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News, research results and events: everything that enthuses people at our university.

NewIn: Stefan Gold

The hidden cost of production

In this episode of “NewIn,” we meet Stefan Gold, the new professor of Sustainability Management at our Campus Straubing. He...

5/15/2026 Reading time 4 min.

Sustainability

Study on closed-loop recycling

Improving plastics recycling from end-of-life vehicles

Each year, four to six million cars are scrapped in the EU—resulting in the loss of ressources. The EU End-of-Life Vehicles...

5/13/2026 Reading time 3 min.

TUM in Rankings

Business administration & informatics

Top marks from students in the CHE Ranking

In the new CHE University Ranking 2026, students majoring in business administration and business informatics were asked to...

5/7/2026 Reading time 1 min.

President

Deutsches Museum

Thomas F. Hofmann new Chair of the Board of Trustees

The Deutsches Museum has a new Chair of its Board of Trustees. Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, President of the Technical...

5/8/2026 Reading time 2 min.

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Our upcoming event highlights

4/23–10/18

Exhibition "Convivium - Food systems at the limit"

Thu 4/23/2026 – Sun 10/18/2026

Munich

Come visit our architecture museum’s exhibition on the spatial and technical fundamentals of food production.

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5/20

First-Generation Academics

Wed 5/20/2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Garching

Find out more about doctoral advice for first-generation students and register now!

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5/20

World Bee Day

Wed 5/20/2026, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Freising

Experience bees up close: hands-on activities, microscope views and knowledge about our pollinators!

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6/8

Presidential Student Lunch Freising

Mon 6/8/2026, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Freising

Apply by May 18 and talk to President Thomas F. Hofmann about your ideas.

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Degree programs

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.

TUM in figures

Students

ERC Grants for cutting-edge research

Nobel Prizes

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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.