TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH

'Munich University of Technology', or 'Technical University of Munich (TUM)' (in German: ''Technische Universität München'', TUM), is a major German university located in Munich (and the towns of Garching and Freising outside of Munich). The university is part of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, a society of Germany's leading research universities.

Contents

History

Campuses

Organisation

TUM Extended Board of Management

TUM Supervisory Board

Advisory Committee

Students

Faculty

Research

Nobel Laureates

Famous TUM Personalities

Partnerships

See also

External links

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 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.

Campuses

The TUM, like many German universities, is a "no campus" university. 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 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. 20,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs of which 3,700 are foreign students.

Faculty

TUM has 500 professors, acad staff is 4,000, non-academic 5,500.
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 for Life and Food Science

★ Medicine with the university hospital "Rechts der Isar"

★ Sports Science

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. The TUM is usually in the TOP10 of different university rankings. In means of research grants the TUM is under the TOP5 in Germany only outperformed by bigger universities getting higher research funds, like the RWTH Aachen.

Nobel Laureates

★ 1991 Erwin Neher, Medicine and Physiology

★ 1988 Robert Huber, Chemistry

★ 1985 Klaus von Klitzing, Physics ("Quantum-Hall-Effect")

★ 1973 Ernst Otto Fischer, Chemistry ("Sandwich Complexes")

★ 1961 Rudolf L. Mößbauer, Physics ("Mößbauer-Effect")

★ 1930 Hans Fischer, Chemistry

★ 1927 Heinrich Otto Wieland, Chemistry

Famous TUM Personalities

★ Rudolf Diesel

★ Walther Hewel

★ Willy Messerschmitt

★ Rudolf Bayer

★ Heinz Maier-Leibniz

★ Carl von Linde

★ Oskar von Miller

★ Claudius Dornier

★ Robert Huber

★ Rudolf Mößbauer

★ Heinrich Hertz

★ Felix Klein

★ Adolf Hurwitz

★ Karl Max von Bauernfeind

★ Walther von Dyck

★ August Föppl

★ Walther Meissner

★ Wilhelm Nusselt

★ Hans Piloty

★ Friedrich von Thiersch

★ Franz von Soxhlet

★ Carle Runge

★ Ludwig Prandtl

★ Friedrich L. Bauer

★ Ulrich Walter

★ Albert Speer

★ Henry Feiereisen

★ Heinrich Feiereisen

★ Wolfgang Götze

Partnerships

TUM's first spin-off is the German Institute of Science and Technology, (GIST), in Singapore (together with National University of Singapore).
TUM has currently over 130 international partnerships, among them MIT, Stanford University, University of Illinois, Cornell University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Ecole Centrale Paris,...
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).

See also

★ Education in Germany

★ List of universities in Germany

External links

★ Official site

★ Klinikum Rechts der Isar

★ Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM-II)