Overview

Since its inception in 1868, the Technische Universität München ("TUM") has established its reputation as a foremost academic institution with 6 Nobel prizes and many other prestigious awards, making it repeatedly the number one German university in various rankings and one of the best research & teaching universities in the world. (include rankings)

With its 13 faculties, more than 23,000 highly qualified national and international students, around 420 professors and approximately 133 academic programmes, the Technische Universität München is well positioned to create new knowledge and know-how and to pass this expertise on to its students.

Pioneering the globalization of German university education, in 2001, TUM chose the Republic of Singapore as its strategic partner to initiate the first German academic venture abroad. German Institute of Science and Technology - TUM Asia ("TUM Asia") was established as a 100 % subsidiary of TUM, offering various joint master degree programmes in close collaboration with Singapore´s leading universities the National University of Singapore ("NUS"), the Nanyang Technological University ("NTU") hence supported by numerous industry partners eg Infineon, Texas Instruments , Siemens.

GIST-TUM Asia runs selective TUM Master and /or Bachelor of Science programmes. The five active Master of Science programmes are namely Master of Science in Microelectronics, Master of Science in Integrated Circuit Design, Masters of Science in Industrial Chemistry, Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Master of Science in Transportation and Logistics. Whilst the former four programmes are run jointly with either the National University of Singapore (NUS) or with the Nayang Technological University (NTU), the latter is a pure TUM master programme. With the newly launched Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, this course is run collaboratively with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). Currently this course has yet been open to include international students. Another vital mission of GIST-TUM Asia is to coordinate research programmes where scientists and researchers from both Germany and Singapore can work together for the advancement of science and technology.

GIST-TUM Asia runs selective TUM Master and /or Bachelor of Science programmes. The five active Master of Science programmes are namely Master of Science in Microelectronics, Master of Science in Integrated Circuit Design, Masters of Science in Industrial Chemistry, Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Master of Science in Transportation and Logistics. Whilst the former four programmes are run jointly with either the National University of Singapore (NUS) or with the Nayang Technological University (NTU), the latter is a pure TUM master programme. With the newly launched Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, this course is run collaboratively with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT). Currently this course has yet been open to include international students. Another vital mission of GIST-TUM Asia is to coordinate research programmes where scientists and researchers from both Germany and Singapore can work together for the advancement of science and technology.

Location & Facilities

GIST-TUM Asia is located at 10 Central Exchange Green #03-01 Pixel Building. With the collaborations of some of our Masters programmes, the location of teaching courses could be held in both the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. GIST-TUM Asia uses the facilities in both of these institutions for teaching purposes too.