Press releases
Start-up Blackwave builds carbon parts for aerospace
From racing car to rocket tank
Carbon fiber has become indispensable in high-performance industries such as automotive engineering and aerospace. It’s lightweight, extremely durable, and can be shaped in almost any way. The start-up Blackwave, founded at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), specializes in this versatile composite material. What began with custom components for sports cars and aircraft has evolved into the development of high-pressure tanks for space applications.
Patients benefit from automatically simplified reports
AI helps cancer patients better understand CT reports
Medical reports written in technical terminology can pose challenges for patients. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has investigated how artificial intelligence can make CT findings easier to understand. In the study, reading time decreased, and patients rated the automatically simplified texts as more comprehensible and more helpful.
THE Interdisciplinary Science Ranking
TUM ranked 13th worldwide for interdisciplinary research
Research can develop sustainable solutions to global problems when different disciplines contribute their knowledge and perspectives. The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is particularly successful in this regard, as shown by the Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Ranking. TUM ranks 13th worldwide as the best German and second-best European university.
Comparison of mechanical and geometric properties for industry and development
Uniform reference system for lightweight construction methods
How can components be designed for an optimal balance of minimal weight and maximum robustness? This is a challenge faced by many industries, from medical device manufacturing to the automotive and aeronautics sectors. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a reference system that permits direct comparisons and evaluations of many different lightweight construction methods.
Lateral roots as an adaptation
How plants search for nutrients
What makes plants tolerant to nutrient fluctuations? An international research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and involving the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK) has investigated this question on the micronutrient boron. The researchers analyzed 185 gene data sets from the model plant Arabidopsis. Their goal is to then be able to transfer the findings to the important crop plant rapeseed.
Shanghai Subject Rankings
TUM in the top 25 for five subjects
The renowned Shanghai Rankings recognize TUM's research achievements in several subjects as being among the best worldwide. TUM is in the top 10 for agricultural sciences and remote sensing, and in the top 25 for medical technology, ecology and robotics. In four other subjects, it ranks among the best 50 universities.
The use of AI in lectures and exercises
Using AI tools to shape the future of higher education teaching
AI-supported teaching methods are becoming increasingly common in lectures and tutorials. During the visit by Bavarian Minister of Science Markus Blume to the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the focus was on various tools developed at Bavarian universities. In addition, the initial results of the research project “AIffectiveness in Education” were presented. Using OneTutor, an AI tutor software developed at TUM, the project investigates how effectively AI systems can support learning.
Pixel art about unseen worlds
This Place Saves Lives: An award for a serious game that looks closer
What happens when research, game design, and current social issues collide? During the project week “A Different Kind of Game Jam”, two TUM students developed a game inspired by real stories that lets players experience marginalized realities inside a supervised drug consumption room. At GamesFestival25, they received the special award “The Unseen” for their work.
Back to their alma mater after 25, 50, and 60 years
TUM honors its alumni on their anniversary
Twenty-five, fifty, or sixty years ago, they completed their degrees or doctorates at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Now, around 150 graduates have returned to their alma mater to receive their silver, gold, and diamond anniversary certificates from TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann and members of the university's executive board at a ceremony on the Garching campus.
Summit on European Digital Sovereignty in Berlin
New network for digital sovereignty
How can Europe become more sovereign in digital technologies? German Chancellor Merz, French President Macron and other EU politicians will discuss this question at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty. As part of the summit program, the European Network for Technological Resilience and Sovereignty was founded today with the aim of significantly advancing European innovation and independence in key technologies. One of its inaugural members is the TUM Think Tank.