Open House Campus Garching October 3

Discover and try things out: We have invited you to experience research up close for a whole day.

Aerial view of the Garching research campus in 2021.

At the Garching research campus, visitors were invited to experience science in lectures, hands-on activities, guided tours and much more. Whether young or old, there were numerous activities for every one on this day: students, staff and external guests. In addition to TUM, many other research institutions such as the Max Planck and Fraunhofer Institutes took part in the day of action.

At a glance

Address and directions

  • Underground: Garching-Forschungszentrum
  • Bus: Ludwig-Prandtl-Str.; Boltzmannstr.; Garching-Forschungszentrum; Technische Universität; MVV timetable information
  • Car: A9, exit Garching-Nord

Program highlights

Program overview (in German)

Participating institutes

Around 25 research institutions took part in the open house. Here you can see a selection of our university’s participating institutes.

Contact

Do you have questions? Contact our organisation team:
tag-der-offenen-tuerspam prevention@tum.de

Further information

You can get an overview of the campus and the action day program on the Garching research campus website (in Geman).

"Open Day" lettering with graphic elements on a dark blue background

Germany-wide action day on October 3

Open House with the Mouse 2024

We also took part in the nationwide "Doors open with the Mouse" campaign day: some of our open house programs took place as part of the Mouse Door Opener Day.

More on the WDR action day

Further events on the topic of research

12 Jun 2025

Lecture series in the planetarium at the Garching research campus

ESO Supernova: Kosmisches Kino

  • Thursday, 6/12/2025
  • 7:00 pm

Event location
Campus Garching

Public event

Target audience
publically

Presenter
Dr. Stefan Heigl

In this Kosmisches Kino, Stefan Heigl from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) takes us on a journey to the cradle of stars. He shows us how bright stars emerge from dark gas clouds and provides an overview of the most important processes in the early life of stars.

This event is in German.

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The interstellar medium - the matter between the stars in our galaxy - is in constant flux. Diffuse, hot gas cools and condenses into denser regions of molecular gas and dust, known as molecular clouds. Gravity, turbulence, and external influences can cause parts of these clouds to collapse and become even more dense. When the density in certain regions is high enough, star formation begins. This process creates a disc of gas and dust around the young star, in which planets can later form. Over the course of a star's life, the material is released back into the surrounding medium by winds, radiation, and ultimately a supernova explosion, allowing the cycle to begin again.

Observations show that stars primarily form in elongated structures of dense gas - called filaments. There is also evidence that young protostars can accrete mass directly from this gas-rich environment. How does this accretion influence the collapse of the gas? And does the environment play a role in the formation of planets?

Further events
  • 7/10/2025, 7 p.m. – Catarina Aydar (MPE) about supermassive black holes
  • August – summer break
  • 9/11/2025, 7 p.m. – Dr Francesca Capel (MPP) about astroparticles
  • 10/9/2025, 7 p.m. – Dr. David Cont (LMU) about exoplanets
  • 11/13/2025, 7 p.m. – Dr. Asmita Bhandare (LMU) about TBA
  • 12/11/2025, 7 p.m. – Sophie Vogt (LMU) about TBA
How to find us
  • Location: Planetarium of the ESO Supernova, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748 Garching
  • GPS coordinates: 48° 15' 36.90" N; 11° 40' 15.16" E

The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Center is located 2 km northeast of Garching and 15 km northeast of Munich on the grounds of the research center.

Event overview
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