Schools and Research Centers

Promoting pioneering research and readying talented minds to tackle the challenges of the future: this is why we networked our Schools and research centers across disciplinary boundaries – in a novel matrix structure that fosters innovation.

Our Schools at a glance

Seven Schools form the academic foundation of TUM and, with the departments within them, cover the major domains of science. This new structure breaks away from mono-disciplinary faculties. The Schools’ research and teaching focus on furthering sustainable innovation for the good of humankind, nature and society, with transdisciplinary connections forged by Integrative Research Institutes and other scientific institutions.

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Under development: TUM School of

Medicine and Health

Promoting health and treating disease: from the fall of 2023, this new School will combine the strengths of what is currently the TUM School of Medicine and the TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences.

TUM as a University of Excellence

Transforming our university for the future

This is the most extensive reform in our university’s history, which stretches back over 150 years. We are fundamentally transforming the structure of TUM – moving from a faculty-based system to a new, innovation-fostering matrix of Schools and Integrative Research Institutes. The goal? To systematically network experts and students, thereby ensuring our sustained success as a leading university in international competition. This transformation is a crucial part of the TUM Agenda 2030, our future-focused concept from the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments.

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Structure of TUM

Organization and Governance

How does TUM function as a modern scientific enterprise and one of the leading universities in Europe? From the TUM Board of Management to other bodies and central service institutions – get an overview of our university's overall structure.

Organziational structure

Integrative Research Institutes

Situated at the interfaces between our Schools, Integrative Research Institutes (IRIs) tackle future-focused issues with far-reaching implications. They bring together approaches, tools and expertise from research and teaching in various subjects, striving to find novel solutions to system-wide challenges.

Clusters of Excellence

We connect our researchers with those from other research institutions, pooling their expertise in high-performance research partnerships. TUM is currently involved in four Clusters of Excellence – researching the origins of the universe and life, sustainable energy supplies, quantum technology and systems neurology.

Overview of our Clusters

Scope for creativity

Innovation Networks and Mission Networks

Transdisciplinary teams made up of leading scientists and talented junior researchers pursue visionary research approaches, uncover potential for innovation at interfaces between disciplines and pool the knowledge and expertise of TUM to tackle decisive issues of human-centered engineering.

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Institute for Advanced Study

As IAS Fellows, outstanding scientists from around the globe enjoy the creative scope to pursue unconventional research projects at TUM.

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Support for researchers

Technical infrastructure, research funding and more

We offer excellent conditions for research, from our Technology Core Facilities’ (TCFs) outstanding equipment, infrastructure and expertise in high-performance technologies to access to research funding, and numerous other services that promote exceptional science.

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Locations on campus and institutions in Germany and abroad

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Wiki: School transition

Staff information on the current schedule, FAQs and details of the reform process

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