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

Sustainability

Potential for cell therapies

Genetic processes in cells read non-destructively

Until now, studying the genetic processes in cells required destroying them - making it impossible to observe these...

5/5/2026 Reading time 2 min.

Community

TUM Sustainability Day 2026

Shaping sustainability together

At the Garching research campus, students, researchers, TUM employees and international partners demonstrated how their...

4/30/2026 Reading time 5 min.

Exterior view of the StudiTUM House at Trogerstraße 12, showing a light-colored historic building with wooden-framed windows connected to a modern extension. In the foreground, a paved walkway leads to an accessible entrance with steps and a ramp, surrounded by trees and landscaped green areas.

Studies

Fourth StudiTUM House opened

New space for learning and exchange at TUM Hospital

Creating space for creativity, collaboration, and concentration – this is the mission of the student-managed StudiTUM...

5/4/2026 Reading time 3 min.

Sustainability

Bees in the city

New approach to the coexistence of wild and honey bees

The rising popularity of urban beekeeping has raised concerns about honeybee well-being and the impact they might have on...

4/29/2026 Reading time 3 min.

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Our upcoming event highlights

5/4–8

European Union Week

Mon 4 – Fri 5/8/2026

Munich, Online

Visit the action week and share your thoughts on new ideas for the future of Europe!

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5/6–8

maiTUM

Wed 6 – Fri 5/8/2026

Munich

Celebrate with us into May - at the maiTUM festival full of music, enjoyment and a good atmosphere!

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5/7

Local climate and environment action

Thu 5/7/2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Heilbronn

Join the debate of the TUM Europe Dialogue Series, which brings together voices on local climate initiatives.

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5/10

Munich reads – from burned books

Sun 5/10/2026

Munich

Commemoration of the book burning by the Nazis in 1933. Come and take a stand against forgetting.

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Event Overview

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.