Munich, a metropolis of innovation
An ecosystem of cutting-edge research, global companies and high-tech start-ups puts Bavaria's capital among the strongest innovation centers in all of Europe's major cities. The Universities of Excellence TUM and LMU are strategically expanding their synergy potentials with their local partners.
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is among the leading international universities. Partnering with an alliance that includes Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), non-university research institutes, global corporate groups and agile high-tech start-ups, TUM has a formative presence in the research strength of the Munich metropolitan region as well as its innovative power. The research partners include the Max Planck Society, Helmholtz Association and the Leibniz Association as well as Fraunhofer, among others.
An attractive location at today's leading edge: Top international talents together with the enriching interaction of competition and strategic collaboration create an ecosystem in Munich which is steeped in innovation.
Our ONE MUNICH strategy leverages Munich's synergy potentials
The ONE MUNICH strategy is a part of our TUM AGENDA 2030 and forges an even more effective link between the best strengths of science, business and society in the greater Munich area. Here we leverage synergies along a variety of developmental dimensions, in the ONE MUNICH Strategy Forum and in the fields Research, Education, Health and Entrepreneurship.
ONE MUNICH Strategy Forum
In the ONE MUNICH Strategy Forum we systematically expand cross-institutional collaboration between TUM and LMU – this is a part of the future concept of the two universities within the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. In close collaboration with non-university scientific institutions and networked with business enterprises, we explore new scientific interaction potentials at an early stage as the basis of future innovation fields (Emerging Field Policy).
Together and with the financial support of the Hightech Agenda Bavaria, we have initiated three ONE MUNICH projects to date:
The intersections of Synthetic Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Additive Manufacturing and Data Sciences are the basis for the "Munich BioFab". The project works on modern biofabrication technologies that enable artificial, functional biological systems with a broad application spectrum: Here the HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, the Helmholtz Center Munich and the Hochschule München network their efforts in fields ranging from intelligent biomimetic systems, biomedicinical sensors as well as soft nano and microrobotic systems to bioproduction synthesis machines.
The objective of "EQAP" is to develop innovative and practical applications in quantum communication and imaging technologies and to network the associated expertise on a long-term basis. TUM and LMU combine their complementary skills in the fields of fundamental quantum research, material growth, equipment development, medicinal imaging and system technologies to create an ideal foundation for achieving this objective. The project is being conducted jointly with German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics and the Universität der Bundeswehr München.
"HCR" is creating the scientific foundations for analyzing the current boundaries of Embodied Artificial Intelligence. This includes research into the scalable, transparent, secure and robust learning and decision-making processes for robots as well as solutions for multi-modal Human Robot Interaction. The findings will directly benefit approaches to handling healthcare sector challenges, for example for seamless protheses, patient care by means of tele-operations and automated development of medications. In addition to TUM and LMU, the Helmholtz Zentrum Munich is also involved in the project. Professors from both universities supervise doctoral candidates in sub-projects working to achieve the overall objectives of "HCR".