International Graduate School of Science and Engineering (IGSSE)

Register now: i³ workshop 'Effective Rhetoric for Poster Talks', 29th November 2019 in Garching! Check our website for details and registration (ends 6 November!). 10 places are avaible and are allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis. looking forward to seeing you there!

Register now: i³ workshop 'Effective Rhetoric for Poster Talks' 29 November 2019 | 09:00-16:30 hrs | Lichtenbergstrasse 2a | Garching Campus

Two opportunities for IGSSErians:
❗️ Places available: Modelica workshop, organized by TUM´s School of Engineering (25-27 September, Garching). Registration deadline is 6 September - get all the details at https://www.mse.tum.de/veranstaltungen/seminare-und-workshops/.
❗️Meet Prof. J.T. Oden and Prof. R. Zacher at project team´s cellMATh KickOff on 10th September - find all details at our website!

International Graduate School of Science and Engineering: Invitation: cellMATh KickOff with international renowed guest speakers Join your fellows of TUM´s Mathematics Department and project team cellMATh for a special event! J. Tinsley Oden (UT Austin, USA), internationally acclaimed computational engineer, and Prof. Rico Zacher (University of Ulm, Germany), Institute of Applied Analysis, join the team´s kick-off event...

Congratulations Moritz! IGSSE Alumnus Moritz Thon of Project Team BioMat01 has won the prestigious Lee A. Segel Prize for "best original research paper in 2 years published in Bulletin of Mathematical Biology". His 2018 paper originates from his research stay at the University of Sydney in 2016. Read his report at the IGSSE SharePoint website or get more information at the Mechanics & High Performance Computing Group website!

Professur für Mechanik auf Höchstleistungsrechnern: Home Moritz Thon delivered his award plenary lecture at the Annual Conference of the Society of Mathematical Biology in Montréal, Canada.

Congratulations to Batyr and Johannes of project team 11.01 ActiveElectroCat on a recent publication! Their research has lead to the optimum size for platinum fuel cell catalysts enabling to double their activity. Read the TUM press release here:

Activity of fuel cell catalysts doubled An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has built platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells: The new size-optimized catalysts are twice as good as the best process commercially available today.

PTL Prof. Kai Müller shares his insights into the generation of non-classical light. Join TUM´s IAS community in Garching for a coffee and a short talk tomorrow from 13:00-14:00 hrs. Check out more details on the IGSSE website.

International Graduate School of Science and Engineering: IAS Coffee Talk with PTL Kai Müller: Generation of Non-Classical Light IGSSE Project Team Leader Kai Müller (project team 11.03 EQUAL), awarded with a Rudolf-Mößbauer-tenure-track-professorship of the TUM Institute for Advanced Study, presents the research of his Photonic Quantum Engineering Group at the Walter Schottky Institute. His group focuses on the photonic ...

PTL Harald Oberhofer of IGSSE project team 12.06 CatGraph gives insights into his research this Wednesday! Meet him at TUM´s IAS in Garching at 13:00 hrs to learn about his findings over a cup of coffee! ☕️

Institute for Advanced Study (IAS): Scientists Meet Scientists – Wednesday Coffee Talk by PD Dr. Harald Oberhofer (Theoretical Chemistry) on "Molecular Lego: How Theory can aide in the Search for New Organic Semiconductors" Prof. Ernst Rank and the TUM-IAS team invite the scientists of TUM and their guests for coffee each Wednesday! Just come over to the TUM-IAS after lunch between 1:00–2:00 p.m. and have a coffee with us, meet other scientists and listen from time to time to a short talk (10-15 mins) on a recent maj...

This is more than "just" science communication 👍: Meet PhD representative Veronica in Munich on 1st June at the Soapbox Sccience festival in Munich! Find out all about her talk, Soapbox Science and the event itself at

Start deleting stereotypes: Meet Veronica Bessone - SoapboxScience Tweet TweetVeronica Bessone, M.En., Technical University of Munich, is taking part in Soapbox Science Munich on 1st June 2019 with the talk: “The Science behind an Olympic Gold”           Soapbox Science Munich: Did you choose a scientific … Continue reading →

Congratulations 😃 to alumna Claudia of ATUMS who is first author to a Advanced Functional Materials journal paper. Get a first impression of her findings in the TUM press release at https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/article/35448/!

Efficient catalyst for water splitting Chemists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed an efficient water splitting catalyst as part of a collaborative international research effort. The catalyst comprises a double-helix semiconductor structure encased in carbon nitride. It is perfect for producing hydrogen economical...

Forget-us-not: Registration for the IGSSE Forum 2019 closes today!

International Graduate School of Science and Engineering: Register now: IGSSE Forum 2019 Check out the IGSSE Forum website for all information on this year´s program "Excellence in science". Join us for three days of scientific exchange, networking across the disciplines, great talks - and of course some fun!

Interested in the optional who-is-who at TUM´s new department of Aerospace and Geodesy? Find out more about recent developments in the field next week and get all the details at

Hochschulöffentliche Vorträge am 14., 15. und 27. Mai 2019 Die Fakultät für Luftfahrt, Raumfahrt und Geodäsie lädt alle Interessierten herzlich ein zu den hochschulöffentlichen Vorträgen zum Thema "Future Air & Ground Mobility" am 14., 15. und 27. Mai 2019 in Garching.

Securing and marketing your scientifc innovation: Learn the how-to´s at the TUMForTe workshop "How to protect and commercialize inventions at TUM" on 13th May 2019, 13:00-16:00 hrs. Learn all about the deails and register until 9th May 2019 at https://wiki.tum.de/display/forte/TUM+Postdoc+Workshops. This workshop is open to doctoral researchers, too!

TUM Postdoc Workshops - ForTe - TUM Wiki The TUM Talent Factory invites postdoctoral researchers at TUM to take part in a series of workshops tailored to expand their research tool kit and enhance their array of transferable skills. We particularly recommend postdoctoral researchers to participate in workshops, which go beyond their day-to...

Looking forward to seeing you in Raitenhaslach! Do not forget to register for the IGSSE Forum 2019 until 21 May! We happy that keynote speakers Prof. Matthias Nießner (ERC Starting Grant Awardee 2018) and Dr. Tobias Rödel (Associate Nature Editor) will share their thoughts on this year´s topic "Excellence in science" with us. Get more information at the IGSSE website. https://www.igsse.gs.tum.de/index.php?id=250