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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
7/2/2025

First Vice President for Strategic Activities in Asia-Pacific

Dr. Markus Wächter appointed as new Vice President of TUM Asia

Dr. Markus Wächter, long-time managing director of the TUM Asia Campus in Singapore, has been given expanded responsibilities. He has been appointed Vice President TUM Asia by the Executive Board of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Based in Singapore, he will be responsible for the strategic development of the TUM network in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Vice President Prof. Gerhard Kramer presents the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award to Flora Geske, founder of the start-up SUMM AI.
6/27/2025
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Entrepreneurship Day brings together Munich ecosystem

Presidential Award goes to AI start-up

For the development of an AI tool that translates complex texts into plain language, the start-up SUMM AI has received the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award. The other finalists for this year’s award were KEWAZO, with a robot for the construction industry, and Phlair, with a new technology for CO2 capture.

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6/26/2025
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TUM spin-off worth over a billion dollars

Isar Aerospace becomes a unicorn

Isar Aerospace, a space company spun off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has achieved a company valuation of over a billion dollars and thus unicorn status. This brings the number of TUM unicorns to 22. Isar Aerospace has developed and built its own commercial rocket technology and will transport small and medium-sized satellites into space in the future. The start-up, founded by three graduates, received intensive support from TUM.

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6/24/2025
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Podcast "We Are TUM"

What makes our innovation ecosystem so successful?

Entrepreneurial success stories begin at TUM. Over 20 start-ups that emerged from our university have developed into unicorns, reaching a market value of over one billion U.S. dollars. In the run-up to our Entrepreneurship Day on June 26, we explore the innovation ecosystem at our university. This episode of "We Are TUM" features Vice President Helmut Schönenberger, SUMM AI co-founder Flora Geske, Nicola Breugst, Professor of Entrepreneurial Behavior, and start-up consultant Florian Jäger.

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Teaching Studies Entrepreneurship Community
6/20/2025
Reading time: 5 Min.

Prof. Friedrich Simmel on the new BioSysteM Cluster of Excellence

"Thinking of biology as technology"

The BioSysteM Cluster of Excellence aims to develop self-organizing molecular and cellular systems with programmable, life-like properties. The focus ranges from biomolecular machines for biosynthesis and intelligent materials to biomedical microrobots and pattern-based therapeutics to the control of cell differentiation and organ formation as the basis for a new generation of revolutionary applications in biomedicine. Spokesperson Prof. Friedrich Simmel explains in an interview why the involvement of society is crucial in this context.

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Chemistry laboratory at TUM
6/19/2025
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QS World University Rankings sees TUM as the best university in the EU

TUM rises to number 22 worldwide

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has again moved up in the QS World University Rankings and now holds the 22nd position worldwide. This marks the first time TUM has reached the top 25 in one of the three most prestigious international university rankings. In addition, QS now lists TUM as the best university in the European Union.

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6/17/2025
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Bavarian Science Minister Blume and TUM President Hofmann visit Singapore

TUM Asia to host new “Bavarian University and Innovation Center Asia-Pacific”

TUM Asia, the overseas campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Singapore, will serve as the home of the newly established “Bavarian University and Innovation Center Asia-Pacific” (BayAP). The initiative was officially inaugurated by Bavaria’s Science Minister Markus Blume and TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann at the university's new office space on the premises of TUM’s flagship partner, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU).

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Medical students during a night shift at the hospital
6/11/2025
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Two months in the emergency room of Africa’s largest hospital

Clinical elective in an emergency zone

Dominik Matyjaszczyk, a 10th-semester medical student at TUM, has encountered a reality that has shown him what it means to push his limits – both professionally and personally. For his clinical elective, he was at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg – a place where violence and hardship shape daily life in a way one might expect in crisis zones. In this interview, he shares his formative experiences.

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6/5/2025
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After the Trump administration's visa ban

What TUM students are experiencing at Harvard

The Trump administration has announced plans to withdraw visas from international students and to impose an entry ban. This also affects TUM students.

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Studies Community
6/5/2025
Reading time: 4 Min.

NewIn: Hristo Svilenov

Proteins for tomorrow’s medicine

As Professor of Biopharmaceutical Technology, Hristo Svilenov is on the lookout for the pharmaceutical agents of the future. In this episode of NewIn, he talks about why working with living cells is so complex, how he handles setbacks, and how the immune system of cows could play a role in fighting antibiotic resistance.

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