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Special Programs: Promotion of Excellence

Elite Programs of the Elite Network of Bavaria (Elitenetzwerk Bayern)

Programs of the Department

  • Summer Academy Sarntal
    http://www5.in.tum.de/FA/
    Since 1984, talented students from natural sciences and technology meet annually with Professors for the Summer Academy in the Sarntal in Southern Tyrol. For two weeks, they discuss topics in Informatics, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Medicine, and Philosophy.
    This Academy is currently sponsored by the TU München, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Universität Stuttgart. The financial expenses are covered by donations of the Bavarian industry, the Bundes der Freunde der Technischen Universität München, the Universitätsbundes Erlangen and the Informatik-Forums Stuttgart e.V.. The current director is Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Bungartz of the TU München's Informatics Department.

    For more information see the article in TUM Mitteilungen 5/2005 (in German)
    Download (92KB)

  • Joint Advanced Student School (JASS)
    http://www14.in.tum.de/konferenzen/Jass04/
    In Cooperation with the Federal University in St. Petersburg and the Steklov Institute St. Petersburg, the Technische Universität München has been organizing the Joint Advanced Student School (JASS) since 2003. For ten days, students from Munich and St. Petersburg closely work with their professors in St. Petersburg on topics from the fields of Informatics, Mathematics, Information Technology and Physics. This project is financed by the Bayerische Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, DAAD, Siemens and Infineon. The industry partners also offer courses in international Management and Leadership. Directors of JASS are Prof. Dr. Yuri Matiyasevich (Steklov Inst., St. Petersburg) and Prof. Dr. Ernst W. Mayr (TU München).

  • Pearls of the Informatics
    Every semester, a number of gifted undergraduate students are given the opportunity to take part in special lectures (with labs). Subjects from regular lectures will be deepened and extended, which results in an even closer connection to current research topics.

  • Marktoberdorf Summer School
    http://www4.in.tum.de/misc/summerschool/2004/index.shtml
    The Marktoberdorf Summer School is a two weeks course for young computer scientists and mathematicians working in the field of formal development of computer systems and its logical basis. The course is designed to teach the state-of-the-art scientific methods and to promote international contacts among scientists.

    2004 marked the 25th summer school in Marktoberdorf. Since 1970, young scientists from all over the world meet at these forums.

Doctorate Programs and Graduate Schools

  • with participation of the department
    www.in.tum.de/forschung/graduiertenkollegs.html
    Research Training Groups (Graduiertenkollegs) are university training programmes for graduate students. They enable students to produce their doctoral theses within a collaborative research environment. Research Training Groups integrate the theses into a comprehensive research programme and actively involve students in a structured accompanying study programme.

External Programs

  • MentorING
    http://portal.mytum.de/mentoring/mentorING
    The goal of the mentorING program is to increase the portion of women in technical areas. In this perspective, the program attempts to advise young women in that way, that they orient themselves towards a scientific-technical career. The program is directed towards women in three different phases of their lifes, which are all characterized by major decisions for the future career. mentorING tries to support

    • pupils' interest for natural science-technology studies,
    • students' successful entry into their careers, and
    • employees, to successfully master the new challenges of the working world.

    In order to achieve these goals, the coordination office of mentorING offers continuous advice and support to the female students, by means of a mentor. mentorING is an institution of the women's representative at TU München.

  • Academies for young female students and scientists
    In 1994, similar to the Sarntal Academy, the women's representatives of TU München and FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg initiated an annual Academy for young female students, held in the Evangelic Academy Tutzing. For three days, brand-new, interesting scientific topics are discussed interdisciplinarily under the leadership of female scientists who are distinguished specialists in these topics.

  • Study abroad—Sokrates/Erasmus
    http://portal.mytum.de/studium/ausland/rundumdiewelt/erasmus/
    This program was initiated in 1987 by the European Union (EU) to aid students' mobility within Europe. The Department of Informatics at TUM currently has more than 20 partner universities, with which 1-3 students each are exchanged annually. The contacts to these institutions are cared for by the Sokrates coordinator. She is responsible for the selection of exchange students, contacts to partner universities, and the awarding of partial scholarship (ca. 50,- Euro per month plus additional payments through secondary funds).

    The first step of the application is an interview with the program coordinator. The Department of Informatics is keen to arrange the exchange through careful selection of partner institutions, so that credits for courses taken abroad can be transfered back to TUM and subsequently, the time of study does not become prolonged.

  • Bavarian Elite-Academy (Bayerische Eliteakademie)
    http://www.eliteakademie.de
    The Bavarian Elite-Academy is addressed to students after having passed the Vordiplom/Zwischenprüfung or having obtained a Bachelor degree. Focal point is the teaching of the so-called “soft skills”, which distinguish future leaders.

    Diversified curricula during the phases of presence, interdisciplinary application-oriented project work, management internships and the personal contact of every single student with his or her mentor mark the unique way of support that is given by the Bavarian Elite-Academy to its students. Furthermore, there is the opportunity to attend a management internship abroad, which is arranged by the supporting companies. Also, the personal support by a high-ranking mentor from the industry allows the students a look behind the scenes of a decision-maker.

    The Bavarian Elite-Academy is solely funded by the Bavarian industry. Prof. Dr. Ernst W. Mayr is the Department of Informatics' tutor concerning the Bavarian Elite-Academy.

  • Stipendium Plus–promoting young talent in higher education
    http://www.stipendiumplus.de/de/151.php
    The eleven organizations for the promotion of young talent (Begabtenförderungswerke) funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provide scholarships for young people who are socially involved and highly motivated and prepared to take on responsibility, and whose academic achievements are above average. Students and doctoral students are individually supported as independent and (self-)critically thinking personalities.

last updated(mj): 20.08.2008, Ursula Eschbach
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