Press releases
Digital twins, smart scheduling, real-time streaming, and learning formats to combat women’s poverty
The winners of the TUM Future Learning Initiative 2025
“To really boost promising projects related to study and teaching at our university” – that’s how TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann described the mission of the TUM Future Learning Initiative 2025. Dozens of proposals were submitted, and four projects particularly impressed the jury. They focus on AI-based solutions for exam preparation and study organization, automatic recording of lectures, and combating poverty among women in old age starting already during their studies.
Global Technology Forum
On Course for the Future
At a time when the academic world is threatened by storms and high waves, a safe ark is needed more than ever. Fortunately, the Global Technology Forum of the Technical University Munich at Campus Heilbronn provides just such an ark. Professors and scientists from all over the world have set sail and come to the city of wine, education and artificial intelligence to forge plans for a sustainable future.
STEM promotion in Miesbach
Second school student research center under the direction of TUM
MINTopolis – The Youth Research Center in the Oberland region aims to inspire children and young people with a passion for STEM subjects and equip them with relevant skills. To this end, State Parliament President Ilse Aigner, District Administrator Olaf von Löwis of Menar and Miesbach Mayor Dr. Gerhard Braunmiller officially opened the center in the historic building of the “Altes Krankenhaus” (old hospital). Under the scientific direction of TUM, pupils will be able to learn and experiment.
Start-up Blackwave builds carbon parts for aerospace
From racing car to rocket tank
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 of Munich (TUM), specializes in this versatile composite material. What began with custom components for sports cars and aircraft has evolved into the development of high-pressure tanks for space applications.
Patients benefit from automatically simplified reports
AI helps cancer patients better understand CT reports
Medical reports written in technical terminology can pose challenges for patients. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has investigated how artificial intelligence can make CT findings easier to understand. In the study, reading time decreased, and patients rated the automatically simplified texts as more comprehensible and more helpful.
THE Interdisciplinary Science Ranking
TUM ranked 13th worldwide for interdisciplinary research
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 Education Interdisciplinary Science Ranking. TUM ranks 13th worldwide as the best German and second-best European university.
Comparison of mechanical and geometric properties for industry and development
Uniform reference system for lightweight construction methods
How can components be designed for an optimal balance of minimal weight and maximum robustness? This is a challenge faced by many industries, from medical device manufacturing to the automotive and aeronautics sectors. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a reference system that permits direct comparisons and evaluations of many different lightweight construction methods.
Lateral roots as an adaptation
How plants search for nutrients
What makes plants tolerant to nutrient fluctuations? An international research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and involving the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has investigated this question on the micronutrient boron. The researchers analyzed 185 gene data sets from the model plant Arabidopsis. Their goal is to then be able to transfer the findings to the important crop plant rapeseed.
Shanghai Subject Rankings
TUM in the top 25 for five subjects
The renowned Shanghai Rankings recognize TUM's research achievements in several subjects as being among the best worldwide. TUM is in the top 10 for agricultural sciences and remote sensing, and in the top 25 for medical technology, ecology and robotics. In four other subjects, it ranks among the best 50 universities.
The use of AI in lectures and exercises
Using AI tools to shape the future of higher education teaching
AI-supported teaching methods are becoming increasingly common in lectures and tutorials. During the visit by Bavarian Minister of Science Markus Blume to the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the focus was on various tools developed at Bavarian universities. In addition, the initial results of the research project “AIffectiveness in Education” were presented. Using OneTutor, an AI tutor software developed at TUM, the project investigates how effectively AI systems can support learning.