Two students in library

CHE University Ranking

Computer Science, Department

TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology

Technische Universität München

TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology
Boltzmannstraße 3
D-85748 Garching
https://www.tum.de
TU München/Garching
Department on the internet
Map of Germany

Activate DAAD map

To activate the map, click on the "Show map" button. We would like to point out that data will be transmitted to OpenStreetMap after activation. You can find out more in our privacy policy. You can revoke your consent to the transmission of data at any time.

Map material from the free geographic information system OpenStreetMap. The DAAD explicitly does not adopt the information provided there (names, boundaries, etc.) in every case. No guarantee is given for the accuracy of this information.

Legend:

  • Department

Basic information

Total number of students at the department

8,080

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

2,240

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

no data

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

no data

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

13/16 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

no data

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

no data

Research

Publications per academic

no data

Not specified
Third party funds per academic

201,300 €

Doctorates per professor

2.4

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements
Research orientation

Introduction to scientific work
Offers for career orientation
Practical orientation in teaching
Support for stays abroad
Rooms
Library
IT-infrastructure
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

310

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Expertise in the subject area as well as broad knowledge; Wide range of elective and specialisation options in all computer science fields; Exercises and practical training in small groups; Modern technical equipment; Practical education thanks to close connection between research and an excellent industrial environment; Best opportunities for exchange studies.

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Expertise in the subject area as well as broad knowledge; Wide range of elective and specialisation options in all computer science fields; Exercises and practical training in small groups; Modern technical equipment; Practical education thanks to close connection between research and an excellent industrial environment; Best opportunities for exchange studies.

Special features regarding the international orientation

The School of Computation, Information and Technology has set itself guiding principles on internationalisation: High quality of research, teaching and administration on the basis of international orientation; High percentage of international students (30%), academics (20%) and administrative staff (10%); High proportion of language competency of all employees and students, both in German and in English; High cross-cultural competency and periods abroad at all levels.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

KTH Stockholm,Schweden; ETH Zürich, Schweiz; TELECOM ParisTech, Frankreich; Ecole Polytechnique, Frankreich; TU Delft, Niederlande; EPFL Lausanne, Schweiz; Tokyo University of Technology, Japan; Carnegie Mellon University, USA; Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea

Special features regarding the equipment

Modern IT infrastructure in the buildings of the school on the Garching and Garching Hochbrück campuses; approximately 300 public PC workstations for students; campus-wide WiFi (laptop university); additional computer rooms in the chairs of the various faculties; student workstations accessible 24 hours a day; national supercomputing Centre LRZ (Leibniz Computing Centre) in the immediate vicinity.

Special features regarding research activities

Algorithms; Verification; Theory; Bioinformatics; Energy Informatics; Graphics, visualisation, image understanding; Informatics in Medicine; Information Security; Information cognition for technical systems; Parallel and distributed supercomputing, computational engineering; Software and Data Engineering; Distributed intelligent systems; Scientific Computing; Business Informatics.

Other special features

Dialogue with commerce and industry; fast knowledge transfer and intensive collaboration with local companies; Participation in six elite degree programmes in the Elite Network of Bavaria; Holiday academies; Mentoring programmes; International study programmes. Study rooms are available for students to use (e.g. in the library or at the faculty chairs).

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Website of the Student Council

online-application

Legend

Groups

green

top group

yellow

middle group

red

bottom group
Not specified
not specified

Acronyms

(S) = Students' judgements

(F) = Facts

(P) = Professors' judgements

Units

Value in percent

Value in points

Euro

Thousand Euro

Last Update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst - German Academic Exchange Service