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Start of the semester at Campus Weihenstephan Andreas Heddergott / TUM
12/4/2025
Reading time: 6 Min.

TUM Annual Celebration 2025 – Dies Academicus

Maintaining Excellence and Relevance

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has had an extremely successful year. At the Dies Academicus, attended by hundreds of guests, President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann gave a positive assessment and thanked the dedicated university community and the state government for their contributions: “Together, we were able to secure seven clusters of excellence for TUM in the DFG Excellence Competition. And we are the only university in Germany to make it into the top 30 in the world in two rankings.”

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11/27/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

CO2-neutral heat supply for the Garching research campus

TUM will save 30,000 tons of CO2 per year in the future

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is taking a major step toward sustainable energy. A new CO2-neutral heating system is being installed on the Garching research campus to supply the numerous buildings and facilities. This will save 30,000 tons of CO2 per year in the future – and at lower operating costs than before. A contract to this effect has been signed with the energy service provider GETEC.

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Group photo of the winners of the TUM Future Learning Initiative 2025 on the roof terrace of the Vorhoelzer Forum.
11/26/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

Digital twins, smart scheduling, real-time streaming, and learning formats to combat women’s poverty

The winners of the TUM Future Learning Initiative 2025

“To really boost promising projects related to study and teaching at our university” – that’s how TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann described the mission of the TUM Future Learning Initiative 2025. Dozens of proposals were submitted, and four projects particularly impressed the jury. They focus on AI-based solutions for exam preparation and study organization, automatic recording of lectures, and combating poverty among women in old age starting already during their studies.

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11/4/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

New biotech initiative between Bavaria and Western Cape

TUM and Stellenbosch University sign agreement

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is intensifying its cooperation with leading universities in South Africa's Western Cape region in the field of biotechnology. In the presence of Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus Söder, TUM Executive Vice President Prof. Juliane Winkelmann signed a new biotech initiative. This expands TUM's long-standing partnership with Stellenbosch University.

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Guests of the opening viewing the information panels
11/3/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

Coming to terms with the past

Campus Weihenstephan commemorates persecuted university members

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is continuing to come to terms with its role during the Nazi era and has now established a commemorative space on the Weihenstephan campus. The site explains the connections between the Nazi regime and the Technische Hochschule München, TUM’s predecessor, and commemorates four persecuted professors.

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10/27/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

Sustainability in conjunction with entrepreneurship as a focus

TUM and Stanford University form strategic alliance on sustainability

Two global academic players are joining forces: The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability have formed a strategic alliance on sustainability. They will tackle pressing global challenges for the future of humanity together for more impact. The collaboration focuses on sustainability in connection with entrepreneurship.

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Minister of Science Markus Blume and TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann welcome the new students.
10/14/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

First-year welcome at the open-air event “Welcome@TUM“

Thousands of students celebrate the start of their journey at TUM

With 14,750 first-year students, TUM has kicked off the new academic year. On the Garching campus, students from all over the world came together for the open-air event “Welcome@TUM,” supported by Freunde der TUM e.V. – Association of Alumni and Friends. Together with TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann, Bavaria’s Minister-President Markus Söder, Science Minister Markus Blume, and other university representatives, they celebrated the beginning of a new chapter – and a future full of possibilities.

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State Parliament President Ilse Aigner hosted the ceremony marking 75 years of HfP.
10/7/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

Anniversary ceremony for the Munich School of Politics and Public Policy

75 years in the service of democracy

The Munich School of Politics and Public Policy (HfP) was founded 75 years ago with the aim of strengthening democracy. During this time, it has made a significant contribution to political education in Bavaria. For a good ten years now, the HfP, with TUM as its host university, has been investigating the interactions between politics and technology, thereby enabling society to meet the challenges facing democracy today. The anniversary was celebrated in the Bavarian State Parliament.

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10/1/2025
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New TUM teaching building in Ottobrunn-Taufkirchen to go into operation in winter semester 2025

TUM Aerospace Campus grows rapidly

This is another milestone on the way to becoming the largest university campus for aerospace and geodesy in Europe: just in time for the new winter semester, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has spacious lecture and seminar rooms with room for around 2500 students at its Ottobrunn-Taufkirchen site. The new buildings were presented to the public on Wednesday.

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9/24/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

Prototype workshop for students at the TUM Campus Garching

TUMorrow Factory creates space for big ideas

Pioneering ideas need space to develop - students at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are being given a state-of-the-art workshop, the TUMorrow Factory, at the Garching campus to turn their avant-garde ideas into technical prototypes. The building is being financed for ten million euros thanks to the philanthropic commitment of far-sighted sponsors.

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