Garching bei München or Garching is a town in Bavaria, Germany near Munich. Postal code: D-85748. It is situated near the river Isar and the A9 motorway. The Munich U-Bahn metro line is currently being extended to Garching.

A number of research and scientific educational institutions are located in Garching, including.

• Headquarters of the European Southern Observatory (ESO)

• Max Planck Institutes:
  • Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  • Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  • Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics
  • Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ)
    • -- ATRAP

• Several departments of the Technische Universität München (TUM), including:
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Science
  • Physics
    • The Forschungsreaktor experimental nuclear fission reactor
  • Department of Chemistry [1]
    • Department of Electron Microscopy [2]
    • Institute of Food Chemistry

External link

• http://www.garching.de/