{{Short description|Public research university in Munich, Germany}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Redirect|TUM}} {{Infobox university | name = Technical University of Munich | native_name = {{lang|de|Technische Universität München}} | native_name_lang = de | image = Logo of the Technical University of Munich.svg | image_size = | image_upright = .7 | motto = The Entrepreneurial University | established = {{start date and age|1868|04|12}} | type = Public | affiliation = | academic_affiliation = {{hlist|ATHENS|EAIE|EUA|EuroTech|GUEI|TIME|TU9}} | endowment = | budget = EUR 2,171.0 million <small>(2024)</small><ref name="tum_data"/> * University: EUR 1,250.0 million * Hospital: EUR 921.0 million | president = Thomas Hofmann<br /><small>(list of presidents)</small> | academic_staff = 698 professors<br/>8,354 <small>(other academic staff)</small><ref name="tum_data"/> | administrative_staff = 4,262 <small>(without university hospital)</small><ref name="tum_data"/> | students = 51,954 <small>(WS 2025–26)</small><ref name="tum_data"/> | undergrad = | postgrad = | doctoral = | other = | address = Arcisstraße 21 | city = Munich | state = Bavaria | province = | postalcode = 80333 | country = Germany | coordinates = {{coord|48|08|53|N|11|34|05|E|region:DE-BY_type:edu|display=it}} | mapframe-zoom = 10 | campus = Urban | sporting_affiliations = | website = {{URL|https://www.tum.de/en/|tum.de}} | logo = TU Muenchen Logo.svg | founder = Ludwig II of Bavaria | religious_affiliation = | colors = {{color box|#0075BB}} Blue, {{color box|white}} White }}
The '''Technical University of Munich''' ('''TUM''' or '''TU Munich'''; {{langx|de|Technische Universität München}}) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences.
Established in 1868 by King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the university now has additional campuses in Garching, Freising, Heilbronn, Straubing, Ottobrunn, and Singapore, with the Garching campus being its largest. The university is organized into seven schools, and is supported by numerous research centers. It is one of the largest universities in Germany, with 51,954 students and an annual budget of €2,171.0 million including the university hospital.<ref name="tum_data"/>
A ''University of Excellence'' under the German Universities Excellence Initiative,<ref name="Excellence">{{Cite web|url= https://www.wissenschaftsrat.de/download/2019/PM_ExStra_engl.html|title= Final decisions in the German Excellence Strategy |website=Wissenschaftsrat.de}}</ref> TUM is among the leading universities in the European Union.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TUM ist beste Universität in Deutschland und EU |url=https://www.tum.de/aktuelles/alle-meldungen/pressemitteilungen/details/tum-ist-beste-universitaet-in-deutschland-und-eu |access-date=1 July 2020 |website=www.tum.de |language=en}}</ref> Its researchers and alumni include 19 Nobel laureates and 26 Leibniz Prize winners.<ref name="tum_data">{{cite web|title=TUM in figures|url=https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/facts-and-figures/tum-in-figures/|publisher=Technische Universität München|access-date=23 February 2026}}</ref>
== History == === 19th century === thumb|The new building of the ''Polytechnische Schule München'' in 1869
In 1868, King Ludwig II of Bavaria founded the ''Polytechnische Schule München'' with Karl Maximilian von Bauernfeind as founding director. The new school had its premises at Arcisstraße, where it is still located today. At that time, around 350 students were supervised by 24 professors and 21 lecturers. The institution was divided into six departments: The "General Department" (mathematics, natural sciences, humanities, law and economics), the "Engineering Department" (civil engineering and surveying), the "Building Construction Department" (architecture), the "Mechanical-Technical Department" (mechanical engineering), the "Chemical-Technical Department" (chemistry), and the "Agricultural Department".
In 1877, the ''Polytechnische Schule München'' became the ''Technische Hochschule München'' (TH München), and in 1901 it was granted the right to award doctorates. With an average of 2,600 to 2,800 students, the TH München was Germany's largest technical university, ahead of the TH Berlin. In 1970 the institution was renamed ''Technische Universität München''.
=== 20th century === thumb|left|The main building of the ''Technische Hochschule München'' in 1909 [[File:TUM Chemistry 1909.jpg|thumb|Lecture hall in the former Institute of Chemistry in 1909. An early version of the periodic table can be seen on the wall.]]
In 1906, Anna Boyksen became the first female student to enroll in electrical engineering, after the Bavarian government had allowed women to study at technical universities in the German Empire. Martha Schneider-Bürger became the first German female civil engineer to graduate from the university in 1927.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stiglat|first=Klaus|title=Bauingenieure und ihr Werk|date=2004|publisher=Ernst & Sohn|isbn=3-433-01665-8|location=Berlin|oclc=53848171}}</ref>
In 1913, Jonathan Zenneck became director of the newly created Physics Institute.
During the Weimar Republic, the TH München faced the challenge of limited resources and was drawn into radical political conflicts during the November Revolution, the Great Depression, and the rise of Adolf Hitler. Two of the 16 Nazis killed in Hitler's failed coup attempt in 1923 were students at the university. The National Socialist German Students' League became the strongest faction in the General Students' Committee in 1930, and Jewish and politically unpopular professors were terrorized by the young students.<ref name=SZ>{{Cite web |last=Wetzel |first=Jakob |title=TU München: Forschung im Dienst der Nazis |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/tu-muenchen-forschung-nationalsozialismus-1.3984355 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Süddeutsche.de |date=20 May 2018 |language=de}}</ref>
After Hitler took power, the TH was soon aligned and a "Führer rector" was appointed, with the deans directly responsible to him. The Führerprinzip was also imposed on universities, resulting in a significant restriction of the autonomy of the TH München. In 1933, the newly enacted Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service led to the dismissal of staff deemed "non-Aryan" or married to "non-Aryans," as well as politically "undesirable" professors. Jewish students lost their rights and were banned from enrolling after 1938.
The university was deeply involved in the crimes of the Nazi regime. For instance, Heinz Henseler, a professor in charge of animal breeding at the university, headed a new "Colonial Science Seminar" from 1940. The seminar focused on exploring how to "Germanize" the landscapes of Poland and Russia for future colonization and settlement during the war. The entire Faculty of Agriculture was influenced by the ideology of blood and soil, and agricultural scientists had no qualms about using forced laborers and prisoners of war on university experimental farms. Henseler repeatedly asked his former student and SS chief Heinrich Himmler for additional land and led several excursions to the SS herb garden on the grounds of the Dachau concentration camp with his students.<ref name=SZ/>
During World War II, the TH München conducted extensive research in armaments to support the war effort. Notable professors during this time included aircraft designer Willy Messerschmitt and physicist Walther Meissner. Despite the war, high-level basic research continued to be conducted in some institutes, as some professors, staff members, and students dared to disobey and resist. Nobel laureate Hans Fischer protected Jewish students from Nazi persecution. He committed suicide shortly before the end of the war.<ref>Pabst, p. 321–350</ref>
=== Post World War II === [[File:Atomei - Forschungsreaktor München I (FRM I).JPG|thumb|The research reactor ''FRM I'', nicknamed the ''atomic egg'', has become a landmark of the city of Garching, even being featured in its coat of arms.]] During the war, 80 percent of the university's facilities in Munich had been destroyed. Under these difficult conditions, teaching resumed in April 1946.
In 1956, the construction of a research reactor in Garching was the beginning of the Garching campus. In 1969, the physics department building was opened there, followed in 1977 by new buildings for the chemistry, biology and geoscience departments.
Between 1868 and 1870 the architect Arnold Zenetti oversaw the construction of several hospital buildings which are today attached to the Munich universities or form part of the TUM campus.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Architecture Under King Ludwig II: Palaces and Factories |date=2018 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH |editor1=Andres Lepik |editor2=Katrin Bäumler |isbn=9783035616538 |pages=30–31}}</ref> In 1967, a TUM School of Medicine was founded with campuses in the buildings of ''Rechts der Isar Hospital''. By 1968, the so called TH München comprised six faculties, 8,400 students, and 5,700 staff. In 1972, the Zentrale Hochschulsportanlage, a 45-hectare sports center, was built on the grounds of the 1972 Summer Olympics.
In 1970, the TH München was renamed to its present name ''Technische Universität München''. When the Bavarian Higher Education Act came into force in 1974, the six faculties were replaced by eleven departments. In 1992, the field of computer science was established as an independent Department of Informatics, having previously been part of the Department of Mathematics since 1967.
=== 21st century === [[File:Garching-Forschungszentrum.jpg|thumb|The TUM campus in Garching with the Department of Mechanical Engineering to right]]
In 2002, TUM Asia was founded in Singapore, in cooperation with the Nanyang Technological University and the National University of Singapore. It was the first time that a German university had established a subsidiary abroad.
The Department of Sport and Health Sciences and the School of Management were established in 2002. The Weihenstephan departments were combined into the "Weihenstephan Centre of Life and Food Sciences" (WZW), which would later become the School of Life Sciences. With the establishment of the School of Education in 2009, the School of Governance in 2016, the Department of Aerospace and Geodesy in 2018, the School of Natural Sciences in 2023, the university comprises 7 schools and 29 research departments.
Since the inception of the German Universities Excellence Initiative in 2006, TUM has won every round of evaluation and the title ''University of Excellence''.<ref name="Excellence" />
As part of its ''Agenda 2030'', the 15 schools and departments were consolidated into seven schools by 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TUM Agenda 2030: Innovation durch Talente, Exzellenz und Verantwortung |url=https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1657206/1657206.pdf |website=Technische Universität München}}</ref>
In 2024 and 2025, TUM won A2RL, an autonomous racing league held in Abu Dhabi, in the car racing format.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TUM – Technical University of Munich Racing Team {{!}} A2RL |url=https://a2rl.io/ |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=a2rl.io |language=en}}</ref>
== Campuses == TUM's academic faculties are divided amongst numerous campuses.
=== Munich === thumb|Aerial view of the main building (dark brown) in downtown Munich (2007) The historic Main Campus (''Stammgelände'') is located in Maxvorstadt, the central borough of Munich. Today, the departments of Architecture, Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Schools of Management, Governance, Education are located here.
The TUM School of Medicine is located at the site of its university hospital, the Rechts der Isar Hospital, in the district of Haidhausen.
The TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences is located in the Olympiapark, the former site of the 1972 Summer Olympics.
=== Garching === {{Main|Campus Garching}}
thumb|Aerial view of the TUM campus in Garching (2011) [[File:MI-Gebäude der TU München Magistrale2.JPG|thumb|Interior of the faculty building for the Departments of Mathematics and Informatics]] The campus in Garching, located around 10 km north of Munich, has grown to become the largest TUM campus. In the last decades, the departments of Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Informatics and Mathematics have all relocated from their former buildings in the Main Campus. They have since been joined by numerous research institutes, including the Max Planck Institutes for Plasma Physics, Astrophysics, Extraterrestrial Physics and Quantum Optics, the Forschungsreaktor München II (FRM II), the headquarters of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, one of the fastest supercomputers in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Das Garchinger Hochschul- und Forschungszentrum|url=https://www.garching.de/Hochschul_+und+Forschungszentrum.html|access-date=2020-12-22|website=garching.de|language=de|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117214125/https://www.garching.de/Hochschul_+und+Forschungszentrum.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
A landmark of the Garching campus is the Oskar von Miller Tower, a meteorological measurement tower with a height of 62 m. The Garching campus is connected to Munich by the Autobahn and the Munich U-Bahn. It has its own fire department.
=== Weihenstephan === The third TUM campus is located 35 km north of Munich in Weihenstephan, Freising. It hosts the School of Life Sciences.
=== Other locations === Additional TUM facilities are located in Ottobrunn (Department of Aerospace and Geodesy),<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Department of Aerospace, Aeronautics and Geodesy|url=https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/34956|date=2018-09-21|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Technical University of Munich|language=en}}</ref> Straubing,<ref>{{Cite web|title="Straubing in der ersten Liga"|url=https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/straubing-in-der-ersten-liga|access-date=2020-12-22|date=2017-07-20|website=Bayerischer Rundfunk|language=de}}</ref> Heilbronn,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mega-endowment for TUM Campus Heilbronn|url=https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/34471-1|date=2018-02-07|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Technical University of Munich|language=en}}</ref> and Singapore.
=== TUM Asia === {{Main|TUM Asia}}
TUM operates a subsidiary in Singapore. In 2001, the ''German Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) – TUM Asia'' was founded in partnership with the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University, offering a range of Master's programs. In 2010, TUM Asia started offering bachelor's degrees in collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Technology.
In 2010, TUM and the Nanyang Technological University founded ''TUMCREATE'', a research platform for the improvement of Singapore's public transportation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About TUMCREATE|url=https://www.tum-create.edu.sg/about/about-tum-create|access-date=2020-12-22|website=TUM CREATE}}</ref>
== Academics == thumb|Entrance to the Main Campus in Munich [[File:TUM Audimax.jpg|thumb|The ''Werner von Siemens Auditorium Maximum'' on the Main Campus]]
=== Schools and departments === As a technical university, the university specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and the applied and natural sciences. Compared to a ''Volluniversität'' (a universal university), it lacks the ''Geisteswissenschaften'', including law and many branches of the social sciences.
As of 2025, the Technical University of Munich is organized into seven schools:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Organizational Structure |url=https://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/organization/ |access-date=2025-04-27 |website=Technical University of Munich |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" ! class="unsortable" | Schools ! Students ! Female ! International |- | {{Tree list}} * TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology (CIT) ** Department of Mathematics ** Department of Computer Engineering ** Department of Computer Science ** Department of Electrical Engineering {{Tree list/end}} |{{nts|14866}} | data-sort-value="22.9" | {{formatnum:3395}}<br>(22.9%) | data-sort-value="55.8" | {{formatnum:8291}}<br>(55.8%) |- | {{Tree list}} * TUM School of Engineering and Design (ED) ** Department of Aerospace & Geodesy ** Department of Architecture ** Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering ** Department of Energy & Process Engineering ** Department of Engineering Physics & Computation ** Department of Materials Engineering ** Department of Mechanical Engineering ** Department of Mobility Systems Engineering {{Tree list/end}} |{{nts|13884}} | data-sort-value="30.1" | {{formatnum:4178}}<br>(30.1%) | data-sort-value="45.8" | {{formatnum:6366}}<br>(45.8%) |- | {{Tree list}} * TUM School of Natural Sciences (NAT) ** Department of Biosciences ** Department of Chemistry ** Department of Physics {{Tree list/end}} |{{nts|5173}} | data-sort-value="35.8" | {{formatnum:1850}}<br>(35.8%) | data-sort-value="39.8" | {{formatnum:2060}}<br>(39.8%) |- | {{Tree list}} * TUM School of Life Sciences (LS) ** Department of Molecular Life Sciences ** Department of Life Science Systems ** Department of Life Science Engineering {{Tree list/end}} |{{nts|4761}} | data-sort-value="57.5" | {{formatnum:2736}}<br>(57.5%) | data-sort-value="31.7" | {{formatnum:1508}}<br>(31.7%) |- | {{Tree list}} * TUM School of Medicine and Health (MED) ** Department Clinical Medicine ** Department Preclinical Medicine ** Department Health and Sport Sciences {{Tree list/end}} |{{nts|4335}} | data-sort-value="63.1" | {{formatnum:2735}}<br>(63.1%) | data-sort-value="17.4" | {{formatnum:753}}<br>(17.4%) |- | {{Tree list}} * TUM School of Management (MGT) ** Department of Economics & Policy ** Department of Finance & Accounting ** Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ** Department of Marketing, Strategy & Leadership ** Department of Operations & Technology {{Tree list/end}} |{{nts|7005}} | data-sort-value="39.8" | {{formatnum:2791}}<br>(39.8%) | data-sort-value="53.4" | {{formatnum:3739}}<br>(53.4%) |- | {{Tree list}} * TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology (SOT) ** Department of Educational Sciences ** Department of Science, Technology and Society ** Department of Governance {{Tree list/end}} |{{nts|2079}} | data-sort-value="56.8" | {{formatnum:1181}}<br>(56.8%) | data-sort-value="24.1" | {{formatnum:500}}<br>(24.1%) |- |TUM Campus Straubing |{{nts|828}} | data-sort-value="43.4" | {{formatnum:359}}<br>(43.4%) | data-sort-value="71.3" | {{formatnum:590}}<br>(71.3%) |- class="sortbottom" ! Total !{{nts|52931}} ! data-sort-value="36.3" | {{formatnum:19225}}<br>(36.3%) ! data-sort-value="45.0" | {{formatnum:23807}}<br>(45.0%) |}
Other institutions include the Rechts der Isar Hospital, the TUM Graduate School and the Munich School of Politics and Public Policy.
The TUM School of Management is triple accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=EQUIS Accredited Schools |url=https://www.efmdglobal.org/accreditations/business-schools/equis/equis-accredited-schools/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=European Quality Improvement System |date=20 September 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=AACSB-Accredited Business Schools |url=https://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/accredited-schools?F_Country=Germany |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Accredited Schools |url=https://www.associationofmbas.com/business-schools/accreditation/accredited-schools/ |access-date=24 December 2020 |website=Association of MBAs |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Research === [[File:110910032-TUM.jpg|thumb|TUM has operated two research reactors on its Garching campus, the egg-shaped FRM I from 1957 to 2000 and the FRM II (with the curved roof) since 2004.]] The Technical University of Munich is one of the most research-focused universities in Europe. This claim is supported by relevant rankings, such as the funding ranking of the German Research Foundation and the research ranking of the Centre for Higher Education.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.dfg.de/sites/foerderatlas2018/download/dfg_foerderatlas_2018.pdf|title=Förderatlas 2018|publisher=Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft|year=2018}}</ref>
Under the German Universities Excellence Initiative, TUM has obtained funding for multiple research clusters, including ''e-conversion'' (energy technology), ''MCQST'' (quantum mechanics), ''ORIGINS'' (astrophysics, biophysics and particle physics), and ''SYNERGY'' (neurology).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clusters of Excellence – Exzellenzstrategie|url=https://www.exzellenz.tum.de/en/clusters-of-excellence/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Technical University of Munich}}</ref>
In addition to the schools and departments, TUM has set up numerous research centers with external cooperation partners.<ref name="Research centers">{{Cite web|title=Research Centers|url=https://www.tum.de/en/research/research-centers/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Technical University of Munich|language=en}}</ref>
Integrative research centers (IRCs) combine research with teaching.<ref name="Research centers"/> They include the TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS), the Munich Center for Technology in Society (MCTS), the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI), the Munich School of Engineering (MSE), the Munich School of BioEngineering (MSB), and the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM).
Corporate research centers (CRCs) carry out research independently of the schools and departments, cooperating with industry partners for application-driven research.<ref name="Research centers"/> They include the research reactor FRM II, the Center for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), the Catalysis Research Center (CRC), the center for translational Cancer Research (TranslaTUM), the Walter Schottky Institute (WSI), the Hans Eisenmann-Zentrum for Agricultural Science, and the Institute for Food & Health (ZIEL).
=== Partnerships === TUM has over 160 international partnerships, ranging from joint research activities to international study programs. Partners include:<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Partner Universities |url=https://tum.moveon4.de/publisher/4/eng |access-date=2020-12-22 |website=Technical University of Munich}}</ref> * Europe: ETH Zurich, EPFL, ENSEA, École Centrale Paris, TU Eindhoven, Technical University of Denmark, Technical University of Vienna, NMBU * United States: MIT, Stanford University, Northwestern University, University of Illinois, Cornell University, University of Texas at Austin, Georgia Tech * Asia: National University of Singapore, Multimedia University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, University of Tokyo, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Amrita University, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, * Australia: Australian National University, University of Melbourne, RMIT University.
Through the Erasmus+ program and its international student exchange program TUMexchange, students can complete exchange semesters at partner universities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Study abroad |url=https://www.international.tum.de/en/go-international/study/ |access-date=2020-12-22 |website=TUM Global & Alumni Office}}</ref>
Kutaisi International University (KIU) in Georgia is developed through strategic partnership with TUM,<ref name="gakharia">{{cite web |last= |first= |date=19 June 2017 |title=Giorgi Gakharia Met Munich Technical University Leadership |url=https://www.economy.ge/?lang=en&nw=234&page=news |website=Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia |publisher=Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia |access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref> however by 2024–2026, questions arose about the TUM's continued engagement. The uncertainty coincided with governance problems, high staff turnover, and criticism of KIU’s planned gematric “Astrolinguistics–Astroarchaeology” programmes as pseudoscientific, amid broader higher-education reforms in Georgia that critics said undermined university autonomy while shielding Bidzina Ivanishvili’s personal project.<ref name="Gutbrod2025">{{cite web |last=Gutbrod |first=Hans |date=8 December 2025 |title=The Assault on Higher Education and the Nihilistic Totalitarianism of the Georgian Dream |url=https://politicsgeo.com/the-assault-on-higher-education-and-the-nihilistic-totalitarianism-of-the-georgian-dream/ |website=PoliticsGeo |location=Berlin |publisher=PoliticsGeo |access-date=18 February 2026}}</ref>
=== Rankings and reputation === {{Infobox Germany university rankings | QS = =22 | QS_change = Rise | QS_N = 1 | QS_N_change = Same position | QS_year = 2026 | QS_ref = <ref name="QS">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings?countries=de|title=QS World University Rankings 2026|access-date=19 June 2025|website=QS World University Rankings|date=18 June 2025 }}</ref> | THE = 26 | THE_change = Rise | THE_N = 1 | THE_N_change = Same position | THE_year = 2025 | THE_ref = <ref name="THE">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2025/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings 2024|access-date=27 September 2023|website=Times Higher Education World University Rankings|date=27 September 2024 }}</ref> | ARWU = 45 | ARWU_change = Rise | ARWU_N = 2 | ARWU_N_change = Same position | ARWU_year = 2025 | ARWU_ref = <ref name="ARWU">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2025|title=2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities|website=Academic Ranking of World Universities|access-date=15 August 2025}}</ref> | QS_EU = 11 | QS_EU_change = Same position | QS_EU_N = 1 | QS_EU_N_change = Same position | QS_EU_year = 2025 | QS_EU_ref = <ref name="QS_Europe">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/europe-university-rankings|title=QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025|website=QS World University Rankings|access-date=27 April 2025}}</ref> | THE_Employability = 13 | THE_Employability_change = Same position | THE_Employability_N = 1 | THE_Employability_N_change = Same position | THE_Employability_year = 2025 | THE_Employability_ref = <ref name="THE Employability">{{Cite web|date=2024-11-14|title=Best universities for graduate jobs: Global University Employability Ranking 2025|language=en|website=Times Higher Education World University Rankings|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-graduate-jobs-global-university-employability-ranking|access-date=2024-11-14}}</ref> | QS_Subject1_title = Engineering and Technology | QS_Subject1 = 19 | QS_Subject1_N = 1 | QS_Subject1_year = 2024 | QS_Subject1_ref = <ref name="QSSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024|access-date=10 April 2024|website=QS World University Rankings}}</ref> | THE_Subject1_title = Engineering | THE_Subject1 = 22 | THE_Subject1_N = 1 | THE_Subject1_year = 2024 | THE_Subject1_ref = <ref name="THESubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|title=World University Rankings by subject|access-date=27 October 2023|website=Times Higher Education World University Rankings}}</ref> | QS_Subject2_title = Natural Science | QS_Subject2 = 23 | QS_Subject2_N = 1 | QS_Subject2_year = 2024 | QS_Subject2_ref = <ref name="QSSubject"/> | THE_Subject2_title = Physical Sciences | THE_Subject2 = 22 | THE_Subject2_N = 1 | THE_Subject2_year = 2024 | THE_Subject2_ref = <ref name="THESubject"/> | QS_Subject3_title = Life Sciences and Medicine | QS_Subject3 = 77 | QS_Subject3_N = 3 | QS_Subject3_year = 2024 | QS_Subject3_ref = <ref name="QSSubject"/> | THE_Subject3_title = Life Sciences | THE_Subject3 = 33 | THE_Subject3_N = 2 | THE_Subject3_year = 2024 | THE_Subject3_ref = <ref name="THESubject"/> | QS_Subject4_title = Computer Science and Information Systems | QS_Subject4 = 31 | QS_Subject4_N = 1 | QS_Subject4_year = 2024 | QS_Subject4_ref = <ref name="QSSubject"/> | THE_Subject4_title = Computer Science | THE_Subject4 = 15 | THE_Subject4_N = 1 | THE_Subject4_year = 2024 | THE_Subject4_ref = <ref name="THESubject"/> }}
==== Overall rankings ==== TUM is ranked 22nd worldwide (first in Germany) in the QS World University Rankings 2026,<ref name="QS"/> 26th worldwide (first in Germany) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025,<ref name="THE" /> and 45th worldwide (second in Germany) in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2025.<ref name="ARWU" /> TUM ranked 11th in Europe in the 2025 QS Europe rankings.<ref name="QS_Europe"/> In the 2024 Nature Index of academic institutions, TUM ranked 74th worldwide and first in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2024 tables: Institutions – academic {{!}} Annual tables {{!}} Nature Index |url=https://www.nature.com/nature-index/annual-tables/2024/institution/academic/all/global |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Nature}}</ref>
In the 2025 edition of the Times Higher Education's Global University Employability Ranking, graduates from TUM were ranked 13th globally and first in Germany.<ref name="THE Employability"/> The same year, TUM held the 27th position globally (also first in Germany) in the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Reputation Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2025/reputation-ranking |access-date=2024-08-17 |website=Times Higher Education (THE)}}</ref> In the QS World University Sustainability Ranking 2025, TUM was ranked 83rd overall and first in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QS Sustainability University Rankings 2025 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/sustainability-rankings/2025 |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=QS World University Rankings}}</ref> In the Times Higher Education's Impact Rankings 2024 (industry, innovation, and infrastructure), TUM tied for first place worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Impact Rankings 2024: industry, innovation, and infrastructure |date=21 May 2025 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/impactrankings/industry-innovation-and-infrastructure}}</ref> In Reuters' 2019 European Most Innovative University ranking, TUM ranked 7th.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-30 |title=Reuters Top 100: Europe's Most Innovative Universities 2019 announced |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/rpbtop1002019-idUSKCN1S60PA |access-date=2020-12-28 |website=Reuters}}</ref>
==== Subject rankings ==== In the QS World Rankings, TUM is placed 22nd overall<ref name="QS"/> and is the highest ranked German university in engineering and technology (19th), natural sciences (23rd), and computer science (31st).<ref name="QSSubject" /> In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, TUM ranks 27th in business and economics, 22nd in the physical sciences, 22nd in engineering and technology, and 15th in computer science, and is the highest ranked German university in these areas.<ref name="THESubject" /> TUM is also ranked first in Germany in several subject areas by ARWU, including computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, food science, biotechnology, environmental engineering, medical technology, management, and transportation science.<ref name="ARWUSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2023|title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023|website=Academic Ranking of World Universities}}</ref>
{{col-begin}} {{col-break}} {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 100%; font-size: 90%" |+ QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024<ref name="QSSubject" /> ! Subject !! Global !! National |- ! {{Left|Arts & Humanities}} ! N/A ! 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== Student life == As of winter semester 2024/25, 52,931 students are enrolled at TUM, of whom 36% are female and 45% are international students.<ref name="tum_data" />
=== Student initiatives === Various initiatives are run by students, including TEDxTUM, the ''TUM Speaker Series'' (past speakers having included Ban Ki-moon, Tony Blair, Bill Gates, Sam Altman and Eric Schmidt),<ref>{{Cite web|title=TUM Speakers Series|url=https://speakersseries.de/en/|access-date=2020-12-23|language=en-US}}</ref> and ''IKOM'', a career fair.<ref name="Campus life"/>
A notable student group is the Workgroup for Rocketry and Space Flight (WARR), which won all SpaceX Hyperloop pod competitions in 2017 through 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.geekwire.com/2017/germanys-warr-team-wins-spacexs-hyperloop-ii-race-201-mph-pod-run/ |title=Germany's WARR team wins SpaceX's Hyperloop II race with 201-mph pod run |first=Alan |last=Boyle |work=GeekWire |location=US |date=27 August 2017 |access-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925021152/https://www.geekwire.com/2017/germanys-warr-team-wins-spacexs-hyperloop-ii-race-201-mph-pod-run/ |archive-date=25 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=verge20180722>{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/22/17601280/warr-hyperloop-pod-competition-spacex-elon-musk |title=WARR Hyperloop pod hits 284 mph to win SpaceX competition |date=18 July 2018 |work=The Verge |access-date=30 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729171135/https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/22/17601280/warr-hyperloop-pod-competition-spacex-elon-musk |archive-date=29 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/21/team-tum-wins-spacex-hyperloop-pod-competition-with-record-288-mph-top-speed/|title=Team TUM wins SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition with record 288 mph top speed|website=TechCrunch|date=22 July 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-28}}</ref> In 2021, TUM Boring, won the tunnel-boring competition sponsored by The Boring Company in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref name=intengineering20210923>{{cite news |title=Musk's Boring Company Announces Not-a-Boring Competition Winner |url=https://interestingengineering.com/musks-boring-company-announces-not-a-boring-competition-winner |last=Paleja|first=Ameya |work=Interesting Engineering |date=23 September 2021 |access-date=26 September 2021 }}</ref> In 2023, a team from the university won second place at the Indy Autonomous Challenge, a autonomous racecar competition in Las Vegas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeitung |first=Süddeutsche |title=Messe: TU München belegt erneut zweiten Platz bei Roboterauto-Rennen |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/messe-rennwagen-autonomes-fahren-1.5728382 |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Süddeutsche.de |date=8 January 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
=== Student government === The Student Council is the main body for university-wide student representation. It elects the General Student Committee (AStA), which represents the professional, economic and social interests of the students, by the Bavarian Higher Education Act. Each school or department will also have a separate Departmental Student Council.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}
Every year, university elections are held to elect student representatives in the Senate, the university's highest academic authority, and in the faculty councils.<ref>{{Cite web|title=University elections on July 28, 2020|url=https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/36116-1|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Technical University of Munich|language=en}}</ref>
=== Events === The Student Council organizes a number of annual festivals and events. ''TUNIX'' and ''GARNIX'' are week-long open air festivals held every summer. ''TUNIX'' is held at the Königsplatz near the Munich campus, while ''GARNIX'' is held at the Garching campus. ''GLÜHNIX'' is a christmas market held in front of the Department of Mechanical Engineering every December. ''MaiTUM'' is a Bavarian Maifest, held at the Main Campus in May each year.<ref name="Campus life"/><ref name="Veranstaltungen">{{Cite web|title=Unsere Veranstaltungen – Studentische Vertretung|url=https://www.sv.tum.de/unsere-veranstaltungen/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Technical University of Munich Student Council|language=de}}</ref>
=== Campus life === The Zentrale Hochschulsportanlage (ZHS) is the largest university sports facility in Germany, offering hundreds of different sports programs.<ref name="Campus life">{{Cite web|title=Campus life|url=https://www.tum.de/en/community/campus-life/|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Technical University of Munich|language=en}}</ref>
Music ensembles at TUM include the TUM Chamber Orchestra, the TUM Jazz Band, the TUM Choir, and the ''Symphonisches Ensemble München'', a full-size symphony orchestra.<ref name="Campus life"/>
== Notable people == [[File:Heinrich Wieland.jpg|thumb|150px|Heinrich Otto Wieland, professor at TUM from 1913 to 1921, won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.]] [[File:Carl von Linde 1868.jpg|thumb|150px|Carl von Linde, lecturer at the TH Munich, discovered the refrigeration cycle that led to the development of the modern refrigerator.]] [[File:Samantha Cristoforetti official portrait in an EMU spacesuit.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Samantha Cristoforetti, an ESA Astronaut and one of the commander of the ISS]]
=== Nobel Prize laureates === 17 Nobel Prize winners have studied, taught or researched at the TUM: * 1927 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, Chemistry (bile acids) * 1929 – Thomas Mann, Literature (''Buddenbrooks'') * 1930 – Hans Fischer, Chemistry (constitution and synthesis of haemin and chlorophyll) * 1961 – Rudolf L. Mößbauer, Physics (Mößbauer effect) * 1964 – Konrad Emil Bloch, Physiology or Medicine (mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism) * 1973 – Ernst Otto Fischer, Chemistry (sandwich complexes) * 1985 – Klaus von Klitzing, Physics (quantum Hall effect) * 1986 – Ernst Ruska, Physics (electron microscope) * 1988 – Johann Deisenhofer and Robert Huber, Chemistry (crystal structure of an integral membrane protein) * 1989 – Wolfgang Paul, Physics (ion trap) * 1991 – Erwin Neher, Physiology or Medicine (function of single ion channels in cells) * 2001 – Wolfgang Ketterle, Physics (Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms) * 2007 – Gerhard Ertl, Chemistry (chemical processes on solid surfaces) * 2016 – Bernard L. Feringa (TUM-IAS fellow), Chemistry (molecular machine) * 2017 – Joachim Frank, Chemistry (cryo-electron microscopy) * 2022 – Anton Zeilinger, Physics (Quantum information science)
=== Scientists === * Friedrich L. Bauer, computer scientist, known for the stack data structure * Rudolf Bayer, computer scientist, known for the B-tree and Red–black tree * Rudolf Diesel, engineer, inventor of the Diesel engine * Claude Dornier, airplane designer * Emil Erlenmeyer, chemist, known for the Erlenmeyer flask * Asta Hampe, engineer, statistician and economist * Carl von Linde, engineer, discoverer of the refrigeration cycle * Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, physicist * Walther Meissner, physicist, known for the Meissner effect * Willy Messerschmitt, aircraft designer, known for the Messerschmitt fighters * Oskar von Miller, engineer, founder of the Deutsches Museum * Erich Rieger, astrophysicist, discoverer of the Rieger periodicities that permeate the Solar System
=== Astronauts === *Michaela Benthaus, first wheelchair user to travel to space and aerospace engineer *Samantha Cristoforetti, ESA Astronaut
== See also == * Education in Germany * List of universities in Germany * List of forestry universities and colleges
== Notes and references == {{reflist|30em}}
== Bibliography == * {{Cite book|last=Pabst|first=Martin|title=Technische Universität München: die Geschichte eines Wissenschaftsunternehmens|date=2006|publisher=Metropol|isbn=978-3-938690-34-5|location=Berlin|oclc=645055557|language=de}} * {{Cite book|last=Wengenroth|first=Ulrich|title=Technische Universität München - Annäherungen an ihre Geschichte|isbn=978-3-929391-03-9|date=1993|publisher=Technische Universität München|oclc=243765003|language=de}}
== External links == * {{Commons category-inline|Technische Universität München}} * {{Official website}} {{in lang|de|en}}
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