Munich - Colleges and Universities

Colleges and Universities

Munich is a leading location for science and research with a long list of Nobel Prize laureates from Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1901 to Theodor Hänsch in 2005. Munich has become a spiritual centre already since the times of Emperor Louis IV when philosophers like Michael of Cesena, Marsilius of Padua and William of Ockham were protected at the emperor's court. The Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) and the Technische Universität München (TU or TUM), were two of the first three German universities to be awarded the title elite university by a selection committee composed of academics and members of the Ministries of Education and Research of the Federation and the German states (Länder). Only the two Munich universities and the Technical University of Karlsruhe (now part of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) have held this honour, and the implied greater chances of attracting research funds, since the first evaluation round in 2006.

  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), founded in 1472 in Ingolstadt, moved to Munich in 1826
  • Technical University of Munich (TUM), founded in 1868
  • Ukrainian Free University, founded in 1921 (from 1945 – in Munich)
  • Munich Business School (MBS), founded in 1991
  • Munich University of Applied Sciences (HM), founded in 1971
  • Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC)
  • Bundeswehr University Munich, founded in 1973 (located in Neubiberg)
  • Pionierschule und Fachschule des Heeres für Bautechnik
  • Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, founded in 1830
  • Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, founded in 1808
  • University of Television and Film Munich (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film), founded in 1966
  • Munich School of Philosophy, founded in 1925 in Pullach, moved to Munich in 1971
  • Munich School of Political Science
  • Katholische Stiftungsfachhochschule München, founded in 1971
  • International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences ,
  • International School of Management
  • Deutsche Journalistenschule, founded in 1959

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