Ranking Results

Whether it's the Shanghai Ranking, QS or THE - or the Global Employability Ranking: We regularly occupy top positions among German and European universities in national and international rankings.

Students at TUM
5/8/2025
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Students assess engineering subjects in CHE Rankings

Very good ratings for studies at TUM

Engineering students are very satisfied with the teaching and study conditions at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). This is shown by the latest edition of the CHE University Rankings.

TUM in Rankings Studies
Researchers in a chemistry lab
3/12/2025
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QS World University Rankings by Subject

TUM among the top 20 worldwide in natural sciences and engineering

In the renowned QS World University Rankings by Subject, TUM is among the top 20 universities in the world for the first time in both natural sciences (18th place) and engineering & technology (19th place). In the rankings for six individual subjects, it ranks in the top 25. In six other subjects it places among the top 50 universities.

TUM in Rankings Studies Research Community
Start-up team at the Venture Lab Food Agro Biotech
2/27/2025
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Financial Times rankings

UnternehmerTUM again ranked as Europe’s best start-up hub

For the second consecutive year, the British business paper Financial Times has named UnternehmerTUM as the leading start-up hub in Europe. A decisive factor behind this success is the powerful network available to tech start-ups.

TUM in Rankings Entrepreneurship Community
Researchers in a lab of the Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering
1/22/2025
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Times Higher Education Rankings

TUM in the top 25 in three subject areas

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is one of the world's top 25 universities in computer sciences, natural sciences and engineering. This is the result of the latest subject rankings published by the British magazine Times Higher Education (THE).

TUM in Rankings Studies Research Community
Two new rankings show the increasing popularity of Munich for start-up founders - and the role of TUM in this development. (Picture: A. Heddergott)
3/29/2019

Nine TUM spin-offs among the "Top 50 Start-ups 2018"

Munich founders increasingly successful

Nine of the "Top 50 Start-ups 2018" come from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), according to an evaluation by the German magazine for start-up founders Für-Gründer.de. Munich, with ten start-ups, is the highest-rated city this ranking. Also a current report by business consulting firm Ernst & Young illustrates how attractive the Bavarian State capital is: With 14 start-ups in the Top 100, Munich has moved up to second place in this ranking list. Ten of these 14 companies were started by founders from TUM.

Entrepreneurship TUM in Rankings
Physicists discussing research
2/27/2019

QS Ranking: outstanding scores in engineering and natural sciences

TUM among the top 25 worldwide in several subjects

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is ranked among the 25 best universities worldwide in the areas of engineering and the natural sciences. TUM also placed in the top 50 for 10 individual subjects according to the “QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019”.

TUM in Rankings
Bridge between two buildings of TUM
1/18/2019

“WirtschaftsWoche Ranking”: Prof. Helmut Krcmar best business researcher

TUM is Germany's strongest university in business sciences

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is the strongest research university in Germany when it comes to business sciences. The best researcher is business informatics specialist Prof. Helmut Krcmar, Dean of the TUM Campus Heilbronn, according to the results of the new ranking conducted by the ETH Zurich and the University of Düsseldorf on behalf of the German business weekly "WirtschaftsWoche".

TUM in Rankings
Two women at the Entrepreneurship Day at TUM. (Image: A. Heddergott / TUM)
12/19/2018

First place on the "Start-up Radar" – Optimum conditions for founders

TUM best at supporting start-ups

Founding start-ups is ideally supported at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), according to the results of the German "Start-up Radar". For the third time in a row TUM has been ranked number one among major German universities. Approximately 70 companies are founded here each year.

TUM in Rankings Entrepreneurship
Ingrid Kögel-Knabner in her lab
11/30/2018

Highly cited researchers in medicine, chemistry and agricultural sciences

TUM scientists among the world's most influential researchers

Six scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) rank among the world's most influential minds in the fields of medicine, natural sciences and life sciences. Their names can be found in the latest "Highly Cited Researchers” rankings, compiled on the basis of the number of citations in scientific publications.

TUM in Rankings
Lecturer and students with tablet computers. (Image: A. Heddergott / TUM)
11/15/2018

Global University Employability Ranking 2018

TUM ranked in the top 10 worldwide

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has once again improved, now reaching number 6 in the new worldwide "Global University Employability Ranking". This places TUM at the top of the list of German universities in terms of quality of education.

TUM in Rankings
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