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In the "Looking Behind the Doctorate" interview series by the TUM Graduate School, doctoral candidates share insights into their personal experiences, decisions, and plans for the future – this time, Hà Mai Lê Ngọc talks about her research on… [read more]

Get exciting insights into studying at the Technical University of Munich with our video series “5 Questions @TUMED”, in which students from the TUM School of Engineering and Design tell us about their experiences during their studies. [read more]

"Appointment with..." is a series of interviews introducing new professors at the TUM School of Engineering and Design (ED): In conversation with Prof. Christian Reiter, Professorship of Applied Nuclear Technologies. [read more]

Baustellen sind nach wie vor geprägt von lauten und stinkenden Dieselmotoren. Zwar gibt es auf dem Markt zunehmend batterieelektrisch betriebene Maschinen und Fahrzeuge, der große Durchbruch hin zur lokal emissionsfreien und energieeffizienten… [read more]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Finn-Matti Hirtz, Zeno Blaas und Jan Ludwig! Ihr Entwurfsprojekt "Dunkle Schale, Heller Kern" wurde als eines von drei Siegerprojekten bei der proHolz Student Trophy 2026 ausgezeichnet. [read more]

The fourth episode of the video series "Shaping the Future – Female Engineers Report from the Field" features Theresa Grill, a construction manager specializing in building restoration at LEONHARD WEISS GmbH & Co. KG. [read more]

How can robots and humans work together as effectively as possible in the operating room of the future? Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and TUM University Hospital investigated this question as part of the ForNeRo research… [read more]

Densely populated coastal regions in many parts of the world are particularly vulnerable to flooding. The sinking of land masses exacerbates the impacts of rising sea levels in these areas. This is shown by researchers from the Technical University… [read more]

"Appointment with..." is a series of interviews introducing new professors at the TUM School of Engineering and Design (ED): In conversation with Prof. Niklas Kochdumper, Professorship of Spacecraft Control. [read more]

Wie konnte München nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg seinen einzigartigen Charakter bewahren? Im Film "Ein einzelner Architekt rettete Münchens Barock-Architektur: Erwin Schleichs Wiederaufbau" des Formats "Baroqueblockbuster" spricht TUM-Professor Andreas… [read more]

Risk and Safety student Elly Reich shares what a typical day on campus is like, from studying in the library and attending a lecture on Bayesian Networks, to having lunch with friends at the Mensa. [read more]

From mechanical engineer to e-health pioneer: Carola Fuchs is helping shape the digital future of medicine at healthcare company PARI. The TUM Alumna shows that there are many paths that lead to the same goal. [read more]

A conversation with academic program advisor Felix Müller about the Bachelor’s degree program in Geodesy and Earth Observation at the TUM School of Engineering and Design (ED). [read more]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Architektur-Masterabsolventin Christina Arnold! Sie wurde für ihre Thesis "Passstück im Bestand. Rischarts Backhaus, Buttermelcherstraße 16" mit dem Hans Döllgast Preis 2026 prämiert. [read more]

The student initiative EnHands develops low-cost hand prostheses for people in low-income countries. At a prosthetics camp in Bangladesh, organized in cooperation with the partner organization Naya Qadam, five members of the EnHands team adapted two… [read more]

For 100 years, the Versuchsanstalt Obernach of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been dedicated to water research. Founded by science pioneer Oskar von Miller, the test facility focuses on advancing hydropower and, increasingly, on… [read more]

The unity of research and teaching is what defines universities. And it is the combination of academic excellence, didactic skill, and personal commitment that defines good teaching. This is exemplified by TUM lecturers Alisa Machner and Georgia… [read more]

Beim diesjährigen Wettbewerb „Auf IT gebaut – Bauberufe mit Zukunft“ wurden Arbeiten aus der TUM School of Engineering and Design (ED) für ihre digitalen Lösungen im Bauwesen ausgezeichnet. In den Kategorien Bauingenieurwesen und Architektur gingen… [read more]

The federal state-owned Gesellschaft für Zwischenlagerung (BGZ) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) will in the future conduct joint research on the safe interim storage and disposal of radioactive waste. A corresponding "Joint Lab BGZ" was… [read more]

For ten years, Prof. Mark Michaeli played a key leadership role in shaping academic programs and teaching at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He began in 2016 as Dean of Studies at the former Faculty of Architecture and, since 2021, has… [read more]

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Sedlbauer, Chair of Building Physics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his outstanding contributions to science. The award was presented by Bavaria’s Minister of Construction… [read more]

Geological formations in southern Bavaria offer a previously underestimated potential for storing large quantities of hydrogen. They could therefore be an alternative to salt caverns in northern Germany and thus contribute to a better geographical… [read more]

As an urban planner, TUM Alumna Sindi Haxhija builds bridges between research, climate‑neutral urban development, and civic engagement. Her doctoral degree from TUM forms the foundation of her work in the European context today. [read more]

Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are developing a harvesting robot for asparagus. They programmed a prototype that detects and localizes ripe green asparagus, moving at a commercially attractive speed. Further testing is… [read more]

“How can a machine understand the world in 3D?” [read more]

TUM has once again been ranked among the top 20 universities in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, both in engineering (16th) and in natural sciences (19th). In the rankings for five individual subjects, it places among the top 25. In eight… [read more]

From lower-emission propulsion systems and servicing robots to photobioreactors for autonomous life support, researchers at TUM are developing technologies to make spaceflight more sustainable. They aim to balance growth with responsibility and… [read more]

Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have created the first global atlas of the influence of tides on coastal rivers. The regions surrounding these coastal rivers are particularly susceptible to flooding, especially with… [read more]

In the third episode of the video series "Shaping the Future – Female Engineers Report from the Field", TUM alumna Carla Matthäus shares insights into her work as a self-employed energy consultant. [read more]

Sein Studium begann während der Corona-Pandemie – zunächst rein digital, später im ständigen Wechsel zwischen Online- und Präsenzformaten. Für Felix Jahn wurde damals deutlich, wie stark Räume Lernprozesse prägen. Heute absolviert er den Master in… [read more]