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Sponsors and scholarship holders of the Deutschlandstipendium at a reception in the festively lit building of the Departments of Mathematics and Informatics. Astrid Eckert
Postdoctoral researcher and TUM Junior Fellow Viviana Villafañe
5/15/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Career in science: Viviana Villafañe

Diamonds and quanta

Why are young, talented researchers attracted to TUM? Where do they come from, and what do they work on? Physicist Viviana Villafañe came to TUM from Argentina six years ago to work here as a postdoctoral researcher. She now heads a small research group that is investigating the basics of a quantum internet – with the help of diamonds and quantum computers.

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Research Quantum Technologies Community
A man is lying on a tree log and looks into the camera, through a magnifying glass. In the background is a forest.
5/14/2025
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Moderator of "Willi wills wissen" in new discussion format with TUM participation

Forest knowledge with Willi Weitzel

Communicating science to specific target groups and strengthening trust in research: These are the goals of the new initiative "AHA - The Science Communication Hub". Universities such as the Technical University of Munich (TUM), museums, academies and research institutes are involved in the network. One of the first offers for the public is the "AHA Wirtshaus-Wissen" event series with Willi Weitzel and TUM Professor Ferdinand Ludwig on May 18 at the Hofbräukeller on Wiener Platz in Munich.

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Community Public Engagement
Eva Weig in front of the machine used to evaporate different metallic layers onto the chips via vapor deposition under ultrahigh vacuum.
4/14/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

World Quantum Day on April 14

Current research on quantum technologies

Computers that solve complex problems in the shortest possible time, guaranteed tap-proof networks and intelligent sensors: quantum technologies will radically change the world in the coming decades. At our university and in the Cluster of Excellence Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST), scientists are researching various aspects of this future technology.

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Research Quantum Technologies Community Public Engagement
Blick über den Campus Heilbronn.
4/14/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

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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Studies Research Entrepreneurship Community
Boris Paal, Professor of Law and Regulation of the Digital Transformation
4/10/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

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
Bavaria's High-Tech Alliance for the Manufacturing of the Future, f.l.: Peter Mayr (TUM), Karsten Heuser (Siemens), Robert Dean (Colibrium Additive), Markus Obermeier (Siemens), Katrin Wudy (TUM), Marius Lakomiec (EOS), Marcus Giglmaier (Oerlikon), Nikolaus Adams (TUM), Christoph Hauck (toolcraft), Josip Vincic (TUM), Jürgen Kraus (MTU), Joseph Hofmann (TUM), Ines Soehngen (MTU), Matthias Konrad (Bayern Innovativ)
4/8/2025
Reading time: 5 Min.

Expansion of the Advanced Manufacturing Campus

Bavaria Makes: Bavaria's High-Tech Alliance for the Manufacturing of the Future

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is driving forward the industrialization of additive manufacturing and is founding the "Bavaria Makes" alliance with seven other partners. The association is based at the Advanced Manufacturing Campus in Garching, which is also being further expanded.

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Research Campus news Community
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
NewIn: Stephan Krusche
3/27/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

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
3/14/2025
Reading time: 1 Min.

idw award for the TUM Press Office

Best scientific press release of the year

The press office of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has received the award for the best research press release of the year 2024. A jury of experts from Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw) awarded the prize to TUM's communication on a new ultrasound method for bridge testing. The author of the text, press officer Moritz Müller, accepted the award at a ceremony at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

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Researchers in a chemistry lab
3/12/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

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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TUM in Rankings Studies Research Community
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