THE Ranking: TU Munich is the most innovative university

The ranking lists universities worldwide according to SDG criteria: Together with three other universities, the Technical University takes first place in the innovation sub-sector.

It comes as no surprise that the Technical University of Munich is innovative. It has now taken first place in the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking in the area of industry, innovation and infrastructure. This ranking lists the number of publications that have far-reaching consequences and a lasting impact on innovation. Together with the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto and TU Delft, TUM also achieved the highest possible number of points.

Times Higher Education Impact Ranking compares universities worldwide according to the SDG goals of the United Nations. This includes spin-offs, patent applications and publications that deal with sustainable and social aspects of industry and innovation.

The SDG goals are also known in Germany as Agenda 2030: in 2016, the United Nations set 17 goals for a sustainable and social world that apply to all countries worldwide. Following a conference, each country defined its own roadmap for meeting and promoting the criteria. These include, for example, no famine, no poverty, equal rights and the promotion of renewable energies.