Research Enabling Change
Exploring the origins of the universe and the foundations of life, seeking solutions to the major challenges of our time – from students to Nobel Prize laureates, our university community creates inspiration, new knowledge and innovation.
Following our guiding principle of "Human-centered Engineering", we align the development of technical solutions towards the functionality for people, the values and needs of society, and the requirements of a sustainable future. Our innovation-supportive matrix structure of TUM Schools and mission-driven Integrative Research Institutes creates an operatively agile and scientifically inspiring environment for interdisciplinary collaboration across TUM and beyond.
Natural sciences, medicine and social sciences at the top
TUM to receive funding for seven Clusters of Excellence
TUM has once again made a successful start to the highly competitive Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments: In the future, seven Clusters of Excellence at TUM and its cooperation partners will be funded, as announced by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Four existing clusters were able to prove themselves in the international review process and will be funded for a further seven years. In addition, there are three new Clusters of Excellence.
A selection of key research areas
Excellent infrastructure for research
Research goals
We explore the fundamentals of life and find solutions to major societal challenges. In doing so, we always put people at the center.
Schools and research centers
The foundation of our university is formed by seven Schools, which are linked at the interface of disciplines by integrative research institutes.
Faculty
At TUM, 698 professors research and teach. Get to know this international group of outstanding scientists.
We develop innovative technologies not for the sake of it, but for people and nature.
President of Technical University of Munich
Experience research
We share our curiosity, knowledge and fascination with people from our university and beyond, and create new paths into the future.
150 Years of TUM – anniversary stories
Curiosity and an entrepreneurial spirit have been at the heart of TUM for more than 150 years. From the first viable refrigerator to robots capable of feeling to the sandwich molecule – researchers have made numerous inventions and discoveries during that period that still shape our lives today.
TUM magazine
Groundbreaking research, innovative start-up ideas, inspiring alumni, exciting news from studying, teaching and campus life - this is what our new TUM Magazine offers you every six months as a print edition and at any time online.
