HM Anniversary: History

History of the HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1971 as a result of the concerted efforts of directors, teachers and students of engineering schools at the end of the turbulent 1960s. Engineering education was to be reformed, and the higher technical schools were to be upgraded in the higher education sector. Technical schools in the fields of business, social sciences and design joined in.

Even the predecessor institutions of Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences have an eventful history. The tradition of the Departments of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geoinformatics goes back 200 years to when their predecessor, the Baugewerkschule, began holding regular lectures.

Today's diverse HM has grown over the decades. The timeline shows how the range of courses has changed, how new degrees have altered the education landscape and what else has determined HM's fortunes.

Come with us on a journey through time!

1821

After "more than 32 master builders from the countryside" had come forward in the previous November, Hermann Mitterer, a teacher at the Feiertagsschule, held a special building trade class at the beginning of 1821.

Gustav Vorherr, who had been the district building inspector of the Isar district since 1809, had had the goal of standardizing the Bavarian building industry years earlier. In 1810, he wrote a memorandum on the organization of a state school for the building trades.

In the picture on the left: Building craftsmen around 1800, right: Gustav Vorherr

Source: Photo Gustav Vorherr from Selzer, Staatsbauschule, p. 24

1823

On April 10, 1823, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior approved the continuation of building trades instruction at a separate building trades school under the supervision of Gustav Vorherr – the oldest direct precursor of today's Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences.

Source: Bavarian Main State Archives, MK 22637

1825

At the beginning, there was a lot of improvisation at the State Building School – teachers and students produced the teaching materials themselves: a teaching sheet on facade construction from 1825, produced using the lithographic printing process.

Source: Bavarian State Library Munich / Picture Archive, BSB_port-032536

1827

The establishment of a Polytechnische Zentralschule (1827-1833) and Polytechnische Schule (1833-1868) in Munich (building on Damenstiftstraße, photo approx. 1910) was central to the development of practical technical education in
Bavaria.

Source: photo "Damenstiftstraße" by [unknown], adapted from Stadtarchiv München, DE-1992-FS-NL-PETT1-0699 (https://stadtarchiv.muenchen.de/scopeQuery/detail.aspx?ID=422514) under license CC BY-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/deed.de)

1852

The timetable for students at the Königliche Baugewerkschule in 1852. Classes were also held on Saturdays and Sundays.

Source: Selzer, Staatsbauschule, p.26

1868

In 1868, a technical college, today's TU, was established by royal decree. Polytechnic education thus acquired the status of higher education.

1877

Also in 1868, industrial schools were established in Bavaria as technical secondary schools. In 1877, the Baugewerkschule was subordinated to the Industrieschule in Munich and housed in the same building at Gabelsbergerstrasse 23 (later numbered 57) (Maschinensaal, 1881).

Source: photo "Industrieschule (today Bayerische Staatsbauschule) at Gabelsbergerstaße 23 (today Gabelsbergerstraße 57)" by [unknown], retrieved from Stadtarchiv München
(https://stadtarchiv.muenchen.de/scopeQuery/detail.aspx?ID=399563), under license CC BY-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/deed.de)

1895

A group photo of graduates of the Baugewerkschule in 1895. Students came to Munich not only from Bavaria, but from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1900 (approx.)

A teaching hall of the Baugewerkschule at the turn of the century.

Source: Selzer, Staatsbauschule, p.84

1900 (approx.)

The staff room of the Baugewerkschule.

Source: Selzer, Staatsbauschule, p.80

1900

Georg Heinrich Emmerich (1870-1923) was a photographer and edited several photography journals. The founding of the Münchner Fotoschule (School of Photography) can be traced back to him and he became its first director from 1900-
1917.

Source: Pohlmann, Ulrich/Scheutle, Rudolf (eds.): Lehrjahre Lichtjahre: Die Münchner Fotoschule 1900-2000, Munich, 2000, p. 17. Rights: Walter E. Lautenbacher, Leonberg

1910 (approx.)

The main entrance of the Baugewerkschule at Gabelsbergerstrasse 23 – in 1907 it had regained its independence after the closure of the industrial school.

Source: Selzer, Staatsbauschule, p.52

1911

Due to a lack of space, the Münchner Fotoschule moved to a former hospital at Clemensstrasse 33 soon after its establishment. It remained there, with a brief hiatus, until 2019.

Source: Pohlmann, Ulrich/Scheutle, Rudolf (eds.): Lehrjahre Lichtjahre: Die Münchner Fotoschule 1900-2000, Munich, 2000, p. 27. Rights: Staatliche Fachakademie für Fotodesign Munich

1912

The establishment of social work as a women's profession and the founding of the Soziale Frauenschule (Social Women's School) was brought about by parts of the bourgeois women's movement around 1900. In Munich, the Association for Women's Interests became involved in this endeavor at an early stage.

In the picture: Women's suffrage congress in Munich in 1912

Source: German Historical Museum, Inv. no.: F 52/4339

1920 (approx.)

The goal of the Soziale Frauenschule was the science-based training of "experts" to provide social assistance in the field of private and public welfare. Instruction included lectures on psychology and pedagogy, social hygiene, law, welfare work and history, as well as internships.

Picture: Curriculum from 1920.

Source: Munich City Archives, DE-1992-SCHULA-03530

1920 (approx.)

After 1918, there was more focus on state welfare policy. The profession of social worker became established. The Soziale Frauenschule of the City of Munich was expanded and recognized by the state.

Pictured: national economist Dr. Anna Pohlmann-Heim, who took over as director of the school after Frieda Dünsing's death in 1921.

Source: Neidhart, Angelika: Die Vorläuferschulen des Fachbereichs Sozialwesen, in: Keßler, Walter (ed.): 10 Jahre Fachhochschule München, Munich 1981, pp. 34-38, here p. 36

1924

On October 1, 1924, classes began at the newly founded Höhere Technische Lehranstalt der Stadt München (Higher Technical School of the City of Munich) – initially still in the Gewerbeschule building on Pranckhstraße.

Source: Munich City Archives, DE-1992-FS-HB-V-a-0948

1924

The engineer and mountaineer Hans Pfann became the first director of the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt der Stadt München – he held the office from 1924 to 1935. In 1928 he led an expedition of the German and Austrian Alpine Club to the Andes.

Source: Baumeister, Menschen im Hochgebirge, Plate I

1925

Emil Schweighart had initially worked as a government master builder and architect before joining the Baugewerkschule as a teacher in 1910. Between 1925 and 1937 he headed the school as director.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1926

1926 On May 20, classes at the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt der Stadt München began in a new building at Lothstrasse 34.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1926

One of the initiators of the Städtische Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker (Municipal Master School for German Printers) and its first director was the book designer and typographer Paul Renner (1878-1956). In 1926, he moved to Munich, initially to take charge of the city's vocational graphic arts schools on Pranckhstrasse. He held the post of director of the Master School from 1927 to 1933.

1927

In the mid-1920s, Renner designed one of the most important contemporary typefaces: the "Futura". It combines modern demands with a functional typeface. In the decades that followed, it became internationally popular.

1927

Students in the composing room of the Städtische Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker around 1929, under the guidance of Josef Käufer (right). The hall appears – according to his son, Erwin Käufer – more crowded than it normally was because more students from other classes joined in.

1930 (approx.)

Rooms containing a range of technical equipment were available for practical lessons at the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt der Stadt München.

Source: Munich City Archives, DE-1992-FS-STB-0579-02

1930

Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) was one of the most important typographers of the 20th century and a teacher at the Städtische Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker. He contributed significantly to the development and spread of the "New Typography". After the National Socialists came to power, he was forced to emigrate.

1930

Munich's city coat of arms (here: parts of the council service, 1930) is based on a design by Eduard Ege from 1927. Ege had been working at the Städtische Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker since that year. His revised design was used in 1932 for stamps of the city authorities.

1932

Even before the National Socialists came to power, the Nazi-affiliated student newspaper "Deutsche Revolution" (German Revolution) agitated against Schweighart's management of the State Building School.

Source: Bavarian Main State Archives, MK 41939

1932

Paul Renner published his paper "Kulturbolschewismus?", in which he attacked the cultural and artistic views of the National Socialists. The Völkischer Beobachter attacked him and labelled him a cultural Bolshevist.

1933 (approx.)

The assumption of power by the Nazis affected the Städtische Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker. Director Renner was dismissed from the municipal service, and other teachers were ousted from the school. Typography and the printing trade were subject to considerable changes after 1933. In contrast to antique typefaces, Fraktur fonts were stylized as particularly "German" and "national" and appropriated by Nazi cultural propaganda. Fraktur also dominated the curricula of the Meisterschule and heavily influenced the printed output of the school and the student work of the following years.

Pictured: Advertisement for the new Fraktur typeface "National" in the association magazine of the Deutscher Buchdrucker-Verein, which operated the school jointly with the city of Munich, December 1933.

Source: Deutscher Buchdruckerverein e.V. (ed.): Journal for German Printers and Related Trades, No. 93, Dec. 15, 1933, cover page

1934

1934 The innovative Fotoschule (School of Photography) established a cinema technology department for training cameramen and projectionists. The most important teacher was Willy Zielke, who made the film "Das Stahltier" in 1934 for the 100th anniversary of the Reichsbahn. However, the film did not please the rulers and was banned.

Source: Pohlmann, Ulrich/Scheutle, Rudolf (eds.): Lehrjahre Lichtjahre: Die Münchner Fotoschule 1900-2000, Munich, 2000, p. 32. Rights: Dieter Hinrichs, Munich

1936

Another forerunner of social work education, the Jugendleiterinnen-Seminar, was founded at the Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences. This was a one-year advanced training course for experienced kindergarten teachers looking to assume leadership positions. It was set up at the Munich municipal kindergarten teachers' seminar, which had already existed for some time.

In the picture: Teaching exercise in the seminar kindergarten, around 1940.

Source: Neher, Ingrid: Das Münchner Kindergärtnerinnenseminar von der Gründung bis heute, in: Fünfzig Jahre Kindergärtnerinnenseminar der Landeshauptstadt München, 1916-1966, Munich, pp. 12-44, here p. 22

1937

After the seizure of power, National Socialist symbolism became increasingly prominent at the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt der Stadt München. Since 1935, it had been led by a new director: Gebhard Himmler.

Source: Bavarian Main State Archives, MK 41939

1938

Design of a theater for Teplitz-Schönau, now Teplice (Czech Republic), by Wilhelm Käb, a teacher at the State Building School. Nazi symbolism is very evident.

Source: Bavarian Main State Archives, MK 48035

1940

From 1933 onwards, education at the Soziale Frauenschule was overhauled in line with the inhuman goals of National Socialism. Racial hygiene and Nazi educational ideals took hold. The National Socialist Martha Rehm became the new director.

Pictured: propaganda photograph from the book "Aus einem deutschen Kindergarten" ("From a German Kindergarten"), published in 1940 at the Munich Municipal Kindergarten Seminar.

Source: "Aus einem deutschen Kindergarten," ed. by youth leaders Rosl Schneider and Gusti Schimon, Munich, released to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Kindergärtnerinnen-Seminar, Munich 1940

1942

The Soziale Frauenschule and the Kindergärtnerinnen- und Jugendleiterinnen-Seminar used a common school building at Bogenhauser Kirchplatz. In 1942 the school building was badly damaged, and in 1943 it was largely destroyed. The institutions had to move frequently.

Source: Neher: Das Münchner Kindergärtnerinnenseminar, p. 29

1944

At the beginning of the year, the Gestapo arrested Max Stiehle, one of the teachers at the State Building School, on suspicion that he had been listening to foreign radio stations and preparing "high treason". After his release from prison, the school used him only for subordinate activities.

Source: Bavarian Main State Archives, MK 48042. excerpt from the transcript of the report in the high treason case of Karl Zimmet and others, Geheime Staatspolizei, Staatspolizeileitstelle München, March 28, 1944

1944

Following the death of the former director Maria Urban, Elisabeth Zorell took over the management of the kindergarten teachers' and youth leaders' seminar. Both were critics of the National Socialists but adapted outwardly.

In the picture: Zorell with youth leader training participants, 1944/45.

Source: Educators in Bogenhausen. From the kindergarten teachers' seminar to the social education colleges. Aspects and changes. Commemorative publication for Dr. Zorell, published by the Verein zur Förderung der Sozialpädagogischen Ausbildung e.V., Munich 1981, p. 29; (photo: Auguste Schimon, Martha Steinheil)

1944

The ruins of the State Building School in the immediate post-war period – following a bombing raid in July 1944 and the subsequent two-day fire, the building was a write-off.

Source: Giger, Rainer/Zimmermann, Florian: Die Bayerische Staatsbauschule München zwischen 1944 und 1954: Zerstörung, Bauplatzfindung, Wettbewerbe, Grundsteinlegung, Munich 2009, p. 7

1946

Between 1935 and 1941, Gebhard Himmler, the brother of the "Reichsführer SS" was the director of the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt der Stadt München. After the war, he was required to answer for his role in the Nazi state.

Source: Munich State Archives, SpKA K 710 Himmler, Gebhard (*29.07.1898)

1946

Between 1946 and 1954, Max Stiehle, who was persecuted by the Nazis, was director of the school. He successfully campaigned for the independence of the Staatsbauschule from the Oskar von Miller Polytechnic.

Source: Hochschule München

1947

On December 14, 1947, the Oskar-von-Miller-Polytechnikum, as the Höhere Technische Lehranstalt had been called since 1946, was able to celebrate the topping-out ceremony for the extension building at Dachauer Straße 98.

Source: Hochschule München

1949

To mark its 25th anniversary, the Association of German Engineers presented the Oskar von Miller Polytechnic with a bust of its new namesake.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1950 (approx.)

In addition to instruction in typography, typesetting and printing technology, as well as business administration and organization, the Städtische Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker placed particular emphasis on practical instruction: students were taught directly at the printing press.

Source: Bund Münchener Meisterschüler (ed.): Fünfzig Jahre Bund Münchener Meisterschüler: Bilder vom Wirken einer Schule für Führungskräfte der Druckindustrie von der Gründung bis heute, Munich, 1983, p. 29

1950 (approx.)

After 1945, the curricula had been purged of Nazi content. Martha Rehm, however, remained director of the Soziale Frauenschule despite her Nazi involvement. Reform discussions since the 1950s resulted in extended training periods for the social professions and in the raising of training standards.

Pictured: teacher Dr. Stocker Eysoldt, teaching in the 1950s.

Source: Neher: The Munich Kindergarten Teacher Training Seminar, p. 37

1950

In the 1950s, the profession of photography became enormously popular. An exhibition of the school's work was organized to mark the 50th anniversary of the School of Photography.?

Source: Pohlmann, Ulrich/Scheutle, Rudolf (eds.): Lehrjahre Lichtjahre: Die Münchner Fotoschule 1900-2000, Munich, 2000, p. 48

1952

The conductor and composer Joseph Suder (1892-1980) founded the choir and symphony orchestra of the Oskar von Miller Polytechnic. Both ensembles are preserved to this day as cultural institutions of the university and are anchored in the curriculum.

Source: Daniel Suder

1954

The State Building School was given a new location at Karlsstrasse 6.

Source: Munich City Archives, DE-1992-FS-STB-5885

1954

On March 6, the foundation stone was laid for the new building of the State Building School.

Source: Munich City Archive, DE-1992-FS-STB-5882

1954

Although there were strong ambitions for academization at the school, it maintained close ties with the printing trade. The picture shows students of the Städtische Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker around 1954 at the "Gautschen": in this traditional graduation ceremony for apprentice printers, they are thrown into a vessel full of water. Although the focus here is on a craft custom, the Master School is also an institution of higher education.?

Source: Bund Münchener Meisterschüler (ed.): Fünfzig Jahre Bund Münchener Meisterschüler: Bilder vom Wirken einer Schule für Führungskräfte der Druckindustrie von der Gründung bis heute, Munich, 1983, p. 69. Rights: unclear

1955

Herbert Post was director of the Academy for Graphic Arts from 1955 to 1968. In the mid-1960s, the school, which had been elevated to the status of a Höhere Technische Lehranstalt since 1962, attempted to put its own students on an equal footing with those of engineering schools. This was eventually followed by expansion to include engineering and technician training.

Source: Rennschmid, Ludwig: Geschichte der graphischen Schulen der Landeshauptstadt München: A Documentary Report, Munich, 1965, p. 107

1956

The school supervisory authority approved a private technical training school under the direction of H.-D. Bohne. In 1958, it became a Höhere Technische Lehranstalt (abbreviated to HTL). In 1967, it was renamed "Bohne Engineering School" when it was taken over by a school board association.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1957

In March, the new building of the State Building School was officially inaugurated – however, classes had already begun here in October 1956.

Source: Munich City Archives, DE-1992-FS-STB-5883

1960 (approx.)

The former Soziale Frauenschule became the Higher Technical School for Youth and Social Work.

Pictured: new building at Bogenhauser Kirchplatz 1959/60. All municipal social schools were combined here, including the Fachschule für Jugendleiterinnen, which was later also recognized as a Höhere Fachschule.

Source: Neher: The Munich Kindergarten Teacher Training College, p. 38

1960 (approx.)

he Bohne School of Engineering was affiliated with an aeronautical group, forming an association which provided students with practical training in gliding and powered flight. Flights took place in cooperation with the Flugsportverein Bad Tölz, among others.

Source: Flugsportverein Bad Tölz

1960

Pastor Günter Hegele was the first student pastor to serve the forerunners of the Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, starting on October 1, 1960, in pastorate IV of the Christuskirche in Munich. This marked the start of the work of the Evangelische Studentengemeinde (ESG). In 1996 it was renamed "Evangelische Hochschulgemeinde an der Fachhochschule München".

Source: Protestant Academy Tutzing

1961

The extension wing (Building D) of the Oskar von Miller Polytechnic at Ferdinand-Miller-Platz; in the background the church of St. Benno.

Source: Ewald Glesmann, Munich City Archives, DE-1992-FS-HB-399

1961

After the Teacher Training College became the College of Education in 1959, students were cared for by student pastors in the newly opened dormitory St.-Albertus Magnus-Haus (Avenariusstraße 15) from November 1961 onwards. The work was already mostly ecumenical at that time. Today, the dormitory gives priority to students of HM at the Pasing Campus.

In the picture: building of the present Faculty of Applied Social Sciences at the Pasing Campus

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1965

The laying of the foundation stone for the extension of the Oskar-von-Miller Polytechnic on Dachauer Strasse in September was attended by Lord Mayor Hans-Jochen Vogel (l.), among others.

Source: Munich City Archives, DE-1992-FS-HB-399

1965

In 1956, the Städtische Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker was upgraded to an academy. Here the building on Pranckhstrasse, which finally received a new building extension in 1955 after long negotiations, and an adjoining connecting building in 1958.

Source: Rennschmid, Ludwig: Geschichte der graphischen Schulen der Landeshauptstadt München: A Documentary Report, Munich, 1965, p. 144

1966

Since 1966, the Bohne Engineering School had been housed in a new building in Aubing. On the grounds, in front of the entrance stood a jet aircraft supplied and assembled by the Bundeswehr.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1967

As an institution of the “second educational path”, it was also possible to enter a university via the Höhere Wirtschaftsfachschule. To do so, students had to pass an oral examination held in front of a state examination board.

Source: Private property of Wolfgang Luppe

1968

The percentage of female students at the Höhere Wirtschaftsfachschule ranged between 6 and 8 percent in the 1960s. The picture shows students of a HWF year in front of a Frasdorf mountain hut.

Source: Private property of Elmar Wibmer

1968

The students of the Polytechnic carried Miller's bust at one of their protests on the reform of the engineering schools.

Source: Press office ASTA Oskar von Miller Polytechnic (K. Michalik, E. Fuchtmann)

1968

On June 10, 1968, the students of the State Building School started a boycott of lectures and examinations. This lasted until November of the following year.

Source: Munich City Archives, StdtAM-DE-1992-FS-STB-5886

1970 (approx.)

The Katholische Hochschulgemeinde (KHG), as it still exists today, came into existence in 1970. Its rooms are located in the then newly built Roncalli College, which was intended exclusively for students at the state engineering schools. Its student priest, Father Richard Freiherr von Aretin, was both the first director of the Roncalli College and the student priest and thus the director of the KHG, which subsequently became the KHG at the University of Applied Sciences.

Source: KHG

1971

Fachhochschule München is founded in 1971 from

Staatsbauschule München
Akademie für Bautechnik Oskar-von-Miller-Polytechnikum der Stadt München
Akademie für angewandte Technik,
Ingenieurschule Bohne,
Höhere Wirtschaftsfachschule München,
Höhere Fachschule für Jugend- und Sozialarbeit,
Höhere Fachschule für Sozialpädagogik der Stadt München,
Abteilung für Gebrauchsgraphik der Akademie für das Graphische Gewerbe

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1971

The founding president of Fachhochschule München is Dr. Karl Hammer, until then director of the Oskar von Miller Polytechnic.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1971

Fachhochschule München forms 23 departments from the 23 departments of the predecessor schools. The course of study comprises eight semesters, including two practical semesters.

In the winter semester 1971/72, Fachhochschule München begins its teaching activities with 1,295 first-year students and 4,692 students in higher semesters. A total of 5,987 students are enrolled, in:

engineering: 4,961,
business: 521,
social studies: 413,
design: 92.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1973

Practical semesters in companies are introduced for the first time. In higher education, practical semesters are possible only at universities of applied sciences.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1974

The Council of the Fachhochschule München decides to establish a library as a central facility in the auditorium of the former Oskar von Miller Polytechnic at Lothstrasse 34, as well as a computer facility. Central operating workshops are equipped accordingly.

In the picture: laboratory for materials testing

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1975

Uwe Brockhausen is appointed Chancellor of Fachhochschule München.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1975

The first graduates to start their studies at Fachhochschule München take their final examinations.

1975

“Numerus clausus” is introduced for the Departments of Social Work, Business Administration and for the cartography course in the surveying department.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1976

Prof. Dr. Walther Keßler takes office as president of Fachhochschule München.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1978

Following an amendment to the Bavarian Higher Education Act, the universities of applied sciences are allowed to carry out "application-oriented development work".

1979

Fachhochschule München is given its own signet.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1980

A position for the support of foreign students is established within the Central Student Advisory Service.

1980

The Universities of Applied Sciences are granted the right to award diplomas to their graduates and admit all alumni of the predecessor schools to postgraduate study.

1980

The Bavarian Senate visits Fachhochschule München and records the disastrous learning, teaching and working conditions.

1981

Approximately 10,000 students are enrolled at Fachhochschule München.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1984

Fachhochschule München is regionally anchored: 88 percent of Fachhochschule München students come from Bavaria, 31 percent of them from the greater Munich area, 34 percent from the rest of Upper Bavaria, 23 percent from the rest of Bavaria. Other states of the Federal Republic account for 8 percent of students and 4 percent come from abroad.

1984

Edi, the "Graddler host" – the "navel of the student world" – celebrates his twentieth anniversary as canteen host with the students.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1985

Establishment of the "International Office". President Keßler (r.) and Directeur Laget seal the partnership between Fachhochschule München and the École Supérieure de Commerce de Pau/France.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1985

Following many years of consulting activities, a "Technology Transfer Office" is established at Fachhochschule München.

1987

Laying of the foundation stone for the extension buildings on Lothstraße (Buildings G and H) by Bavaria’s state premier Franz Josef Strauß. Students disrupt the ceremony with chants "against the enemy of education" (background: lack of space and staff at Fachhochschule München). Some students are taken into police custody.

The laying of the foundation stone marks the beginning of the expansion to 7,000 student places. A lecture hall and laboratory building for the technology department is built on Loth-/Loristraße, and the library and refectory are built opposite.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1989

The first women's representative of Fachhochschule München is elected: Prof. Dr. Ursula Schrag declares her goal to be "to improve access opportunities for qualified women in teaching and to motivate young women to study, especially technical subjects".

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1990

President Keßler threatens the Minister of Education, Hans Zehetmair, with a "professor-student demonstration" in front of the State Chancellery because the latter had called Fachhochschule München a "juggernaut" that was "beyond saving".

1990

Bavaria's universities take on sponsorships for universities in Saxony. Fachhochschule München concludes a partnership agreement with Mittweida University of Engineering, which is continued in the eastern part of the Federal Republic of Germany as a pilot UAS project.

The picture shows the new building at Lothstrasse 34.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1991

Fachhochschule München appoints Dr. Wilhelm Wimmer, Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Munich and Upper Bavaria, as its first honorary professor (background: new version of the Bavarian Higher Education Act 1989).

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1992

Merger of the two departments of the Department of Social Work, Aubing and Bogenhausen, at the Pasing Campus.

The Katholische und Evangelische Hochschulgemeinde at the Pasing Campus was founded in 1992 for the faculties of Fachhochschule München and located at Paosostr. 10 (the PAOSO). The three apartments in the villa were rented to students at the Pasing Campus after the tenants moved out.

The Catholic pastor was Toni Maier (1992-2011) and the Protestant student pastor based at Loristr.1 was Joachim Zuber. He additionally co-directed the EHG at the Pasing Campus from 1992-1997 and is still in the EHG at the Innenstadt Campus.

From 1997-2021 Jutta Lang was Protestant student pastor in Pasing.

Hans Klug succeeded Toni Maier and has been the Catholic university chaplain in Pasing since 2011.

(Building view from 2014)

Source: PAOSO

1993

Minister of Education Hans Zehetmair declares that Bavaria's universities of applied sciences have "developed into a distinctive and indispensable factor in the higher education landscape".

Source: StMUK

1994

After 18 years in office, Prof. Dr. Walther Keßler is replaced by Prof. Gerhard Röhrl as President of Fachhochschule München.

Source: Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences

1995

The Freundes- und Förderkreis der Fachhochschule München e.V. (Friends and Sponsors of the University of Applied Sciences) is founded with the aim of supporting application-oriented education and research and enhancing the performance of Fachhochschule München.

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1996

Fachhochschule München decides to introduce a machine-readable evaluation form for the assessment of courses by students.

1996

Fachhochschule München’s new CD-ROM is tested by Hans Zehetmair, Minister of Education, among others.

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1996

Fachhochschule München celebrates its 25th anniversary at Lothstrasse 34 with a ceremony and numerous representatives from politics, business and academia.

Pictured: the exhibition "Gestures" by the HM Cultural Forum on Karlstrasse.

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1997

Start of the annual "Open Day", an information event for students.

1997

http://www.fh-muenchen.de: Fachhochschule München and its departments launch their online presence.

1998

"Standing on its own two feet": Fachhochschule München has ambitions to become a model university for all Bavarian universities of applied sciences and applies to the Ministry of Science for conversion into an autonomous "state or state-owned enterprise" in order to create the conditions for establishing modern university management with its own financial sovereignty (global budget).

1998

Tourism students on an excursion in Namibia.

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1998

Following a decision by the German Rectors' Conference, universities of applied sciences can use the suffix "University of Applied Sciences".

2000

Financed by funds from the Bavarian High-Tech Offensive, a ground-breaking ceremony is held for the largest construction project in the history of Bavaria's universities of applied sciences, the new technology building in Loth-/Heßstraße.

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2000

Fachhochschule München adopts a mission statement.

2000

The first Master's program in Electrical Engineering with the degree Master of Science is approved.

2000

Prof. Dr. Marion Schick is elected President of Fachhochschule München, becoming the first woman to head a Bavarian university.

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2001

With well over 50,000 graduates, Fachhochschule München has been making a significant contribution to progress in the high-tech state of Bavaria for 30 years. The Initiativkreis Informationstechnik is founded under the patronage of Minister of State Erwin Huber.

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2002

Falk F. Strascheg founds the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) at Fachhochschule München. With an endowment of 7.5 million euros, it is the largest foundation established at a Bavarian university of applied sciences to date.

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2002

The Center for Higher Education Development (CHE) awards Fachhochschule München the title "Best Practice University 2002”.

2002

The State Academy of Photographic Design is integrated into the Department of Design.

2002

Fachhochschule München presents a new corporate design. The new online presence of the HM puts down a marker in the higher education landscape with its dialog and news-oriented portal.

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2003

The Chinese Minister of Education, Zhou Ji, visits Fachhochschule München; the People's Republic wants to adopt the Bavarian UAS model.

2005

The Ministry of Science awards Fachhochschule München 1st prize for the most convincing "concept of a university in fulfilling its equal opportunities mission".

The picture shows the women's representatives Prof. Dr. Huber-Jahn (l.), Prof. Dr. Hueglin (r.), State Minister Dr. Goppel and President Prof. Dr. Schick at the presentation of the Equal Opportunities Award.

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2005

Internationalization continues apace: Fachhochschule München opens a liaison office in New York together with six other German universities of applied sciences in a strategic alliance known as UAS7.

Pictured: the UAS7 office at German House, New York.

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2007

After more than 35 years at Fachhochschule München, the winter semester 2007/08 marks the beginning of the era of the Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München University of Applied Sciences (HAW) – Hochschule München for short..

2008

Prof. Dr. Michael Kortstock becomes the new president of Hochschule München.

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2009

Hochschule München now allows applicants with relevant work experience but without a high school diploma to enter a subject-related degree program.

2010

Students elect the first Student Parliament. The reorganization of student representation helps to implement student concerns more effectively.

2010

The university invites students to the first Boys' Day. The Department of Applied Social Sciences informs students about social professions.

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2010

Hochschule München offers particularly gifted students the opportunity to commence their studies early for the first time.

2011

Hochschule München is successful in the EXIST competition, a funding program of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. As one of three German colleges/universities, it is allowed to call itself "EXIST Gründerhochschule".

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2011

Hochschule München celebrates its 40th birthday together with nine other Bavarian universities.

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2011

On November 9, 2011, the first 46 high-achieving and committed students celebrate their acceptance into the Deutschlandstipendium at Hochschule München together with their funding partners.

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2011

In a joint project of the universities of Munich and Ingolstadt, the "Open University Upper Bavaria" concept wins the Federal Ministry of Education and Research competition "Advancement through Education: Open Universities". A direct result of this is the Centre for Continuing Education at Hochschule München.

2012

Networking and research: Hochschule München successfully participates in the Excellence Initiative of the Technical University of Munich. In addition, both universities open the first joint graduate college "Building Technology & Energy Efficiency".

2012

The streetcar stop at the Lothstraße campus is renamed "Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences (Lothstraße)".

Pictured: MVG CEO Herbert König and President Prof. Dr. Michael Kortstock (r).

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2012

The ZUG project “Equipped for the Future” receives 7 million euros in funding from the BMBF (German Federal Ministry for Education and Research).

2013

After years of negotiations and several votes, the semester ticket is introduced.

2013

With almost 900 students on dual study programs, Hochschule München is the leader in dual studies at universities of applied sciences in Bavaria.

2013

Hochschule München, together with the SCE as its Entrepreneurship Center, comes out top in the ranking of start-up support at German universities. This is confirmed by the "Gründungsradar" study conducted by the Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft.

2014

Students from all 14 departments hold a special show at which they present solutions for technical, economic and social challenges of the future. In a world café, they collect ideas for the future direction of the university.

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2015

With the Bavarian Science Forum (BayWISS), universities and colleges aim to create a platform for cooperation between the two types of higher education institutions. The joint doctorate is intended to remove hurdles for Hochschule München graduates.

2015

For the first time, Hochschule München awards "Oskars" for excellent graduates and outstanding achievements in teaching and research at its Oskar von Miller celebration. Companies can earn an "Oskar" for their special commitment to the university.

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2016

Hochschule München occupies top positions in the rankings of Wirtschaftswoche, the international U-Multirank and Emerging's University Employability Ranking.

2016

Prof. Dr. Martin Leitner is elected as the new president of Hochschule München.

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2016

The project "ZUG - Equipped for the Future" receives further funding of 10 million euros from the BMBF.

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2018

18,400 students: more people are studying at Hochschule München than ever before.

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2018

Hochschule München alumni work in many Bavarian companies, as well as in European and international companies. Jutta Schürba is the 100,000th graduate, having successfully completed her Master's degree in electrical engineering.

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2019

The “EXIST Potentials” start-up competition again demonstrates the success of Hochschule München and SCE in entrepreneurship.

2019

Hochschule München establishes three super-faculty research institutes: IMB, ISES and Cenergie.

2020

Due to COVID-19, most teaching at Hochschule München takes place online.

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2020

The fourth super-faculty research institute is founded: IAMLIS – Institute for Applications of Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems.

2020

To expand research, Hochschule München announces a total of over 50 new AI professorships as part of the HighTech Agenda Bayern.

2020

The new faculty MUC.DAI (Munich Center for Digital Sciences and Artificial Intelligence) develops interdisciplinary courses of study that combine specialist knowledge with the challenges of the digital world.

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2020

Hochschule München gets a new brand concept.

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