History of the Institute
| 1836 | Founding of the Royal Gewerbschule to Chemnitz |
| 1929 | Renamed National Academy of Engineering |
| 1947 | Reopening of the technical colleges Chemnitz |
| 1952 | Renamed Technical School of Mechanical and Electrical |
| 1953 | Establishment of the College of Engineering Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| 1955 | Founding of the Institute for Standardization (KÜMMEL) |
| 1956 | Founding of the Institute of Management Sciences (SCHLÄFER) |
| 1959 | Association for the Institute of Systems, Standardization (SCHLÄFER, KÜMMEL, MARTINI, KUNOW) |
| 1963 | Presentation of the status of Institute of Technology |
| 1969 | Establishing the technology section of the metalworking industry with the fields of business project planning and production process control (WIRTH), maintenance (WOLF), standardization (KUNOW) Work Science (Kulka, later Puttrich and Hartmann) |
| 1986 | Presentation of the status of Technical University; Commissioning of the first automated factory |
| 1992 | Replacement of professorships Work Science(ENDERLEIN), Factory Planning and Factory Management (WIRTH, FÖRSTER), production process control and factory automation (PETERMANN) |
| 1995 | Start-up of the Institute of Management and Factory Systems by Professors Enderlein, Förster, Petermann, Wirth; Establishment of Honorary Professor of Construction and Facilities Management (DÖREN) |
| 2000 | Establishment of honorary professor of Industrial and Construction Management (ERFURTH) |
| 2002 | Appointment of Egon Müller professor of Factory Planning and Factory Management |
| 2004 | Appointment of Mrs Birgit Spanner-Ulmer as Professorship of Human Factors and Work Design |
| 2005 | Adoption of the modernized institution building |
| 2006 | The 50th anniversary of the IBF |
| 2007 | Start of construction and reconstruction of D-Reopening of the experiment and Digital Factory (EDF) |
| 2009 | Groundbreaking Project House Meteor |
| 2011 | Completion Project House Meteor and third stage of the experiment and Digital Factory (EDF) |
| 2012 | Interim way acquisition of the Professorship of Human Factors and Work Design by Dr. rer. pol. Angelika C. Bullinger-Hoffmann |