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What if traffic could adapt to changing conditions in real time? 🚗 Discover how #IntelligentTransportationSystems (ITS) help optimize traffic flow and make #mobility smarter in our latest TUM #ScienceGlossary entry: go.tum.de/749067 📷️TUM CCC / K. Bogenberger, G. Wulfhorst

At Mini-Munich, children become entrepreneurs, researchers, and decision-makers while building their own city. Supported by experts from TUM and #Munich's leading research institutions. Join in from August 3-21: t1p.de/okqt2 💡 #PublicEngagement 📷️Kultur & Spielraum e.V.

English - Die Spielstadt für Kinder und Jugendliche

Mini-Munich is a play city for children aged 9 to 15 and the largest summer cultural program for Children in Munich. Within a carefully designed urban setting

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Around 350 elementary #schoolchildren from across Bavaria gathered at TUM’s #OlympicPark #campus to kick off Bavaria’s 2026 School Sports Week with a morning of #sportsactivities alongside Olympic and Paralympic athletes: go.tum.de/485885 🏃‍♀️🏅 📷M.Balk

Elementary school children embrace the Olympic spirit

About 350 elementary school students from all over Bavaria celebrated the School Sports Festival on the TUM campus in the Olympiapark.

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The MCube #mobility cluster is launching MOSAIQ, a project to temporarily transform streets and public spaces in Schwabing-West and Moosach.🌳New #greenspaces, safer crossings, and cycling amenities will be created as part of a collaborative process with local residents: go.tum.de/944687 📷️C.Mayer

MCube MOSAIQ begins street redesign projects in the Schwabing-West and Moosach neighborhoods

The MCube mobility cluster is launching the MOSAIQ project to temporarily redesign selected street sections and squares in Schwabing-West and Moosach.

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We are expanding its strategic partnership with the Computer Science and AI Laboratory at MIT to advance #Robotics and #AI research. Joint projects will focus on AI-powered robotics, with researchers spending time at both institutions to develop and test new technologies: go.tum.de/417479 📷️TUM

TUM and MIT are expanding their strategic partnership in the fields of AI and robotics. The Bavarian Ministry of Science is providing 1.6 million.

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Congratulations to Lukas Burgholzer on winning this year's #YoungTalent Award at the Bavarian Hightech Award!👏He develops open-source software with the goal to make #quantumcomputing accessible to everyone t1p.de/Hightechprizes #HightechAgendaBayern 📷️A. König

Award presentation on a stage at the Hightech Prize Bavaria 2026 event. Science Minister Markus Blume and Lukas Burgholzer in suits hold a certificate and a trophy while posing for a photo. A large screen in the background shows a close-up of the award certificate and trophy, with event branding visible throughout the stage backdrop.

Meet our #alumna Nina Böhm. After studying #InformationSystems and earning her doctorate at TUM, she now helps shape the #DigitalFuture of #Munich’s public administration as a #Digitalization Strategist: go.tum.de/715617 📷️M.Kofler

Portrait of alumna Nina Böhm standing in a sunlit modern building corridor with floor-to-ceiling windows, wearing a dark blazer, a light top, and mustard-colored trousers.

How can cities like #Munich become more accessible for everyone? 🏙️ As cities continue to grow and evolve, #urbanmobility is becoming increasingly important. Learn more in the latest TUM #scienceglossary: go.tum.de/749067 📷️TUM CCC / K. Bogenberger, G. Wulfhorst

Congrats to Francis H. Arnold and Tao Zhang on receiving the Dr. Karl Wamsler #Innovation Award from TUM and Clariant for their outstanding achievements in #catalysis research, including biocatalysis and white #biotechnology: go.tum.de/549571 👏 📷️A. Heddergott

Dr. Karl Wamsler Innovation Award honors Frances H. Arnold and Tao Zhang

TUM and Clariant have presented the Dr. Karl Wamsler Innovation Award for the tenth time. The award was presented to Frances H. Arnold and Tao Zhang.

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Researchers at the TUM Campus Straubing developed a process for producing crucial #aminoacids from #carbondioxide, #hydrogen, and #renewableenergy. Over time, this could enable more efficient land use and sustainable amino acid production: go.tum.de/967922 📷J.Winter

Turning solar power into protein

TUM researchers have developed a method to produce crucial amino acids from carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and renewable energy.

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We are proud to contribute! 👏 At TUM's #OlympicPark #campus, #Munich, Bavaria and TUM presented plans for a potential Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games bid to representatives of Germany's sports federations: go.tum.de/884815 #olympics #SportsScience 📷️A. Heddergott

Making the case for Munich's Olympic bid

On July 21, representatives of Germany’s leading sports federations gathered at the TUMs Olympic Park campus to learn about Munich’s Olympic bid concept.

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Low-skilled workers are less likely to join employer-sponsored training than their more highly skilled colleagues. Participation is mainly driven by expected #careerprospects and job satisfaction: go.tum.de/940562 #SkillsDevelopment 📷iStock/ monkeybusinessimages

Why low-skilled workers are less likely to participate in continuing education

Low-skilled workers are less likely to participate in employer-sponsored continuing education programs than their more highly skilled colleagues.

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The #EuroTeQ Course Catalogue for winter semester 2026/27 is now open! #Students can apply for courses offered by EuroTeQ partner #universities. Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Apply now: go.tum.de/587322 📷EuroTeQ

Cooking, tasting and talking about science: Students in TUM's Science Snack project use shared meals to explore how nutrition can influence #GutHealth and #ColorectalCancer prevention: go.tum.de/486148 #PublicEngagement 📷️F. Vogl

Can cooking help prevent colorectal cancer?

Colorectal Cancer Prevention, Nutrition, Microbiome, Science Communication, Gut Health

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TUM and the Dieter Schwarz Foundation signed a funding agreement for a new #chipdesign specialization within the master's programm #InformationEngineering at our campus #Heilbronn, starting in winter 2026/27: go.tum.de/681678 #AIApplications 📷M.Stark

TUM Campus Heilbronn strengthens its expertise in chip design

TUM and Dieter Schwarz Foundation (DSS) have signed a funding agreement for a new specialization in chip design.

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Enkelejda Kasneci, professor of #HumanCentered Technologies for Learning, and her team studied how #AIavatars are perceived in #jobinterviews. After a job rejection, perceived fairness depended on the avatar’s gender and skin color: go.tum.de/994393 📷 A.Eckert

How fair does AI seem in job interviews?

A new study shows that job applicants mostly trust AI avatars conducting their interviews – but only until they receive a rejection.

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📚 The #summersemester lecture period has officially wrapped up. We wish you the very best for your upcoming exams and hope you enjoy a relaxing and well‑earned break afterwards! ☀️ #examseason #universitylife 📷E.Totoeva

View across the green spaces of the Garching campus toward modern university buildings. A pedestrian pathway runs through the area, lined with flagpoles and trees under a clear blue sky.

Join us for the #OpenHouse at our #Campus #Garching on October 3 where researchers from TUM and around 25 partner institutions invite the public to step into labs, discover our research and take part in interactive activities for all ages: go.tum.de/206134 🤩 📹ProLehre

Robotic shuttles could help make transportation more accessible, from #RuralCommunities to #UrbanNeighborhoods. 🚐 Learn more about the technology in the latest TUM #ScienceGlossary: go.tum.de/749067 #mobility 📷️ TUM CCC / K. Bogenberger, G. Wulfhorst

Congrats to the TUM Entrepreneurial Masterclass on receiving the "Möglich Macher 2026" award! 🎊 The program connects master's theses with start-up projects and has contributed to around 80 startups. Master students can apply by August 1: go.tum.de/745724

TUM Entrepreneurial Masterclass: launching a start-up through a master’s thesis

The TUM Entrepreneurial Masterclass uniquely combines degree programs with start-up activity.

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Researchers at TUM and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office develop AI-supported 3D crime scene twins that can be queried for objects, spatial relationships and lines of sight: go.tum.de/398513 #DigitalEvidence #PoliceInvestigations #3Dtwins #AI 📷iStock/J.Wackerhausen

TUM develops intelligent 3D twins of crime scenes

With the help of artificial intelligence, investigators will be able to interact with virtual representations of crime scenes in the future.

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🚀Our #ClustersOfExcellence are coming to #FORSCHA from July 17-19! Visit their interactive booths, take part in hands-on #experiments, and learn about cutting-edge research from #Munich's leading scientific institutions: go.tum.de/344935 #PublicEngagement 📷️T.Kiewning

Visitors at an interactive quantum science exhibit, exploring hands-on activities and digital games at a public science event. Several adults and children gather around demonstration stations in front of a "Qookies: A Quantum Quest" display.

Researchers from TUM and @plasmaphysik.bsky.social have launched the FUMA consortium at the Garching campus to study materials for future #FusionPower plants. The project combines #neutron and #positron methods to investigate material damage and service life: go.tum.de/803245 📷W. Schürmann

TUM and IPP Are Testing Materials for Fusion Power Plants

Materials for future fusion power plants are being tested at TUM's FRM II research reactor.

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