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Thomas F. Hofmann is Chairman of the University of Bavaria

The President of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, was elected as the new Chairman of the...

7/11/2025 Reading time 2 min.

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NewIn: Stefan Guldin

New approaches to future nutrition

Stefan Guldin is the new Professor of Complex Soft Matter at the TUM School of Life Sciences and Scientific Co-Director of...

7/10/2025 Reading time 1 min.

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Research

Interdisciplinary research network

New center for brain research in Garching

A new connectomics research center will be established on the TUM campus in Garching, which will focus on the comprehensive...

7/10/2025 Reading time 2 min.

Beim Kunstarealfest 2025 ist die Licht- und Klanginstallation "Sonic Revolutions / Heaven's Caroussel" des Künstlers Tim Otto Roth vor der Alten Pinakothek zu sehen. Die Installation ist in Kooperation des TUM Center for Culture and Arts und der Professur für Audio-Signalverarbeitung an der TUM (Prof. Seeber) entstanden.

Campus

Looking back on Kunstareal Festival

Science and arts meet in the center of Munich

TUM is located right in the heart of Munich's Kunstareal, one of Europe's most important arts and culture destinations. The...

7/10/2025 Reading time 5 min.

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7/8–14

University elections

Tue 8 – Mon 7/14/2025

Online

Students and staff are invited to cast their vote online this year!

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7/15

WO/MEN IN STEM Round Table

Tue 7/15/2025, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Garching

Get to know inspiring women and their career paths in STEM!

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7/17

Career Day Munich

Thu 7/17/2025, 8:45 am – 8:00 pm

Munich, Online

A whole day of events for the perfect start to your career. Register now!

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7/22

Program for the Women's Euro Football

Tue 7/22/2025, 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Munich

Celebrate the first semi-final of Euro 2025 with us on the Campus at the Olympic Park!

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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.