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Technical University of Munich
Munich University of Technology, or Technical University of Munich (TUM) (German: Technische Universität München, TUM), is a major German university, located in Munich (and the towns of Garching and Weihenstephan out of Munich).
In 2004 the university ranked the highest of all German universities on the Shanghai Jiao Tong annual league, coming in at no. 45 in the world. Munich's other major university is the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
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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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Campuses
The TUM does has several campuses:
- Main campus in the inner city of 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)
Organisation
The TUM is divided into 12 faculties:
- 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
Students
Currently TUM has aprox. 20,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs of which 3,700 are foreign students.
Faculty
TUM has 500 professors, academic staff is 4,000, non-academic 5,500.
History
TUM was founded by King Ludwig II in 1868.
TUM features the world's first research neutron source FRM-II. It got into service on March 2, 2004.
Nobel Laureates
- 1985 Klaus von Klitzing, Physics ("Quantum-Hall-Effect")
- 1973 Ernst Otto Fischer , Chemistry
- 1961 Rudolf L. Mößbauer, Physics ("Mößbauer-Effect")
- 1930 Hans Fischer , Chemistry
Famous TUM Personalities
- Rudolf Diesel
- Willy Messerschmitt
- Rudolf Bayer
- Heinz Maier-Leibniz
- Carl von Linde
- Oskar von Miller
- Claude Dornier
- Robert Huber
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 international partnerships with Stanford University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore, Illinois Institute of Technology and many more.