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In the future, master's students from both universities will be able to obtain a master's degree in Data Science at the University of Queensland in addition to their degree in Informatics at TUM. The aim of the double degree programs is to incorporate the strengths of the study programs of the… [read more]

The chair for Human-Centered Technologies for Learning (Prof. Enkelejda Kasneci) offers a course on "AI-assisted writing: the new way to get ahead" as part of the TUM Project Weeks. [read more]

Epidemics have immediate and long-term effects on people worldwide. In March 2023, young researchers from Africa and Europe will deepen their understanding of the mathematical fundamentals of infectious disease modeling. [read more]

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]

The Ferienakademie takes place every year at the end of September in Sarntal (South Tyrol) - this year from Sept. 17 to 29. This joint summer school of TUM, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the University of Stuttgart is coordinated by the Department of Computer Science of the School of Computation,… [read more]

The European Research Council (ERC) awards a highly endowed ERC Advanced Grant to Prof. Gordon Cheng, Institute for Cognitive Systems, for the STROLL (SofT-exoskeleton to RestOre Locomotion) project. The goal of the project is to develop a soft exoskeleton that enables people with paralysis to walk… [read more]

In its latest rankings, the British higher education service provider QS Quacquarelli Symonds places TUM among the top 25 universities worldwide in five subjects: electrical engineering is ranked 18th. TUM's informatics and mathematics are among the top 50, ranked 29th and 43rd, respectively. [read more]

Vanessa Landgraf and Silke Karl are Math Makers of March and April. The German Mathematics Association (DMV) honored them for their commitment to the "Mathematics Day for Students" (TDMfS*S) program. Learn more in the interview! [read more]

Gabriele Schrag, Professor of Physics of Electrotechnology, has been awarded a 2021 "Prize for Excellence in Teaching" by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts (StMWK). The prize recognizes outstanding teaching and is awarded annually. In 2021, 15 university lecturers across the state… [read more]

With the rollout of the 5G network still ongoing in Germany, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are already conducting fundamental research for the next mobile communications generation. In the 6G Future Lab Bavaria, the team is developing and testing fundamental mechanisms to make communications more efficient, resilient and… [read more]

Through steady advances in the development of quantum computers and their ever-improving performance, it will be possible in the future to crack our current encryption processes. To address this challenge, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are participating in an international research consortium to develop encryption methods… [read more]

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Google are driving forward research into cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI). Thanks to funding from Google, seven new research projects are being launched at TUM to investigate critical questions at the interface of cybersecurity and AI. [read more]

A team working with Prof. Oliver Hayden has developed a method for assessing the number and structure of aggregated blood platelets that can potentially help quantify the risk of a severe COVID-19 infection. They have thus identified a predictive biomarker for the seriousness of an infection. This will allow treatment adjustment at an early stage. [read more]

Eleven TUM researchers belong to the world's most frequently cited scientists – including Professor Fabian Theis, holder of the Chair of Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems. Their names can be found in the latest "Highly Cited Researchers" rankings. [read more]