ABOUT German Institute of Science and Technology – TUM ASIA

Since its inception in 1868, the Technische Universität München ("TUM") has established its reputation as a foremost academic institution with 6 Nobel prizes and many other prestigious awards, making it repeatedly the number one German university in various rankings and one of the best research & teaching universities in the world. With its 13 faculties, more than 23,000 highly qualified national and international students, around 420 professors and approximately 133 academic programmes, the Technische Universität München is well positioned to create new knowledge and know-how and to pass this expertise on to its students. Pioneering the globalization of German university education, in 2001, TUM chose the Republic of Singapore as its strategic partner to initiate the first German academic venture abroad. German Institute of Science and Technology - TUM Asia ("TUM Asia") was established as a 100 % subsidiary of TUM, offering various joint master degree programmes in close collaboration with Singapore´s leading universities the National University of Singapore ("NUS"), the Nanyang Technological University ("NTU") hence supported by numerous industry partners eg Infineon, Texas Instruments , Siemens.