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unusual facts about Technical University of Munich



Kurt Mehlhorn

Mehlhorn graduated in 1971 from the Technical University of Munich, where he studied computer science and mathematics, and earned his Ph.D. in 1974 from Cornell University under the supervision of Robert Constable.

Mary Florentine

After some time spent studying pre-doctoral electronic engineering at the Technical University of Munich in Germany and at the Audiology and ENT Department at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, she completed her PhD at Northeastern University in 1978.

Pinakothek der Moderne

The museum of the Technical University of Munich started with a donation of King Ludwig II of Bavaria for the newly founded university in 1868 and is today the largest one in Germany.

Siegfried Scherer

Siegfried Scherer (7 April 1955, Oberndorf am Neckar) is a German biologist, since 1991 Professor for Microbiology at the Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan, where he is Managing Director of the Nutrition and Food Research Center ZIEL.

Tarek Kamel

From 1989 to 1992 he pursued his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and information technology at the Technical University of Munich with the support of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

The Mother's International School

Students have also made it to prestigious universities abroad such as University of California, Los Angeles, Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Tech, Stanford University, University of Manchester, University of California Berkeley, University of Sheffield, London School of Economics, Oxford, Cambridge, McGill University, Technical University of Munich etc.

Travian

Travian was developed and published in June 2004 as a PHP hobby project by Gerhard Müller, then a student of chemistry at the Technical University of Munich.


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