Technische Universität München

Exterior view of the TUM Campus in the Olympic Park during sunset, with a glowing sky of pink and blue clouds above the modern building and several vertical flags in front.

With this gorgeous picture of our #OlympicPark #campus, we want to wish you an wonderful weekend! 🌞 Thanks to Lisa Gerum for the campus #PhotoOfTheMonth for February.

If you took a great campus photo as well, send us your #tumcampuspic to social-media@tum.de 📧

How fires, storms, and bark beetles will shape the future of Europe’s forests TUM researchers have modeled how bark beetles, storms and wildfires could affect Europe’s forests. A doubling of forest damage is possible.

Researchers calculated how disturbances like #wildfires, storms, and #barkbeetles, fueled by #climatechange, could transform Europe’s forests by 2100. #ForestDamage could increase, especially in Southern and Western Europe: go.tum.de/187640

#ForestManagement

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A group of participants is running along a sunny residential street, wearing race bibs. In the foreground, one person is running with a small dog on a leash. Green hedges and houses line the background

Several race participants run down a residential street. The people at the front wear black tops decorated with colorful floral patterns. Hedges and a parked vehicle line the sides of the road

A large group of runners moves along a residential street, all wearing race bibs. Houses, hedges, and additional participants appear in the background

Runners are crossing the start or finish structure of an event labeled ‘START – TUM Campuslauf.’ A digital timer is visible on the right. Spectators stand along the path under a clear sky

The TUM #CampusRun returns on May 6! All of our #students, staff, #alumni, as well as employees of research institutions and companies based at campus Garching, are welcome to register until March 31. Early bird tickets are available until March 15: go.tum.de/722095

📷TUMJA

Event graphic for TUM Sustainability Day featuring the slogan ‘We Walk the Talk’ over a background of a large audience seated in a lecture hall. The TUM logo appears in the corner, along with the event date: April 29, 2026.

Save the date for our TUM Sustainability Day at our campus #Garching on April 29—a sustainability festival where more than 120 initiatives showcase how #sustainability is put into practice at our #university and beyond: tum.de/sustainabilityday 🗓️

📷TUM

TUM Robotics Incubator receives further funding The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs is supporting TUM's robotics incubator robo.innovate for another three and a half years.

Our robo.innovate #robotics incubator, supporting #startups, receives further funding from the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs. 👏 The robotics manufacturer NEURA Robotics is also joining as the first industry sponsor: go.tum.de/364670

📷S.Kastner

Illustrated graphic for TUM’s event weeks celebrating International Women’s Day, featuring a diverse group of women standing together beside large text detailing the event dates from March 4 to 19, 2026

Around #InternationalWomensDay on March 8, our #university is hosting a diverse week of action from March 4-19 under this year's motto "For all women and girls: Rights. #Equality. Empowerment." Check out the full program and register: go.tum.de/890021

#diversity

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Urban trees can absorb more CO₂ than cars emit during summer Researchers have shown that, on average, around two percent of urban emissions in Munich are offset by vegetation.

A high-resolution CO₂ model shows urban vegetation offsets about 2% of annual #emissions. Jia Chen, professor of #EnvironmentalSensing and modeling, & team find that #UrbanTrees can at times absorb more CO₂ than #CityTraffic emits in summer: go.tum.de/345673

#sustainability

📷J.Eberle

"More technology does not mean more meaningful learning environments" Learning spaces, Digitalization, Didactics, Higher education development, Future Scout

Read the interview with our architecture #student and Future Scout of the Stifterverband, Felix Jahn. He explains how space, #didactics, and technology should interact at #universities: go.tum.de/245819

#EdTech #HigherEducation

📷N. Neudert

Top-down view of a multi-story stairwell with white railings, grey steps, and a bold red wall. Sunlight creates geometric shadows across the stairs and landings.

Sunlight already slipping through the rails at our #university—a little preview of the sunny weekend ahead. ☀️ #HappyFriday!

#sunnycampus

📷A.Eckert

TV report on Bavaria's first electric fire trucks at TUM The TUM plant fire brigade in Garching operates Bavaria's first electrically powered fire trucks. Bayerischer Rundfunk reports on this.

#Sustainability plays a central role in #campus operations at our #university. Watch the TV report on our #Garching campus’ own professional plant fire department, which operates Bavaria’s first electrically powered fire engines: go.tum.de/532475 🚒

📷TUM Werkfeuerwehr

Why corals bleach – Investigation using neutrons from the FRM II Researchers at FRM II have used neutrons to investigate the biological processes behind dangerous coral bleaching in living corals.

Scientists at the Research #NeutronSource Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) investigated, for the first time, #coralbleaching processes directly in living corals. 🪸Using #neutrons, they visualized structural changes during bleaching: go.tum.de/326347

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Designing proteins for targeted cell activation Prof. Thomas Schlichthärle spricht über seine Arbeit als Professor für AI-guided Protein Design.

Get to know Thomas Schlichthärle, our newly appointed professor of #AI-guided #ProteinDesign, in the latest NewIn episode. He wants to use custom-designed #proteins to advance the development of new #medicines: go.tum.de/484027

#HightechAgendaBayern

▶️ youtu.be/G-pt28HJpA8

📹& 📷ProLehre

TUM supports innovation campus for circular bioeconomy To strengthen regional energy and resource security, TUM is cooperating with the Dominikus-Ringeisen-Werk at its headquarters in Ursberg.

We are partnering with Dominikus-Ringeisen-Werk in Ursberg to develop a “Living Lab #CircularBioeconomy.” The project explores circular #Hydrogen and #EnergyStorage to strengthen energy security and reduce emissions: go.tum.de/719189

#sustainability

📷Dominikus-Ringeisen-Werk

Snow-covered walkway on the TUM city campus in Munich, viewed through an archway. Several people walk along the path, bordered by buildings and winter trees, with a tall tree and campus buildings visible in the distance.

Snowy courtyard on the TUM city campus in Munich, with leafless trees, a snow-covered lawn, and a building with illuminated windows in the background.

Winter scene on the TUM city campus in Munich showing tall trees covered in snow, a curved pathway, and a metal railing along the side of the path.

#HappyFriday from our snowy #campus! ❄️ Wishing everyone a warm and relaxing start to the weekend!

#wintervibes

📷A. Eckert, F. Schulz

UnternehmerTUM named Europe's best startup center for the third time in a row UnternehmerTUM remains Europe's leading startup center — named so for the third time in a row by the British business newspaper Financial Times.

Our #startup ecosystem—UnternehmerTUM and the TUM Venture Labs—tops the “Europe’s Leading Startup Hubs” ranking by the Financial Times for the third year in a row: go.tum.de/606926 🥳

#entrepreneurship #innovation #universityranking

📷S. Müller-Naumann

How fast is the universe expanding? Supernova could provide the answer The image of an extremely rare supernova could solve the mystery of the expansion rate of the universe.

Munich astronomers imaged and modelled an exceptionally rare #supernova that could provide a new, independent way to measure how fast the #universe is expanding: go.tum.de/991366 🌌

#hubbleconstant #cosmicexpansion #cosmology #astrophysics

📷C. Saulder

Digital Future Challenge 2026: TUM team “RollsRoICE” takes third place “At the Digital Future Challenge 2026, TUM students secured third place with a responsible robotics project designed to improve safety in rail operations.”

Congrats to our #students who achieved 3rd place at the #DigitalFutureChallenge 2026! The TUM team “RollsRoICE” created a mini-robot that independently connects and disconnects a German high-speed train’s water and wastewater systems: go.tum.de/388158

#robotics #AI

📷P.Dera

Mobility research in the spotlight for children Gleich zwei bekannte Kindersendungen haben die Mobilitätsforschung der TUM nähergebracht – „Checker Tobi“ und „1, 2 oder 3“.

Our #mobility cluster, MCube, was featured in two well-known children's TV shows, "Checker Tobi" and "1, 2 oder 3", introducing mobility research at our #university to a young audience. Watch now: go.tum.de/763834

#urbanspaces #autonomousdriving

📷MCube

For over 10 years, the #Deutschlandstipendium has supported young talents across Germany. At our #university alone, 9,600+ #students have benefited. Join the Matching Challenge and help create more #scholarships — take part by March 9: go.tum.de/696192

Johanna Pirker appointed to UN expert panel on AI Pirker has been appointed to the UN expert panel on AI. The panel scientifically assesses the global opportunities and risks of AI and provides guidelines.

Johanna Pirker was appointed to the new Independent International #ScientificPanel on #AI by the #UnitedNations.👏 This panel will assess the global opportunities and risks of AI to inform political and societal decision-making: go.tum.de/817996

📷M. Rausch

Living material makes harmful UV-light visible Researchers at TUM have developed a coating that reliably indicates exposure to UVA radiation. It could pave the way for further living materials.

Scientists developed a functional coating made of #proteins and #bacteria, that detects contact with UV-A radiation, is bio based, and could offer new perspectives for the development of #livingmaterials: go.tum.de/923111

#biotechnology #sustainability

📷A. Eckert

Established cancer drug reactivates immunotherapy Researchers have discovered a mechanism that renders cell therapies ineffective against multiple myeloma. They were able to stop it with a cancer drug.

Researchers, including Florian Bassermann, uncover and block the #protein mechanism that weakens treatment for multiple myeloma. In an initial study they succeeded in blocking it using an existing #cancerdrug: go.tum.de/307361

#oncology #immunotherapy

📷K. Czoppelt

Two women wearing white lab coats work at a technical setup in a laboratory. One is seated at a computer operating a control device, with a technical drawing displayed on the screen, while the other stands beside her observing the process.

Today is the #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience – highlighting equal opportunities, visibility, and #diversity in research and tech. Young women from our #community share their perspectives and visions for the future: go.tum.de/881869

#WomenInSTEM

📷A. Heddergott

TUM President Hofmann advocates defense research at German universities TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann advocates for security research at universities: “If you want to secure peace, you must be able to defend it.”

Read the interview with our President Thomas F. Hofmann, in which he talks about the responsibility of #universities to protect democracy and freedom and outlines our university’s role in this important #societaldebate: go.tum.de/248347

#DefenseResearch

📷A. Eckert

AI in Biomedicine Leibniz-Preisträger Daniel Rückert im Interview zum neuen Elite-Masterstudiengang AI in Biomedicine

Learn more about the new elite master’s program “AI in Biomedicine,” launching in winter semester 2026/27. Daniel Rückert discusses its potential at the intersection of #AI and #biomedicine and the future of personalized medicine. Applications are open until May 31: go.tum.de/314834

📷J. Eberle

TUM establishes the TUM Security and Defense Alliance together with partners Die Technische Universität München (TUM) und die Universität der Bundeswehr München (UniBw M) gründen mit Partnern die TUM Security and Defense Alliance.

Our #university and the University of the Bundeswehr Munich launched the TUM Security and Defense Alliance — bringing together industry, start-ups, TUM Venture Labs, and public sector stakeholders to drive #innovation in #security and #defensetechnologies: go.tum.de/459533

📷A. Heddergott

Join the #TUMSpeakersSeries event on February 13 featuring Vitaliy and Wladimir Klitschko on leadership under pressure, #democraticresilience, and civil society’s role in defending freedom and sovereignty. Register now: t1p.de/TUMSpeakersSeriesEvent

#MSC2026

If you took a great campus photo as well, send us your #tumcampuspic to social-media@tum.de 📧

Nighttime photo of a modern building with illuminated windows and bare trees in front. Above the building, green aurora lights stretch across the sky, blending into a purple‑red night sky. Stars are visible as well

With this throwback to the #northernlights at our Weihenstephan #campus last month, we want to wish you the best of luck for your exams and a wonderful #semesterbreak! 🍀🤩 Thanks to Julia Keberle for the campus #photoofthemonth for January.

In partnership with #MSC2026, the TUM Speakers Series invites you to an event with Jens Stoltenberg, Former #NATOSecretary, on February 14, for a film screening and a discussion and Q&A afterwards. Register now: t1p.de/TUMSpeakersSeries