Emphasis on the mathematical and engineering components; key areas of expertise: Decision Support Systems and Information Management; focus on social, technical and economic aspects; combination of manufacturer and user perspective on company software; Close cooperation with businesses and administration; knowledge transfer through foundation of enterprises.

The School of Computation, Information and Technology has set itself guiding principles on internationalisation. The objectives include high quality in research, teaching and administration on the basis of an international character; High percentage of international students (30%), academics (20%) and administrative staff (10%); High level of language competency, both in German and in English; High cross-cultural competency and periods abroad at all levels. Numerous degree courses (including MSc Information Systems) can also be studied entirely in English.

KTH Stockholm, Schweden; Helsinki University, Finnland; GeorgiaTech, USA; Carnegie Mellon University, USA; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, Spanien; KAIST, Korea; Keio University, Japan; University of Copenhagen, Dänemark; TELECOM ParisSud (IPP), Frankreich; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, VR China.

Modern IT infrastructure in the new faculty buildings on the Garching campus; approximately 250 public PC workstations for students; campus-wide WiFi; additional computer rooms in the chairs of the various faculties; student workstations accessible 24 hours a day; national supercomputing Centre LRZ (Leibniz Computing Centre) in the immediate vicinity.

Process management, information management, decision support systems, game theory and algorithmic fundamentals, data engineering, cloud computing, software engineering, social software and web collaboration tools, domain-specific software architectures; Middleware architectures, service computing.

“UnternehmerTUM – Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the TUM” is a local cooperation partner that offers entrepreneurs and start-ups full-range services from the idea to the IPO. A team of experienced entrepreneurs, academics and managers supports business founders in developing their products, services and business models. The experts provide active support in setting up the companies, entering the market and financing - also via venture capital.

TUM takes a holistic approach to implementing its gender & diversity strategy. Two central units, the Gender Equality Office and the Diversity & Equal Opportunities Department, develop, shape and support this strategy. Sustainability is also a key issue in the future development agenda. With the help of a holistic strategy, the full sustainability potential of TUM is to be harnessed in the central fields of research – education – entrepreneurship. The central units are the Sustainability Office and the Sustainability Task Force.