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Technical University Munich

Technische Universität München
Motto	The Entrepreneurial University
Type	Public University
Established	1868
Endowment	€1.1 Billion
President	Wolfgang A. Herrmann
Administrative staff	9,704
Students	32,547
Location	Munich , Germany
Nickname	TU München, TUM
Affiliations	CESAER, PEGASUS, TU9
Website	www.tum.de

The Technische Universität München (TUM; University of Technology, Munich; Technical University of Munich) is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching and Freising-Weihenstephan. It was founded in 1868. The university alumni and professor list include 17 Nobel Prize winners. As of winter semester 2018 TUM has 41.375 students, 566 professors, and 10.501 staff members.

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  The new building of the Polytechnische Schule München in 1869

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  The main building of the Technische Hochschule München in 1909

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  The research reactor FRM I, nicknamed the atomic egg, has become a landmark of the city of Garching, even being featured in its coat of arms.

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  The TUM campus in Garching with the Department of Mechanical Engineering to right

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  Aerial view of the main building (dark brown) in downtown Munich (2007)

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  Aerial view of the TUM campus in Garching (2011)

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  Entrance to the Main Campus in Munich

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  TUM has operated two research reactors on its Garching campus, the egg-shaped FRM I from 1957–2000 and the FRM II (with the curved roof) since 2004.

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  Heinrich Otto Wieland, professor at TUM from 1913–1921, won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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In Spanish: Universidad Técnica de Múnich para niños