Technical
University
of Munich
Founded in 1868 as a polytechnic school, since 1872 housed in the Neureuther building at Arcisstraße 21. One of ten German excellence universities — consistently in the global top 40. UnternehmerTUM is regarded as Europe's most important start-up hub.
Polytechnic becomes university
Founded in 1868 by King Ludwig II as a polytechnic school, renamed Technische Hochschule in 1877 and finally Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 1970. The main building at Arcisstraße 21 was built 1868–1872 by Gottfried von Neureuther — Italian Neo-Renaissance, three storeys, central projecting bay; destroyed in the bombing war and partly rebuilt in simplified form in the 1950s.
Today
Around 50,000 students across 15 faculties, including mechanical engineering, computer science, medicine and life sciences. Since 2006 — and in every subsequent round — an excellence university. Consistently around 30th–50th in the global rankings, in close competition with LMU Munich for first place in the German rankings. 18 Nobel laureates from the TUM environment, including Rudolf Mößbauer, Robert Huber and Wolfgang Ketterle.
Add to that UnternehmerTUM, founded in 2002 by Susanne Klatten — today the largest and most influential founder hub in Europe, with more than 50 company spin-offs a year. Based on Lichtenbergstraße in Garching, together with the TUM research campus.
More in the
Museum Quarter.
The other buildings of the area — galleries, museums, classicism, industrial history.