The TUM Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS) is a scientific institution of the

Technische Universität München The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

, conducting research in science, engineering and humanities. Its building is located on its Garching campus.

Projects

The projects are from various fields of research ranging from science and engineering to the humanities. The institute is also supporting the International Expert Group on Earth System Preservation (IESP).

History

In June 2005, the German federal and state governments agreed on an initiative to promote top-level research in Germany. As a result of extensive evaluation the

was awarded the "elite-status". The TUM Institute for Advanced Study was the core for the concept of this competition. It includes engineering, sciences, industry research and reaches out to the humanities.

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* {{authority control Technical University of Munich Research institutes in Germany