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Prof. Reinhold Mayer, chairman of the foundation, TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, dean Prof. Christoph Kaserer and Prof. Joachim Weber, member of the foundation's advisory board, after signing the agreement.

5/12/2025

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Péter Horváth Foundation strengthens TUM Campus Heilbronn

New endowed professorship for controlling and AI

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is establishing a new professorship for controlling and AI with the support of the Péter Horváth Foundation. The foundation will fund research and teaching with three million euros. The professorship will be established at the TUM Campus Heilbronn, which is doing research on the digital transformation of the corporate world.

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President Studies Research Artificial Intelligence

5/9/2025

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TUM LEAP wins funding for innovative teaching architecture

Individual learning pathways for students

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is reimagining academic education. With its new initiative, TUM Learning Pathways (LEAP), the university is expanding the traditional study program model to offer flexible, interdisciplinary learning pathways tailored to individual needs. Designed to prepare students for an increasingly dynamic and uncertain professional world, the project has been awarded funding in the national Teaching Architecture competition organized by the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education.

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Teaching Studies

5/8/2025

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Students assess engineering subjects in CHE Rankings

Very good ratings for studies at TUM

Engineering students are very satisfied with the teaching and study conditions at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This is shown by the latest edition of the CHE University Rankings.

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TUM in Rankings Studies

4/14/2025

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Podcast "We Are TUM"

A visit to the Campus Heilbronn

In this episode we report from the TUM Campus Heilbronn, which has developed rapidly over the past six years: More than 1,000 students from all over the world, close ties to companies, and exciting topics related to AI, management, and digitalization.We talk to those who are helping to shape the location-from the students' perspective to strategic visions for the coming years.

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Boris Paal, Professor of Law and Regulation of the Digital Transformation

4/10/2025

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NewIn: Boris Paal

Shaping technology development with legal frameworks

Boris Paal is a legal expert at a university without a law department or degree program in law. In the latest issue of NewIn, he explains why this is exactly the right place for his research and teaching on IT and data law and how legal science is becoming a force in shaping innovation.

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Studies Research Artificial Intelligence Community

Das TUM Boring Team freut sich über den erfolgreichen Wettkampf und präsentiert den Bohrkopf

4/7/2025

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Third victory for tunnel boring team

TUM Boring wins tunnel boring competition and sets new record

Third participation in the competition, third victory: the student tunnel boring team TUM Boring wins again at the international "Not-A-Boring Competition" in the USA. During the seven-day competition, the team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) set a new length record of 22.5 meters and ultimately took the overall victory.

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Group photo of the winners of the Prize for Excellence in Teaching awarded by the Free State of Bavaria and TUM’s Certificates of Honor for Excellence in Teaching.

4/3/2025

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Antonius Schneider and Friedrich Esch receive Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Outstanding TUM educators honored

Students need one thing above all else: dedicated instructors who inspire them to grow – both academically and personally. Six TUM members have taken particularly innovative approaches to achieve this goal. In recognition of their efforts, they have received a prestigious honor: the Prize for Excellence in Teaching awarded by the Free State of Bavaria and TUM’s Certificates of Honor for Excellence in Teaching.

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Teaching Studies Community

3/27/2025

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NewIn: Stephan Krusche

AI-supported studying

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way students learn. In this issue of NewIn we meet Prof. Stephan Krusche. He is developing a learning platform with an integrated AI chatbot that not only provides students with solutions, but also offers context-specific help.

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Studies Research Artificial Intelligence Community

3/18/2025

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TUM in Singapore

Microalgae for the megacity

TUM’s research and teaching is contributing to a sustainable future for the city state of Singapore. A visit on site.

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TUM Magazine Studies Research

3/12/2025

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QS World University Rankings by Subject

TUM among the top 20 worldwide in natural sciences and engineering

In the renowned QS World University Rankings by Subject, TUM is among the top 20 universities in the world for the first time in both natural sciences (18th place) and engineering & technology (19th place). In the rankings for six individual subjects, it ranks in the top 25. In six other subjects it places among the top 50 universities.

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