TUM Campus Heilbronn

Since the winter semester of 2018/2019, TUM has been represented on the Heilbronn Campus as part of an initiative of the charitable foundation Dieter Schwarz Stiftung. 

The TUM Campus Heilbronn, with its motto "For the Digital Age," offers an innovative and future-oriented study environment that optimally prepares students for the demands of the digital age.

The dynamically growing campus combines teaching and research in management, digital technologies, data science, and global small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as family businesses. The TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology and the TUM School of Management conduct interdisciplinary research and teaching at the TUM Campus Heilbronn. Thanks to the close networking of the TUM Campus Heilbronn with global market leaders and hidden champions, students have access to first-class career prospects and valuable business contacts in one of Germany's strongest economic regions.

From the Sensor via the IT System to the Business Model

Information engineering is playing a key role at TUM Campus Heilbronn: New digital technologies provide companies with increasing opportunities to gather, link and evaluate information. Information engineering considers the entire chain from the sensor via the IT system to the business model and is thus an important element of the digital transformation. Interdisciplinary research involving the professorships in management examines how companies can shape the far-reaching and rapid technological transformation now underway, as this is one of the decisive issues for Germany’s future as an international business hub. The focus here is on technology start-ups and family-run businesses, which characterize the region of Heilbronn-Franken with its numerous “hidden champions”.

At this successful high-tech campus, TUM educates the next generation of managers and scientists, who will be optimally prepared for their roles in technology-driven companies. Currently two bachelor’s and three master’s degree programs are available at the Campus. At the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, the Bachelor in Information Engineering and the Master in Information Engineering are offered. Moreover, a part-time master’s program and a new MBA program are planned, which combine the disciplines of management and information technology.

Sponsored Professorships

The professorships funded by the Dieter Schwarz Foundation are fully financed by the foundation for an initial period of 30 years, including equipment and infrastructure. Since 2018, the Dieter Schwarz Foundation has supported 20 professorships in economics, 13 of which are located in Heilbronn. In 2022, the foundation increased its long-term commitment by ten more, bringing the total to 32 professorships. Of these, eleven professorships are in various areas of computer science and thus within the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology. Nine of the professorships are located in Heilbronn, and two more are at the TUM Campus in Garching.

“We're delighted that the Dieter Schwarz Stiftung has again shown their trust and is expanding one of the most important endowments in the history of higher education in Germany,” 

says TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann. “With the new professorships, we are creating an outstanding academic program in Heilbronn, combining informatics and management sciences, that will be unrivalled in Germany. It represents an important contribution to shaping the digital transformation. In this way, in times of the coronavirus pandemic, we are delivering power impetus to help secure future employment and prosperity in our country.”

“To strengthen tomorrow's society and economy, we need extraordinary innovations in the field of informatics, which will fundamentally transform our future working world”, 

explains Prof. Reinhold R. Geilsdörfer, the Director of the foundation Dieter Schwarz Stiftung. “The 11 additional endowed professorships will contribute to the study of the transformation processes in our region and support companies in the digital transformation.”

The endowment funds are not tied to any conditions and the agreement is based on the TUM Fundraising Code of Conduct, which excludes donors from exerting influence on research and academic instruction.