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Learn more about President Thomas F. Hofmann through recent videos, speeches, and publications - and take the opportunity to meet him in person.

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The President of TUM discusses with students and employees

8/7/2026

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TUM spin-off valued at more than one billion dollars

HappyRobot is the latest TUM unicorn

Another start-up originating from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has reached a company valuation of more than one billion dollars: HappyRobot is the 23rd TUM unicorn and develops AI agents that take over complex business processes for companies. The latest investment round resulted in a company valuation of $1.2 billion. The founding of the start-up received intensive support at TUM.

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v.l.n.r: Susanne Wamsler, Tao Zhang, Frances H. Arnold, Conrad Keijzer, Thomas F. Hofmann

7/23/2026

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Award for catalysis research

Dr. Karl Wamsler Innovation Award honors Frances H. Arnold and Tao Zhang

For the tenth time, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the specialty chemicals company Clariant have presented the Dr. Karl Wamsler Innovation Award. The 2026 award for outstanding achievements in catalysis research was bestowed on Nobel Laureate Prof. Frances H. Arnold. During the ceremony, the 2025 award was also formally presented to Prof. Tao Zhang.

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TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann, Bavaria’s Minister of the Interior and Sports Joachim Herrmann, and Munich’s mayor Dominik Krause (from left)

7/21/2026

Munich, Bavaria, and TUM present plans for Olympics 20XX

Making the case for Munich's Olympic bid

Munich is set to bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games – following a decisive vote in a public referendum in fall 2025. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) will decide this fall which city will represent Germany in the international bidding process. On July 21, representatives of Germany’s leading Olympic sports federations gathered at the Technical University of Munich’s Olympic Park campus to learn about the sports-related initiatives included in Munich’s bid concept.

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TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, Prof. Reinhold R. Geilsdörfer, Chairman and CEO of DSS and Prof. Ali Sunyaev, Vice President of TUM Campus Heilbronn

7/20/2026

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The Dieter Schwarz Foundation supports specialization in the master's program in Information Engineering

TUM Campus Heilbronn strengthens its expertise in chip design

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSS) have signed a funding agreement for a new specialization in chip design within the existing master’s program in Information Engineering. Over the course of six years, the DSS will fund the necessary personnel, organizational, and technical resources at the TUM Campus Heilbronn. The program is scheduled to begin in the 2026/27 winter semester.

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President Studies Campus news Artificial Intelligence

7/7/2026

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Handover of the Kinderoase at TUM

First permanent building in Europe by star architect and TUM Professor Francis Kéré

The first permanent building by star architect Prof. Francis Kéré in Europe is located at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). After just over two years of construction, the “Kinderoase at TUM” has been handed over In future, up to 60 children of TUM staff members will be cared for in the vertical kindergarten. Kéré was awarded the Pritzker Prize, also known as the “Nobel Prize for Architecture”, in 2022 and is a Professor of Architectural Design and Participation at TUM.

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Martin Langer, CEO of OroraTech, receives the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award from TUM Vice President Prof. Claudia Peus and Christian Körner, Head of TUM Entrepreneurship.

6/26/2026

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New record number of TUM spin-offs in 2025

Presidential Award for space start-up

The start-up OroraTech has been honored with the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award for developing a satellite system capable of detecting wildfires. The other finalists for this year’s award were DeepDrive, with a highly efficient electric motor, and Lio Technologies, with AI agents that streamline procurement in companies. The award was presented at TUM Entrepreneurship Day.

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President Entrepreneurship Community

6/19/2026

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Cooperation with Marienpark Berlin on resilience technologies

TUM expands its venturing activities to Berlin

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is expanding its network of locations to Berlin. The TUM Venture Labs for aerospace & defense and for software & AI will in future be represented at Marienpark, the Resilience Technology Campus in the south of Berlin, where they will support specialized startups.

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President Entrepreneurship Community

6/17/2026

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Strengthening Democracy in Europe

TUM launches Forum for Freedom and Democracy

Democracy is under significant pressure: according to recent studies, only 45 percent of Germans still trust democracy, down from 54 percent in 2023. The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is responding to this concerning development by establishing the “Forum for Freedom and Democracy at TUM.” The initiative is designed to strengthen democratic education across generations and promote the values that underpin our free and open society.

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5/8/2026

Advisory and Supervisory Board of the Deutsches Museum TUM

TUM President Hofmann to Chair the Board of Trustees

The Deutsches Museum has a new Chair of its Board of Trustees. Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, President of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), is taking over the leadership of the museum's highest decision-making body. He had previously served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees. After eight years, he succeeds Prof. Andreas Biagosch, who did not seek another term as required by the bylaws.

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TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann in conversation with exhibitors

4/30/2026

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TUM Sustainability Day 2026

Shaping sustainability together

In times of global crises, sustainability sometimes falls out of the public spotlight. Yet it forms the basis for future life and is considered a central technological and transformation task. At this year's TUM Sustainability Day on the Garching campus, students, researchers, TUM employees and international partners showed how sustainability can be transferred from idea to practice through concrete solutions and concepts.

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