About us

The 15 departments of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) provide an excellent environment for research and for the education of 42,705 students, 36% of them women. The university has a budget of EUR 1,552.5 million, which includes the university hospital. Here you will find key facts and figures about the university.

• 42,705 Students receive a top-class education at TUM. 32% of them come from abroad.
• 15,468 female students are enrolled at TUM – 36% of all current students.
• 9,149 Graduates completed their degree in the academic year 2017. 3,163 of them were women, 1,866 international students.
• 81,870 Alumni make up our worldwide alumni network and benefit from TUM's offerings for alumni.
• 594 Professors research and teach at TUM. Moreover, the university has appointed Adjunct Professors and TUM Distinguished Affiliated Professors.
• 6 Humboldt Professors have joined the TUM ranks (as of: 2018) – a major success in this competition for top international talent.
• 1,027 Doctorates were awarded by TUM in the academic year 2018. Modernized doctoral degree regulations were published in 2012.
• 356.8 mio. Euros third-party funding for research and teaching was secured in accounting year 2018 making TUM one of German’s top- ranked universities. 
• 8,913 publications by TUM academics appeared in 2019 (peer-reviewed articles, conference papers, reviews; source: Scopus April 2020).
• 178 inventions were made by scientists from TUM in 2017 as a result of their research work.
• 17 Nobel prizes have been awarded to TUM professors and alumni since 1927, e.g. to Rudolf Mößbauer (Physics) and Ernst Otto Fischer (Chemistry).
• 22 Leibniz prizes have been awarded to TUM scientists since 1987 (as of: 2020). Our long-serving President Wolfgang A. Herrmann received it in 1987.
• 124 ERC Grants are furthering the work of TUM scientists (as of: 04/2020). European Research Council (ERC) grants fund for ambitious research projects.
• 24 IEEE Fellows have been researching and teaching at TUM (as of 2020). Fellow is the highest grade of membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• > 6,000 cooperation agreements were concluded with companies or other partners for research projects since 2013.
• 66 patents for inventions from TUM researchers were submitted to Patent Offices 2018.
• 80 Start-ups have come from TUM in April 2019. The university offers advice and entrepreneurial support.
• > 15,000 jobs are currently provided by companies that have grown from our university (as of 2012).
• Budget: EUR 1,552.5 million were available to TUM in accounting year 2018 (including the university hospital).
• Fundraising: EUR 323 mio. from industry, foundations and private donors was channeled into research and teaching at TUM between 1998–2018.

International Outlook

• International students
  • 32%
• International appointments of professors
  • 159 (2006–2018)
• TUM’s overseas locations
  • 1 offshore campus: TUM Asia in Singapore
  • 6 other international offices: Beijing, Brussels, São Paul, Kairo, Mumbai, San Francisco
• Double-degree agreements
  • 47 (as of 2018)
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowships
  • 61 (as of 2018)
• Alexander von Humboldt Research Award Winners
  • 14 (as of 2018)