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AI, data, sustainable agrosystems
New degree programs starting in the winter semester 2024/25
State-of-the-art teaching is didactically innovative, methodically sophisticated – and changing constantly. After all, when the world evolves, teaching that enables us to understand it needs to evolve too. The degree programs taught at TUM reflect this. Thus, in the winter semester 2024/25, additional programs dedicated to crucial issues of our time, such as artificial intelligence, big data, and food security, will be added to the portfolio.
Top ranking for quality of degree programs
Number 5 in the world for shaping digital leaders
TUM is among the best universities in the world for preparing students for the digital economy. In the latest Digital Leaders in Higher Education rankings, it ranks among the top five, alongside Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, MIT and the University of Oxford.
Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Certificates of Honor for Excellence in Teaching awarded
Award-winning didactics at TUM
Authentic, responsible, and courageous: lecturers have to bring their whole personality to bear to not only pass on course content to students but to enable them to immerse themselves in a fascinating world of knowledge. Around 6,000 teachers at the Technical University of Munich face this challenge daily. Eight of them have now received special recognition with the Prize for Excellence in Teaching from the Free State of Bavaria and the Certificate of Honor for Excellence in Teaching.
Construction works 22 April to 13 June
U6 to Garching: Interruptions during summer semester
Anyone taking the underground to the Garching campus during the summer semester 2024 should allow extra time to get to university. This is due to construction work on the U6 section Kieferngarten - Garching-Forschungszentrum. The U6 will be divided at Kieferngarten during this period. Passengers from the city center to Garching or back will have to change at Kieferngarten. A shuttle train will run between Kieferngarten and Garching-Forschungszentrum every 15 minutes. Details on the MVG homepage.
Project week with the TUM Center for Culture and Arts
A week at the theater
We joined students during a project week at the TUM Center for Culture and Arts as they gained behind-the-scenes insights at the Münchner Kammerspiele and staged their own science fiction play.
Students take financial literacy workshops to schools
Unique project on the conscious management of money
What does inflation mean? What kinds of saving and investment products are available? Students at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed the workshop “Because We Care” to teach young pupils about money management. They visit schools on a voluntary basis to give age-appropriate and easily understandable presentations.
Two projects from TUM seminar on responsible AI top the list
Students from TUM and LMU win Digital Future Challenge
With “EduPin” and “AI Allies”, two projects from the TUM seminar “Responsible AI” have taken first and second place in the Digital Future Challenge. In the university competition organized by Initiative D21 and the Deloitte Foundation, the students from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU) prevailed against more than 50 teams from all over Germany. The Digital Future Challenge is endowed with 10,000 euros and is held under the patronage of the Federal Minister for Digital and Transport, Volker Wissing.
NewIn: Anne Tryba
Entrepreneurship is more than start-ups
Many problems can be solved with an entrepreneurial mindset and approach. Prof. Anne Tryba is conducting research into how this ability can be taught. In this issue of NewIn, she discusses what this has to do with the concerns of many students and her own experiences.
Don't miss: Service for students
Dates, offers, suggestions
Attend a Cantonese trial lesson, take part in the campus run, learn more about intercultural communication: Current offers, dates and ideas for our students.
Portrait of Master's student Nektarios Totikos
"Education can work wonders"
Studying at TUM and writing his Master's thesis at MIT was not a given for Nektarios Totikos, who spent part of his childhood and youth in youth welfare facilities. What got him so far? Intelligence, hard work and a great deal of perseverance.