In the field of the life sciences, which often include biochemistry, numerous schools and research institutions from various departments work together at TUM in an interdisciplinary network. The Bachelor's degree programme in Biochemistry differs in principle from the chemical degree programmes through the integration of the basic disciplines of molecular biology and molecular medicine (genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, cell biology, physiology, and immunology).

The Master's degree programme in Biochemistry enables and guarantees varied but individually specialised training of students and at the same time ensures basic biochemical training through the compulsory programme of courses. The School of Natural Sciences at TUM also conducts research and works in intensive dialogue with industry, politics and society, thus developing new solutions to current societal challenges.

The TUM School of Natural Sciences maintains excellent scientific partnerships worldwide and, together with TUM, maintains a broad network of partner universities. This provides the best possible support for student exchanges. In addition, we welcome an increasing number of incoming exchange students and international students every year.

ETH Zürich; DTU; EPFL; Imperial College London; Technion

The TUM School of Natural Sciences offers a wide range of courses alongside basic courses in Physics in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry and Food Chemistry. Newly renovated practical training rooms with excellent equipment enable a high degree of practical orientation. The research-oriented training takes place using the highest quality equipment (e.g. 12 NMR spectrometers, also with 750, 900 and 1200 MHz).

The School of Natural Sciences excels in its research focus on biochemistry and is therefore ideally placed to provide a demanding, research-orientated biochemistry education which promotes the performance and individual talents of the students in particular. The chairs and work groups of Biochemistry at the School of Natural Sciences are among the leading research groups in their field worldwide; they come from the fields of organic, physical and biochemistry, and work interdisciplinary with colleagues from the fields of physics and medicine, among others.

To better implement the planned projects, a Talent Management and Diversity (TMD) Council has been set up at the school, which is staffed with diversity-relevant representatives (e.g. women's representatives, representatives for the severely disabled) as well as representatives of employees, professors and students. The council meets once per semester. Then long-term goals of the TMD Council are projects in the fields of science management, talent management and work-life balance.

https://www.nat.tum.de/nat/studium/bsc/bioch/