Research at Technische Universität München

Findings from Infinity - Origin and Structure of the Universe a film of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Indexing family firm stocks with Prof. Kaserer (TUM Research Report) Entrepreneurial Future a film of the DFG Video Portal on the Excellence Initiative Science meets Engineering a film of the DFG Video Portal on the International Graduate School of Science and Engineering (IGSSE)

The Technische Universität München is one of the most research-focussed universities in Germany and Europe. This claim is supported by relevant rankings, such as the DFG-Förderranking (DFG Funding Rankings) or the research rankings of the Centrum für Hochschulentwicklung (CHE – Center for Higher Education Development). TUM was one of three universities which were successful in obtaining funding in all three funding lines from the Excellence Initiative in 2006. Along with the IGSSE Graduate School and TUM’s participation in five Clusters of Excellence, of which TUM is the spokesperson, the strategic plan "TUM. The Entrepreneurial University” is also being developed. In addition, TUM takes part in 23 Collaborative Research Centres, of which TUM is the spokesperson in nine. In the seventh European Union Research Framework Program, TUM coordinates thus far nine projects and also received six Starting Independent Researcher Grant and five Advanced Investigator Grants.

Research websites of the faculties		Top level research
Mathematics Physics Chemistry Business & Economics Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering Architecture Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering - Information Technology Informatics and Computational Science Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan Sports Science Medizin TUM School of Education		TUM Institute for Advanced Study Exzellenzcluster "Cognition for Technical Systems" Exzellenzcluster "Origin and Structure of the Universe" Collaborative Research Centres (SFB) EU Projects (7. RP)
		TUM ForTe - Office for Research & Innovation
		Overview TUM ForTe Excellence initiative department National funding schemes European funding schemes Patent and Licensing Office TUM IP Policy Technology Offers Industry Liaison Office Young researchers

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. Economics, Sports Science, and Educational Research round out TUM’s spectrum. These fields of study are unique in Europe and allow us to tackle complex research topics in an interdisciplinary way through exceptional methods.

Research Centers
Research Neutron Source "Heinz Maier-Leibnitz" (FRM II) Walter Schottky Institute for Semiconductor Research (WSI) Leonardo da Vinci-Zentrum für Bionik TUM Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (nanoTUM)	Straubing Center of Science Corporate Research Center of Food and Nutrition Science (ZIEL) Corporate Research Center of Biomedical Engineering (IMETUM) Catalysis Research Center Munich Center of Molecular Life Sciences

Through close collaboration with business and industry, TUM provided important contributions to Bavaria’s development from an agricultural land to a center of high-level technology. Even today, successful research collaborations with companies – among them Siemens, BMW, and Audi – contribute to expediting the transfer of knowledge and technology into the economy. More than 30 percent of TUM’s third party funding stems from third party sources such as these. Approximately 600 new research collaborations occur annually.

Research cooperations with industry
IniTUM (Audi)	GE Global Research - Europe (General Electric Company) CAR@TUM (BMW Group)

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