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| '' Motto : At home in Bavaria, successful in the world'' |
| President |
Wolfgang A. Herrmann |
| School type |
public |
| Founded |
1868 |
| Location |
Munich , Germany |
| Enrollment |
20,000 undergrad.+grad., 750 post-grad. |
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, or '''Technical University of Munich (TUM)''' (
University , located in
Munich (and the towns of
Garching and
Weihenstephan out of
Munich ).
Munich's other major university is the
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München .
The TUM has several campuses:
- Main campus in downtown Munich
- Garching (Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering...), complete with an on-campus General Electric Company facility
- Weihenstephan (Center of Life and Food Science)
- Hospital "Rechts der Isar" (Medicine)
The TUM is divided into 12 departments:
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Business Administration
- Civil Engineering and Surveying
- Architecture
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
- Informatics (Computer Science)
- Weihenstephan Center of Life and Food Science
- Medicine with the university hospital "Rechts der Isar"
- Sports Science
Currently TUM has aprox. 20,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs of which 3,700 are foreign students.
TUM has 500 professors, academic staff is 4,000, non-academic 5,500.
TUM was founded by
King Ludwig II in
1868 .
TUM features the world's first research neutron source FRM-II. It went into service on March 2, 2004.
TUM's first spin-off is the
German Institute Of Science And Technology ,
GIST , in Singapore (together with
National University Of Singapore ).
TUM has international partnerships with
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ,
Stanford University ,
Tokyo Institute Of Technology ,
National University Of Singapore ,
Illinois Institute Of Technology ,
Sirindhorn International Institute Of Technology ,
Ecole Centrale Paris , and many more.
TUM is also a partner of
LAOTSE , an international network for student and senior lecturers among leading European and Asian universities.
TUM is also a member of the
TIME network (Top Industrial Mangers for Europe).
