Uniting Management & Technology
Bridging traditional divides at the TUM School of Management
TUM School of Management, firmly rooted within TUM's technological and entrepreneurial ecosystem, places a unique focus on the interface between management, engineering, and the natural and life sciences. The School's goal is to bridge the traditional divide between the fields of management and technology.
The School sees its role as educating the leaders and decision-makers of tomorrow. Like TUM, it is committed to excellence. Since its foundation two decades ago, it has been consistently ranked as one of the top business schools in Germany and beyond.
TUM School of Management is in the top one percent of business schools worldwide to hold Triple Crown accreditation by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), the European Foundation for Management Development (EQUIS), and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Triple Crown accreditation is internationally recognized as a seal of quality for business schools.
Our campuses
TUM School of Management operates in five distinct location. Besides its original Munich and Weihenstephan campuses, the school offers research and teaching in Heilbronn, Straubing and Garching.
Munich
Heilbronn
Straubing & Weihenstephan
Garching
Short notes
AI@Work
The AI@WORK conference took place at the TUM School of Management and brought together leaders from academia, business, and politics to explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing leadership, work, and collaboration.
Hosted by Dean Professor Gunther Friedl, Professor Isabell Welpe (TUM Chair for Strategy and Organization), Prof. Dr. Theresa Treffers, and Steffi Czerny (DLD Conference), the event features discussions on AI’s impact on various industries, with contributions from renowned experts worldwide.
The conference started with German Federal Minister for Digital and Transport Volker Wissing discussing AI’s potential to boost productivity and solve labor shortages, particularly in healthcare and logistics.
Bavarian Minister for Science & Culture, Markus Blume, highlighted Bavaria’s position as a hub for AI excellence.
Key speakers include Professor Björn Ommer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) on GenerativeAI.
Professor Ethan Mollick (The Wharton School) on AI, our future co-worker, co-teacher, and coach, as well as Dr. Barbara Karuth-Zelle (Allianz) on AI Upskilling, Professor Tessa West (New York University) addressing the role of humans vs. machines in understanding interpersonal interactions, and Peter Norvig (Google) on AI for Training and Continuing Education.
With a mix of in-person and virtual participation, the conference offers attendees exclusive insights and valuable networking opportunities with top minds from across the globe.
THE Ranking 2025: No. 1 in Germany, No. 1 in the EU, and among the TOP 26 universities worldwide
100 points in the category INUSTRY go to Technical University of Munich!
The renowned British magazine Times Higher Education (THE) published its annual University Ranking, and we are excited to see that TUM ranks
👉 No. 1 in Germany, 👉 No. 1 in the EU, and among the 👉 TOP 26 universities worldwide.
The cooperation between academia and industry is one of the main objectives at TUM School of Management. We constantly work on establishing new relations with industry partners and implement industry experience in our research and teaching.
Our students benefit greatly from this knowledge transfer and connection to the industry. At the same time, we provide relevant research and innovation to the industry.
The THE rankings consider a variety of factors. On one hand, academics from around the world are surveyed about the reputation of universities in research and teaching.
On the other hand, metrics such as the number of publications per researcher, citations per publication, the student-to-faculty ratio, industry funding, the number of patents, and the level of internationalization are evaluated.
➡ To the ranking: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking#