Department of Mathematics - about us
What is the essence of a mathematics department? If you ask this question, a quick answer would be: "…solving deep theoretical questions". In our case I would add a few more core aspects, such as isolating the problems, bridging to the real world, connecting with others and communication.
Connecting research and practice
As one of Europe’s leading institutes at the interface of mathematics with applications and other sciences, one of our core missions is to build a bridge between theoretical understanding and practical applications - and to use this bridge in both directions. Concrete problems from engineering, finance, life sciences, data analysis, and other applied or scientific fields often lead directly into the heart of challenging mathematical problems. We try to isolate and solve them! On the other hand, a theoretical understanding of the underlying structures often opens up new possibilities for the applications. We try to communicate the solutions to those places where they are needed!
Application-oriented teaching
A university consists of research and of teaching, and ideally connects both. Our thorough interest in the theory behind applications is reflected by our teaching profile. We offer a general mathematics Bachelor and Masters education, as well as several Master degrees with a specific applied profile. On top of that, we also house the elite degree programs TopMath and FIM (Finance and Information Management).
Treating students of all levels (Bachelor, Master, PhD) as individuals with different skill profiles, and finding the best way to support and develop them, is one of our core missions in education. Working and learning at the TUM Department of Mathematics connects the best of two worlds: the inherent beauty of mathematics and the applied power of solid theory.
Department Management Team




Dr. Richard Wolf
Managing Director
News
Visualization of musical patterns
ix-quadrat virtual
TUM Mathematics ahead nationwide
Golden Circle 2020
Joint Academy of Doctoral Studies
Conference: QIP21
Events
- 12 April 2021 10:15 – 11:45 Jan Jendrysiak: Power Operations in Higher Semiadditive Categories
- 12 April 2021 15:00 – 16:00 Tao Wen: Analysis of Fractal Characteristics of Complex Networks and Its Application
- 14 April 2021 12:15 – 13:15 Mona Azadkia (ETH Zurich): A Simple Measure Of Conditional Dependence
- 14 April 2021 13:15 – 14:15 Taeb Armeen (ETH Zurich): Latent-variable modeling: causal inference and false discovery control
- 19 April 2021 15:00 – 16:00 Benjamin Jüttner: tba
- 26 April 2021 15:00 – 16:00 Johannes Piller: tba