Dec. 3, 2025 | Alumni

Between textbooks and a YouTube channel: Questions for Professor Matthias Reich

Germany's only professor of deep drilling technology is just one role of the versatile expert on the liquid treasures of the subsurface: he runs the YouTube channel "Spaß mit Tiefbohrtechnik", is a guitarist in a happy metal band and has written a children's book. Professor Matthias Reich officially retired at the end of September, but will remain in Freiberg - and on YouTube anyway.  Read more...
Nov. 8, 2025 | Alumni

TUBAF celebrates graduates, doctoral and post-doctoral graduates

553 graduates and 79 doctoral and post-doctoral graduates are saying goodbye to TU Bergakademie Freiberg this year. More than 200 of them will celebrate their academic degrees on 8 November in the Alte Mensa in Freiberg city centre. The most common degrees are in engineering, natural sciences and economics. With their knowledge, graduates and postgraduates are sought-after specialists for global challenges.  Read more...
Oct. 11, 2024 | Alumni

"There's no getting around the biosciences": Prof Michael Schlömann is retired - and still has a lot planned

The microbiologist Prof Dr Michael Schlömann was appointed to the TU Bergakademie Freiberg 26 years ago. With his teaching and research, he made a significant contribution to firmly establishing biology as a discipline at the university. He was Dean and Vice-Rector of Education and took over the university management as Acting Rector on an interim basis in 2008. Michael Schlömann is now retiring. But only formally: he will remain at TU Bergakademie Freiberg as a researcher, because he still has a lot planned!  Read more...