History
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- 1868 University founded by King Ludwig II.
- 1877 Awarded the designation Technische Hochschule.
- 1901 Granted the right to award doctorates.
- 1902 Approval of the election of the Principal by the teaching staff.
- 1930 Integration of the College of Agriculture and Brewing in Weihenstephan.
- 1949–1954: Reconstruction of the main building of the Technische Universität by Robert Vorhoelzer after WWII. Construction of a new administrational building and library.
- 1957 Given the status of a ‘public legal body’.
- 1958 Research Reactor Munich (FRM), Garching officially assigned to the TH München.
- 1967 Establishment of a faculty of medicine
- 1970 Renamed to ‘Technische Universität München’.
- 2000 Establishment of Weihenstephan Science Centre for Life & Food Sciences, Land Use and Environment (WZW) belonging to the TUM.
- 2002 The German Institute of Science and Technology founded in Singapore.
- 2004 Official opening of Forschungsreaktor München II, a leading neutron source, on March 2.
- 2005 TUM Institute for Advanced Study founded
- 2006 TUM one of three successful universities in Germany's excellence initiative
- 2009 TUM School of Education established
- 2012 TUM again one of now 11 successful universities in Germany's excellence initiative
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