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Best university in the EU

TUM rises to position 22 in the QS World University Rankings

Our university has again moved up in the QS World University Rankings and now holds the 22nd position worldwide. This marks...

6/19/2025 Reading time 3 min.

Research

BioSysteM Cluster of Excellence

"Thinking of biology as technology"

Prof. Friedrich Simmel is the spokesperson for the new BioSysteM Cluster of Excellence. In this interview, he discusses the...

6/20/2025 Reading time 5 min.

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Multidisciplinary research center

TUMCREATE celebrates 15 years in Singapore

Research excellence, innovation and international cooperation – this is what TUMCREATE in Singapore stands for since 2010....

6/17/2025 Reading time 3 min.

Research

Computational Neurosciences

How artificial intelligence can learn from mice

The ability to precisely predict movements is essential not only for humans and animals, but also for many AI applications...

6/12/2025 Reading time 3 min.

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Our upcoming event highlights

6/23–26

IKOM 2025

Mon 23 – Thu 6/26/2025

Garching

Thesis or starting your career? The largest student career fair offers insights into exciting companies. Register now!

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6/24

Panel discussion on the play "The Doctor"

Tue 6/24/2025, 7:30 pm

Munich

Discuss with Alena Buyx & other guests from medicine, nursing, ethics and pastoral care at the Residenztheater

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7/24–25

Learning Days: Digital work & AI

Thu 24 – Fri 7/25/2025

Online

We invite all employees to virtual short workshops on digital working and AI. Register now!

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6/26

TUM Entrepreneurship Day

Thu 6/26/2025, 9:00 am – 9:00 pm

Munich

Find out everything about entrepreneurship and innovation and exchange ideas with successful start-ups!

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What drives us: President Thomas F. Hofmann about TUM

Research and innovations for society, innovative teaching and continuing education: This is how we shape a sustainable future, relying on the intelligence of the entire university and working closely with global partners to do so.

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Our research goals

Understanding the essential foundations of life

We explore which fundamental forces and mechanisms shaped the universe and how its galaxies, stars and planets developed - and how life originated.

Maintaining health and targeting diseases

How will we treat serious illnesses in the future and how can we make reliable diagnoses more quickly? We address these questions with the latest technologies and methods.

Shaping a sustainable living environment

We combine all our expertise to slow down climate change and create sustainable places to live and work.

Creating new materials and manufacturing technologies

High-precision sensors on a quantum basis and new systems for storing energy - we develop digital manufacturing technologies and sustainable process engineering.

Pioneering digital transformation for a secure future

We develop secure digital technologies that make life and work easier. Our goal is to find solutions to questions of digital change and to constantly drive them forward.