TUM School of Medicine
The TUM School of Medicine (TUM MED) is the research-intensive medical school of the Technical University of Munich, located in Munich. Its teaching hospital and biomedical research facility is the Rechts der Isar Hospital.[1]
Type | Public |
---|---|
Established | 1967 |
Dean | Bernhard Hemmer |
Academic staff | 84 professors[1] |
Students | 2,180 (2020)[2] |
Location | , , |
Affiliations | TUM |
Website | med.tum.de |
History
In 1967, the TUM School of Medicine was established by the Bavarian government as a Department of the Technical University of Munich. The Rechts der Isar Hospital became the teaching hospital of the newly created School.[1]
Departments
The TUM School of Medicine currently consists of 40 departments:[1]
- Department of General Medicine
- Department of Anesthesiology
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Department of Biological Imaging
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Dermatology and Allergology
- Department of Nutritional Medicine
- Department of Gynecology
- Division of Perinatal Medicine and Perinatal Physiology
- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Department of History and Ethics of Medicine
- Department of Otolaryngology
- Department of Human Genetics
- Department of Pediatric Medicine
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry
- Department of Internal Medicine I - Cardiology
- Department of Internal Medicine II - Gastroenterology
- Division of Nephrology
- Division of Clinical Toxicology
- Department of Internal Medicine III - Hematooncology
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
- Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology
- Department of Molecular Allergology
- Department of Molecular Immunology
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Department of Neurosurgery
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Neuroscience
- Department of Nuclear Medicine
- Department of Experimental Oncology and Therapeutic Research
- Department of Orthopedics and Sports Orthopedics
- Division of Sports Orthopedics
- Department of General Pathology and Pathological Anatomy
- Department of Preventive and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
- Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
- Division of Interventional Radiology
- Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology
- Department of Radiation Therapy and Radiooncology
- Department of Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene
- Department of Trauma Surgery
- Department of Urology
- Department of Virology
Rankings
University rankings | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
By subject – Global & National | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
CHE Ranking 2020 – National | |||||||||||
|
The TUM School of Medicine has been rated No. 51–100 in the world (No. 4 in Germany) by QS,[3] No. 56 in the world (No. 4 in Germany) by THE, and No. 101–150 in the world (No. 6–9 in Germany) by ARWU.[5]
In the national 2020 CHE University Ranking, the department is rated in the top group in 19 out of 24 criteria, including research, study organization, facilities, and overall study situation.[6]
In 2018, TUM was recognized as 10th in the world for expertise in Pancreatic Cancer by Expertscape.[7]
References
- "TUM School of Medicine". TUM School of Medicine. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "TUM Facts & figures". Technische Universität München. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
- "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Medicine". QS World University Rankings. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "World University Rankings 2021 by subject: clinical and health". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 - Clinical Medicine". Academic Ranking of World Universities. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- "Studying Medicine in Germany". CHE University Ranking. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- "Expertscape: Pancreatic Neoplasms, November 2018". Expertscape.com. November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.