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  Munich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The figure on Munich's coat-of-arms is the Münchner Kindl, the child of Munich (a monk).
In 1240 Munich itself was transferred to Otto II Wittelsbach and in 1255, when the dukedom of Bavaria was split in two, Munich became the ducal residence of Upper Bavaria.
Lying on the plain of the Voralpenland, the Munich agglomeration sprawls unhindered by geography.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Munich   (3068 words)

  
 Technical University Munich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The qualification of TUM graduates are internationally recognized, a fact which reflects the quality of its teaching.
Students are drawn to the university because of its outstanding reputation and the prominence of its researchers.
The 13 university departments possess such a wealth of potential knowledge both in fundamental research as well as practice-based disciplines that the Technische Universität München is ideally positioned to share expertise in close cooperation with business and industry.
www.bavarian-universities.de /TUM_eng.html   (656 words)

  
 Technical University of Munich | University of Miami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Founded in 1925, the University of Miami is the largest private research university in the southeastern United States, with a well-earned reputation for academic excellence.
The medical faculty includes Munich's Rechts der Isar University Hospital and the German Heart Center Munich at TU München, which is affiliated to the hospital.
Life sciences as taught by the TUM cover the complete field of food and nutrition, and are studied at the Weihenstephan Center of Life Sciences at the Freising campus.
www.miami.edu /engineering/munichalliance   (819 words)

  
 The City College School of Education Study Abroad Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Ecole Polytechnique in Paris (founded in 1794) began shaping the development of engineering, and Bavarians called for the founding of an "Institute for all En­gineering Disciplines." In 1833 a "Technical Institute" was established which was affiliated with the University of Munich.
This technical-scientific "institute" (since 1970 the "Technical University of Munich" - TUM) is thus among the oldest engineering colleges and remains the only institution of its type in Bavaria.
At the begiuning of the 2002/2003 Winter Semester, the TUM consisted of 19317 students, 3897 of whom were international.
www.ccny.cuny.edu /education/studyabroad/munich.html   (1230 words)

  
 MicroStrategy - Technical University of Munich: MicroStrategy Customer Success Story
The University of Bamberg, the Technical University of Munich and the Bavarian State Ministry for Education, Research and Art rely on MicroStrategy to access key information aimed at gaining critical education funding.
Universities across Bavaria compete for funding that is awarded on a performance basis, and these three institutions needed a secure, Web-based platform that could support a wide array of queries across their intranet and extranet environments.
End users of the universities' data warehouse application are able to analyze student administration, human resources and financial assistance data as well as exam information.
www.microstrategy.com /Customers/Successes/univ_munich.asp   (338 words)

  
 Munich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The M in "TUM" stands for Munich and Munich is by far Germany´s most beloved city.
The almost 100,000 students of the 10 Munich universities and colleges can study in and learn from the city´s 7 major libraries, 49 city libraries, and 45 museums.
At the beginning of the 1997/1998 Winter Semester, the TUM consisted of 12 Departments with 240 academic chairs, 18,000 students (1,600 international students), and around 9,300 employees.
www.ucd.ie /civileng/undergrad/travel/munich.htm   (449 words)

  
 Foundry Networks : Industry Leadership: Customer Base : Munich University of Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In early October 2002, about 3,000 students and 800 faculty and university employees of the computer science and mathematics departments moved into the new building complex, which is completely networked and equipped to handle the most modern demands.
Since the university maintains a small inventory of replacement parts and the members of the network group are able to configure them, the university was able to take advantage of cost-savings that resulted from a longer replacement interval.
Munich University of Technology, Foundry Networks, and GE CompuNet won the NetworkWorld Technology Award 2002 for Most Innovative Solution in the "Infrastructure" category.
www.foundrynet.com /leadership/custBase/casestudies/munichUnivTech.html   (2114 words)

  
 General Electric Global Research Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This creates a unique blend for our scientists to be in a university setting, but perform research in a world-class industrial lab that is dedicated to bringing new technologies to market.
It has three main campuses to its name, namely in Munich (where the central campus is located), Garching and Weihenstephan / Freising, and operates scientific institutions in various parts of Bavaria, but also in Singapore.
In line with its motto "At home in Bavaria, successful in the world", the TUM is also engaged in the consistent development of international collaborative partnerships.
www.crd.ge.com /europe/02_facilities   (310 words)

  
 University of Munich
The Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München or LMU) is with approximately 48,000 students the largest university in Germany (followed by the University of Cologne) and generally considered one of the best universities of Germany, on par with the University of Heidelberg.
Munich's other major university is the Technical University of Munich.
The university originally existed as the University of Ingolstadt from 1472 (foundation right of Louis IX the Rich) to 1802 in Ingolstadt and was then moved to Landshut by Maximilian IV Joseph (the later Maximilian king of Bavaria).
www.creotec.com /index.php?page=ebusiness_solution&title=University_of_Munich   (388 words)

  
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The Ministry for Economic Affairs in Munich has played an important role in initiating and supporting strategic alliances and cooperations in the areas of life sciences, ITC and engineering.
With its help, the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has recently started a series of cooperations to intensify TT and strengthen the institution's position as one of the main research partners of industry in Bavaria.
The Technical University Munich (http://www.tu-muenchen.de) issued several press releases on ZIEL, the new institute for Nutrition and Food Research in Weihenstephan.
www.britbot.de /en/embassy/r&t/notes/rt-note03.1054(m)_munich_university.html   (889 words)

  
 Users : Raimar J. Scherer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
At the end of 1974 he went to the Technical University of Munich and finished it as a Dipl.-Ing.
From 1979 to 1984 he was a research assistant at the Technical University of Munich, where he worked on structural reliability (Prof.
Mid 1987 he was appointed a full professor at the Institute for Structural Concrete at the Karlsruhe University, where he was responsible for teaching and research in CAD and Structural Reliability Applied for Engineering Structures in Structural Concrete.
www.itcon.org /cgi-bin/users/Show?scherer   (420 words)

  
 Study Abroad in Munich, Germany with the Junior Year in Munich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In Munich, JYM enjoys unique status in Germany as both an affiliated institute approved by the Academic Senate of the University of Munich (since 1967), as well as an official course of study (Teilstudiengang) that has been approved by the Bavarian Ministry of Education (since 1975).
The JYM institute is located in the Munich's "Museum Mile" and includes an extensive library collection, study area and lounge, four classrooms, computers and wireless capability.
In August 2002, JYM launched its first annual Munich Summer Fellows Program for students from across the US who have excelled in the study of German during their freshman year of college.
www.worldbridge.wayne.edu /JYM/quickfeatures.html   (1019 words)

  
 DFG to establish nine new collaborative research centres   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
It combines studies on an animal model with patient-oriented research and cooperates in Berlin with the Humboldt University, the German Arthritis Research Centre, the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, the Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine and the Protein Structure Factory.
In addition to the Technical University of Munich, the following are also actively involved in the collaborative research: the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the University of Augsburg and the University of Regensburg as well as the Walther Meissner Institute in Garching and the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching.
The structure of atomic nuclei and their building blocks, the protons, neutrons and mesons, can be researched on so-called electron accelerators using the help of electromagnetic probes, that is beams of electrons and photons.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2003-05/df-dte052803.php   (1534 words)

  
 PR Newswire: Wilex and Aventis Sponsor a Phase III Clinical Trial in High Risk Breast Cancer Patients Initiated by the ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Wilex and Aventis Sponsor a Phase III Clinical Trial in High Risk Breast Cancer Patients Initiated by the Technical University of Munich and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich.
MUNICH, Germany -- Wilex AG and the Technical University of Munich announced today the initiation of a phase III clinical trial enrolling 540 high risk patients with primary breast cancer sponsored by Wilex and Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH.
The randomized multicenter trial coordinated by the Departments of Gynecology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) will be conducted in up to 40 clinical sites across southern Germany under the leadership of Prof.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:86468958&refid=holomed_1   (256 words)

  
 muenchen.de - Technical University
The federal state's only technical university has 12 faculties, 260 tenured professorships, 9,500 staff and 20,000 students, 18% of whom are from abroad.
The nucleus of the university with the architecture, civil engineering, economics, medicine and sport science departments is located in the inner city.
The university is in close contact with regional, national and international companies and institutions.
www.muenchen.de /Stadtleben/Education_Employment/University/Universities/37113/02atum.html   (207 words)

  
 Past Graduate Students
Axel Brunger, Ph.D. in Physics, Technical University of Munich, 1981; Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford University.
Robert Bittl, Ph.D. in Physics, Technical University of Munich, 1988; Professor of Physics, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Edgar Erwin, Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Illinois, 1994; Department of Physiology, University of California at San Francisco.
www.ks.uiuc.edu /Overview/KS/graduates.html   (736 words)

  
 Bios of German Participants 2004
Werner Fischer is the Rector of the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, where he has served since 1970, first as a professor in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, then as Vice Rector, and since 1990 as the Rector.
As the Department Chairperson at the Munich University of Applied Sciences, Dr. Herz coordinates cooperations with the United States in the university.
On behalf of the association of faculties of EEE at German research universities, he is the speaker of the committee responsible for evaluation and accreditation of degree programs and study abroad.
www.daad.org /?p=45707   (2174 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Volker R. Remmert on Walther von Dyck (1856-1934): Mathematik, Technik und Wissenschaftsorganisation an ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Such is the case with Ulf Hashagen's biography of the Munich mathematician and "Wissenschaftsorganisator" Walther von Dyck, which was submitted as a Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Munich in 2001.
The first part deals with Dyck's youth in Munich, his family, schooling, university years and the manner in which he came under the influence of the brilliant young mathematician Felix Klein, who supervised his dissertation and appointed him as his assistant.
Part 3 of Hashagen's narrative covers Dyck's mathematical career in Munich, developing a rich panorama of the professional status of mathematicians at the Technical University as reflected, for example, in their quarrels with engineers about the extent and nature of mathematical teaching and their rivalry with fellow colleagues at the University of Munich.
www.h-net.org /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=128631097906251   (1526 words)

  
 University of Munich --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It was founded in 1472 at Ingolstadt by the duke of Bavaria, who modeled it after the University of Vienna.
During the Protestant Reformation, Johann Eck made the university a centre of Roman Catholic opposition to Martin Luther.
Munich, Germany-based nonprofit organization involved in coordinating research in the natural and social sciences.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9054282   (868 words)

  
 Siemens AG - Siemens and the Technical University of Munich Sign a Framework Agreement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pierer, who, as a member of the TUM University Council, has a particularly close connection to the university.
That's why cooperation with the TUM is so important, he stated.
TUM President Wolfgang A. Herrmann called Siemens a "good friend" and, at the end of his speech, presented Dr. v.
www.siemens.com /page/1,3771,1085975-1-999_0_0-0,00.html   (180 words)

  
 Studying in Munich as an ERASMUS Student (2003)
One of the first main differences that is very apparent upon studying at the Technical University in Munich (henceforth known as TU) is the absence of a body such as the Student Union.
It is now a campus university but students don’t live in accommodation on the grounds of or next to the University because there is none.
However some lecturers want their students to do at least forty percent of their homework before they are allowed to do the exam at the end of the semester.
www.perob.com /pages/munich-student-report.htm   (2842 words)

  
 seminars| cssi | CMU
degree in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Karlsruhe, the diploma in physics from the University of Freiburg and the Dr. rer.
Since 1996 she is a professor of electrical engineering and director of the Institute for Technical Electronics at the Technical University of Munich.
Her research interests are in mixed signal and low power circuit design, failure analysis and design for manufacturability, and sensors on silicon.
www.ece.cmu.edu /~cssi/seminars/archives/seminars/schmitt-landsiedel.shtml   (231 words)

  
 WSI
The Walter Schottky Institute (WSI) is a central institute of the Technische Universität München (TUM).
A total of about 90 people includes scientific and technical staff, secretaries and doctorate as well as diploma/master students.
This laboratory is well funded by several German research agencies and industries and equipped with state of the art fabrication and characterization tools for semiconductors that put this laboratory at the forefront of international semiconductor research.
www.wsi.tu-muenchen.de   (207 words)

  
 G. Frederick Smith Memorial Lecture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His work on the oxidation of CO on platinum produced examples of spatial self-organization and spatio-temporal pattern formation that have had profound influence not only in the area of catalytic oxidation but also in biological pattern formation and morphogenesis.
A native of Stuttgart, Germany, he received his education at the Technical University of Stuttgart, the University of Paris, and the Technical University of Munich.
He was Professor and Director of the Institute for Physical Chemistry at the Technical University of Hannover, then the Technical University of Munich, before becoming Director of the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Gesellschaft in Berlin.
www.scs.uiuc.edu /chem/GFSmith/ertl.htm   (206 words)

  
 Ten Major European Universities Join Microsoft Windows Embedded Academic Program: New European Academic Research ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Collaborative research by a consortium of three universities in Germany -- Technical University of Munich, Technical University of Berlin and Free University of Berlin -- focuses on advanced techniques for ensuring network applications and wireless devices are always available without connectivity drops due to a user's transitory location.
Individual research projects included in WEMAP are being conducted by Technical University of Munich for security services in Windows CE.NET; University of Cambridge for mobile computing, wireless networks and security; and Politecnico di Torino for security services in Windows CE.NET.
WEMAP allows universities accredited for two to four years to develop academic program curricula and teaching materials that may incorporate Windows Embedded technologies and more than 1.5 million lines of Windows CE.NET source code.
www.microsoft.com /presspass/press/2002/dec02/12-16EuropeanAwards2002PR.mspx   (985 words)

  
 ROSETTA - Work Area 9: Training and Education for ITS - Annexes
Below are details of the contents of the six courses held in the period 1991-1993, followed by an analysis of attendance and evaluation of some of the organisational aspects.
The EVA framework by Rupert Bobinger - Technical University of Munich - Germany
No technical equipment is needed apart from an LCD projector and screen, and there is no limit to the number of possible attendees.
www.trg.soton.ac.uk /rosetta/workareas/9_ted/ted_pr1_annex6.htm   (1583 words)

  
 QW2001 -- Conference Presentation Summary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He then became assistant professor at the computer science department of the Technical University of Munich, and in 1996 transitioned to Bremen.
From 1992-93, he became a research assistant there, and from 1994-97, at the University of Kaiserslautern, in the group of Reinhard Gotzhein.
From 1997-98, he was a post-doctoral fellow at McMaster University, Canada, in the Software Engineering Research Group of David Parnas, and from 1998-99, he was a researcher at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, in the semantics group of Ernst-Ruediger Olderog.
www.soft.com /QualWeek/QW2001/Papers/7A1.html   (362 words)

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