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Biology / Bioscience, Department

TUM School of Life Sciences

Technische Universität München

TUM School of Life Sciences
Studienfakultät Biowissenschaften
Alte Akademie 8
D-85354 Freising
Telephone: +49 8161 71-3258
https://www.tum.de

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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

870

Teaching in core subjects

  • General Biology/Evolution, Genetic: 13.4%
  • Biochemistry/Biophysics/Physiology; Cell- & Developmental Biology: 35.2%
  • Zoology: 6.3%
  • Botany/Plant Science: 12.1%
  • Microbiology: 17.7%
  • Ecology: 15.5%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
subject-specific skills
methodological skills
interdisciplinary skills
Study organisation
Exam organisation

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Laboratory internships

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Offers for career orientation
Support for stays abroad

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IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

47

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Newly created School of Life Sciences (10.2020) allows access to broad expertise, creating broad study opportunities; three research departments (Molecular Life Sciences, Life Science Systems, Life Science Engineering. Co-op. with Helmholtz Centre; supervision of lecturers by TUM ProLehre; wide range of general education subjects by Munich Centre of Technology and Society; Carl Von Linde Academy; UnternehmerTUM; Language Centre; Limnological Station with guest house; lecturers with high international reputation (h-index, international co-operations). Many new appointments.

Special features regarding the international orientation

High number of partner universities for student exchange; students almost always get a place at the university of their choice; uncomplicated crediting of modules taken externally. Many international research partnerships at chair and faculty level (e.g. INRA, Hebrew University Jerusalem).

Special features regarding research activities

Large-scale research projects: Collaborative Research Centre SFB924; Collaborative Research Centre SFB1371; BayKlimaFit; EIT Food. Research facilities of the TUM School of Life Sciences: BayBioMS - Bavarian Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Centre; CALM - Centre of Advanced Light Microscopy; Research Brewery; Greenhouse Laboratory Centre Dürnast (GHL); Holzforschung München (HFM); Interdepartmental Research Facility TUMmesa; Agricultural Research Stations; Limnological Station Iffeldorf; NGS@TUM - Next-Generation-Sequencing at Campus Weihenstephan; TUM-Critical Zone Observatory CZO.

Other special features

House for students (StudiTUM) in completion. Three dormitories in Freising. Public traffic connection to Munich (suburban train approx. 45 min, regional train approx. 25 min). Modern, green campus.

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Last Update 2021: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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