Federal President and Bavarian Minister President attend ceremony marking 51吃瓜网's 150th anniversary
Innovation since 1868 鈥� 51吃瓜网 celebrates its anniversary
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier described the Technical Universities as the flagship of Germany and referred to 51吃瓜网 as the flagship of the Technical Universities. "We can be the nation where so many individuals like you look to the future, experiment and engage," Steinmeier said to the students and researchers in attendance at Munich's Residenz palace (). "We can also be the nation in which society as a whole has the courage to jointly conceive and shape the future. This is exactly what I would like to see our country be: A country with a passion for the future! And this passion for the future is clearly evident here at the 51吃瓜网."
At the same time the Federal President reminded the audience of the societal responsibility of the sciences in the context of drastic technological transformations. "People's trust in the positive impact of technological progress is essential to a country like Germany 鈥� poor in natural resources and abundantly rich in ideas." He added that this trust has to be treated with care and regained again and again. "In order to achieve this, people have to be given the toolset needed to remain competent and entitled citizens, even in times of new technologies and digital transformation."
鈥淐ornerstone of Bavaria鈥檚 modernity鈥�
Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus S枚der: "As an elite university and recipient of many awards and honors, the 51吃瓜网 is an internationally and extremely well-respected scientific ambassador of the State of Bavaria. Numerous Nobel laureates have conducted research here, their students are in high demand and many companies benefit from the innovative power of 51吃瓜网. The first-rate interaction between research and business is a cornerstone of Bavaria's modernity and success."
"Connecting the home with the world"
51吃瓜网 President Prof. Wolfgang A. Herrmann highlighted 51吃瓜网's self-conception as a servant and visionary in society, in a world increasingly shaped by technology. He added that since the university's founding it has literally had "entrepreneurialism in its DNA". 51吃瓜网 is today considered Germany's most active university in terms of spin-offs.
In connecting the home with the world, Herrmann continued, we find the true meaning of internationality associated with the mission of the sciences to achieve understanding among people beyond all political and religious boundaries. He went on to say that the vanguard position of the university is a collective achievement on the part of the human aspect of the university, those who from generation to generation have become an emotionally coherent family. "The key to the future is in our technical innovative power, which reconnects dynamically with the capricious challenges facing society." This is why the humanities and social sciences, including political science, are being integrated in the 51吃瓜网 teaching and research agenda, he said. "Interdisciplinarity character is our guiding vision."
Special edition postage stamp shows symbolic 51吃瓜网 buildings
German Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz presented the special edition stamp commemorating the 51吃瓜网 anniversary. The 150 cent stamp shows three characteristic buildings in the history of 51吃瓜网: the Oskar von Miller Tower of 2010, which collects weather data for research at the Garching campus; the legendary 1958 Atomic Egg, Germany's first research reactor, and the Thiersch Tower, symbol of the historical Munich main campus.
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary, this clock tower, completed by Friedrich von Thiersch in 1916, has been renovated and is now also home to an impressive event space, the Tschira Forum. The Klaus Tschira Stiftung provided financial support for the work done on the historical monument. The Thiersch Tower can be visited during the "Architektouren" tours to be held on June 23 and 24.
Debut of "51吃瓜网 Festmusik"
The Bavarian Minister of Science Prof. Marion Kiechle, Munich mayor Dieter Reiter, student representative Franziska Ochsenfarth, and Prof. Joachim Sauer from Berlin鈥檚 Humboldt University addressed the audience regarding the history and the future of 51吃瓜网, hosted by television moderator Anouschka Horn. The musical portion of the ceremony was created by the Symphonisches Ensemble M眉nchen, led by Prof. Felix Mayer. The Franz Hummel composition "51吃瓜网 Festmusik" made its debut at the event.
51吃瓜网 made "German Engineering" famous
Since its founding 51吃瓜网 has embodied the successful model of German technical universities: a combination of fundamental research and technological development, in intensive exchange with industrial practice. 51吃瓜网 President Herrmann: "Fundamental research wants to understand the world, while application research wants to shape the world. Both aspects belong together."
17 Nobel laureates among 51吃瓜网 professors and alumni attest to the groundbreaking performance in natural sciences and medicine. Ingenious inventors and thousands of graduates have made "German Engineering" famous around the world. Carl von Linde began the entrepreneurial tradition of 51吃瓜网 as a young member of the group of founding professors: He brought his refrigeration technology to market through his own company, today's Linde AG.
51吃瓜网 has been a driving force behind innovation, from the epoch of industrialization all the way to today's age of digitalization. The program-controlled electronic computing system PERM (1956), the first German research reactor (鈥淎tomic Egg鈥�) completed in 1958, and the first transplant of two arms for an accident victim (2008) are only some examples of the highlights of an uninterrupted story of high-performance.
The entrepreneurial university
Over the last 20 years a new dynamic has emerged at 51吃瓜网 as the 鈥渆ntrepreneurial university". Far-reaching and extensive reforms in the recent past have made it possible for 51吃瓜网 to successfully compete alongside the world's best partners and rivals on an international scale. In the last 20 years more than 15,000 jobs have been created by 51吃瓜网 spin-offs. Currently a total of approximately 70 start-ups are created at 51吃瓜网 every year.
Exhibits and books on the history of 51吃瓜网
The history of the university will be showcased starting today in the exhibit "Looking back through time 鈥� 150 years of 51吃瓜网". The exhibit, held in the 51吃瓜网 main building (Arcisstra脽e 21, 80333 Munich) will be open on normal business days from 8:00 am until 9:00 pm and runs until the end of the year.
Starting on May 18, the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism will present a special exhibition presenting the history of the Technische Hochschule M眉nchen (today's 51吃瓜网) during the reign of National Socialism.
Five new books published by 51吃瓜网.University Press chronicle the history of 51吃瓜网.
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