that enables access to a reliable, sustainable, and affordable electricity supply. TenneT Germany employs around 5,000 people and is one of the largest investors in onshore and offshore power grids in Germany. Located at the north-western European energy hub, TenneT Germany connects north and south, offshore and onshore, Germany and Europe.
Our growth is driven by rapidly evolving electricity demand, which requires a flexible and expanding grid architecture. TenneT Germany is part of the TenneT Group, the European market leader in cross-border grid expansion and a pioneer in connecting the European mainland to one of the world’s largest renewable energy sources: the North Sea.
BKW Infra Services Europa SE is part of the BKW Infra Services Group and represents the competence center for Germany.
With around 750 employees, BKW Infra Services Europa SE is present at 11 locations across Germany through its subsidiaries LTB Leitungsbau GmbH, BKW Anlagentechnik GmbH, BKW Energy Solutions GmbH, BKW Storage Solutions GmbH, as well as the ABE Group and Elektroanlagen Dresden-Mitte GmbH.
Our portfolio ranges from planning and engineering to the construction and maintenance of overhead lines, substations, grid stabilization systems, and cable infrastructure. In this way, we make a decisive contribution to the energy transition in Germany.
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), founded in 1743, is one of Germany’s largest and most innovative universities, with around 40,000 students, more than 600 professors, and approximately 16,000 staff members. In international university rankings, FAU regularly places among the leading institutions for innovation and knowledge transfer.
As a comprehensive university with five faculties, FAU offers more than 270 degree programs and is characterized by a strong interdisciplinary profile. With approximately €300 million in third-party funding per year—including around €110 million from the German Research Foundation (DFG)—FAU ranks among the top ten universities in Germany in terms of DFG funding.
Key research areas include immunomedicine, quantum technologies, medical engineering, advanced materials, artificial intelligence, and human rights. Close cooperation with leading non-university research institutions and industry partners shapes FAU’s profile as a globally connected innovation university.
In the field of energy engineering, FAU is one of Germany’s leading innovation hubs through its research on sustainable energy systems and intelligent grids, actively contributing to the energy transition from fundamental research to industrial application.