TU Munchen

Technical University of Munich

Technische Universität München
Motto	Die unternehmerische Universität
Motto in English	The entrepreneurial university
Type	Public
Established	1868 (1868)
Founder	Ludwig II of Bavaria
Academic affiliation	ATHENS CESAER EAIE EUA Eurotech GUEI PEGASUS TIME TU9
Budget	€ 1.329 billion (2015)
President	Wolfgang A. Herrmann
Academic staff	6,854
Administrative staff	3,249
Students	40,000 (2016)
Address	Arcisstraße 21, Munich, Bavaria, 80333, Germany
Campus	Urban
Colors	Blue
Website	www.tum.de

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) (German: Technische Universität München) is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching and Freising-Weihenstephan. It is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology. TUM is ranked 4th overall in Reuters 2017 European Most Innovative University ranking.

TUM's alumni include 13 Nobel laureates, 18 Leibniz Prize winners and 10 IEEE Fellow Members.

In its capacity as an academic stronghold of technology and science, the Technical University of Munich has played a vital role in Bavaria's transition from an agricultural state to an industrial state and Hi-Tech centre. Even to the present day, it is still the only state university dedicated to technology. Numerous excellent TUM professors have secured their place in the history of technology, many important scientists, architects, engineers and entrepreneurs studied there. Such names as Karl Max von Bauernfeind, Rudolf Diesel, Claude Dornier, Walther von Dyck, Hans Fischer (Nobel prize for Chemistry 1930), Ernst Otto Fischer (Nobel prize for Chemistry 1973), August Föppl, Robert Huber (Nobel prize for Chemistry 1988), Carl von Linde, Heinz Maier-Leibnitz, Walther Meissner, Rudolf Mössbauer (1961 Nobel prize for Physics), Willy Messerschmitt (aircraft designer), Wilhelm Nusselt, Hans Piloty, Friedrich von Thiersch, Franz von Soxhlet are closely connected with the TUM.