TUM Aerospace Campus in Ottobrunn-Taufkirchen is growing rapidly

10/1/2025
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This is another milestone on the way to becoming the largest university campus for aerospace and geodesy in Europe: just in time for the new winter semester, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has spacious lecture and seminar rooms with room for around 2500 students at its Ottobrunn-Taufkirchen site. The new buildings were presented to the public on Wednesday.

Presentation of the new teaching facilities at the TUM Campus Ottobrunn-Taufkirchen with Minister of Science Markus Blume, TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, Department Head TUM Aerospace and Geodesy Prof. Chiara Manfletti, Mayor of Taufkirchen Ullrich Sander, Mayor of Ottobrunn Thomas Loderer, Member of the State Parliament Kerstin Schreyer and TUM students.

The TUM campus complex in the heart of the Ottobrunn-Taufkirchen aerospace site, which is also financed by the Free State of Bavaria as part of the High-Tech Agenda, includes eleven lecture halls, numerous seminar rooms, offices and administrative facilities as well as - still under construction - a library and a canteen. A total of around 12,500 m² of gross floor space is available. And further expansion stages of the campus are already firmly planned.

1300 Bachelor students in the Aerospace department will be taught at the TUM site in Ottobrunn-Taufkirchen in the coming semester. And 12 of the 28 professorships in the Department of Aerospace and Geodesy are already located on the new campus.

Location for future technologies

Bavaria's Science Minister Markus Blume said: "Fast, faster, TU Munich! A historic step at the TUM campus in Taufkirchen/Ottobrunn: the new aerospace teaching building was constructed here at hypersonic speed in just six months. With around 60 million euros from the Free State of Bavaria, a real launch pad for over 2,500 students has been created on more than 12,500 square meters. This is the future hangar for the space professionals of tomorrow! Space travel is a key technology - if you don't start now, you will miss the boat. Bavaria is at the forefront with the Hightech Agenda - our goal: we are building a space campus of superlatives! Many thanks to everyone involved - together we can achieve the impossible. That is the unique TUM spirit! I wish all students a successful start in eleven days!"

TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann emphasized: "We have big plans here at the Ottobrunn-Taufkirchen campus. And with our excellence in aeronautics, space travel and geodesy, we want to help open up space as an economic area for Germany - with the best-trained talent, superior technologies and company start-ups. I would like to thank the state government for its strong support."

The Head of the TUM Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, Prof. Chiara Manfletti, emphasized: "In a very short space of time, a place has been created here that offers students space for teaching and encounters. A milestone - but only the first one. The coming years will require us to maintain this pace. The path to becoming the largest university department for aerospace and geodesy in Europe is ambitious, and it requires determination, cooperation, and speed.“

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