Press releases
TUM Trust Center
Platform for digital seals and signatures
The new TUM Trust Center enables administrative processes to be handled digitally and in a legally secure manner. It is already in use in some areas of the university administration and is now available to all employees and students.
Ceremony marking the founding of the M1 Munich Medicine Alliance
"We are making Munich an innovation hub for the future of medicine"
Munich's two universities of excellence, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and LMU, together with their university hospitals, want to work with Helmholtz Munich to strengthen Munich's international reputation as a center for medicine. At a ceremony marking the founding of the "M1 – Munich Medicine Alliance," politicians, scientists, and medical practitioners emphasized its enormous potential.
First Vice President for Strategic Activities in Asia-Pacific
Dr. Markus Wächter appointed as new Vice President of TUM Asia
Dr. Markus Wächter, long-time managing director of the TUM Asia Campus in Singapore, has been given expanded responsibilities. He has been appointed Vice President TUM Asia by the Executive Board of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Based in Singapore, he will be responsible for the strategic development of the TUM network in the Asia-Pacific region.
New infrastructure for pioneering research at the TUM University Hospital
Construction begins on new Center for Digital Medicine and Health
Construction has officially begun on the new Center for Digital Medicine and Health (ZDMG) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), marked by a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony. The interdisciplinary center, which will bring together medical research, artificial intelligence, and data science under one roof, is being built on the campus of the TUM University Hospital Rechts der Isar.
Entrepreneurship Day brings together Munich ecosystem
Presidential Award goes to AI start-up
For the development of an AI tool that translates complex texts into plain language, the start-up SUMM AI has received the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award. The other finalists for this year’s award were KEWAZO, with a robot for the construction industry, and Phlair, with a new technology for CO2 capture.
TUM spin-off worth over a billion dollars
Isar Aerospace becomes a unicorn
Isar Aerospace, a space company spun off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has achieved a company valuation of over a billion dollars and thus unicorn status. This brings the number of TUM unicorns to 22. Isar Aerospace has developed and built its own commercial rocket technology and will transport small and medium-sized satellites into space in the future. The start-up, founded by three graduates, received intensive support from TUM.
Study on Germany, Austria and Switzerland
TUM produces the most start-up founders
Where did most start-up founders study and research? A study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), ETH Zurich and the University of Innsbruck shows a complete picture for Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the first time. In the past decade, most start-ups were founded by students, employees and alumni of TUM, ETH and the University of St. Gallen. If one looks at the number of start-ups in relation to the number of students, German private universities are the most successful. The sectors with the most start-ups are shaped by only a few universities.
Participatory Research
Exploring the urban soundscape
Take a walk through the city and contribute to research at the same time: Residents of Munich now have the opportunity to do just that through guided soundwalks in the neighborhoods of Au, Neuperlach, and Harlaching. CitySoundscapes, a joint project by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), LMU Munich, and other partners, is looking for curious citizens willing to explore their city in a new way — and help lay the groundwork for concrete ways to improve life in the city.
Podcast "We Are TUM"
What makes our innovation ecosystem so successful?
Entrepreneurial success stories begin at TUM. Over 20 start-ups that emerged from our university have developed into unicorns, reaching a market value of over one billion U.S. dollars. In the run-up to our Entrepreneurship Day on June 26, we explore the innovation ecosystem at our university. This episode of "We Are TUM" features Vice President Helmut Schönenberger, SUMM AI co-founder Flora Geske, Nicola Breugst, Professor of Entrepreneurial Behavior, and start-up consultant Florian Jäger.
QUICK³ mission to explore future secure communication technology
Quantum satellite launched into space
The QUICK³ nano satellite will test components for future quantum satellite systems. The goal is to enable rapid and secure communication using quantum technology. Developed by a research consortium led by TUM professor Tobias Vogl, the satellite was launched into orbit on Monday, June 23, with a booster rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission is expected to deliver its first results by the end of the year.