Introducing TUM Graduate School
TUM Graduate School (TUM-GS) is a central academic institution at TUM. It promotes structured training for doctoral candidates, and collaborates with the degree-awarding institutions at TUM to provide the best possible supervision.
TUM-GS was founded in 2009 based on the model of the International Graduate School of Science and Engineering (IGSSE) funded by the Excellence Initiative, and is the only one of its kind in Germany thanks to its comprehensive, university-wide format.
As of 2014, all TUM doctoral candidates are automatically part of the TUM-GS, and benefit from extensive qualification and continued education programs as well as target group-specific services and advising.
Objectives & Tasks
The TUM Graduate School (TUM-GS), as the central institution for all doctoral candidates at TUM (Technical University of Munich), is committed to the goal-oriented training of all early career researchers. The overarching goal of all TUM-GS activities is to continuously increase the attractiveness and quality of the doctorate at TUM. [more]
Structure & Orga
The TUM-GS is an umbrella organization for several units. It includes the TUM-GS management office, 11 Graduate Centers and the TUM Graduate Council. [more]
Quality Management
The TUM-GS aims to fully develop the talents and abilities of early career researchers at TUM and to further enhance individual research performance. In doing so, the TUM-GS acts on the basis of the regulations for the awarding of doctoratel degrees, which define uniform standards for all doctorates at the university. [more]
Graduate Centers
The TUM-GS is organized into eight Graduate Centers of the TUM Schools/degree-awarding institutions and three further Graduate Centers. The Graduate Centers are the first point of contact for doctoral candidates. [more]
Graduate Council
We value the opinions of our doctoral candidates and give them a mouthpiece to communicate them publicly. Each Graduate Center chooses two representatives to serve on the Graduate Council, which meets regularly to discuss all of the issues relating to doctoral studies. [more]
Management Office
The Management Office of the TUM-GS supports doctoral candidates, advisors and units involved in the doctoral process with qualification offerings and services. [more]