Teaching and Quality Management

Combining excellent research with excellent teaching – that is the aspiration of TUM. Teaching at our university is carried out according to the highest didactic and technical standards, oriented towards learning objectives and competency.

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Teaching Methods

Here you will find an overview of the didactic principles on which teaching at TUM is based, as well as assistance in designing courses and examinations.

Awards and Competitions

At TUM, there are a variety of forums and competitions for innovative teaching formats, outstanding didactic concepts and the exchange on the latest developments.

Dialogue on Teaching

At TUM, there are a number of regular events on the culture of teaching and learning that provide impetus for lecturing and space for discussion and exchange.

Quality Management

The goal of quality management is to design, establish and further develop attractive, challenging and internationally competitive degree programs.

Training for Teaching

Whether didactics, e-learning or evaluation – TUM offers a wide range of consulting and training services on all topics related to studying and teaching.

Internationalization Language Services

The Internationalization Language Services coordinates translations into English as well as (copy) editing, and provides the dict.tum terminology database.

Contact Quality Management

TUM Center for Study and Teaching
Quality Management

Arcisstr. 19
80333 München

Contact

Contact ProLehre

ProLehre | Media and Didactics
Barer Str. 19
80333 München

E-Mail: infospam prevention@prolehre.tum.de
www.prolehre.tum.de

Downloads

Handouts, guides, and templates: documents on teaching and QM.

Downloads

News: Teaching and Learning

Students in a TUM working space
5/9/2025
Reading time: 2 Min.

TUM LEAP wins funding for innovative teaching architecture

Individual learning pathways for students

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is reimagining academic education. With its new initiative, TUM Learning Pathways (LEAP), the university is expanding the traditional study program model to offer flexible, interdisciplinary learning pathways tailored to individual needs. Designed to prepare students for an increasingly dynamic and uncertain professional world, the project has been awarded funding in the national Teaching Architecture competition organized by the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education.

Teaching Studies
Group photo of the winners of the  Prize for Excellence in Teaching awarded by the Free State of Bavaria and TUM’s Certificates of Honor for Excellence in Teaching.
4/3/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

Antonius Schneider and Friedrich Esch receive Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Outstanding TUM educators honored

Students need one thing above all else: dedicated instructors who inspire them to grow – both academically and personally. Six TUM members have taken particularly innovative approaches to achieve this goal. In recognition of their efforts, they have received a prestigious honor: the Prize for Excellence in Teaching awarded by the Free State of Bavaria and TUM’s Certificates of Honor for Excellence in Teaching.

Teaching Studies Community
Three students at an improvised table made of two plastic containers, in the background partitions with a multitude of written-on colored sticky notes.
3/10/2025

Wanted: Innovative projects for study and teaching

The TUM Future Learning Initiative 2025 starts

Dynamic, competence-oriented, and at the cutting edge – the teaching of the future is being shaped at TUM. Who knows better what it takes than our students, teaching staff, and alumns. The TUM Future Learning Initiative aims to support their projects and implement their ideas. The Freunde der TUM – Association of Alumni and Friends is providing a total of 20,000 euros for this purpose. Proposals can be submitted until 31 May.

Teaching Studies Campus news Community
2/14/2025

Podcast "We Are TUM"

How we use and shape AI

In this episode of "We Are TUM", we talk to CIO Alexander Braun about our university's new AI strategy. We also take a look at the current state of using artificial intelligence in research and teaching with Prof. Alena Buyx and Ben Lenk-Ostendorf.

Teaching Studies Research Artificial Intelligence Community
2/12/2025
Reading time: 3 Min.

Artificial intelligence in university development

TUM issues a comprehensive AI strategy

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a far-reaching strategy for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in research, teaching, and administration. The TUM AI Strategy defines the framework for the responsible implementation and use of AI technologies in all dimensions of the university.

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