• 7/14/2025
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Third term in Research and Innovation

Gerhard Kramer re-elected as Executive Vice President of TUM

The Supervisory Board of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has re-elected Professor Gerhard Kramer as Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation. His third term will begin on 1 October 2025.

Portrait Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kramer
Executive Vice President Gerhard Kramer

Gerhard Kramer has held the Chair of Communications Engineering at TUM since 2010. He earned his doctorate at ETH Zurich and conducted research at Bell Labs and the University of Southern California. He is an IEEE Fellow, a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and has received multiple international honors for his contributions to information and communication theory. 

Professor Kramer has been a member of the TUM Executive Board since 2019. His re-election comes at a time of dynamic development: As part of Germany’s Excellence Strategy, seven Clusters of Excellence involving TUM are currently being funded. The university’s new future concept is nearing submission. His continued leadership sends a strong signal for strategic continuity, scientific excellence, and the sustained advancement of TUM’s research and innovation agenda. 

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The Supervisory Board is TUM’s central supervisory body. It is composed of ten internally elected members of the Senate and ten external figures from the fields of science, culture, business, and politics. The chair is Prof. Dr. Heyo K. Kroemer, CEO of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

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