Current Information & Events
Here you can find information on current events and news of the Department of Mathematics of the Technical University of Munich.
News for Students
Events, deadlines and events - here you will find news for students of mathematics and all who want to become one.
Summer School in Mathematical Physics
Leading experts give courses on exciting topics of current research in the fields of quantum information and many-body physics. The Summer School in Mathematical Physics will take place in September 2021.
Fit for TUMorrow Day 2021
Save the date! The Fit for TUMorrow Day 2021 will take place on 12 November. Here you can make contacts for your professional future as a mathematician.
Meet Simon-Kucher & Partners
Meet My Company with Simon-Kucher & Partners will take place virtually on Thursday, 8 July 2021 at 16:00. Please register by 5 July 2021! Please note: This Meet My Company Event is held in German.
Meet Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Meet My Company with the Landesbank Baden-Wüttemberg will take place virtually on Monday 5 July 2021 at 16:00. Please register by 1 July 2021! Please note: This Meet My Company Event is held in German.
Meet MVTec
Meet My Company with MVTec will take place virtually on Thursday, 1 July 2021 at 16:00. Please register by 28 June 2021! Please note: This Meet My Company Event is held in German.
Online get-together for students
Meeting fellow students, making small talk and exchanging ideas on the campus - all this is not so easy due to the corona pandemic. Let's get together online!
CHE Ranking: Master's survey
Your opinion counts! The German Center for University Development is asking Mathematics masters students across Germany about their studies. Take part and support us in attaining a fair and informative ranking result.
Maths in Society
From students for students: the lecture series "Maths in Society" highlights the extensive role Mathematics play in solving issues across diverse fields. Join in!
Department News
What's new at the Department of Mathematics at TUM?
TUM bleibt beste deutsche Universität
In the renowned "QS World University Ranking", the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is ranked 50th worldwide, making it the best German university for the 7th time in a row.
Eva Viehmann appointed member of Leopoldina
The Leopoldina, the German National Academy of Sciences, has elected Professor Eva Viehmann as a member. This is considered one of the highest scientific honors of a German institution. Congratulations!
CHE Ranking 2021
Students of mathematics have given us a very good report. In the ranking of the Center for University Development the Department of Mathematics can be found in the top bracket of the results in almost all aspects.
Communicator Award for Jürgen Richter-Gebert
Interactive exhibitions or digital offerings for children in the Corona Lockdown: Jürgen Richter-Gebert makes mathematics visible, audible and understandable. For this he receives the Communicator Award 2021.
Visualization of musical patterns
Seeing music through the eyes of math: Watch Professor Jürgen Richter-Gebert's talk on visualizing musical patterns at TEDx Konstanz!
ix-quadrat virtual
Making mathematics something you can grasp - that is the mission of our hands-on exhibition ix-quadrat. Because we want to get you excited about mathematics even in the current situation, we now offer online tours.
TUM Mathematics ahead nationwide
"QS World University Ranking by Subject" 2021: The Technical University of Munich ranks first in mathematics compared to all other German universities.
Golden Compass 2020
Teaching on screen: The summer semester 2020 was different from all previous ones. The mathematics student council reacts to this and awards the teaching prize "Golden Compass" for 3 new categories.
Current Information on Research
Learning fractions on a tablet PC
Learning on a tablet PC facilitates access to mathematics - especially for low-achieving children. In the "ALICE: Bruchrechnen" project, a research team has developed a digital textbook for the sixth grade.
Universal equation for explosive phenomena
Whether climate change or pandemic, in many models explosive phenomena occur at a critical transition. Mathematicians at TUM have discovered a core mechanism to calculate such tipping points universally.
Joint Academy of Doctoral Studies
The Technical University of Munich and Imperial College London are funding research collaborations on the topic of "Mathematics of Information: Theory and Application" in 2021. Submit your project proposals by 5 April!
Conference: QIP21
The premier meeting for theoretical quantum information research: Professor Robert König and Professor Michael Wolf organize the virtual Conference on Quantum Information Processing 2021.
Munich Data Science Institute takes off
Data Sciences are changing research, business and society - across disciplines. This is why the TUM is now pooling its expertise with the Munich Data Science Institute.
One World Dynamics
The "One World Projects" were created during the Corona Pandemic and connect mathematicians worldwide. 3 researchers of the TUM co-initiated the "One World Dynamics Seminar".
Events
- 21. Juni 2021 15:00 – 16:00 Jean Daniel Mukam (TU Chemnitz): A Magnus-type integrator for semilinear parabolic non-autonomous SPDEs
- 21. Juni 2021 16:00 – 17:00 Rémy Poudevigne-Auboiron (University of Cambridge): Monotonicity and phase transition for the edge-reinforced random walk
- 28. Juni 2021 16:00 – 17:00 Jan Korbel: Thermodynamics of structure-forming systems (J. Korbel, S. Lindner, R. Hanel, S. Thurner)
- 28. Juni 2021 16:00 – 17:00 Eugene Lytvynov (Swansea University): Orthogonal polynomials of Lévy white noise and umbral calculus