tum school of medicine 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. tum school of medicinetypepublicestablished1967deanbernhard hemmeracademic staff84 professorsstudents2,180 (2020)locationmunich, bavaria, germanyaffiliationstumwebsitemed.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. departments the tum school of medicine currently consists of 40 departments: 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 rankingsby subject – global & national qs medicine 2023 73 (4) the clinical and health 2023 =60 (4) arwu clinical medicine 2021 101-150 (6-10) qs () the () arwu medical technology 2021 21 (2) qs pharmacy & pharmacology 2023 =94 (6) the () arwu () qs () the () arwu ()che ranking 2020 – national medicine overall study situation ● 1.6 – research orientation – – study organisation ● 1.6 – support in studies – – support in the study entry phase – coursed offered – – teacher support – – exam preparation – – laboratory internships – – teaching of scientific competence – – scientific-artistical orientation – – graduations in appropriate time – – international orientation – – contact with work environment – – job market preparation – – citations per publication – doctorates per professor – publications per professor ● 21.8 research reputation – third party funds per professor – third party funds per academic – in clinical medicine, the tum school of medicine has been rated no. 73 in the world (no. 4 in germany) by qs, no. 60 in the world (no. 4 in germany) by the, and no. 101–150 in the world (no. 6–9 in germany) by arwu. in medical technology, arwu ranks tum no. 21 in the world and no. 2 nationally. 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. in 2018, tum was recognized as 10th in the world for expertise in pancreatic cancer by expertscape.