TUMstudinews: The Newsletter for Students

Today the Olympic Games will be opened, and seven TUM-students will be part of the event – more than ever before: an eventer, a judoka, a sailor, a cyclist, and two swimmers. Fingers crossed, everyone at TUM!

In the summer semester, 56 TUM students were able to attended the seminar “Integration und Gesellschaftsprozesse mit Asylsuchenden” (“Integration and social processes with asylum seekers”) at the WZW. Now, at the end of the semester, the outcome is friendship. Marietta Lehnardt, Annemarie Krauss, and Christian Metz, who attended the seminar, talk about their experiences of the recent months.

It is unusual for a budding computer scientist to manage an engineering project, but it is not impossible – as proven by Mariana Avezum, who organizes the student “Hyperloop”-project, which she initiated herself.

The University Library holds more than 125,000 scientific e-books available – and the number is increasing. Last year, TUM invested about half a million Euros for e-books (new licenses and renewals).

The foundation stone was laid in early June: the Free State of Bavaria invested 44.5 million Euros for the construction of a new service-building at the TUM’s largest campus. It is designed for a total capacity of approximately 7,300 meals per day.

If you’re from abroad and if the coming winter semester is your first semester at TUM, you might want to take a look at the TUM International Student Guide, which is now online.

We received several impressive photos for this year’s photo competition, submitted by TUM-students and TUM-employees. The motto: “TUM without Borders - your engagement in development cooperation“. Help us pick the winners!

The Mensa Arcisstraße is about to be modernized – including a complete workover of the counters and the kitchen. Therefore, the canteen will be closed until August 12.