Entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurship activities of Munich universities at a glance

Munich universities are intensively engaging with the topic of entrepreneurship. An overview of how they teach their students entrepreneurial thinking and support startups…

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Autonomous Challenge: TUM takes second place

The TUM team "TUM Autonomous Motorsport" secured second place at the Autonomous Challenge @ CES in Las Vegas. As…

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Startup Radar 2020: Munich universities take first place

Two Munich universities took the top two spots in the 2020 Startup Radar in the 'Large Universities' category. At first glance,…

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Why do researchers so rarely start companies?

A study funded by the Joachim Herz Foundation and conducted by the Entrepreneurship Research Institute of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) investigates…

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Study: Germany’s scientists are not founding enough companies

Germany is one of the world's top locations for cutting-edge research. At the same time, spin-offs from academia are rare. Why is this? The…

Innovation Competition Excellence Strategy 2019

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Excellence Strategy 2019: LMU and TUM remain excellent

The fact that Munich, with two universities and a college, is a very well-positioned scientific location and thus also an attractive place to start up companies…

Accenture acquires ESR Labs

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Munich involved in EU billion-euro project with MOBiLus

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced the winner for the Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) in the field of urban…

Warr Hyperloop Team TUM

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TUM Hyperloop team races away from the competition

At 467 kilometers per hour, the WARR Hyperloop team's third capsule flew through the test tube on SpaceX's premises in Los Angeles...

Presidential Entrepreneurship Award

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TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award 2018 for NavVis

The 2018 Presidential Entrepreneurship Award of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) goes to NavVis. The company develops applications for centimeter-precise mapping…