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TUM’s research profile occupies a unique position within Europe. One key characteristic is its collaborative interdisciplinary research work, as seen at the Heinz Maier-Leibniz FRM-II neutron research facility. Open to use by all the faculties, this central scientific facility offers scientists working on projects related to biology, chemistry, and physics the opportunity to test and analyze materials.

 

Chemistry research at TUM is applications oriented: main areas of focus include technological chemistry, organometallic chemistry, catalysis, construction chemicals, chemical engineering, computational chemistry, radiochemistry, environmental analysis, and biochemistry. Mathematical research is conducted in the fields of applied and computer-oriented mathematics. Informatics research is divided roughly into core informatics and engineering informatics.

 

The new Department of Sports Science tests and develops equipment, sportswear and materials in collaboration with the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. Further sports-related research is conducted in the fields of preventive medicine, health care, and sports-oriented nutrition. The main focus of medical research at TUM is on oncology (including human genetics), neurosciences, and cardiology. The effects of technological change on economies are studied in the economics department, and the Center of Food and Life Sciences in Freising-Weihenstephan conducts research in the agricultural, forestry, and environmental sciences as well as in nutritional and food sciences.