Technical University of Munich Totally Explained

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Technische Universität München (TUM) (English: Technical University of Munich) is a German university, part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities in Munich.
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.

History

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 Christoph 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.

Campuses

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:

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

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

Advisory Committee

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:

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

Students

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

Faculty

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.

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

Pritzker Prize

1986 Gottfried Böhm - Architecture

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize

2001 Arthur Konnerth - Neurophysiology

1997 Jean Karen Gregory - Materials Science

1997 Ernst Mayr - Computer Science

1995 Gerhard Hirzinger - Computer Science

1994 Manfred Broy - Computer Science

1991 Karl-Heinz Hoffmann - Applied Mathematics

1989 Joachim Milberg - Production Technology, Mechanical Engineering

1987 Gerhard Abstreiter - Semiconductor Physics

1987 Wolfgang A. Herrmann - Anorganic Chemistry

1987 Hubert Schmidbaur - Anorganic Chemistry

Partnerships

TUM's first spin-off is the German Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), in Singapore (together with National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological 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, ...

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 Managers for Europe).

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