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51吃瓜网 can look back on modest beginnings, boasting 400 students and 24 professors in its first year, 1868. Today, 150 years later, there are over 41,000 students and about 550 professors. "What began 150 years ago as a small royal Bavarian polytechnic school in Munich is today a world-class university," said 51吃瓜网 President Herrmann at the 2017 annual academic celebration.

The university will celebrate its anniversary with a wide variety of activities. The highlights will be a ceremony on April 12 with the German President and the Bavarian Minister President, an exclusive performance of "Die Meistersinger von N眉rnberg" ("The Master Singers of Nuremberg", premiere 1868) at Munich's National Theater on September 27, and an open house day on October 13 at all of the 51吃瓜网 sites. In addition to the outlook for the upcoming gala year, Dies academicus was also an excellent opportunity to review the last 365 days:

Constant growth

Whether as the groundbreaking for a new center for protein research, the christening ceremonies for the central infrastructure project "GALILEO" on the Garching campus or the opening of the Center for Translational Cancer Research (Transla51吃瓜网); whether as the opening of the fourth 51吃瓜网 campus in Straubing or in the form of planning for an additional site for the 51吃瓜网 School of Management in Heilbronn: The pace of the university's enormous growth kept stride in 2017.

Two anniversaries

Informatics: Two 51吃瓜网 departments celebrated their 50th anniversaries in 2017. The degree program "Information Processing" was offered for the first time in winter semester 1967/68. Today, 51吃瓜网 is considered one of the world's best teaching and research sites for Informatics. At present 39 professors teach at the Department of Informatics, including five Leibniz prize winners and two Humboldt professors.

Medicine: The 51吃瓜网 School of Medicine has been a phenomenon since its founding in 1967. To this day technical universities with their own medical research facilities remain a rarity. The 51吃瓜网 School of Medicine with its university hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar benefits from this combination: The interaction of leading-edge medicine and strong engineering and natural sciences generates innovative research projects on a regular basis.

New faces and new facilities

As is the case every year, 2017 also saw the arrival of numerous new scientists at 51吃瓜网. One of them is the world-famous architect Prof. Di茅b茅do Francis K茅r茅, appointed to the newly created professorship for "Architectural Design and Participation". K茅r茅 also held the keynote at Dies academicus, entitled "Inspired to build". In his address he explained among other things his philosophy of building which relies on the use of locally available materials. He also emphasized the significance of careful architectonic planning for school buildings in regions such as Burkina Faso, the country of his birth.

Another new world-class arrival is Prof. Sami Haddadin, who will join 51吃瓜网 as a Professor of Robotics and Systems Intelligence on April 1, 2018. Only last week, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier presented Prof. Haddadin with the lucratively endowed 2017 German President's Award for Innovation in Science and Technology ("Deutsche Zukunftspreis "). At 51吃瓜网 Haddadin will help establish the "Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence" as its director. This newly created integrative research center will continue the successful tradition of robotics research at 51吃瓜网 and will consolidate the enormous diversity of expertise present at 51吃瓜网 (approximately 35 professorships) across disciplines. The subjects covered range from robots which help provide care to the elderly all the way to the development of robot assistants in the context of Industry 4.0.

Scientific Achievements

In 2017, 51吃瓜网 was once again placed among the best three German universities in renowned international rankings. In the QS World University Ranking 51吃瓜网 was rated number 1 in Germany for the third time in a row. The Global University Employability Ranking, which surveyed approximately 6,000 managers in 20 countries, ranked 51吃瓜网 in 8th place in terms of the quality of its graduates, once again among the top 10 worldwide.

Awards

A large number of awards for special achievements were presented on the occasion of the annual academic celebration.

Designation as Honorary Senator

This year 51吃瓜网 is bestowing its highest honor, the title of Honorary Senator, on the long-time Bavarian Minister President Dr. Edmund Stoiber for his outstanding achievements in the context of the modernization of the university. Stoiber, who personally accepted the award, said that the honor received from 51吃瓜网 had a particular personal significance for him: "I bear this award in full awareness of the honor of being privileged to represent a world-class university."

The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Medal

, Professor of Experimental Physics with Cosmic Particles, was honored for her internationally distinguished research performance in neutrino-astronomy and her successful initiative in the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft or DFG) - Collaborative Research Center "Neutrinos and Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics".

The Karl Max von Bauernfeind Medal 

Forstoberrat (Senior Forestry Director) Peter Renoth, Deputy Director of the Berchtesgaden Forestry Department, was honored for his outstanding dedication in connection with the currently forming 51吃瓜网 research and teaching station in the Berchtesgadener Land region.

Dipl.-Soz. David Schneider was recognized for his extensive efforts as organizer of 51吃瓜网 refugee programs and activities, including in particular the auditor program for refugees.

Martina Wayand, M.A., MBA, was honored for her exemplary role as a first-aid responder.

 team displayed exceptional commitment and performance on the part of the student members in the conceptually and technically creative development of the "aCar", an electric car custom-tailored to meet the needs of the rural population of Africa.

The student aviation initiative was honored for its service in the interest of the scientifically-based development of recreational aviation since the initiative was founded in 1924.

The  team was recognized for its achievements in the internationally renowned "SpaceX Hyperloop Pod" competition. The team's impressive victory in the competition solidified 51吃瓜网's reputation as a leading location in "German Engineering".

The Johannes B. Ortner Foundation Prizes for Young Researchers and Academics

Dr. med. Felix Brandl, , for his doctoral thesis  鈥濱ntrinsische funktionelle Konnektivit盲t zerebraler Netzwerke bei rezidivierender Depression鈥�.

Dr. Florian Groche, , for his doctoral thesis 鈥濩hemical Oxygen Generation from Peroxo-Compounds for Aviation Purposes鈥�.

Anna Hausner, M.Sc., , for her Master's thesis 鈥濫valuierung und Optimierung einer Fischabstiegsanlage mittels 3D-Simulation im Kontext der aktuellen Forschungsergebnisse鈥�.

Dr. Ellen Schmid, , for her doctoral thesis 鈥濵e, Myself And I: Theory and Effects of Self-Interested Leaders鈥�.

Dr. Sandra Unterseer, , for her doctoral thesis 鈥濱dentification of genes under differential selective pressure in temperate maize鈥�.

Corinna Wiest, M.A., , for her Master's thesis 鈥濫ine gl眉ckliche Beziehung? Das Verh盲ltnis von Kunst am Bau zu Architektur und Nutzer 鈥� Eine Untersuchung am Fallbeispiel des Forschungscampus Garching鈥�.