Technische Universität
(Munich Technical University)

To meet demands for an independent academic engineering course, a separate Technical University was set up as part of the Munich University in 1833. In 1868, King Ludwig II founded an independent Polytechnic School, that moved into its new buildings and began work in the same year.

The Technical University, called "Technische Hochschule München" played an important part in Bavaria´s development from an agricultural to a modern industrial state. Many famous scientists and engineers such as Rudolf Diesel, Heinz Meier-Leibnitz or Friedrich von Thiersch studied and taught here.

Today, many of the 12 faculties lie outside Munich, ie in Weihenstephan or in Garching - where the first German research reactor the controversial "Atomic-Egg" was recently shut down after almost 43 years operation. A neutron-reactor, suited to latest scientific demands, is about to open this year.

Currently, the Technical University is divided among 15 special research units, administrated by well-known German research institutes.
It has about 19.000 students and offers 25 diploma courses. Because of globalisation, in the future there will also be internationally accepted exams such as Batchelor and Master degrees.

Address
Arcisstraße 21
80333 München
Phone 089- 289 - 01

How to get there
U2 "Josephsplatz"
Tram 27 "Pinakothek" /
U6 "Garching-Hochbrück"

More information
www.tu-muenchen.de