The Department of Mathematics (MATH) is located at the Garching campus.
History
Mathematics was taught from the beginning at the Polytechnische Schule in München and the later Technische Hochschule München. Otto Hesse was the department's first professor for calculus, analytical geometry and analytical mechanics. Over the years, several institutes for mathematics were formed.
In 1974, the Institute of Geometry was merged with the Institute of Mathematics to form the Department of Mathematics, and informatics, which had been part of the Institute of Mathematics, became a separate department.[1]
Research Groups
As of 2022, the research groups at the department are:[2]
The Department of Computer Science (CS) is located at the Garching campus.
History
The first courses in computer science at the Technical University of Munich were offered in 1967 at the Department of Mathematics, when Friedrich L. Bauer introduced a two-semester lecture titled Information Processing. In 1968, Klaus Samelson started offering a second lecture cycle titled Introduction to Informatics.[3] By 1992, the computer science department had separated from the Department of Mathematics to form an independent Department of Informatics.[3]
In 2002, the department relocated from its old campus in the Munich city center to the new building on the Garching campus.[3]
Seven faculty members of the Department of Informatics have been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, one of the highest endowed research prizes in Germany with a maximum of €2.5 million per award:
The Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) is located at the Munich campus.
History
Entrance to the Main Campus in Munich
The first lectures in the field of electricity at the Polytechnische Schule München were given as early as 1876 by the physicist Wilhelm von Bezold. Over the years, as the field of electrical engineering became increasingly important, a separate department for electrical engineering emerged within the mechanical engineering department. In 1967, the department was renamed the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and six electrical engineering departments were permanently established.
In April 1974, the formal establishment of the new TUM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering took place. While still located in the Munich campus, a new building is currently in construction on the Garching campus and the department is expected to move by 2025.[5]
Professorships
As of 2022, the department consists of the following chairs and professorships:[6]
Biomedical Electronics
Circuit Design
Computational Photonics
Control and Manipulation of Microscale Living Objects
Environmental Sensing and Modeling
High Frequency Engineering
Hybrid Electronic Systems
Measurement Systems and Sensor Technology
Micro- and Nanosystems Technology
Microwave Engineering
Molecular Electronics
Nano and Microrobotics
Nano and Quantum Sensors
Neuroelectronics
Physics of Electrotechnology
Quantum Electronics and Computer Engineering
Semiconductor Technology
Simulation of Nanosystems for Energy Conversion
Department of Computer Engineering
The Department of Computer Engineering was separated from the former Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as the result of merger into the School of Computation, Information and Technology.
Professorships
As of 2022, the department consists of the following chairs and professorships:[7]
Architecture of Parallel and Distributed Systems
Audio Information Processing
Automatic Control Engineering
Bio-inspired Information Processing
Coding and Cryptography
Communications Engineering
Communication Networks
Computer Architecture & Operating Systems
Computer Architecture and Parallel Systems
Connected Mobility
Cognitive Systems
Cyber Physical Systems
Data Processing
Electronic Design Automation
Embedded Systems and Internet of Things
Healthcare and Rehabilitation Robotics
Human-Machine Communication
Information-oriented Control
Integrated Systems
Line Transmission Technology
Machine Learning for Robotics
Machine Learning in Engineering
Machine Vision and Perception
Media Technology
Network Architectures and Services
Neuroengineering Materials
Real-Time Computer Systems
Robotics Science and System Intelligence
Robotics, AI and realtime systems
Security in Information Technology
Sensor-based Robot Systems and Intelligent Assistance Systems
Signal Processing Methods
Theoretical Information Technology
Building
Interior of the faculty building for the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science
In the building, two massive parabolicslides run from the fourth floor to the ground floor. Their shape corresponds to the equation and is supposed to represent the "connection of science and art".[8]
The Department of Computer Science has been consistently rated the top computer science department in Germany by major rankings.[9][10][11] Globally, it ranks No. 29 (QS),[9] No. 10 (THE),[10] and within No. 51-75 (ARWU).[11] In the 2020 national CHE University Ranking, the department is among the top rated departments for computer science and business informatics, being rated in the top group for the majority of criteria.[19]
The Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering are leading in Germany.[15][17] In Electrical & Electronic Engineering, TUM is rated 18th worldwide by QS and 22nd by ARWU. In engineering as a whole, TUM is ranked 20th globally and 1st nationally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[16]
