Biology / Bioscience, Department
TUM School of Life Sciences
Technische Universität München
TUM School of Life Sciences
Weihenstephaner Steig 22
D-85354 Freising
https://www.tum.de
TU München/Freising
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Weihenstephaner Steig 22
D-85354 Freising
https://www.tum.de
TU München/Freising
Department on the internet
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Basic information
- Total number of students at the department
1,540
- Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)
620
Teaching in core subjects
- General Biology/Evolution, Genetic: 13.4%
- Biochemistry/Biophysics/Physiology; Cell- & Developmental Biology: 35.2%
- Zoology: 6.3%
- Botany/Plant Science: 12.1%
- Microbiology: 17.7%
- Ecology: 15.5%
Support during the study entry phase
- Total score for support in the study entry phase
14/16 points
Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses
- Teacher support
- Support in studies
- Courses offered
- subject-specific skills
- methodological skills
- interdisciplinary skills
- Study organisation
- Exam organisation
- Digital teaching elements
- Laboratory internships
- Excursions
- Research orientation
- Introduction to scientific work
- Offers for career orientation
- Support for stays abroad
- Rooms
- Library
- IT-infrastructure
- Overall study situation
- Return rate of the questionnaires
56
Further information provided by the department
Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme
New School of Life Sciences (October 2020) provides access to a broad range of expertise and therefore creates diverse range of study options; Three research departments (Molecular Life Sciences, Life Science Systems, Life Sciences Engineering) in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre; Lecturers receive support from TUM ProLehre; Wide range of general education subjects through the Munich Centre for Technology in Society; Carl von Linde Academy; EntrepreneurTUM; Language Centre; Limnological station with guest house; Lecturers are very renowned internationally (h-index, international partnerships). Many new appointments.
Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes
New School of Life Sciences (October 2020) provides access to a broad range of expertise and therefore creates diverse range of study options; Three research departments (Molecular Life Sciences, Life Science Systems, Life Science Engineering). Cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre; Lecturers receive support from TUM ProLehre; Wide range of general education subjects through the Munich Centre for Technology in Society; Carl von Linde Academy; EntrepreneurTUM; Language Centre; Limnological station with guest house; Lecturers are very renowned internationally (h-index, international partnerships). Many new appointments.
Special features regarding the international orientation
High number of partner universities for student exchange; Students almost always get a spot at their first-choice university; Easy to transfer credits for modules completed externally. Many international research partnerships at chair and faculty level (e.g. INRA, Hebrew University Jerusalem).
Exchange universities for stay abroads
Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan, Schweden; Sweden-Linkopings universitet, Schweden; Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (NTNU), Norwegen; Wageningen University, Niederlande; Queensland University of Technology, Australien; Iceland-Haskoli Islands, Island; China-Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; China-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong; Singapore-National University of Singapore
Special features regarding the equipment
Plant Technology Centre (PTC); Animal Research Centre (ARC); Food and Agro Centre for Innovation and Technology (FACIT); Bavarian Centre for Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry (BayBioMS); TUM research station in Berchtesgaden, Iffeldorf and Schneefernerhaus (Zugspitze); Centre of Advanced Light Microscopy (CALM); Wood Research Munich; Next generation sequencing at the Weihenstephan campus (NGS@TUM)
Special features regarding research activities
Large-scale research projects: Collaborative Research Centres (SFBs); Cluster of Excellence; BayKlimaFit; EIT Food. Research institutions of the TUM School of Life Sciences: BayBioMS - Bavarian Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry Centre; CALM - Centre of Advanced Light Microscopy; Research brewery; Greenhouse Laboratory Centre Dürnast (GHL); Wood Research Munich (HFM); interdepartmental research institution TUMmesa; agricultural research stations; Limnological Centre Iffeldorf; NGS@TUM - Next-Generation Sequencing on the Weihenstephan campus; TUM Critical Zone Observatory (CZO).
Other special features
TUM Green Office; TUM Sustainability Future Strategy; TUM Diversity & Gender Equality Plan; TUM Diversity Code of Conduct; Climate protection manager; TUM Future Learning Initiative; TUM Green Office; Many more offerings at TUM student clubs
Further information about study entry phase
Information on access restrictions
https://www.ls.tum.de/ls/studium/bewerbung/zulassung/
Website of the Student Council
online-application
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