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TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering
TypePublic
Established1868
1979 (current name)
DeanNikolaus A. Adams [de]
Academic staff
38 professors (2019)[1]
Students4,208 (2020)[2]
Location
Garching
,
Bavaria
,
Germany
AffiliationsTUM
Websitemw.tum.de
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.

History

Mechanical engineering was one of the original departments of the newly founded Polytechnische Schule München in 1868, then called the Mechanical-Technical Department.

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Chairs

As of 2020, there are 39 chairs at the Department:[1]

Rankings

University subject rankings
Subject area: mechanical engineering
Global – Overall
ARWU World[4]101-150 (2020)
QS World[5]25 (2020)
National – Overall
ARWU National[4]5-7 (2020)
QS National[5]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.[4] The QS World University Rankings ranks the Department as No. 25 in the world and No. 2 in Germany.[5]

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.[6] Likewise, the U.S. News & World Report ranks engineering at TUM as No. 67 in the world and No. 1 in Germany.[7]

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:

References

  1. ^ a b "The Department". TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ "TUM Facts & figures". Technische Universität München. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  3. ^ "The History of the Department". TUM Department of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 - Mechanical Engineering". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  6. ^ "World University Rankings 2021 by subject: computer science". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Best Global Universities 2021". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
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