Latest films

Goce: Earth in the light of gravity

GOCE, a satellite mission of the European Space Agency, lets us see our planet "in a new light" -- that is, as revealed by measurements of Earth's gravitational field -- for insights into ocean circulation, climate change, and more. Join TUM professors Reiner Rummel and Roland Pail, leading members of the GOCE team, for an inside look.

"TUMin2Min" - The Entrepreneurial University

This two-minute "snapshot survey" touches on some high points in innovation at the Technische Universität München (TUM), the entrepreneurial university. A global vision drives research here, from reinventing industries to pioneering new approaches to agriculture, energy, and human health.

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Adventsmatinee 2009

TUM is well known for excellent study and research. But we are more than a normal technical university. We are an entrepreneurial academic community where classical music and campus orchestras are very important.

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TUM Research Report

A new path toward personalized medicine: Metabolomics

Despite being more than 99% identical genetically, people not only look different from each other, but also have distinctly individual metabolic profiles. Interdisciplinary research in "metabolomics" promises to have an impact on fields ranging from fundamental biology to personalized medicine.

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Tuning up Germany's innovation engine

Germany's legendary innovation engine is faltering but could -- with a major tune-up -- help propel the economy from crisis to sustainable growth, according to the independent Expert Commission on Research and Innovation.

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Metaklett

At the Institute of Metal Forming and Casting hook and loop fasteners made of spring steel have been developed. These fasteners are resistant to chemicals and can withstand a tensile load of up to 35 tonnes per square meter at temperatures as high as 800°C (German).

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A new model for Graduate School

The TUM Graduate School is integrating elements of two traditional models for doctoral education to create what Dean Ernst Rank calls "a third way" to launch careers. Join members for a kickoff seminar on the tiny lake island of Frauenchiemsee.

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Indexing family firm stocks

In Frankfurt, Deutsche Börse AG has announced the launch of two new "family firm" stock indices based on research done by Prof. Kaserer and Prof. Achleitner.

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The Cognitive Factory

You're invited inside a project designed to help manufacturers imagine, shape, and realize the factory of the future - a smart, flexible system of systems in which products can guide their own assembly and robots can be effective partners with human workers.

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Studying at TUM

Space Elevator

Am Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrt in Garching tüfteln einige erfinderische Studierende am Weltraumaufzug. Sie waren damit schon recht erfolgreich, u.a. beim ersten Space Elevator Wettbewerb in Japan.

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"TUM - Mehrwasser Wettbewerb"

Clean drinking water for all - 14 Bavarian students and student teams pursue this ambitious goal. The film shows the energy self-sufficient small seawater desalination plants (organized by the Chair for thermodynamics). (German)

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"Mechanical engineering at TUM"

Heba Aguib from Egypt is one of the very few women, who studies Engineering at the TU München (Film of DAAD).

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"Biotechnology at TUM"

Yasmine Aguib from Egypt chose to study molecular biotechnology at the TUM because this course is set on applied sciences and not only on basic research. (Film of DAAD).

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Films on excellence initiative

Entrepreneurial Future

To think entrepreneurially means to invest, to take new risks, to develop sustainable strategies. With the strategic plan “The Entrepreneurial University” the Technische Universität München is doing just that.
(Film of DFG on the Institutional Strategy of TUM)

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Origin and Structure of the Universe

The Universe Cluster in Munich attempts to answer the most fundamental question of all: How did our universe evolve? What happened after the "Big Bang" and why is there a mysterious imbalance between matter and antimatter.
(Film of DFG on the exzellence cluster Universe)

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Cognition for Technical Systems (CoTeSys)

The goal of excellence cluster CoTeSys is to develop service robots - technical systems with cognitive capabilities. They can recognise their environment, learn and react flexibly to new situations. (Film of DFG on CoTeSys)

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Science meets Engineering

Interdisciplinarity, networking and research training – these are the three keywords the TUM International Graduate School of Science and Engineering – IGSSE is representing. Engineers, natural and medical scientists are working together on interdisciplinary research projects. (Film of DFG on IGSSE)

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Excellence cluster with participation of TUM

Nanosystems Initiative Munich - NIM

The overarching vision of NIM is to design, fabricate and achieve control of multi-functional nanosystems, and to unlock their potential for applications in fields as diverse as future information technologies and the life sciences. (Film of DFG on Nanosystems Initiative Munich - NIM)

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Munich-Centre of Advanced Photonics - MAP

Surgeons cut tissue with laser light and in chemistry and microbiology, laser light is helping to probe the structure of proteins at an atomic scale. Scientists at the MAP are generating the shortest light pulses in the world. (Film of DFG on the Munich-Centre of Advanced Photonics - MAP)

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Center For Integrated Protein Science Munich - CIPSM

The scientists at CIPSM are taking particular interest in investigating the function of proteins in context and in understanding their interactions in order to be able to control them at a future point in time. (Film of DFG on CIPSM)

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Informatics

Medical Augmented Reality

Computer scientists at TUM, together with surgeons develop a computer-based visualization and navigation system, which allows more accurate working in minimal-invasive surgery. (Film of the Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality) (German)

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Collaborative Research Centre "High-Fidelity Telepresence and Teleaction" (SFB 453)

A Robotic System for Endoscopic Surgery

The film shows a robotic systems for endoscopic surgery. (Film of Collaborative Research Centre High-Fidelity Telepresence and Teleaction, SFB 453) (German)

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Telepresence in Space

The film presents the the required technologies for telepresence in space. Using a exemplary task of an on-orbit satellite repair the components of telepresence system are shown. (Film of SFB 453) (German)

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