Main Research

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. Much of our innovative research and teaching has emerged from collaborations between the disciplines. Our 12 faculties cover Mathematics and the Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry), Business & Economics, Engineering (Mechanical, Civil and Geodetic Engineering, Architecture, Computational Science), Medicine and the Weihenstephan Science Center for Life & Food Science (including Biology).

Further information about research at Technische Universität München.

Corporate Research Centers

• TUM Institute for Advanced Study
• Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)
• Walter Schottky Institute for research in semiconductor electronics
• Munich Center of Molecular Life Sciences
• Nutrition and Food Research Center
• Central Institute of Medical Engineering [German only]
• Centre for Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials – NANOTUM
• Central Scientific Institutions

Research Projects

• Collaborative Research Centers (SFB)
• Elite Network of Bavaria
• EU supported projects
• BMBF supported projects
• Industry supported projects
• State supported projects
• Endowed Chairs and Research Groups
• Student Research Opportunities Program – SiROP

Collaborating Institutions

• Research Center for Environment and Health (GSF)
• German Aerospace Center
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
• International Max Planck Research Schools
• Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe

Services & TUM central institutions

• Service Centre for the Promotion of Research & Technology Transfer – SFT
• Patents & licencing
• Fundraising
• Research Scholarships
• TUM Forschung – Facts & Figures
• Services for guest scientists
• TUM-Tech GmbH
• UnternehmerTUM

Technology transfer

Service Centre for Research Support & Technology Transfer of the Technische Universität München (SFT)

The SFT was established on 1 October 2005 for the purpose of supporting the TU München academia in all matters relating to research support and technology transfer. The SFT staff provides a range of services, resources and expertise in the field of industrial collaborations, patents and licences, and research support.

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UnternehmerTUM GmbH

In January 2002 UnternehmerTUM GmbH, the centre for entrepreneurship at the TU München, was founded. The company is an independent, non-profit making private limited company and an associated institute of the university. It helps students and scientists at the Technische Universität München develop their business skills in both theory and practice, and supports university innovation and start-up teams to develop their products and business ventures. Each year about 1.000 students and researchers join our entrepreneurial courses and work in innovation projects.

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