3 reasons NOT to study at TUM (Technical University of Munich) 

I work in consulting now, mostly around IT / software related topics for industrial companies. I am not using a large portion of things I've learned as mechanical engineer e.g. mechanics, thermodynamics, material science etc, but the problem solving skills, methods and concepts and coding I've learned as an engineer 😉

I couldn't agree more 😄

Hello, I needed to check this for you 😉 because back in my day (Gosh, I feel old haha), we only had one bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering (Maschinenbau) and then we could pick out of 10 master's degrees as a specialization and aerospace was one of them. Now with the new aerospace campus, they are offering a new bachelor's degree directly in aerospace. It is not the same as Mechanical Engineering. There are some smilarities obviously but the biggest difference is aerospace is mostly in English and the chairs will probably offer the same or similar classes in English. Some of the classes are actually from the same Profs as in Mechanical Engineering but some are different with more or less credits (ECTS). Nonetheless, I think the first years are going to be the brutal ones from what I know about TUM 😉 It is actually not because of the classes themselves but how the exams are structured. Sometimes, they make the exams extra difficult so that 50% of the students wouldn't make it etc. But if you get through the first year successfully, you just get used to it 😊 It is totally doable in my opinion, I never failed an exam during my time at TUM, it just takes a bit disciple and knowing how you learn best for yourself 😉 Hope this helps 🙏😊 For the details on the differences, you can check them out yourself with these 2 links: - Courses for Bachelors in Aerospace: campus.tum.de/tumonline/ee/ui/ca2/app/desktop/#/pl/ui/$ctx/wbstpcs.showSpoTree?$ctx=design=ca2;header=max;lang=de&pSjNr=1617&pStStudiumNr=&pStartSemester=&pStpStpNr=4940 - Courses for Bachelors in Maschinenbau: campus.tum.de/tumonline/ee/ui/ca2/app/desktop/#/pl/ui/$ctx/wbstpcs.showSpoTree?$ctx=design=ca2;header=max;lang=de&pSjNr=1617&pStStudiumNr=&pStartSemester=&pStpStpNr=4919

@@Hannah_Ozz Your informations help me a lot! And tests of brutally first year are normally about Calculus, Electrical Engineering and Engineering Mechanicals right?

Yes, exactly! :) Assuming that those will be the ones you'd have to pass in the first year ;) For Calculus (Höhere Mathe) and technical mechanics in Maschinenbau, we only had 2 opportunities to pass

@@Hannah_Ozz Schönen Dank für deine Infos, für mich ist das sehr hilfreich 🙏🌝

sehr gern, freut mich zu wissen 😊Ich wünsche dir alles Gute im Studium! 🙏😊

Yes, it is currently in the making. I was just gathering some ideas around different videos, I might do some street interviews with students in the future. But videos are coming soon in the next weeks ( I just need to push through the downs of quitting caffeine in the next days 😅)

very cool! I respect the caffeine quitting and trying new things! I really want to know though because I have attended college here in the states and I know European schools may not be as party heavy as we are. But it’s slightly overblown because a lot of schools aren’t as party heavy or you have to be in a clique. In fact a lot of students end up going to the bars and stuff and that’s the partying not just house, frat or dorm parties. I want to see the difference and commonalities. Also want to live in Germany in coming years so always interested in learning more

I didn't know that about UK universities, thanks so much for the information. Is it like that in the UK for all the subjects? I thought that it is only like this mostly in German universities. What I know from the US and Turkey that they have mid-terms, finals, graded assignments and retakes and so on. I guess the different thing about TUM could be that for some exams in bachelors, we only got 2 chances to pass. So, students could be getting kicked out one year later and the success rate of those exams are usually not higher than 30-40%.