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

New economic strength for the future

TUM among the top in European start-up ranking

In Europe, nearly half a million additional start-ups could emerge in ten years if all universities were to harness their...

5/27/2026 Reading time 3 min.

Campus news

Board Academy

Program for members of supervisory and executive boards

At the new Board Academy of the TUM Institute for Lifelong Learning, participants learn about the latest research in tech...

5/22/2026 Reading time 3 min.

Victor Christian Kaharso in the lab. He is examining the cowpea at various stages of germination.

Community

Science Stories: Victor Kaharso

The cowpea as a new source of protein

Feeding a growing global population with healthy, safe, and affordable food is one of the key challenges of the future....

5/21/2026 Reading time 4 min.

Artificial Intelligence

Sensor data from the operating room

How robots are becoming surgical assistants

In the ForNeRo project, researchers analyzed surgeons' movements in the operating room using a sensor-equipped system. They...

5/20/2026 Reading time 4 min.

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Our upcoming event highlights

5/29–30

Long Night of the Universities

Fri 29 – Sat 5/30/2026

Munich

During the lecture tour, professors will give you an insight into their specialist areas.

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6/8

International Symposium Future Learning

Mon 6/8/2026, 9:15 am – 2:00 pm

Munich

International experts discuss AI, education and responsibility – register now!

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6/8

TUMUT – The Food of the Future

Mon 6/8/2026, 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm

Munich

Experience an evening blending science and culinary innovation at the Pinakothek der Moderne (in German).

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6/11

TUM Diversity Day

Thu 6/11/2026, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Munich

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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.