TUMstudinews: The Newsletter for Students

Don't miss anything: Important dates and infos for students, stories from the campus, interviews – this and more you can find in our newsletter TUMstudinews. It is published three times per semester. On this site you can subscribe and read all previous issues.

2016 Summer Olympics:
Seven TUM-students in Rio
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!
Integration-tandems at the WZW:
When strangers become friends
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.
Mariana Avezum leads the “Hyperloop”-team:
Things that make a difference
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.
e-books at TUM:
A well-appreciated and huge range of offers
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).
Groundbreaking:
The new Mensa building at campus Garching
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.
Welcome to TUM:
TUM International Student Guide
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.
Photo competition 2016:
Online voting
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!
Not to be missed:
Mensa, First Aid and Open day
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.