TUM School of Engineering and Design

TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering

Type	Public
Established	1868 1979 (current name)
Dean	Nikolaus A. Adams
Academic staff	38 professors (2019)
Students	4,208 (2020)
Location	Garching , Bavaria , Germany
Affiliations	TUM
Website	www.mw.tum.de/en

The building of the TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering (in the center) is one the largest buildings on the Garching campus

Entrance to the Department's building

The TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering (TUM MW) (Template:Lang-de) is a department of the Technical University of Munich, located at its Garching campus.

Chairs

As of 2020, there are 39 chairs at the Department:

• Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
• Applied Mechanics
• Automatic Control
• Automation and Information Systems
• Automotive Technology
• Biochemical Engineering
• Biomechanics
• Bioseparation Engineering
• Computational Mechanics
• Continuum Mechanics
• Cyber-Physical Systems in Production Engineering
• Energy Systems
• Ergonomics
• Flow Control and Aeroacoustics
• Industrial Management and Assembly Technologies
• Internal Combustion Engines
• Laser Based Additive Manufacturing
• Machine Elements
• Machine Tools and Manufacturing Technology
• Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing
• Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics
• Materials Science and Mechanics of Materials
• Mechanics and High Performance Computing
• Medical Materials and Implants
• Metal Forming and Casting
• Micro Technology and Medical Device Technology
• Multiscale Modeling of Fluid Materials
• Non-Destructive Testing
• Nuclear Technology
• Plant and Process Technology
• Plasma Material Interaction
• Product Development and Lightweight Design
• Production and Technology in Media
• Sport Equipment and Materials
• Systems Biotechnology
• Thermodynamics
• Thermo-Fluid Dynamics
• Vibroacoustics of Vehicles and Machines
• Wind Energy

Rankings

University subject rankings
Subject area: mechanical engineering
Global – Overall
ARWU World	101-150 (2020)
QS World	25 (2020)
National – Overall
ARWU National	5-7 (2020)
QS National	2 (2020)

The Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering as No. 101-150 in the world and No. 5-7 in Germany. The QS World University Rankings ranks the Department as No. 25 in the world and No. 2 in Germany.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings does not rank individual subjects, though in engineering in general, TUM is ranked 24th globally and 1st nationally. Likewise, the U.S. News & World Report ranks engineering at TUM as No. 67 in the world and No. 1 in Germany.

Notable people

Carl von Linde, Chair of Theoretical Machine Science from 1875, discovered the refrigeration cycle that led to the development of the modern refrigerator.

Notable people include:

• Rudolf Diesel, inventor of the Diesel engine
• Claude Dornier, airplane designer
• Carl von Linde, discoverer of the refrigeration cycle
• Willy Messerschmitt, aircraft designer, known for the Messerschmitt fighters
• Oskar von Miller, engineer, founder of the Deutsches Museum