Projects and Portraits

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the University of the Bundeswehr Munich (UniBw M) are sending a strong signal for European security and defense capabilities and technological sovereignty: Together with industrial partners, start-ups, the… [read more]

Satellite data shows a 40 percent increase in sea level rise between 2010 and 2012. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) contributed to a study by the European Space Agency (ESA) that examined the loss of water on land, the warming… [read more]

In the second episode of the video series “Shaping the Future – Female Engineers Report from the Field”, Stefanie Gocht, research associate and lecturer at the Chair of Building Physics, talks about the diverse tasks in engineering and the… [read more]

TUM-Architekturstudent Florian Roth wurde für sein Engagement und seine gestalterische Qualität im Studium mit dem Senator Bernhard Borst Preis 2025 ausgezeichnet. [read more]

From the Greek Mediterranean to Bavarian quarry lakes, Dr. Philipp Sinn wants to bring renewable energies to the world with his company. The idea came to him while sailing, and he implemented it at TUM. To this day, the alumnus remains in close… [read more]

In the latest episode "Actually Rocket Science", the Student Council of Aerospace and Geodesy talks with Prof. Nikolaus Adams, Head of the Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics. [read more]

The student club Horyzn at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has achieved a groundbreaking victory in the GoAERO Mission, a global competition to design the world’s first autonomy-enabled rescue aircraft. Out of more than 200 international… [read more]

At the Dies Academicus, TUM is celebrating not only seven new Clusters of Excellence and top positions in international rankings, but also honoring Prof. Michael Krautblatter with the TUM Sustainability Award for his groundbreaking research on… [read more]

In a new video about the Computational Mechanics Master’s program at TUM School of Engineering and Design, Ainhoa shares her personal experience. She explains why she chose this interdisciplinary program, highlights the most exciting aspects of the… [read more]

Simay Berber, a master’s student in Aerospace at the Technical University of Munich and a working student at Airbus Helicopters in Augsburg, designed a Christmas tree made of recycled plastic using 3D printing for the Christmas market in Donauwörth’s… [read more]

What does it take to live like an astronaut on Mars? For Dr. Sydney Dolan, Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Chair of Spacecraft Systems at the Technical University of Munich, the answer came during an unforgettable week at the Mars Desert… [read more]

Die Technische Universität München (TUM) und die Branddirektion München starten eine langfristige Forschungskooperation an der Schnittstelle von vorbeugendem und abwehrendem Brandschutz. Im Fokus stehen praxisrelevante Themen wie die Brandbekämpfung… [read more]

What motivates students to volunteer their free time on top of their studies? Melis Güler and Jonas Süß are Deutschlandstipendium recipients who, through Talente Spenden e.V., create real social impact. Here, they share what drives them — and what… [read more]

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial basis for climate research and the implementation of… [read more]

The successful manufacturer of tunnel boring machines, Dr.-Ing E.h. Martin Herrenknecht, will support climate research at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in the future. Through the TUM University Foundation, he is funding a five-year… [read more]

The TUM School of Engineering and Design (ED) marked yesterday’s Orange Day – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – as part of the global UN "Orange the World" campaign, which runs from 25 November to 10 December and… [read more]

Carbon fiber has become indispensable in high-performance industries such as automotive engineering and aerospace. It’s lightweight, extremely durable, and can be shaped in almost any way. The start-up Blackwave, founded at the Technical University… [read more]

Sechs Preisträger:innen der TUM School of Engineering and Design (ED) wurden mit dem diesjährigen Hochschulpreis des Bayerischen Bauindustrieverbandes für ihre herausragenden wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten in den Kategorien Digitalisierung,… [read more]

Research can develop sustainable solutions to global problems when different disciplines contribute their knowledge and perspectives. The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is particularly successful in this regard, as shown by the Times Higher… [read more]

The European Space Policy Institute’s (ESPI) latest report has identified Space-Based Data Centres (SBDCs) as a significant and rapidly emerging opportunity for Europe’s digital and space industries. Co-authors Prof. Alessandro Golkar, Lara… [read more]