Open House Campus Garching October 3

Discover and try things out: We have invited you to experience research up close for a whole day.

Aerial view of the Garching research campus in 2021.

At the Garching research campus, visitors were invited to experience science in lectures, hands-on activities, guided tours and much more. Whether young or old, there were numerous activities for every one on this day: students, staff and external guests. In addition to TUM, many other research institutions such as the Max Planck and Fraunhofer Institutes took part in the day of action.

At a glance

Address and directions

  • Underground: Garching-Forschungszentrum
  • Bus: Ludwig-Prandtl-Str.; Boltzmannstr.; Garching-Forschungszentrum; Technische Universität; MVV timetable information
  • Car: A9, exit Garching-Nord

Program highlights

Program overview (in German)

Participating institutes

Around 25 research institutions took part in the open house. Here you can see a selection of our university’s participating institutes.

Contact

Do you have questions? Contact our organisation team:
tag-der-offenen-tuerspam prevention@tum.de

Further information

You can get an overview of the campus and the action day program on the Garching research campus website (in Geman).

"Open Day" lettering with graphic elements on a dark blue background

Germany-wide action day on October 3

Open House with the Mouse 2024

We also took part in the nationwide "Doors open with the Mouse" campaign day: some of our open house programs took place as part of the Mouse Door Opener Day.

More on the WDR action day

Further events on the topic of research

8 May 2025

Lecture series in the planetarium at the Garching research campus

ESO Supernova: Kosmisches Kino

  • Thursday, 5/8/2025
  • 7:00 pm

Event location
Campus Garching

Public event

Target audience
publically

Presenter
Dr. Frederick Groth

Galaxy clusters are groups of galaxies that can contain thousands of objects. They are held together by their own gravity and are the most massive bound structures in the universe. When entire galaxy clusters collide and merge, chaos ensues! What drives it? Join us on a journey through the turbulent universe and discover the stormy side of these cosmic giants!

In this Kosmisches Kino, Dr Frederick Groth from the University Observatory Munich, LMU takes us on a journey into the turbulent interiors of galaxy clusters. He will show us what they are, how they work, and what we can learn about their history and evolution from supercomputer simulations.

This event is in English.

Book your ticket now!

The total mass of a galaxy cluster can be several hundred trillion times the mass of the Sun. However, the dominant component of its visible matter is not the stars or galaxies but the hot, diffuse gas in between the galaxies. Powerful large-scale gas flows, shock waves, and chaotic turbulence propagate through this so-called intracluster medium - processes that take many billions of years. These incredibly slow dynamics shape the intracluster medium and are key to understanding galaxy clusters and their evolution. But how can they be observed?

High-resolution computer simulations make it possible to calculate the evolution of galaxy clusters in time and bring order to this cosmic chaos. They help to understand the effects of cluster collisions, galaxy motions, active supermassive black holes, and stellar winds on the intracluster gas.

Further events
  • 6/12/2025, 7 p.m. – Stefan Heigl (LMU) about young stars
  • 7/10/2025, 7 p.m. – Catarina Aydar (MPE) about supermassive black holes
  • August – summer break
  • 9/11/2025, 7 p.m. – Dr Francesca Capel (MPP) about astroparticles
  • 10/9/2025, 7 p.m. – Dr. David Cont (LMU) about exoplanets
  • 11/13/2025, 7 p.m. – Dr. Asmita Bhandare (LMU) about TBA
  • 12/11/2025, 7 p.m. – Sophie Vogt (LMU) about TBA
How to find us
  • Location: Planetarium of the ESO Supernova, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, 85748 Garching
  • GPS coordinates: 48° 15' 36.90" N; 11° 40' 15.16" E

The ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Center is located 2 km northeast of Garching and 15 km northeast of Munich on the grounds of the research center.

Event overview
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