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Tech Challenge, lectures by founders or Businessplan Basics - Europe's biggest center for entrepreneurship, UnternehmerTUM, offers programs for students in the winter semester. Register now! [read more]

Franconians together with Upper Bavarians, political scientists working with mathematicians, completely different socialization and professional cultures. Is that possible? Can it be fruitful? Students started the experiment. [read more]

In two of the most highly respected international subject rankings, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) again achieved outstanding positions. In the THE World University Rankings by Subject, which assesses broad subject groups, TUM is ranked among the world’s top 25 in three areas. In the… [read more]

The European Research Council (ERC) today awarded 37 particularly well-funded Synergy Grants across Europe. One of these interdisciplinary research awards went to Julien Gagneur, Professor of Computational Molecular Medicine, together with researchers from the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology… [read more]

For his committed support of start-ups, Prof. Klaus Diepold, Head of the Chair of Data Processing, has been honored as Unipreneur. TUM was the only university with four representatives at the presentation of the awards, which recognizes outstanding entrepreneurship activities at universities. [read more]

Kristen Kozielski researches how neuroelectrodes can be utilized in the treatment of illnesses such as Parkinson's disease and spinal cord injuries. For this project, she will receive an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) in 2023. [read more]

For the ninth time in a row, the "QS World University Ranking" lists TUM as the best German university. Within the EU, it is ranked second, and in the overall ranking, it has moved up 12 places to position 37. [read more]

Medical chatbots make hasty diagnoses, do not adhere to guidelines, and would put patients' lives at risk. This is the conclusion reached by a team from the Technical University of Munich. Despite the current shortcomings, the researchers see potential in the technology. [read more]

Chatbot Iris demonstrably improves understanding of programming concepts and complements human explanations: Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have developed the chatbot, which offers computer science students personalized assistance with programming assignments. [read more]

Prof. Viktor Leis from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) receives the Early Career Research Contribution Award of the Very Large Data Base Endowment Inc. (VLDB). This is only the second time that the prize has gone to Europe, and the second time to the TUM. [read more]

The "Legal AI Use Case Radar 2024" by an research team at the TUM School of Computation, Information and Techology (CIT) presents the latest use cases for AI in the German legal system. It demonstrates how processes can be automated to increase efficiency. [read more]

The Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) is to become the central contact point for robotics in Germany. At the "AI-based Robotics 2024" conference, Prof. Angela Schoellig from the Technical University of Munich and Prof. Tamim Asfour from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology presented the concept. [read more]