Long Night of the Universities
The Long Night of the Universities is an entertaining lecture tour through Munich's universities with a long tradition. During this night from six to six, professors and lecturers from LMU and TUM will do the honors in the TUM Audimax and offer you a slightly different insight into their respective fields with wit, humour and excitement.
Long Night of the Universities 2024
Free entrance – 6 pm – 23.05.24
Futher details will follow soon!
Free entrance – 6 pm – 11.05.23 – Carl von Linde Lecture Hall
In the Carl von Linde Lecture Hall from 6 pm to 6 am in German
In Lecture Hall 1180 (right next to the Carl von Linde Lecture Hall) from 8 pm to 1 am in English
When? | Where? |
| Thursday, May 11th Admission 6 pm Beginning 6.15 pm | Carl-von-Linde Lecture Hall (German) |
Food
Your physical well-being is taken care of the whole night! In addition to soft drinks and water, we have, of course, also provided beer and coffee for you. Sandwiches (also vegan & vegetarian), as well as sweet & savory snacks are available for in between. Of course, the prices are student-friendly. However, this year we can only accept card payment. Coffee will be free after midnight if you bring your own cup.
Admission rules
Bulky objects (e.g. beer boxes), dangerous objects, animals or spirituous beverages are not allowed! We also ask you not to take any or only small backpacks with you, as the escape routes must always remain free and are not allowed to be blocked by the above-mentioned objects!
If you cannot climb the stairs, please contact us and we will activate the elevators for you.
In case of overcrowding, we reserve the right to impose a temporary admission stop.
Program Carl-von-Linde Lecture Hall (German)
6:15 pm - Welcome
6:20 pm - Prof. Dr. Séville (TUM): Is this politics or can it go away? Approaches to an idea of the political
7:20 pm - Prof. Dr. Schmucker (TUM): Space travel saves the world!?
8:20 pm - Prof. Dr. Pezzoli-Olgiati (LMU): Religion?! An unexpected insight into contemporary culture
9:20 pm - Prof. Dr. Leonhardt (TUM): Defensive without a sting - the crazy world of stingless bees
10:20 pm - Dr. med. vet. Fux (LMU): Animal vaccinations
11:20 pm - Prof. Dr. Luksch (TUM): Why we do what we do - brain and (human) behavior
0:20 am - Dr. Merkle (LMU): Joy and sorrow - relationships once, later and today
1:20 am - Susanne Adler (LMU): The many deaths of scientific knowledge
2:20 am - Prof. Dr. Waltenberger (LMU): Totally paranormal! From life with demons in the medieval monastery collective
3:15 am - Intermezzo
3:40 am - Prof. Dr. Bühner (LMU): Digital diagnostics in psychology with smartphones
4:40 am - PD Dr. Höpflinger (LMU): Liminal
Program Lecture Hall 1180 (English)
7:55 pm - Welcome
8 pm - Prof. Dr. Büthe (TUM): The War in Ukraine in Light of Immanuel Kant's Perpetual Peace (To Perpetual Peace)
9 pm - Wayne Chinembiri (TUM): How do technical standards promote global trade and development?
10 pm - Dr. Murphy (LMU): The Scientific Imagination
11 pm - Prof. Dr. Ryll (TUM): Drone delivery: Why my pizza is not delivered by a quadrotor
12 am - Prof. Dr. Manfletti: Space: The Final Frontier
Participation
You definitely want to get a seat and be provided with snacks and drinks all night? Then help out with one of our shifts and make the Long Night possible!
Click here to go to the helper tool: https://helfen.fs.tum.de/lndu23/
Free Entrance - 6 pm - 26 May 2022 - Audimax TUM
Finally back in presence! After one year "online only" we are happy to welcome you back at the Audimax of the TUM for the Long Night of the Universities 2022! This year not only with professors and lecturers from LMU, TUM and HM, but even with university groups and an interactive quiz with prizes!
When? | Where? |
| Thursday, 26 May Admission 5:30 pm Beginning 6 pm | Audimax Technische Universität München Arcisstraße 21 (admission after 9 pm via main gate) |
Food
Your physical well-being is taken care of the whole night! In addition to soft drinks and water, we have, of course, also provided beer and coffee for you. Sandwiches (also vegan & vegetarian), as well as sweet & savory snacks are available for in between. Of course, the prices are student-friendly. However, this year we can only accept card payment. Coffee will be free after midnight if you bring your own cup.
Admission rules
Bulky objects (e.g. beer boxes), dangerous objects, animals or spirituous beverages are not allowed! We also ask you not to take any or only small backpacks with you, as the escape routes must always remain free and are not allowed to be blocked by the above-mentioned objects!
In case of overcrowding, we reserve the right to impose a temporary admission stop.
We follow the current hygiene rules of the TUM, you can find them updated daily under https://tum.de/corona
Program
6 pm: Prof. Diepold (TUM) - What is innovation and if so, how much? - Personal thoughts on research and innovation
7 pm: Prof. Peschel (LMU) - Man as a crime scene - true stories of the forensic medicine
8 pm: Prof. Kranzlmüller (LMU) - A quantum of consolation - serving high-performance computer
9 pm: University group VACCtion - The (image) problem with vaccinations
10 pm: Prof. Steindorff-Classen (HM) - Reading as a punishment - opportunities through books? The KonTEXT reading project for young people who have committed crimes
11 pm: Prof. Burkert (LMU) - Big Bang and stardust: are we alone in the Universe?
12 am: Dr. Merkle (LMU) - The "other place": a walk through the Greco-Roman underworld
2 am: Quiz / Interactive game with prizes
3 am: Prof. Pöllath (LMU) - Sacrificial and sons and unborn daughters - some remarks on population development in China
4 am: Breakfast
From 4:23 am the U2 runs again from Theresienstraße.
Participation
You definitely want to get a seat and be provided with snacks and drinks all night? Then help out with one of our shifts and make the Long Night possible!
Click here to go to the helper tool: https://helfen.fs.tum.de/lndu22/
Click here for the live stream
The Long Night of the Universities is an entertaining lecture tour through Munich's universities with a long tradition. During the night of May 13, 2021, a total of six lecturers will do the honors in the TUM Audimax and offer you a slightly different insight into their respective fields with wit, humour and excitement.
After the great approval of the last event, lecturers from HM, TUM and LMU will again accompany you through the Night 2021.
Due to the current situation, the event will take place via livestream on YouTube without viewers in attendance.
The livestream, which you can find below, starts at 6 pm.
The program
| 6 - 7 pm | Prof. Dr. Ortrud Steinlein | LMU | Twilight: the uncertain future of the Y chromosome |
| 7 - 8 pm | Prof. Dr. Angelika Beranek | HM | Dystopia or Utopia: artificial Intelligence and its significance for Human Rights |
| 8 - 9 pm | Prof. Dr. Annette Menzel | TUM | Nature in climate change - local to global impacts |
| 9 - 10 pm | Prof. Dr. Christian Karpfinger | TUM | Diffie-Hellman and ElGamal - from encrypting and decrypting |
| 10 - 11 pm | Dr. Stefan Merkle | LMU | |
| 11 pm - 12 am | Prof Dr. Ralph-Miklas Dobler | HM | Image Discourses on Instagram |
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