Technical University of Munich
Technische Universität München
Motto:	Die unternehmerische Universität (The entrepreneurial university)
Established:	1868
Type:	Public
President:	Wolfgang A. Herrmann
Staff:	7,356 (395 Professors; 4,160 Academic) [1]
Students:	21,608 [1]
Doctoral students:	729 [1]
Location:	Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Affiliations:	German Universities Excellence Initiative
Website:	www.tum.de

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TUM is among the highest acclaimed universities in Germany, producing several Nobel Laureates including Gerhard Ertl who in 2007 received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.^[2][3] Gerhard Ertl (born October 10, 1936) in Stuttgart) is a German chemist, and a Nobel prize winning Professor emeritus at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to 2006. ...

History

Main campus entrance at Gabelsberger Street, Munich

• 1868 King Ludwig II founded a 'Polytechnic School' reorganized like a university.
• 1877 Awarded the designation 'Technical University'.
• 1901 Granted the right to award doctorates.
• 1902 Approval of the election of the Principal by the teaching staff.
• 1930 Integration of the College of Agriculture and Brewing in Weihenstephan.
• 1942 Christian Probst, Hans Scholl, and Sophie Scholl, of "The White Rose," were arrested and killed by a Nazi Group.
• 1957 Given the status of a 'public legal body'.
• 1958 Research Reactor Munich (FRM), Garching officially assigned to the TH München.
• 1970 Renamed 'Technische Universität München'.
• 2000 Establishment of Weihenstephan Science Centre for Life & Food Sciences, Land Use and Environment (WZW) belonging to the TUM.
• 2002 The German Institute of Science and Technology founded in Singapore.
• 2004 Official opening of TUM's Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) Neutron Research Source, the world first research neutron source, on March 2.

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Campuses

Munich downtown main campus aerial view

The TUM, like many German universities, is a "no campus" university. However, with new expansion planned in Garching, more and more departments will be placed into the new buildings in Garching. The Garching campus, unlike the downtown area, is set up more like a traditional "quadrangle" style campus with a large grouping of buildings. At the moment, university buildings are spread over four main and several minor locations: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 558 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,116 × 1,476 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 558 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,116 × 1,476 pixels, file size: 1. ...

• Main campus in downtown Munich
• Garching (Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering...), complete with an on-campus General Electric Company facility
• Weihenstephan (Center for Life and Food Science)
• Hospital "Rechts der Isar" (Medicine), Munich
  

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Organisation

TUM Extended Board of Management

The Extended Board of Management advises the Executive Board of Management and assists in discharging its duties. Alongside the Chief Executives (President, Chancellor, Vice Presidents), it consists of the Department Deans, the Speaker for the Central Scientific Institutions and the Speaker for the Deans of Studies.

TUM Supervisory Board

The TUM Supervisory Board is the TUM's monitoring body and 'steering' committee comprising the members of the Senate and the External University Council. The External University Council comprises eight high-ranking representatives from the fields of science, culture, industry and politics. Current members include:

• Roland Berger, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
• Richard R. Ernst, Nobel Laureate
• Susanne Klatten, Member of the Supervisory Board, Altana, BMW AG
• Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO, Alcoa Inc., former Siemens AG
• Bernd Pischetsrieder, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Volkswagen AG
• Henning Schulte-Noelle, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Allianz AG

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Advisory Committee

Werner-von-Siemens Auditorium Maximum at main campus in downtown Munich.

The Advisory Committee, or 'Kuratorium', consists of up to 15 high-ranking persons from industry, culture and politics who support, advise and sponsor the Technische Universität in the public domain. Current members include: For other uses, see Munich (disambiguation). ...

• Manfred Bischoff, Chairman of the Board of Directors, EADS
• Henning Kagemann, CEO, SAP AG
• Christian Ude, Mayor of Munich
• Stefan Vilsmeier, Chairman of the Board, BrainLab AG
• Angelika Niebler, Member of the European Parliament
• Hildegund Holzheid, Former President of the Bavarian Constitutional Court
• Edeltraud Böhm-Amtmann, Principal of the Bavarian delegation to the EU

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Students

Currently TUM has approx. 21,600 students in undergraduate and graduate programs of which 3,700 are foreign students.

Faculty

Technical University of Munich, Location Garching, a suburb of Munich

Faculty Building for Math and Computer Science in Garching

Interior of the Faculty Building for Math and Computer Science

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The TUM is divided into 12 departments:

• Architecture
• Business Administration
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering and Surveying

• Informatics (Computer Science)
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medicine with the university hospital "Rechts der Isar"
• Physics
• Sports Science
• Weihenstephan Center for Life and Food Science

Academic reputation

Subject ranking among top German universities

TUM is highly ranked by DAAD on the subject-specific ranking system, in which, universities are shown in alphabetical order in ranking groups (Top Group, Middle Group, Final Group or Not Ranked). The best universities concerning a certain subfield, are found in Top Group; while the worst ones lie in Final Group. Generally, two to four universities are in Top Group.^[4] DAAD can have several meanings: German_Academic_Exchange_Service Direct action against drugs, a cover name for the Irish Republican Army This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Subject

• Architecture (top)
• Biochemistry (no info)
• Biology (middle)
• Business Administration (top)
• Business Computing (not ranked)
• Chemistry (top)
• Civil Engineering (top)
• Computer Science (top)
• Electrical and Information Engineering (top)
• Food Chemistry (no info)
• Geoscience (top)
• Human Medicine (middle)
• Mathematics (top)
• Mechanical Engineering (top)
• Physics (top)
• Process- and Chemical-Engineering (top)

Research

TUM features a strong, characteristic profile in the fields of Science and Engineering. Alongside the traditional key areas addressed by Technical Universities, powerful links have been also established with the Life Sciences, ranging from Nutrition and Food Sciences, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics to Medicine. Much of its innovative research and teaching has emerged from collaborations between the disciplines.

Major award laureates

Nobel Prize

• 1927 Heinrich Otto Wieland, Chemistry
• 1929 Thomas Mann, Literature
• 1930 Hans Fischer, Chemistry
• 1961 Rudolf L. Mößbauer, Physics ("Mößbauer-Effect")
• 1964 Feodor Lynen, Medicine or Physiology
• 1964 Konrad Emil Bloch, Medicine or Physiology
• 1972 John Robert Schrieffer, Physics
• 1973 Ernst Otto Fischer, Chemistry ("Sandwich Complexes")
• 1985 Klaus von Klitzing, Physics ("Quantum-Hall-Effect")
• 1986 Ernst Ruska, Physics ("Electron Microscope")
• 1987 Karl Alexander Müller, Physics
• 1988 Johann Deisenhofer, Chemistry
• 1988 Robert Huber, Chemistry
• 1989 Wolfgang Paul, Physics ("ion trap")
• 1991 Erwin Neher, Medicine or Physiology
• 1991 Richard Robert Ernst, Chemistry
• 2001 Karl Barry Sharpless, Chemistry
• 2001 Ryoji Noyori, Chemistry
• 2001 Wolfgang Ketterle, Physics
• 2007 Gerhard Ertl, Chemistry

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Pritzker Prize

1. 1986 Gottfried Böhm - Architecture

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

1. 2001 Arthur Konnerth - Neurophysiology
2. 1997 Jean Karen Gregory - Materials Science
3. 1997 Ernst Mayr - Computer Science
4. 1995 Gerhard Hirzinger - Computer Science
5. 1994 Manfred Broy - Computer Science
6. 1991 Karl-Heinz Hoffmann - Applied Mathematics
7. 1989 Joachim Milberg - Production Technology, Mechanical Engineering
8. 1987 Gerhard Abstreiter - Semiconductor Physics
9. 1987 Wolfgang A. Herrmann - Anorganic Chemistry
10. 1987 Hubert Schmidbaur - Anorganic Chemistry

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Partnerships

TUM's first spin-off is the German Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), in Singapore (together with National University of Singapore). The German Institute of Science and Technology (abbreviated GIST) is a research and education institute setup in Singapore as a result of a collaboration between the Technical University of Munich, the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. ... Malay name Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura Tamil name Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய பல்கலைக்கழகம் University Cultural Centre The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS) is Singapores oldest university. ...

TUM has currently over 130 international partnerships, among them MIT, Stanford University, University of Illinois, Cornell University, National University of Singapore, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, University of Tokyo, École Centrale Paris, TU Eindhoven, Technical University of Denmark, Technical University of Vienna, University of Melbourne, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, ... Mapúa Institute of Technology (MIT, MapúaTech or simply Mapúa) is a private, non-sectarian, Filipino tertiary institute located in Intramuros, Manila. ... Stanford redirects here. ... A Corner of Main Quad The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, or simply Illinois), is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious campus in the University of Illinois system. ... Cornell redirects here. ... Malay name Malay: Universiti Nasional Singapura Tamil name Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் தேசிய பல்கலைக்கழகம் University Cultural Centre The National University of Singapore (Abbreviation: NUS) is Singapores oldest university. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Tsinghua University (THU; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is a university in Beijing, China. ... Todai redirects here. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Eindhoven University of Technology (in Dutch: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven or TU/e, and formerly Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven or THE) is a university of technology located in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. ... Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)) was founded in 1829 as the College of Advanced Technology (Danish: Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt) belonging to the University of Copenhagen. ... Vienna University of Technology is one of the major universities in Vienna, the capital of Austria. ... The University of Melbourne, is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. ... A portion of IIT Delhis main building, with the wind tunnel (Wind T) The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi), is one of the topmost college of engineering in India situated in the south part of the capital. ... Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (Thai: สถาบันเทคโนโลยีนานาชาติสิรินธร) (SIIT) is a semi-autonomous institute of technology established in 1992 within Thammasat University. ...

TUM is also a partner of LAOTSE, an international network for student and senior lecturers among leading European and Asian universities. LAOTSE (Links to Asia by Organizing Traineeship and Student Exchange) is an international network of leading universities in Europe and Asia. ...

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References

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See also

• Education in Germany
• List of universities in Germany

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External links

• Official site
• Klinikum Rechts der Isar
• Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM-II)

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