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News, research results and events: everything that enthuses people at our university.

European Union Week

“One of the best decisions I ever made as a student”

At European Union Week, students discover how valuable and enriching it is to be part of the European Union. Events are...

4/22/2026 Reading time 4 min.

Teaching

Prize for Excellence in Teaching

Alisa Machner and Georgia Samaras honored

Last week, the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts presented this year's Excellence in Teaching Prizes. Also...

4/20/2026 Reading time 3 min.

Quantum Technologies

Chip research in Singapore

First open-source system for post-quantum cryptography

The new international consortium QUASAR-CREATE aims to develop the world’s first fully open-source post-quantum-secure...

4/14/2026 Reading time 2 min.

Ayla Busch ist Mitinhaberin und Co-CEO von Busch Vacuum Solutions und Stiftungsrätin der TUM Universitätsstiftung.

Community

TUM University Foundation

“We need to invest more in education”

Since 2019, Busch Vacuum Solutions has supported the TUM University Foundation. Today, Ayla Busch continues her family’s ...

4/16/2026 Reading time 5 min.

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Our upcoming event highlights

4/22

Vernissage of the exhibition "Convivium"

Wed 4/22/2026, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Munich

We invite you to the opening of the exhibition on the complex systems of global food production!

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4/24

Student Initiative Showcase

Fri 4/24/2026, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Munich

Discover student projects and initiatives on campus at the start of the summer semester!

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4/29

TUM Life Science Talks: Decoding cellular systems

Wed 4/29/2026, 10:15 am – 12:00 pm

Freising

Benefit from the interdisciplinary exchange at Prof. Fabian Theis’s lecture!

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4/29

TUM Sustainability Day

Wed 4/29/2026

Garching

We invite you to experience the diversity of our sustainability topics at Sustainability Day 2026!

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Event Overview

Degree programs

What drives us: President Thomas F. Hofmann about TUM

Research and innovations for society, innovative teaching and continuing education: This is how we shape a sustainable future, relying on the intelligence of the entire university and working closely with global partners to do so.

TUM in figures

Students

ERC Grants for cutting-edge research

Nobel Prizes

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Our research goals

Understanding the essential foundations of life

We explore which fundamental forces and mechanisms shaped the universe and how its galaxies, stars and planets developed - and how life originated.

Maintaining health and targeting diseases

How will we treat serious illnesses in the future and how can we make reliable diagnoses more quickly? We address these questions with the latest technologies and methods.

Shaping a sustainable living environment

We combine all our expertise to slow down climate change and create sustainable places to live and work.

Creating new materials and manufacturing technologies

High-precision sensors on a quantum basis and new systems for storing energy - we develop digital manufacturing technologies and sustainable process engineering.

Pioneering digital transformation for a secure future

We develop secure digital technologies that make life and work easier. Our goal is to find solutions to questions of digital change and to constantly drive them forward.