TUM School of Medicine is one of the youngest medical schools in Germany. Its existence is primarily owed to the ambition and perseverance of one individual – Georg Maurer. Georg Maurer was from 1967 till 1979 the medical director of the municipal hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar and later the first dean of TUM School of Medicine. The background for establishing TUM School of Medicine in Munich was the lack of capacity for teaching students of medicine. In addition, the interaction of medicine with natural, life and engineering sciences was strengthened through the close connection to TUM.
Some of the important dates at a glance:
- 1967: TUM School of Medicine was created by the Bavarian State Government as a department of TUM
- 1970: Inauguration of the newly built lecture hall
- Following years: Expansion of the main campus at Klinikum rechts der Isar and opening of dependences at Biederstein campus, in the Connolly-, Langer- and Möhlstraße as well as at the Schwabing hospital
- 1999:
- Inauguration of the new building of the Institute of Pathology
- Construction of a research building as a joint project of the Association for Radiation Research and the Institute of Virology
- 2000: the preclinical part of the medical curriculum was transferred to Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität (LMU) München due to a decision made by the Bavarian Ministry of Science
- 2001: Completion of the newly built auditorium "Pavillon"
- 2003:
- The Klinikum rechts der Isar was tranferred to a legaly independent status of an institution under public law
- Start of the implementation of the 9th amendment of the Approbationsordnung for physicians that reorganized medical studies radically
- 2006:
- Inauguration of the new building for the Institutes of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene as well as Virology
- Start of the PhD program „Medical Life Science and Technology“
- 2007: Celebrations of the 40th anniversary of TUM School of Medicine
- 2009:
- Inauguration of the entirely renovated lecture halls
- The Collaborative Research Centre 824 “Imaging for Selection, Monitoring and Individualization of Cancer Therapies” (Prof. Schwaiger, Nuclear Medicine) was established
- 2010: The Office of the Dean of Studies was transformed into a Center for Medical Didactics, Education Research and Teaching (TUM MeDiCAL)
- 2012: A graduate center and additional structured graduate programs for MDs and PhDs were introduced
- 2013: TUMCells, an interdisciplinary center for cell therapy operating according to GMP standards, was opened in a new research building that was built on the MRI campus in 2012
- 2014: The new simulation center built to the highest multi-media specifications affords an optimal environment for teaching, research and innovation in this cutting-edge area of medical education