The study at the WHZ is technically excellent and geared towards a strong practical relevance. An excellent support ratio of the students by professors and staff, modern equipment, an excellent university library and the close links to the industry make the study at the WHZ particularly attractive. WHZ is particularly successful in applied research.

Projects such as the development of a service data goggle application for the production, the production of capacitive energy storage devices with extremely high carrier density, the development of an automated plug-in system for electromobile public transport, construction of a measuring and test vehicle for the safety inspection of ordinary roads or the use of saline mine water for recovering valuable resources 120 years of tradition in engineering education meet the demands of the future.

In addition to the main areas of technology and Business Administration, WHZ also offers very special degree courses around the topic of quality of life. Degree courses such as Acoustics and Technology in Musical Instrument Making, Sign Language Interpretation, Languages ​​and Business Administration / German Chinese or Design make WHZ a very versatile and attractive university. With the Galerie Angewandte Kunst Schneeberg, students and graduates of the WHZ faculty of the same name have the most attractive opportunity to exhibit their works in Schloss Lichtenwalde near Chemnitz.