Technical University Munich (Technische Universität München, TUM)
Arcisstraße 21
80333 Munich / Germany
phone: +49 / (0) 89 - 2 89 - 01
fax: +49 / (0) 89 - 2 89 - 2 20 00
As an internationally renowned research university, the Technical University Munich up to now offers unique fields of study in comparison with other European universities. With approx. 20,000 students, 20 percent of them from abroad, 440 male and female professors and approx. 8,500 employees, it ranks among the major universities of Germany.
At the time of its foundation in 1868, the former “Polytechnische Schule München” (Polytechnic School Munich) was situated in only one building in Munich’s Arcisstraße. Today, the twelve departments of the Technical University Munich are divided into the locations Munich, Garching and Freising-Weihenstephan. Each of them features its own special scientific profile and achieves top results in natural sciences and engineering, medical science and life sciences. With its departments of chemistry, computer sciences, mechanical engineering, mathematics and physics, the campus of Garching clearly focuses on engineering and natural sciences.
Chair of and Research Institution for Water Quality and Waste Management
