Memorandum signed between Technical University of Munich and University of Queensland

TUM and UQ embark on flagship partnership

Professor Terry said the landmark partnership with TUM would further develop multilateral and interdisciplinary collaboration, highly achievable due to the strength of the existing partnership. “Like UQ, TUM is a world-leading institution and is UQ’s most comprehensive global partnership,” Professor Terry said. “Since our first university-level agreement was signed in 2010, collaboration between UQ and TUM has increased in depth and breadth across several discipline areas, and is supported by a suite of nine international agreements. We are enormously proud that engagement already encompasses a very popular student exchange, a double-degree in electrical engineering, and large-scale joint research projects. The flagship partnership will further contribute to global governance and public policy agendas across multiple disciplines including bioeconomy, sustainability, agriculture, food sciences, hydrogen, green energy, medicine, and health and behavioural sciences from across both institutions.”

The flagship partnership will also foster innovation and entrepreneurial thinking to meet the future-focused needs of its students, peers, industry and government collaborators. President Hofmann stressed: "Together, we will raise research excellence, innovative teaching concepts and practical entrepreneurship to a new level of performance with the highest international standards. Our aim is not only to forge even closer ties between our universities, but also to develop future-oriented fields of innovation with a broad impact. This includes joint research projects as well as exchange programs for students and support programs for entrepreneurs.”