TUM School of Life Sciences at the TU München/Freising

Studienfakultät Biowissenschaften

TU München/Freising

Alte Akademie 8
85354 Freising-Weihenstephan
Phone: +49 8161 71-3258

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Basic information

Teaching in core subjects

Total number of students

870

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

11/14 points

Results of study

Graduations in appropriate time, undergraduate degrees	88.6 %
Graduations in appropriate time, master's	40.2 %

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support	2.6
Support in studies	2.5
Courses offered	2.4
Teaching of technical/professional competence	8/8 points
Teaching of methodological competence	4/8 points
Teaching of interdisciplinary competence	4/6 points
Study organisation	2.0
Exams
Laboratory internships
Excursions	2.0
Research orientation	2.2
Job market preparation	2.2
Support for stays abroad
Rooms	2.2
Library	1.7
IT-infrastructure	1.8
Overall study situation	2.3

Degree courses with details

Teacher qualification

Teacher qualification students	no data
Teacher qualification programmes	TQ degrees: Bachelor of Education, Master of Education
Teacher qualification centre	Link
Teacher Qualification Monitor (in German)	Link

Degree courses without details

Further degree courses of the department

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About the subject

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching
Newly created School of Life Sciences (10.2020) allows access to broad expertise, creating broad study opportunities; three research departments (Molecular Life Sciences, Life Science Systems, Life Science Engineering. Co-op. with Helmholtz Centre; supervision of lecturers by TUM ProLehre; wide range of general education subjects by Munich Centre of Technology and Society; Carl Von Linde Academy; UnternehmerTUM; Language Centre; Limnological Station with guest house; lecturers with high international reputation (h-index, international co-operations). Many new appointments.
Special features regarding the international orientation
High number of partner universities for student exchange; students almost always get a place at the university of their choice; uncomplicated crediting of modules taken externally. Many international research partnerships at chair and faculty level (e.g. INRA, Hebrew University Jerusalem).
Special features regarding research activities
Large-scale research projects: Collaborative Research Centre SFB924; Collaborative Research Centre SFB1371; BayKlimaFit; EIT Food. Research facilities 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); Holzforschung München (HFM); Interdepartmental Research Facility TUMmesa; Agricultural Research Stations; Limnological Station Iffeldorf; NGS@TUM - Next-Generation-Sequencing at Campus Weihenstephan; TUM-Critical Zone Observatory CZO.
Other special features
House for students (StudiTUM) in completion. Three dormitories in Freising. Public traffic connection to Munich (suburban train approx. 45 min, regional train approx. 25 min). Modern, green campus.
Further information about study entry phase
https://www.explore.tum.de/home/