Made at TUM: Reforms introduced at TUM between 2006 and 2011

TUM’s “Experimentation Clause” (1999) inspired modern higher education legislation in Bavaria and has influenced other federal states in Germany and Austria. Following a trial period of several years and international evaluation, the “TUM model” was fully integrated into the Bavarian Higher Education Act, as amended in 2006. One reform to emerge from this was the Supervisory Board, which is comprised of 50% internal members and 50% external members. In addition, TUM has initiated a number of structural projects in recent years.

TUM School of Education (2009): This innovative faculty for teacher training and education research was set up with foundation funding of approximately EUR 16.5 million. It is the very first faculty in Germany to be dedicated entirely to training teachers in the subjects of mathematics, computer science, science and technology. Renowned education researcher Prof. Manfred Prenzel, the faculty’s founding dean, coordinates the international comparative assessments of education at the Permanent Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Federal States in the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK).


The 2006 Excellence Initiative has inspired many other reforms at TUM. A selection of milestones is outlined below:

2007

• TUM Leonardo da Vinci Bionics Center (TUM Leonardo da Vinci-Zentrum für Bionik): Interdisciplinary research with a focus on technology, biosciences and medicine
• Center for Carbon Composites: New, integrated approach to research involving collaboration with other institutes (Fraunhofer Institute Augsburg)
• TUM International GmbH.THE UNIVERSITY COMPANY: A subsidiary company set up to market university learning and coordinate international R&D projects between science/research and industry
• Introduction of a performance incentive system for all employees of TUM
  
  

2008

TUM ForTe – Office for Research and Innovation: Targeted research support (e.g. DFG, ERC), mentoring for young scientists, technology transfer, intellectual property rights; current research budget > EUR 30 million TUM Catalysis Research Center: Catalysis research, international alliances, long-term industry collaboration (“Munich Catalysis”: Süd-Chemie/Clariant) Hans Eisenmann Zentrum für Agrarwissenschaften: Network of agricultural institutes at TUM, support for agricultural production Munich Dual Career Office: Measure flanking TUM Faculty Recruitment; cooperation and networking for successful integration of career, mobility, partners and children

• Mentoring Program TUM²: Strategic advice for students from alumni
• Schülerforschungszentrum Berchtesgadener Land: Regional model for bridging school and university; voluntary extracurricular scientific research with professional guidance
• Gründung des TUMlab: Cooperation between Deutschen Museum Munich and TUM in research, teaching and public outreach; General Manger is Prof. Dr. Wolfgang M. Heckl of TUM  und TUM in Forschung, Lehre und public outreach;
• TUMonline: Introduction of integrated campus management database; electronic application, short-listing and enrolment processes – a first in German higher education

2009

• TUM GRADUATE SCHOOL: Umbrella organization for structured doctoral studies with standard interdisciplinary content (> EUR 3 million p.a., TUM budget)
• TUM Gender-Zentrum, Gender Board: Oversees all gender and diversity measures, provides strategic advice to Board of Management
• TUM.Energy: Cross-faculty research initiative, central to TUM’s “Clean Technologies” strategy; potential involvement of around 100 professors from ten faculties; TUM.Energy is an initiative of the MUNICH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (MSE).
  
  

2010

Integrated TUM Campus Management for the entire student life cycle TUM University Foundation: Vehicle for endowment fundraising; initial capital of approx. EUR 16 million Functional Unit for Study and Teaching (Hochschulreferat Studium & Lehre): Umbrella organization for all interdisciplinary study and teaching processes; institutionalization of quality management TUM:Junge Akademie: Academy set up to support the most gifted students MUNICH AEROSPACE: Joint faculty between TUM, Universität der Bundeswehr München and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Center for Industrial Biotechnology Center for Industrial Biotechnology (Zentrum für Weiße Biotechnologie) Center for Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building (Zentrum für Energieeffizientes und Nachhaltiges Planen und Bauen)  in conjunction with the Oskar von Miller Forum of the Bavarian construction industry (EUR 40 million) Founding of AmSilk GmbH (27% initial TUM holding): Marketing “synthetic spider silk” from TUM’s patent portfolio

2011

• TUMentrepreneurship: German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology’s national EXIST IV competition – „start-up culture“ category (EUR 2.7 million)
• Center for Advanced Laser Applications (CALA): Joint research center between TUM and Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich (Garching)
• TUM:Agenda Lehre: Grant from the Joint Science Conference (GWK) as part of “Teaching Quality Pact” (EUR 17 million)
• TUM’s MUTE electric car presented at IAA 2011 (Frankfurt)

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International alliances 2007-2011 

2007

European University Alliance in Science & Technology (EuroTech Universities): TUM • DTU Kopenhagen • TU Eindhoven • EPF Lausanne European Graduate School of Sustainable Energy: Doctoral studies in several European countries 2008 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi-Arabia: . TUM is the exclusive German partner; 3 research projects; USD 21 million 2010 Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) Singapore: TUM • MIT • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich • Hebrew University • Technion • UC Berkeley. “TUM Center for ElectroMobility in Mega-Cities” (approx. EUR 30 million, NRF Singapore) Research Institute for Electromobility: Joint project with Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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Construction volume since 2006: EUR 604.5 million

Garching campus – EUR 179.9 million: TUM Catalysis Research Center • TUM Center for NanoScience & Technology • Center of Excellence/IGSSE • TUM Institute for Advanced Study • Oskar von Miller Tower • Ingeborg Ortner-Kinderhaus (crèche) • Renovation/extension of old buildings Munich campus – EUR 77.9 million: School of Management • TUM-IAS guesthouse • Renovation of old buildings Weihenstephan campus – EUR 79.6 million: Internationales Getränkewissenschaftliches Zentrum (international beverage research center) • Hans Eisenmann-Zentrum für Agrarwissenschaften (center for agricultural sciences) • Kompetenzzentrum für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (competence center for sustainable raw materials) • Center for Molecular Food Science • Kindervilla Dr. Gudula Wernekke-Rastetter (childcare facility) •  Renovation of old buildings TUM Klinikum rechts der Isar – EUR 267.1 million: Department of Neurology (Neuro-Kopf-Zentrum) • Mikrobiology  • Renovation of old buildings

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Agreed new construction projects (research and teaching): EUR 154 million

• TranslaTUM Research Center (biomedical engineering)
  
• Research Center at the German Heart Center, Munich (medicine) (Deutsches Herzzentrum)
  
• Mensa Campus in Garching
  
• Center for Applied Laser Applications CALA: Joint medical physics research center between Ludwig Maximilian University and TUM

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Scientific advances

TUM has made numerous advances in scientific, technical and medical research.
A selection of examples is outlined below. For more information, see TUM’s Faszination Forschung and TUMcampus publications (both in german).

2007

• Die Hightech-Spinnerei: Ein TUM-Forscher baut die Natur nach (German article: Spinning a high-tech web: TUM researcher replicates a wonder of nature)
  
• Vom Hochhaus zum Hüftgelenk: Bauinformatiker helfen Medizinern

2008

• Doppel-Arm-Transplantation (youtube-Ressourcen von AssociatedPress: Man Gets First- ever Double Arm Transplant 00:57min, German Doing Well After Double Arm Transplant  01:13 min)
  
• Naturkonstante der Proteinfaltung
  

2009

• Metaklett, ein stählerner Klettverschluss
  

2010

• Shaft power plant design – small is beautiful, and good for the environment
• Spider silk: Five times the tensile strength of steel
  

2011

• GOCE
• Skin for robots
• Imaging technique visualizes cancer cells during surgery
• Multiple sclerosis – a disease of the immune system
• Artificial nanoparticles influence heart rate
• MUTE, the efficient city car
• Radionuclide treatment for small tumors and metastases
• New CT method with molecular sensitivity
• IMPULLS tests aircraft systems and sensors
• Monitoring system warns of slippery slopes
• “Sensitive" wind turbines
• Bamiyan Buddhas once glowed red, white and blue
• Aluminum to replace copper as conductor in on-board power systems
• Risky knowledge gaps: The right food supplements during pregnancy?

2012

• "Innotruck" demonstrates radical, holistic approach to electromobility: A vehicle for rethinking mobility rolls into Hannover Messe
• Invisible helpers: How probiotic bacteria protect against inflammatory bowel diseases

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En route to the entrepreneurial university – see a chronological outline of TUM reforms from 1998 to 2006 here.