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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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5/7/2026

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CHE University Ranking 2026 in Business Administration and Business Informatics

Students Give TUM Outstanding Ratings

TUM students are exceptionally satisfied with the quality of teaching and study conditions in Business Administration and Information Systems. In the new CHE University Ranking 2026, they give their university outstanding marks. This also counts for TUM Campus Heilbronn.

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Exterior view of the StudiTUM House at Trogerstraße 12, showing a light-colored historic building with wooden-framed windows connected to a modern extension. In the foreground, a paved walkway leads to an accessible entrance with steps and a ramp, surrounded by trees and landscaped green areas.

5/4/2026

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StudiTUM House opens at TUM University Hospital

“A place that inspires”

Creating space for creativity, collaboration, and concentration – this is the mission of the student-managed StudiTUM Houses at the Technical University of Munich. The fourth such house was built on the grounds of the TUM University Hospital at a historic location on Trogerstraße. As of today, it is open to all TUM students.

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4/30/2026

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Global Sustainability Challenge

TUM team wins global competition

A solar-powered cooling system for remote regions and a concept for predicting bark beetle infestation: these start-up concepts for food security and the protection of forests were each awarded first prize in their category at the Global Sustainability Challenge. They were selected from a field of more than 3,500 participants representing 91 countries. The final took place as part of the TUM Sustainability Day.

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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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4/22/2026

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European Union Week

“One of the best decisions I ever made as a student”

At European Union Week, students discover how valuable and enriching it is to be part of the European Union. Events are held at TUM and nine partner universities.

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Minister of State Markus Blume with the recipients of the Prize for Excellence in Teaching

4/20/2026

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Alisa Machner and Georgia Samaras receive Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Teaching with expertise and personality

The unity of research and teaching is what defines universities. And it is the combination of academic excellence, didactic skill, and personal commitment that defines good teaching. This is exemplified by TUM lecturers Alisa Machner and Georgia Samaras, who have now been honored with the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts’ Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

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Ayla Busch ist Mitinhaberin und Co-CEO von Busch Vacuum Solutions und Stiftungsrätin der TUM Universitätsstiftung.

4/16/2026

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TUM University Foundation

“We need to invest more in education”

Family-run Busch Vacuum Solutions has supported the TUM University Foundation since 2019. Today, Ayla Busch continues the commitment of her father, alumnus and company founder Dr.-Ing. Karl Busch.

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4/9/2026

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NewIn: Manon Westphal

Democratic innovation through political theory

Manon Westphal's research focuses on highly topical political issues, such as polarization, oligarchy and citizen participation. In this episode of NewIn, she discusses why conflicts can be productive, why technology companies challenge democracy to innovate and why she works at the practice-oriented TUM Think Tank as a theorist.

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