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President Thomas F. Hofmann at Welcome@TUM

First-years' event "Welcome@TUM"

Record numbers expected at semester start

At the Garching campus, TUM welcomed its new students. Up to 16,750 first-year students, nearly half of them international...

10/13/2026 Reading time 4 min.

Artificial Intelligence

Autonomous driving

Connected sensors detect traffic hazards earlier

An AI system combines sensor data from vehicles and traffic infrastructure to create a real-time digital overview of...

10/12/2026 Reading time 3 min.

Sustainability

New ecosystems

“We need to redefine our conservation goals”

Climate change is reshaping which plants and animals live together in ecosystems around the world: some species communities...

10/9/2026 Reading time 3 min.

Sebastian Steinhorst, Professor für Embedded Systems and Internet of Things

Research

Autonomous driving systems

Protecting autonomous vehicles against cyberattacks

Driver-assistance systems are now installed in nearly all modern cars. As a result, safety depends on whether computer...

10/8/2026 Reading time 2 min.

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Our upcoming event highlights

10/12–28

Library Tours

Mon 12 – Wed 10/28/2026

Munich, Garching, Straubing, Freising

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10/17–18

Long Night of Munich Museums

Sat 17 – Sun 10/18/2026,
6:00 pm – 1:00 am

Munich

Stay up late and discover Munich’s cultural diversity—at many stops featuring TUM’s involvement.

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10/19–25

Munich Climate Week

Mon 19 – Sun 10/25/2026

Munich, Garching, Freising, Online

Discover events hosted by TUM and UnternehmerTUM on climate protection, innovation, and sustainability.

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10/20–29

TUMexchange application period

Tue 20 – Thu 10/29/2026

Online

Learn about the next TUMexchange application round for Winter 2027/28 and Summer 2028!

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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.