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15-year-old students in Germany

PISA study shows significant drop in performance

Young people in Germany are less proficient in mathematics, reading and science as compared to 2018. This is revealed in...

12/05/2023 Reading time 7 min.

Agriculture trainee at the Weihenstephan campus with wheat seeder

Sustainability

Analysis of EU agricultural subsidies

Higher productivity through decoupled direct payments

Better alignment with the market is one of the goals pursued by the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in recent...

12/04/2023 Reading time 3 min.

Campus news

Award ceremony in Berlin

Thomas F. Hofmann named University Manager of the Year

TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann has been honored as "University Manager of the Year 2023" by the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT...

11/30/2023 Reading time 1 min.

Menschen in Kunstinstallation von T. O. Roth, 2019

Campus news

Science meets Art

TUM Center for Culture and Arts founded

A closer connection between art and science and the stimulation of intellectual exchange across disciplines, cultures and...

12/01/2023 Reading time 3 min.

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Our upcoming event highlights

12/06

Lecture series "Science for Everyone": 3D avatars

Wednesday 12/06/2023, 19:00 - 20:30

Deutsches Museum and livestream

Come to the lecture by Prof. Matthias Niessner and learn more about the photorealistic reproduction of 3D avatars.

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12/07

Dies academicus 2023

Thursday 12/07/2023, 10:00 - 12:00

Main Campus

Join us for the Annual Academic Celebration in the Audimax as we look back on the highlights of the past year.

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12/13

Lecture by Iris Bell on Smart Cities

Wednesday 12/13/2023, 06:30 - 08:00

Changing event locations / Zoom

Talk of the environmental lecture series: Cities of Change. Also check out the full semester program!

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12/07-02/18

Photo exhibition "Nobel Heroes"

Thursday 12/07/2023 - Sunday 02/18/2024

München (main campus)

Explore the world of Nobel Laureates, presented in a unique collection of portraits by Peter Badge.

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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.

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.