Research Excellence, Innovation and Collaboration

TUMCREATE Celebrates 15 Years in Singapore

Hosted under Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise (CREATE), TUMCREATE has contributed to advancing scientific solutions and a legacy of impact. TUMCREATE has been driving research across diverse domains such as electromobility, sustainable food solutions and processing technology, energy systems, and health tech with other leading Singaporean and global universities and research institutes.

TUMCREATE’s current flagship programme, Proteins4Singapore, addresses the critical need to ensure a sustainable, nutritious, and secure food supply in rapidly growing urban environments and supports Singapore’s ‘30 by 30’ food security goal of producing 30% of its nutritional needs domestically. The collaborative environment at TUMCREATE has enabled deep academic and research exchanges leading to positive results. One successful milestone was EVA, the world's first electric taxi for the tropics, developed in 2015 in collaboration with Nanyang Technological University.

TUMCREATE’s simulation technologies City Mobility Simulator (CityMoS) and Multi Energy System Modelling & Optimisation (MESMO) have been used in various government and industry projects to support the electrification of Singapore’s transport systems, infrastructure planning, and traffic flow optimisation. Based on a digital twin of Singapore, CityMoS’s utilisation to simulate traffic and mobility systems in real time has extended beyond Singapore through its commercial spin-off, intobyte.

TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann says: “TUMCREATE, as a vital part of our activities in Singapore, exemplifies the spirit of scientific excellence, the passion for impact, and the added value of international cooperation that defines our university’s global mission. It brings together talents from different disciplines and continents, converges German engineering competences and Asian ingenuity, and connects TUM’s entrepreneurial spirit with Singapore’s dynamic innovation systems. I am confident that our teaching and research activities in Singapore will help to to shape a smarter, more sustainable future - together.”

Bavaria’s Science Minister Markus Blume says: Bavaria's Minister of Science Markus Blume says: "Happy birthday! We are celebrating the 15th anniversary of an international success story. The cooperation between our Bavarian innovation ambassador, TUM, and the who's who of innovation makers from Singapore has created a very special spirit. TUMCREATE is a strong platform for research cooperation between the innovation regions of Bavaria and Singapore – a bridge of excellence between the continents. For us, it is clear that innovation comes from cooperation. TUM has long been a pioneer in the field of internationalization of our universities. As Bavaria, we are now further expanding our cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region through our new BayAP university and innovation center. This will also give TUM's strong commitment even more momentum."

Professor Subodh Mhaisalkar, NRF Executive Director says: “Over the past decade and a half, TUMCREATE has built robust partnerships with local institutions and industry, developing innovative solutions across various domains including sustainability, urban mobility, food sciences and nutrition. While bridging the gap between cutting-edge research and practical applications, the centre has provided solutions for topics related to deployment of electric vehicles, cargo management, and resource circularity.”