Sustainable Living Environment
We combine all our expertise in the fields of the environment, climate, energy, food and resources to slow down climate change, minimize its impact and create sustainable places to live and work.
We invent new technologies to protect our air, water and soil, and to safeguard natural ecosystems for future generations. We develop strategies and new approaches for sustainable agriculture and food production, and investigate ways to mitigate the consequences of climate change and species loss. We create new sustainable land use strategies in agriculture and forestry. At the same time, we are actively helping to shape the energy, mobility and urban development solutions of the future.
We are involved in the development of autonomous vehicles, air taxis, and new means of transport, such as the Hyperloop. We draw up intelligent urban and transport planning concepts to explore how to make urban and rural areas more livable and attractive. The construction sector has a key role to play, and we have leading experts in areas such as living plant construction, timber construction, and energy-efficient and sustainable design and construction.
Using state-of-the-art sensor and satellite technologies, we record climatic changes and their effects on our environment and cities. Our bioeconomic research projects indicate possible future approaches, such as replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources. We develop innovative products, technologies and business models for a sustainable bioeconomy.
- TUM School of Engineering and Design
- TUM School of Life Sciences
- Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)
- Munich Institute of Integrated Materials, Energy and Process Engineering (MEP)
- TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability
- World Agriculture Systems Center – Hans Eisenmann-Forum für Agrarwissenschaften
-
TUM Georg Nemetschek Institute Artificial Intelligence for the Built World
- Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus at Zugspitze
- Friedrich N. Schwarz Research Station
You will find a selection of important current research projects here:
Focus Area „Climate and the environment”
-
EVUK „From Soil to high quality crops” (Prof. Dr. Claus Schwechheimer)
- EReTech (Prof. Dr. Johannes A. Lercher)
- Hydro4U (Prof. Dr. Peter Rutschmann)
- LiveSen-MAP (Prof. Dr. Nicolas Plumeré)
- RETOUCH Nexus (Prof. Dr. Johannes Sauer)
- VALUABLE (Prof. Dr. Thomas Brück)
- WE-ACT (Prof. Dr-Ing. Markus Disse)
- Participation in „EIT Food“
- Participation in „EIT Climate-KIC“
- TUM Innovation Network „EarthCare“
- TUM Mission Network Circular Economy – CirculaTUM (Brochure as PDF, 5.5 MB, in German)
- Centre for Urban Ecology and Climate Adaptation
Focus Area „Mobility”
You will find a selection of degree programs offered by TUM in the field of „Climate and the environment” and “mobility” here:
Other degree programs offered by TUM in the field of “Sustainability” you will find on the website TUM.Sustainability.
Focus Area „Climate and the environment”
- Bachelor Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences
- Bachelor Forest Science and Resource Management
- Bachelor Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning
- Bachelor Environmental Engineering
- Master Agrosystem Sciences
- Master Agricultural Bioscience
- Master Bioeconomy
- Master Environmental Engineering
- Master Forestry and Wood Science
- Master Geodesy and Geoinformation
- Master GeoThermie / GeoEnergie
- Master Ecological Engineering
- Master Landscape Architecture
- Master Resource Efficient and Sustainable Building
- Master Urbanism – Urban and Landscape Studies and Design
Focus Area „Mobility“
You will find a selection of courses on “Sustainability” offered by the TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning here:
- Certificate Program: BIM Professional
- Certificate Program: Digital Twins for Cities
- Certificate Program: Ecological Building
- Certificate Program: Smart Farming and IoT in Agriculture
- Certificate Program: Street Experiments for Sustainable and Resilient Cities
- Certificate Program: Sustainable Management and Technology
-
Certificate Program: The Economics of Agro-Food Value Chains
- Certificate Program: TUM.wood – Building with wood
- MOOC: Urban Air Mobility