Open Day Campus Garching October 3 2024

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

Aerial view of the Garching research campus in 2021.

Come to the Garching research campus and experience science in lectures, hands-on activities, guided tours and much more. Whether young or old, there are 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 will be taking part in the day of action.

Save the date

Address and directions

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

Participating institutes

Around 25 research institutions are taking part in the open day. Here you can see a selection of our university’s participating institutes. Please check the respective institute websites to find out whether registration is necessary for individual program items.

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).

Germany-wide action day on October 3

Open Day with the Mouse 2024

We are also taking part in the nationwide "Doors open with the Mouse" campaign day: some of our open day programmes take place as part of the Mouse Door Opener Day. But don't worry if these dates are already fully booked: There's a lot more to discover for young researchers on the Garching campus on October 3 – no registration required.

More on the WDR action day and registration

To bridge the waiting time: further events on the topic of research

4 May 2024

Open House: Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Discover science in the Munich Residence

  • Saturday, 5/4/2024
  • 11:00 - 18:00 o'clock

Event location
Munich (Residence | BadW)

Public event

Experience the fascination of science and research: The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities will open its doors on Saturday, May 4, 2024. Get into conversation with researchers from all over Bavaria, experience vivid experiments from the natural and technical sciences. Discuss the contribution of science to current challenges at interactive panels and be there when "Ten questions for science" are asked.

Get to know interesting personalities on the science sofa or take a guided tour of a part of the Munich Residence with an exciting history, which is now home to Germany's largest state academy. There is a varied program for children and young people to join in and discover, from an archaeological treasure hunt to an introduction to programming and the eruption of a small volcano.

Admission is free. Registration is not necessary.

Complete program

Meet TUM researchers

Family program

  • Experiments with liquid nitrogen: Observe how unusual and exciting everyday materials behave at low temperatures.
  • Superconducting racetrack: Marvel at (and understand) how superconductors make cars levitate.

Talks

  • 11:20 - 11:50 a.m.: Why can quantum computing solve unsolvable problems?
    Prof. Dr. Stefan Filipp, Technical Physics / Walther-Meißner-Institute for Low Temperature Research of the BAdW

  • 11:50 - 12:20 a.m.: Where do we stand in the fight against cancer?
    Dr. Klaus Wagenbauer, Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering (MIBE) / Junges Kolleg (Young Academy) der BAdW

Science sofa

  • 15:30 - 15:55: What do I need to make a career in science?
    Prof. Dr. Markus Schwaiger, Nuclear physician, President of the BAdW, Medical Director and Chairman of the Board at TUM's Klinikum rechts der Isar until 2021

  • 16:30 to 16:55: Weight loss drugs - How do you make it from basic research to application and then into the BILD newspaper?
    Prof. Dr. Matthias Tschöp, Chair of Metabolic Diseases at TUM, Scientific Director and Spokesperson for the Management at Helmholtz Munich

How to find us
  • Venue: Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Alfons-Goppel-Str. 11 (Residenz), 80539 Munich
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