TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability
The necessary sustainable transformation of economy and society requires integrated and interdisciplinary approaches. The Technische Universität München is addressing this issue with its Integrative Research Institute (IRI) TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) for Biotechnology and Sustainability. The core of this institution is the development of sustainable technologies, but it also recognizes that their use requires management and economic research. At TUMCS, natural scientists, biotechnologists and engineers work closely together with researchers from management and economics.
Central research areas are bio-economy, circular economy, establishment of new and innovative high performance technologies for material and energetic use of biogenic and other renewable resources as well as managerial and economic conditions and implications of sustainability transitions.
TUMCS offers courses in Bioeconomy (B.Sc. & M.Sc.), Chemical Biotechnology (B.Sc. & M.Sc.), Technology of Biogenic Resources (B.Sc. & M.Sc.), Sustainable Management and Technology (B.Sc. & M.Sc.), Biomass Technology (M.Sc.) as well as Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral theses. With interdisciplinary parts, all provide a broad understanding of sustainability and address both, the technological and economic needs of sustainability transitions.
TUMCS is located in Straubing - the region of renewable resources. Not only the city itself, but also the district of Straubing-Bogen and numerous partners from society, politics, industry and science are committed to sustainability. Agricultural and forestry areas throughout the Gäuboden region and the Bavarian Forest provide millions of tons of biomass for commercial use. Together with other research and educational institutions such as the Technology and Support Center (TFZ) and the Central Network for Marketing and Energy from Agricultural Resources (C.A.R.M.E.N. e.V.), the TUMCS forms the Center of Excellence for Renewable Resources. Other partners in the region are the BioCat project group of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, the BioCampus and the BioCubator in the Straubing-Sand Danube port.