On March 26 and 27, 2026, TUM’s Teaching Symposium 2026 took place at the Raitenhaslach Academy Center. Representatives from all TUM schools and other institutions gathered there to discuss the use of AI in teaching and to develop recommendations for action. In addition to various presentations on… [read more]

On March 13, 2026, the TUM Open Campus 2026 took place on the TUM main campus. Prospective students were able to learn about bachelor’s degree programs at TUM. The Professorship of Technical Education was represented by Bernhard Renner at the information session “Is Teaching Right for Me? Try It Out… [read more]

On March 6, 2026, the graduation ceremony of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology took place. After a welcome by Dean Prof. Dr. Urs Gasser and ceremonial speeches by Prof. Dr. Jeanne Rubner and Prof. Dr. Samuel Greiff, last year's graduates were honored. From the Professorship of… [read more]

On December 16, 2025, a networking event took place between the supervising and seminar teachers of the SFP (study-accompanying subject didactics internship) and TUM Technikdidaktik. Embedded in the semester schedule of the university's accompanying course “Conception and Implementation,” the… [read more]

From December 8 to 9, 2025, the annual MBBI closed-door conference took place in Wies, organized in collaboration between the teacher training seminar and TUM Technikdidaktik. The aim of this subject-specific event was to provide students and trainee teachers with targeted support for their… [read more]

On November 12, 2025, two doctoral theses from the Professorship of Technical Education were successfully defended:Anna Trikoili defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Twenty-First Century Skills in Higher Education: Assessing Critical Thinking and Collaborative Problem-Solving.”Lisa Wintersberg… [read more]

On October 1 and 2, 2025, TUM Technikdidaktik participated in a workshop on the further development of the UniSchul concept at ALP Dillingen. This concept is unique in Germany and aims to link university education and science with vocational school practice through specific collaborations.… [read more]

This fall saw a number of personnel changes at the Professorship of Technical Education. Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Verena Zehender, Wanda Theobald, Anna Trikoili, and Teresa Mühringer-Schurm. We would like to thank all four of them for their excellent work and wish them all the best in… [read more]

On July 22, 2025, Yaoyao Zhang successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Maximizing Cognitive Surplus for TVET: Motivation for User-Generated Content in Technical Instructional Videos.” We would like to express our sincere thanks to the other examiner, Prof. Dr. Ralf Tenberg from the… [read more]

On March 24, 2025, TUM hosted a Skyline Lecture on region-specific networking in Bavaria. Around 50 stakeholders in vocational education and training in Bavaria accepted the invitation and gathered for the Skyline Lecture at the Technical University of Munich. Representatives from industry and… [read more]