TUMstudinews: The Newsletter for Students

An X-Zylo made of plastic can fly up to 200 metres. How is that possible? Nils Wagner, a student of Physics at TUM, conducted research on this topic and has just become the national winner of "Jugend forscht" in the field of Physics. It all started in his parents' garage.

Around 160 patients with gunshots wounds per month: The Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg / South Africa has the world's largest emergency department. Danilo Hackner, a medical student at TUM, paid a four-month visit to the hospital where about 70 percent of the patients are emergency patients.

"Multimodal Science Communication" is the motto of the 2019 edition of the Junge Akademie of TUM. Computer Science student Altan Birler from Istanbul is one of the young scientists who work on a contribution to the project topic for 20 months.

"What do you want to do after completing your Abitur?" Many school pupils have no real plan for their next steps in life, often even shortly before they leave school. The mentoring program Step Inside at TUM is supposed to help them with that.

Sleepless nights before your next presentation? It helps to be well-prepared. Take advantage of TUM Speaker's Corner, a new offer by the University Library, and address future presentations with confidence and professionalism.

In addition to the income levels, the benefits will be raised as well: In May 2019, the Bundestag passed the new BAföG reform – and here are the most important changes as of August 1, 2019, at a glance.

22 students from seven Bavarian universities: On June 28, 2019, the graduates of the Bavarian Academy of Writing (Bayerische Akademie des Schreibens) will present excerpts from their literary texts, which were written in three weekend workshops over the past few months – and there will be a celebration.