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This is another milestone on the way to becoming the largest university campus for aerospace and geodesy in Europe: just in time for the new winter semester, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has spacious lecture and seminar rooms with room… [read more]

Pioneering ideas need space to develop - students at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are being given a state-of-the-art workshop, the TUMorrow Factory, at the Garching campus to turn their avant-garde ideas into technical prototypes. The… [read more]

Auf Initiative aus der Wissenschaft bekennen sich die deutsche Verkehrsbranche und die Politik zur Förderung des autonomen Fahrens im ÖPNV und Güterverkehr. MCube, der „Münchner Cluster für die Zukunft der Mobilität in Metropolregionen“ unter der… [read more]

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed hollow microspheres made of mucus and polydopamine using a simple and scalable production method. These tiny spheres are intended to serve as packaging for therapeutic substances,… [read more]

As the Earth moves through space, it wobbles slightly. A team of researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of Bonn has now succeeded in measuring these fluctuations in the Earth's axis using a completely new method… [read more]

Architekt und Hochschullehrer Prof. Uwe Kiessler ist am 29. Juli 2025 im Alter von 88 Jahren verstorben. Von 1990 bis 2002 war er Ordinarius für Integriertes Bauen an der Technischen Universität München (TUM). [read more]

In the Magdalen Chapel in Regensburg, centuries-old wall paintings meet cutting-edge research. As part of a DFG research project, an interdisciplinary team from the Chair of Conservation-Restoration, Art Technology and Conservation Science at the… [read more]

Prof. Dr. h.c. Ing. Christian Bartenbach, Honorarprofessor an der Technischen Universität München (TUM), ist am 9. August 2025 im Alter von 95 Jahren verstorben. [read more]

A straight wall is not necessarily a climate-optimized wall. Depending on the wall’s exposure to sun and shade, there is an ideal angle for individual bricks. The calculations come from a digital design configurator – and in the future, a robot will… [read more]

Climate change is making dry periods, droughts and heavy rains increasingly frequent. Brigitte Helmreich, professor at the TUM Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, explains how cities can better prepare for these events and manage local rainfall… [read more]

As an Integrative Research Institute, the Munich Design Institute (MDI) brings together various academic disciplines and incorporates perspectives from the public through design and design research. In this interview, President Prof. Thomas F.… [read more]

On Friday, 11 July 2025, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the TUM School of Engineering and Design celebrated its bachelor's, master's, and doctoral graduates. Researchers received awards for their outstanding theses, donated… [read more]

Students at the TUM department of Architecture, Yuan Zhang, Ruoxi Yang and Ruijie Ma were honoured with the New Realities Competition 2025 after presenting their project "Draw your City", developed at the Chair of Architectural Informatics. [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]

Sixfold increase in productivity, production costs halved, energy consumption and material wastage significantly reduced, component quality improved – the EU-funded research project InShaPe has published impressive numbers. [read more]

Heat, dry periods, torrential downpours, melting glaciers—in the Alps, climate change is already very clear to see. High time to adapt, warn TUM researchers. A matter for all disciplines. [read more]

Im Juli laden wir alle Interessierten zum Open Lunch Table zum Thema Diversity & Equality ein. Die informellen Treffen finden wöchentlich in der Mensa statt und bieten Raum für Austausch, Fragen und gemeinsames Lernen in entspannter Atmosphäre. Ein… [read more]

Franziska Sorger und Öykü Tok, Architekturabsolventinnen der Technischen Universität München (TUM), haben den international renommierten iF DESIGN STUDENT AWARD 2025 gewonnen. Im Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao wurden sie für ihre herausragende… [read more]

On Friday, July 4, 2025, the Department of Aerospace and Geodesy of the TUM School of Engineering and Design held a farewell ceremony for its Bachelor's and Master's graduates and Doctorates of the class of 2024/2025. [read more]

On Monday, the foyer of the Testing Institute for Construction Engineering in Theresienstraße opened its doors for a special event: The Technical University of Munich (TUM) celebrated the rehanging of a mosaic by the artist Karl Knappe. [read more]

On Friday, 11 July 2025, outstanding research and final theses of the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the TUM School of Engineering and Design were honored at a festive award ceremony. A total of six graduates received doctoral and study… [read more]

For their outstanding master’s thesis in the Landscape Architecture program, Katharina von Unold and Vincent Wenk, graduates of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), have been awarded one of the top prizes of the prestigious 2025 Albert Speer… [read more]

At the recent Forum Munich Aerospace held on the TUM Campus Garching, Celia Pelaz (Spire), Andrea Jaime Albalat (Isar Aerospace), and Barbara Texier (Airbus Defence and Space) shared insights from their professional careers with an audience of over… [read more]

With the TUM2TWIN data project, the campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Munich's city center is turning into an international benchmark data set. The Professorship of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, in cooperation with eleven… [read more]

Die Europäische Kommission und Europa Nostra zeichnen den Landschaftsarchitekten Prof. Peter Latz – Emeritus of Excellence der Technischen Universität München (TUM) und ehemaliger Ordinarius für Industrielle Landschaft am Department Architektur der… [read more]

Isar Aerospace, a space company spun off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has achieved a company valuation of over a billion dollars and thus unicorn status. This brings the number of TUM unicorns to 22. Isar Aerospace has developed and… [read more]

Prof. Markus Zimmermann receives Mentor of Excellence Award at the TUM Entrepreneurship Day. [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. Dr.-Ing. Christina Reuter, Chair of Sustainable Production Systems. [read more]

Die Technische Universität München (TUM) hat sich im „QS World University Ranking“ erneut verbessert und Rang 22 weltweit erreicht. Damit steht sie erstmals in einem der drei renommiertesten internationalen Hochschulrankings unter den Top 25. Zudem… [read more]

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to host the 5th Symposium on Space Education Activities (SSEA) - the leading European event promoting space education, talent development and cross-sector… [read more]