Event overview
Come and experience the diversity of our events: lectures, panel discussions, exhibitions, and exchange formats, both on-site and digitally. Here are some of the highlights.
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Current events
5/18–10/18
TUM tanzt!
Mon 5/18/2026 – Sun 10/18/2026
München, Garching, Freising
TUM tanzt! returns for its second edition in 2026, featuring plenty of opportunities to participate, discuss,
5/18–20
Theater evening: The Government Inspector
Mon 18 – Wed 5/20/2026,
7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
München
Watch the English-language performance by the AcTUM theater group. Get your ticket now!
5/19
Dance & Mental Health Workshop
Tue 5/19/2026, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Freising
Learn tools for self-care, through somatic awareness, regulation exercises, dance and fun. Register now!
5/19
Bachata workshop
Tue 5/19/2026, 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
München
Join our free Bachata workshop – no prior experience is needed. Sign up now!
5/20
World Bee Day
Wed 5/20/2026, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Freising
Experience bees up close: hands-on activities, microscope views and knowledge about our pollinators!
5/20
First-Generation Academics
Wed 5/20/2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Garching
Find out more about doctoral advice for first-generation students and register now!
5/21
Info session: Searching for accommodation
Thu 5/21/2026, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Online
Information, tips, and resources for students looking for accommodation. Register now!
5/21
TUM Student Talk: Food & nutrition programs
Thu 5/21/2026, 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Online
Get authentic insights into our degree programs and ask students your questions live.
5/27
IKOM Start-up
Wed 5/27/2026, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm
Garching
Get in touch with young companies and start-up teams - explore career opportunities at start-ups!
5/29–30
Long Night of the Universities
Fri 29 – Sat 5/30/2026,
6:00 pm – 6:00 am
München
During the lecture tour, professors will give you an insight into their specialist areas.
6/3–6
"Escape from Carbonia" at the Deutsches Museum
Wed 3 – Sat 6/6/2026
München
Crack the code of future energy in our science escape room and learn about energy research.
6/8
International Symposium Future Learning
Mon 6/8/2026, 9:15 am – 2:00 pm
München
International experts discuss AI, education and responsibility – register now!
6/8
Presidential Student Lunch Freising
Mon 6/8/2026, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Freising
Apply by May 18 and talk to President Thomas F. Hofmann about your ideas.
6/8–12
TUM Diversity Week
Mon 8 – Fri 6/12/2026
Online
We invite you to a week of workshops and discussions - register now for Diversity Day on June 11!
6/8
TUMUT – The Food of the Future
Mon 6/8/2026, 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
München
Experience an evening blending science and culinary innovation at the Pinakothek der Moderne (in German).
6/8
Blonde as light
Mon 6/8/2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
München
Learn more about the cultural history of hair in Ralf Junkerjürgen's German-language lecture. Register now!
6/9
TUM Career Day Weihenstephan
Tue 6/9/2026, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Freising, Online
CV checks, professional application photos & co. - a whole day for a successful career!
6/10
Agricultural Entrepreneur Day
Wed 6/10/2026, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Freising
Join us at the career fair for students of agricultural or horticultural sciences.
6/11
TUM Diversity Day
Thu 6/11/2026, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
München
Register now for the Diversity Day at the Vorhoelzer Forum - with exciting presentations and networking!
6/11
What satellites reveal about forests
Thu 6/11/2026, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Freising
Come to Cornelius Senf's lecture as part of TUM@Freising and join in the discussion!
6/15–19
GARNIX Open Air
Mon 15 – Fri 6/19/2026
Garching
Enjoy live music and a beer garden in the middle of the Garching campus - admission is free!
6/15
TUM goes Kammerspiele: Eurydike und Orpheus
Mon 6/15/2026, 6:30 pm
München
Experience an evening at the theater with an exclusive look behind the scenes (in English). Register now!
6/17
The Menopausal Years – Fully Woman? Fully Myself? Fully Transformed?
Wed 6/17/2026, 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Online
Keynote speech about identity and perspectives as a working woman in the menopause. Register now!
6/17
CIT International Day
Wed 6/17/2026, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Garching
Discover cultures, countries and stories at our school's International Day.
6/19
Modern Jazz Workshop
Fri 6/19/2026, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
München
Join our workshop to explore this versatile style and expand your movement range – register now!
6/19
Dance performance "Tänze fast vergessener Geister"
Fri 6/19/2026, 9:00 pm – 10:30 pm
München
Learn more about queer memory culture at a contemporary dance performance by PATHOS Theater!
6/20–7/5
Fritz Koenig. Teacher. Sculptor. Architect
Sat 6/20/2026 – Sun 7/5/2026
Afrikahalle, Anwesen Koenig, Ganslberg
Discover Fritz Koenig’s body of work and his teaching at Ganslberg, the site of his artistic creation.
6/20
Joy of Dancing
Sat 6/20/2026, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
München
Join our free dance improvisation workshop as part of TUM tanzt! – register now!
6/21
Promenade Concerts with the Munich Philharmonic
Sun 6/21/2026, 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm
München
Enjoy three concerts at three venues in Munich's Maxvorstadt — with exclusive free tickets for students.
6/22–25
IKOM
Mon 22 – Thu 6/25/2026
Garching
Actively shape your career trajectory - through internships, theses or one-to-one meetings with companies!
6/27
Explorative dance practice
Sat 6/27/2026, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
München
Join our playful movement workshop – with a focus on somatic awareness.
6/29–7/3
TUNIX Open Air
Mon 6/29/2026 – Fri 7/3/2026
München
The open-air festival awaits you again this summer at Königsplatz between the Glyptothek and the Mensa!
7/6
Presidential Staff Lunch Munich city campus
Mon 7/6/2026, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
München
President Thomas F. Hofmann invites our employees to come and talk to him. Apply by 6/15/2026!
7/6
What hair and hair roots reveal about our psyche
Mon 7/6/2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
München
Learn more about the connection between hair and health at a lecture at the Kunsthalle MUC.
7/13
Bodies in motion – minds in transformation?!
Mon 7/13/2026, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
München
(How) does dance shape connection and community? Join the panel discussion – register now!
7/14
TUM Career Day Munich
Tue 7/14/2026, 9:00 am – 6:30 pm
München, Online
CV checks, professional application photos & co. - a whole day for a successful career!
7/16
Forest and forest management in (involuntary) change
Thu 7/16/2026, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Freising
Come to Axel Göttlein's lecture as part of TUM@Freising and join the discussion!
7/17
Movement in practice: Breaking, Hip-Hop & Contemporary Dance
Fri 7/17/2026, 11:00 am – 1:45 pm
München
Explore coordination, rhythm, and dynamic range in this free workshop – sign up now!
7/17
Tango Argentino workshop
Fri 7/17/2026, 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
München
Join our free Tango workshop – no prior experience is needed. Sign up now!
7/23
13th MEP Energy Colloquium
Thu 7/23/2026, 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Garching
Take part in the interdisciplinary exchange on energy research. Register by July 20.
9/7
Hair as a stage
Mon 9/7/2026, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
München
Alina Gales speaks at the Kunsthalle MUC about digital power and how algorithms distort role models.
9/29
Sustainable material use of tree bark
Tue 9/29/2026, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Freising
Come to Michaela Eder's lecture at TUM@Freising and join the discussion!
10/3
Open House Research Campus Garching
Sat 10/3/2026, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Garching
Come to Garching and experience science up close in lectures, hands-on activities and guided tours.
10/21
TUM Talk
Wed 10/21/2026
Heilbronn
Find out more about solutions for the transformation of SMEs. Register now!
10/29
Networks in bioinformatics
Thu 10/29/2026, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Freising
Come to Markus List's lecture at TUM@Freising and join the discussion!
11/18
Vernissage of the exhibition "Air Conditioned"
Wed 11/18/2026, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
München
We invite you to the opening of the exhibition on architecture between comfort and climate change.
11/19–4/4
Exhibition "Air Conditioned"
Thu 11/19/2026 – Sun 4/4/2027
München
Visit our architecture museum's exhibition on architecture between comfort and climate change.
11/24
The Fat Whisperer returns
Tue 11/24/2026, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Freising
Come to Alexander Bartelt's lecture at TUM@Freising and join the discussion!
11/27–29
HackaTUM for computer science and innovation
Fri 27 – Sun 11/29/2026
Garching
Join one of Europe's largest hackathons and take part in networking events!
Dates and events of our schools
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