Settings

Design

If you use one of the color modes, the TUM website and its elements will be displayed in either dark or light.

The settings are stored on your computer and not transferred to the server.

News from the President

We are shaping a sustainable future through responsible research, trustworthy innovations and farsighted concepts for teaching and continuing education. Learn more about the latest developments with current videos, speeches and publications from TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann.

[Translate to English:]

More about Thomas F. Hofmann

Videos, speeches and article

Personal exchange

5/22/2025
Reading time: 8 Min.

Natural sciences, medicine, and social sciences are at the forefront

TUM to receive funding for seven Clusters of Excellence

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has once again made a successful start to the highly competitive Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments: In the future, seven Clusters of Excellence at TUM and its cooperation partners will be funded, as announced by the German Research Foundation (DFG). That is three more than before.

Learn more
President Research Community
5/22/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Fostering start-ups in the field of security and defense

TUM Venture Labs and Hensoldt enter into a strategic partnership

TUM Venture Labs and sensor specialist Hensoldt will jointly promote start-ups focusing on security and defense in the future. The partnership aims to intensify the exchange between research and industry and to open up potential for future investments in promising deep tech start-ups. To this end, Hensoldt will become a platinum partner of TUM Venture Labs and assume a central role in the area of defense in the emerging technology ecosystem.

Learn more
President
Prof. Reinhold Mayer, chairman of the foundation, TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, dean Prof. Christoph Kaserer and Prof. Joachim Weber, member of the foundation's advisory board, after signing the agreement.
5/12/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

Péter Horváth Foundation strengthens TUM Campus Heilbronn

New endowed professorship for controlling and AI

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is establishing a new professorship for controlling and AI with the support of the Péter Horváth Foundation. The foundation will fund research and teaching with three million euros. The professorship will be established at the TUM Campus Heilbronn, which is doing research on the digital transformation of the corporate world.

Learn more
President Studies Research Artificial Intelligence
5/12/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

The start-up ecosystem at TUM is growing

Extended partnership between TUM Venture Labs and Rohde & Schwarz

The ecosystem for start-ups in the field of security, defense, and resilience technologies at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) continues to grow. TUM Venture Labs and the technology group Rohde & Schwarz are expanding their long-standing partnership to include this field. The aim is to jointly identify and promote promising start-ups. Rohde & Schwarz will support the technology hub as an industry and technology partner with expertise and know-how.

Learn more
President Entrepreneurship
Health Minister Judith Gerlach and TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann visit the TUM Venture Lab Healthcare.
5/9/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Support for innovation and start-ups

Health Minister Gerlach visits TUM Venture Lab Healthcare

The Bavarian Minister of Health, Judith Gerlach, has visited the new laboratory facilities at the TUM Venture Lab Healthcare. The Minister handed over a funding grant of 500,000 euros for the SMART HEALTH program, which promotes technology transfer. The TUM Venture Lab Healthcare supports start-ups that put cutting-edge research findings in the fields of digital health, medical technology and life sciences into practice.

Learn more
President Entrepreneurship
5/6/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Board of Trustees confirms incumbent

Thomas F. Hofmann re-elected President of TUM

Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann will remain at the helm of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for another six years. On Monday, the university's Board of Trustees re-elected him as President with a clear majority. This is Hofmann's second term in office. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Prof. Heyo K. Kroemer, said: "I am delighted that Prof. Hofmann will continue to steer TUM on its excellent course of success as President."

Learn more
President Research Campus news
Das TUM Boring Team freut sich über den erfolgreichen Wettkampf und präsentiert den Bohrkopf
4/7/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Third victory for tunnel boring team

TUM Boring wins tunnel boring competition and sets new record

Third participation in the competition, third victory: the student tunnel boring team TUM Boring wins again at the international "Not-A-Boring Competition" in the USA. During the seven-day competition, the team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) set a new length record of 22.5 meters and ultimately took the overall victory.

Learn more
President Studies Campus news Mobility
Launch of the Isar Aerospace rocket at the Norwegian spaceport Andøya.
3/30/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Success for innovation ecosystem in aerospace

TUM spin-off launches first rocket

Isar Aerospace, a spin-off of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has conducted the first test flight of its rocket - and thus also the first launch of a carrier rocket designed to transport loads into orbit from Western Europe. In future, the system will be used to launch small and medium-sized satellites into space, which are crucial for numerous emerging technologies. The founding of the start-up by three graduates was intensively supported at TUM.

Learn more
President Entrepreneurship
Participants of a hackathon at TUM
3/28/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

TUM sets new record for spin-offs

More than 100 new start-ups in one year

At the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the number of newly founded start-ups exceeded 100 for the first time in 2024. The innovation ecosystem centered around TUM is regarded as one of the most successful deeptech hubs in Europe. The Financial Times recently selected UnternehmerTUM as Europe’s leading start-up hub for the second time.

Learn more
President Entrepreneurship
3/12/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

Pioneering educational project by TUM and the Roland Berger Foundation

Supporting socially disadvantaged children with AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the future - but not all children have the same opportunities to learn how to use it. A unique educational project by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Roland Berger Foundation (RBS) addresses precisely this issue: Socially disadvantaged schoolchildren are to develop AI skills at an early age in order to actively shape the digital future.

Learn more
President Research Artificial Intelligence Community Public Engagement
Loader

View all latest news

Technical University of Munich

Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann
The President
Arcisstr. 21
D-80333 Munich

TUM Board of Management
All members

Presidential Office
Dr. oec. Claudia Höfer-Weichselbaumer
Tel.: +49 89 289 22200
Fax: +49 89 289 23399
praesidentspam prevention@tum.de
Entire office team

Media contact
Ulrich Meyer, Dipl. sc. pol. Univ.
Spokesperson of the President
Tel.: +49 89 289 22778
pressespam prevention@tum.de
Corporate Communications Center

Presidential staff

HSTS