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Alumni of TUM

The circle of Alumni of TUM includes all those who have graduated from the Technical University of Munich. This includes bachelor students as well as habilitated students. They remain connected to their alma mater for a lifetime.

The TUM Alumni Chapter in Singapore was officially opened in September 2025 (Photo: Jocelyn Che)

TUM Alumni Chapters

The TUM Alumni Chapters are the first structured exchange and networking spaces where alumni can not only stay in touch with each other, but also actively represent TUM locally, regionally, and globally. As officially recognized regional groups within the TUM Alumni Network, they are initiated and supported by the TUM Global & Alumni Office and managed independently by dedicated alumni. Each chapter reflects the strong commitment of local alumni and contributes significantly to shaping and developing the network in their respective regions. Each chapter reflects the strong commitment of local alumni and contributes significantly to the development and advancement of the network in the respective region.

On September 10, 2025, the first TUM Alumni Chapter was officially opened in Singapore.

Read more about the TUM Alumni Chapter Singapore

Alumni Stories

AI Researcher Leonie Wagner

“It wasn't always easy, but it paid off”

TUM Alumna Leonie Wagner first discovered her enthusiasm for robotics and artificial intelligence during her studies. The courageous young woman did not let the lack of role models or the coronavirus pandemic stop her. Her journey has taken her to Stanford, Google and now to new challenges in Switzerland.

Top Executive Christian Weingärtner

“The joy of winning is greater than the fear of losing”

From TUM-BWL to Top Management: Christian Weingärtner studied Management and Technology at TUM—today, he is using his expertise to drive the transformation of one of the world’s largest automakers toward e-mobility, digitalization, and sustainability across the EU.

Digitalization Strategist Dr. Nina Böhm

“My job is to consider everyone.”

Nina Böhm works in the IT department of the City of Munich and is therefore responsible for the digital future of a huge public authority. It is a job that comes with many challenges, but one in which it is always worthwhile to persevere.

Portrait photo of TUM Alumnus Himanshu Panandikar.

Podcast with TUM Alumni Himanshu Panandikar

“I Was Pleasantly Surprised”

Many questions arise when entering the German job market: Where can I find suitable jobs? What do German employers particularly value? And do I really need a photo on my resume?

Podcast with TUM Alumna Marwa El Hefnawy

“Your Personal Skills Are Important, Too”

For anyone moving from academia to an industrial company, it is important to understand how personnel selection procedures work in industry and which qualifications are particularly valued here.

Founder and AI expert Florian Grigoleit

“Just Give It a Try!”

Florian Grigoleit is the CEO and co-founder of modelwise, a TUM startup that provides AI-based software for automated safety analysis. Florian received his master’s and PhD degrees in computer science and AI-based modeling at TUM, where he met his co-founders.

Entrepreneur Vijay Pravin Maharajan

“TUM Alumni Start Their Own Googles and Apples”

TUM Alumni Vijay Pravin Maharajan is from a small Indian suburb. Studying at TUM has opened doors to Germany's leading companies and inspired him to start his own business. He is now running his own data analytics start-up in Munich.

Social Media

You can now find the TUM Community on Instagram and LinkedIn.

The TUM Community from around the world connects with each other on social media and shares the stories and memories of TUM Alumni. Follow the TUM Community @tum.alumni on Instagram and the “TUM Alumni Community” channel on LinkedIn.

Stories

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Events

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18 Oct

TUM Mentoring - Registration as Mentor

Miscellaneous

Support TUM students, doctoral candidates, and alumni on their journey. Share your experience, provide valuable insights, and offer guidance on career planning, decision-making, and personal development. Your knowledge can make all the difference.

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21 Apr

Karriere neu gedacht: Impulse für einen modernen und gesunden Berufsweg

Webinar,Online

In dem Webinar diskutieren wir Strategien, wie Sie herausfinden können, was Ihnen wichtig ist und wie Sie Ehrgeiz und Gesundheit in Einklang bringen können.

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23 Apr

TUM Alumni Meetup in Düsseldorf

Leisure Event

Look forward to a relaxed exchange with TUM Alumni in the greater Düsseldorf area.

More Community Events

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Music connects people and cultures!

TUM alumna Xing Ye introduces you here to the sound of the pipa, the plucked shell-necked lute of classical Chinese music.

Benefits for Alumni

As a TUM Alumni you remain a valuable part of TUM’s worldwide network after your graduation and have the opportunity to benefit from the wide range of services offered by your Alma Mater.

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Alumni Newsletter

Do you want to be kept up to date about events and offers for alumni?

Then register for the alumni newsletter “TUM Updates”.

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Career Counseling

Our Career Service offers professional advice and support in career planning: Career Webinars, Online Application Documents Check, TUM Jobportal and personal advice. A life-long service for all alumni.

Career Service

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Online Community Forum

The Community Forum is the virtual home of the TUM Family. Here, alumni can find their former fellow students and establish contact again. They can set up an alumni group, maintain their contact details or apply for an alumni e-mail address. Newsletter subscriptions can also be updated here.

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TUM Magazine
Groundbreaking research, innovative start-up ideas, inspiring alumnae and alumni – all this is offered by the new TUM Magazine.

Join three of our researchers as they develop sustainable space technologies, and gain insights into the order of the quantum world. Learn more about our renewed success in the Excellence Strategy competition run by the German federal and state governments – find these and other exciting topics in the third issue of our TUM Magazine.

Read current issue

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Alumni Jubilee

You have graduated from TUM 25, 50 or 60 years ago with a diploma or doctorate? Then we would like to invite you to celebrate your Silver, Golden or Diamond Jubilee with us.

Further Services for Alumni

Receive certificate of studies

Library Services for Alumni

Continuing Education Programs

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Learn online with MOOCs

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are interactive online courses that are accessible worldwide and free of charge.

More about the MOOCs at TUM

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Programs for professionals and executives at TUM

Through its Executive & Professional Education, the TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning offers a wide range of scientifically based programs for the further education of experts and executives.

Learn more about Executive & Professional Education

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Certificate Programs

The TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning offers a wide range of part-time Certificate programs for leaders, experts and professionals from business, science and society at all stages of their career.

More about the Certificate Programs

Alumni Commitment

The TUM family lives through the mutual support of its members. As TUM Alumni, you share your professional and personal experiences, organize alumni meetings and act as role models for students and doctoral candidates. This creates a lively exchange.

Engineers for the German Job Market

To prepare international master’s students from TUM for the German job market, TUM has launched the “Engineers for Germany” program. It supports them in finding internships and student jobs and helps them enter the German job market.

For “Engineers for Germany” we are looking for dedicated TUM alumni who want to volunteer for the career preparation of young engineers. Your support as a speaker or mentor can make a big difference and pave the way for their professional future.

Interested? Then feel free to contact us via email: alumniandcareer@tum.de

To the Programm

Commitment as a mentor

At TUM Mentoring, alumni accompany students, doctoral candidates or other alumni. They are available to answer their questions and support them individually in their personal development. Depending on the question and time capacity, there are different formats to choose from.

Discover TUM Mentoring

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Commitment as a speaker

At Career and Mentoring events, alumni share their professional and life experiences, provide insight into working in specific career fields, and offer tips on how to get your career off to a good start.

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Organize an Alumni Meetup

At Alumni Meetups, alumni gather in an informal setting to share professional and personal experiences and expand their networks. Numerous meetups have taken place from Brussels to Zurich, Amsterdam, and Vienna. They’ve also been held outside Europe—for example, in Bangalore, São Paulo, San Francisco, Boston, Singapore, and China.
Want to organize an alumni meetup? We’re here to help!

Around 12 percent of all TUM alumni now live outside Germany and are spread across the globe. At numerous events worldwide, they regularly come together to maintain connections and strengthen their network – as seen here at a gathering in Singapore in 2024.

Alumni open doors

Whether it’s Regensburg Cathedral, the Walchensee power plant or the Brandhorst Museum in Munich: TUM alumni work in interesting places. They like to invite alumni to visit them and open their doors for them.

Do you also want to open doors?

At the Hannover Messe Industrie 2018 Alona Kharchenko and her team presented Roboy 2.0 to the general public. Through its projected face matching the scheme of childlike characteristics, the humanoid robot can express emotions (Picture: Roboy).

Doing good through donations

Reacting quickly and flexibly to new requirements, attracting the best minds, promoting young talent – that’s where the TUM University Foundation comes in. Every contribution helps and is appreciated.

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Room for rent?

Do you have an apartment to rent? Why not support the next generation at TUM and rent out your property to students or members of the TUM family? With TUM Living, TUM has been offering its members its own free housing portal since August. Renters can post and manage their ads there themselves and directly contact TUM members.

Go to TUM Living

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Alumni Groups

The TUM family lives through the mutual support of its members. As TUM Alumni, you share your professional and personal experiences, organize alumni meetings, and act as role models for students and doctoral candidates. This creates a lively exchange.

In Sydney, they invite you to a BBQ: Barbara Daxenberger (B. Sc. Mathematics 2010) hosted the second "Dine Around the World" event in Sydney. In sunshine and blue skies, TUM alumni met with families at Coogee Beach and dined under the TUM anniversary balloons (Photo: Barbara Daxenberger).

Founding an alumni group

Regional networking works particularly well when alumni are active locally and take on the organization of alumni meetings themselves.

A combination of informal get-togethers and one or two special events per year has proven successful. The latter can be a joint visit to a theater or concert or a guided tour of an alumni’s workplace.

Some regional alumni groups meet as part of social activities, for example to collect donations for the construction of a playground, or to promote studying at TUM in German or international schools.

Make visible an already existing alumni group:

Make yourself known as the contact person for your local group so alumni in your area can find you. You can also start a group in the online community – the easiest way to communicate with each other.

Notify us of your dates so that we can inform interested alumni in your area.

Bringing a regional alumni network to life:

Your alumni network will be particularly active if you organize regular get-togethers where members can meet and exchange ideas. You can also take trips or participate in community events together. You can post photos and reports from meetings in the online community so that other alumni groups can be inspired by your activities.

Subject- and School-specific Groups

Here you will find all Alumni Associations and Groups that have been registered with us, sorted by faculty and school. Should you want to inform us about an unlisted or new Alumni Association, please email us at alumniandcareer@tum.de

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Further Alumni Initiatives

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In 2002 TUM established the first foreign branch of a German university in Singapore: the German Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) – TUM Asia Pte. Ltd., a private enterprise subsidiary of TUM.

Facebook Link TUM Asia Alumni Network

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The special feature of the DCAN network is that people with complementary needs are brought together. Germans who are preparing for a stay in China or are interested in China, and Chinese who are currently visiting Germany.

Board members

Ms. Ying Huang, 1st board member (TUM Business Administration)

Dr. Yang Ji, 2nd board member (TUM Construction GEO Environment)

Members of the extended board

Stefan Liu (DCAN Web Presence)

Yidi Zhao (Photographer)

Contact: ji@tum.de

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