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This is the official account of the Technical University of Munich – Technische Universität München (TUM).

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At ExploreTUM’s first GirlsLAB@TUM, girls in grades 9–11 from our Bavarian #partnerschools, discovered technology and science at our #university in a hands-on way and gained new ideas for their educational and #careerpaths: go.tum.de/484608

#GirlsInSTEM

📷ExploreTUM
Girls discover STEM at GirlsLAB@TUM
Female school students from various Bavarian partner schools of TUM discover opportunities and STEM talents at GirlsLAB@TUM by ExploreTUM.
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January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Researchers show how excavated soils from #constructionsites can be upgraded with #organicwaste for reuse in cities. By adjusting mixtures, soils can support #greenspaces or #groundwater protection: go.tum.de/306737

#UrbanSoils #CircularEconomy

📷A.Eckert
Recycling urban soils
Researchers at TUM have investigated so-called “constructed soils” and show that they increase fertility and the ability to bind pollutants.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Join the #TUMSpeakersSeries event on January 15 for a talk and discussion with Werner Vogels, Amazon's CTO and Vice President, who will speak about #datamapping in #AI: go.tum.de/800960

📷 TUM Speakers Series
Poster for a TUM Speakers Series event in collaboration with DLD and Amazon. Title: “Unmapped: No Data, No AI.” On the right, there is a man wearing a suit jacket. On the left, the event details are shown: January 15 at 5 PM at the TUM Main Campus, doors close at 4:55 PM. The text mentions the speaker as the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President at Amazon. Logos of TUM, DLD, and Amazon appear at the top.
January 13, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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Our Language Center and HFF Munich run the #DIVERSITY film series, showcasing #internationalfilms to discuss #sociocultural topics across languages and contexts. On January 15, the documentary "The Making of a Japanese" will be screened: go.tum.de/743002

📷E.Kaminski
News and Events
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January 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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Join the #CareerDay at our Garching campus on January 22! Students can get #CV feedback, take #application photos, ask questions, meet companies online, and join webinars. #STEM alumni share career paths in the evening: go.tum.de/567445 🗓️
Career Day Garching
At the Career Day on the Garching campus on January 22, 2026, we will assist students with any questions about their career planning.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Our university & @tudresden.bsky.social start the second funding phase of 6G-life², advancing research on next-generation #mobilecommunications. Interdisciplinary teams develop concepts for human-centered #6G, with the project running until 2029: go.tum.de/617883
@6g-life.bsky.social

📷A.Heddergott
TUM and TU Dresden launch next generation of mobile communications
TUM and TUD begin the second phase of “6G-life,” strengthening their leadership in developing future communication technologies for the 6G era.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Celebrating 10 years of #hackaTUM! Take a look back at last year's event where teams worked on company challenges and self-defined ideas, combining #softwaredevelopment, teamwork, and short project presentations: go.tum.de/217472 🚀

#hackathon #coding

📷B.Willer
The Show Goes On: Ten Years of hackaTUM
Under the motto “hackaTUM X – The Show Goes On,” the official hackathon of the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology (CIT) took place from November 21 to 23. For the tenth time, the sc...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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With this picture of our #Munich main #campus, we want to wish you a great start to the week! 🌇 Thanks to Ece Atesoglu for the campus #photoofthemonth for December.

If you took a great campus photo as well, send us your #tumcampuspic to [email protected] 📧
Sunset over the Technical University of Munich campus, with the Thiersch Tower and its distinctive clock rising above historic university buildings.
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Watch the documentary “Fermenting – Power for a #HealthyGut”, in which Marius Henkel, Professor of #CellularAgriculture at our School of #LifeSciences, provides insights into #precisionfermentation and its potentials (in German): go.tum.de/390199

📷A. Eckert
Fermentation: Between Tradition and the Lab
In precision fermentation, genetically modified bacteria convert carbohydrates into proteins. Marius Henkel provides insights into this field of research.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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We wish you and your families a healthy and happy 2026! 🎉 Thank you for accompanying us through a successful year 2025. 👏

#NewYearsEve #HappyNewYear2026

📷A. Eckert
View over the Technical University of Munich downtown campus featuring modern curved buildings and an open plaza in the foreground; Munich’s skyline with the Olympic Tower in the background under a pink evening sky.
December 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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#SeasonsGreetings to our students, staff, alumni, and friends! ✨ In the International Year of #QuantumScience, our picture features a beam splitter from the laboratory of the Semiconductor Nanostructures and #QuantumSystems group: go.tum.de/276363

📷 A. Eckert
Black beam splitter cube in a quantum optics lab with red, green, yellow, and blue reflections inside, surrounded by purple/magenta mounts, gold/brass and silver/gray components, against a dark blurred background.
December 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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In the German science program Quarks, Bärbel Stecher, professor of #IntestinalMicrobiome, explains how #bacteriophages target specific bacteria and their relevance for #AntibioticResistance and the #GutMicrobiome. Watch now: go.tum.de/112324

📷A.Eckert
Are phages the future of medicine?
Phages offer hope in the fight against resistant germs. TUM professor Bärbel Stecher provides insights into the current state of research.
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December 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Two #students from our university were selected as EU #Bioeconomy #YouthAmbassadors! 👏 Ivana Suver and Katina Staleva represent youth perspectives in EU-level discussions on the #GreenTransition: go.tum.de/893856

#sustainability
@ec.europa.eu

📷TUM CST
“Stand up for what you believe in!”
How are young voices shaping Europe’s green transition? Two TUM students are among just 15 EU Bioeconomy Youth Ambassadors.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Five research projects at our School of #SocialSciences and Technology have been awarded "Change! #Fellowships" funded by Volkswagen Stiftung. 🎉 The projects address societal challenges with partners from #CivilSociety & the #PublicSector: go.tum.de/357035

📷A.Heddergott
Interior view of the lobby at the School of Social Sciences and Technology at our university, with a glass roof, concrete walls, large windows, and a prominent red curved wall element on the right.
December 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Meet Sabina Leonelli, Professor of Philosophy and History of #ScienceandTechnology and head of the Public Science Lab, in this NewIn episode. She talks about history, #participatoryresearch, and the perception of #philosophers in Germany: go.tum.de/293415

▶️ youtu.be/r68jQKLqd34

📹ProLehre
Sabina Leonelli: “Every researcher is faced with philosophical questions”
In the new episode of “NewIn,” Sabina Leonelli explains her work as a professor of philosophy and history of science and technology.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Researchers completed an #irradiation test of monolithic uranium-molybdenum fuel plates at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research #NeutronSource. This supports work on conversion to #LowEnrichedUranium and the 2025 licence application: go.tum.de/470087

📷B.Ludewig / FRM II
Important uranium fuel test for FRM II successful
An important fuel test for the conversion of TUM's FRM II research neutron source to low-enriched uranium has been successfully completed.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Today, our #alumna Michaela Benthaus will fly to space as the first person with a #spinalcordinjury on a suborbital mission: derstandard.de/story/300000... (in German)🚀

#Spaceflight #DisabilityInclusion

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Erster Weltraumflug einer querschnittsgelähmten Raumfahrerin steht bevor
Michaela Benthaus soll am 18. Dezember als erste Person mit Behinderung in den Weltraum fliegen. Die 33-Jährige möchte damit ein Zeichen für Inklusion setzen
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December 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Our #IndustryEngagement Program brings researchers and companies together to explore shared innovation fields. With Tata Consultancy Services joining, the program adds its first partner from the technology-based #consulting sector: go.tum.de/809111

📷 A. Gebert
Tata Consultancy Services becomes a partner of TUM
The largest subsidiary of India's Tata Group, Tata Consultancy Services, is becoming a partner of the TUM Industry Engagement Program in the TUM ecosystem.
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December 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Gijón, Kraków, Paris, or Milan – where will your #Erasmus semester take you? Our #students studied in various cities and share a wide range of experiences. You can still apply until January 13 for stays in the 2026/27 academic year: go.tum.de/264318

📷 S. Heiberg
Experience Europe with Erasmus+: Study without borders, discover without limits
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December 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Samira Epp and Valentin Riedl show that #fMRI blood-flow signals are not a reliable indicator of #BrainEnergy use. Around 40% can oppose neuronal activity, challenging standard interpretations: go.tum.de/211216

#Neuroscience
@fau.de

📷G.Castrillon
40 percent of MRI signals misinterpreted
Interpretation of numerous MRI data may be incorrect: blood flow is not a reliable indicator of brain activity.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Researchers, including Oliver Hayden, developed a method to test #AntibioticResistance in #urine directly, delivering results up to 24 hours earlier without bacterial pre-cultivation. This may support more targeted treatment of #UTIs: go.tum.de/775073

📷A.Heddergott
New method accelerates resistance testing in urinary tract infections
Researchers at TUM have developed a test for urinary tract infections that accurately identifies the eight most common bacterial strains within one day.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Get to know the #startup Hula Earth, which uses #satellitedata and #birdcalls to determine #biodiversity. More than 80 small high-tech boxes are installed in the outdoors, collecting data and transmitting it to the company headquarters: go.tum.de/230329

📷A. Heddergott
Hula Earth measures biodiversity
The start-up Hula Earth uses satellite data and bird songs to determine biodiversity. It's a growing business.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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With the new TUM Shenzhen Liaison Office, our university expands its cooperation with #TsinghuaUniversity and strengthens research, exchange and #mobility in the region. The office will act as a hub connecting China, Munich and Singapore: go.tum.de/681015

📷S. Zhou
TUM strengthens strategic activities in China with office in Shenzhen
The Technical University of Munich is expanding its activities in China and opening a TUM Liaison Office in Shenzhen.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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The latest #PIAAC study shows that adults in #Germany perform above the international average when dealing with new and complex situations. However, unlike in other countries, these skills are strongly influenced by #socialbackground: go.tum.de/463496

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PIAAC study: adults in Germany are good at solving problems
Adults in Germany are better than the international average at coping with problems in new and complex situations according to the PIAAC study.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Congrats to Nadine Abdelmalek on winning the DAAD Prize 2025 for her #academicwork and her commitment to our #studentrepresentation, the #mentoring program for German schools abroad, and German Model UN: go.tum.de/833008 👏

📷A. Hüttenrauch
Nadine Abdelmalek awarded the DAAD Prize 2025
TUM student Nadie Abdelmalek was awarded the DAAD Prize 2025 for her outstanding academic achievements and volunteer work.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM