Lange Nacht der Universitäten (LNdU) on 29 May, 2026
The Long Night of the Universities is an entertaining lecture tour through LMU and TUM with a long tradition. During the night from 18:00 to 05:00, professors and lecturers from LMU and TUM will give you a refreshing insight into their respective fields with wit, humour and excitement in the TUM Audimax and lecture hall 1100.
Admission is free!
When?
• Wednesday, 29.05.2026
• 17:45 Entry
• 18:00 Start
Where?
• Audimax (German)
• Lecture Hall 1100 (English)
• TUM Campus Innenstadt (Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München)
• Access via main entrance of TUM
Program
German program – Audimax
18:00-19:00: Magnus Brechtken “Warum und zu welchem Ende sollte man internationale Geschichte und Politik studieren?”
19:00-20:00: Milena Damrau “Welche Argumente uns überzeugen - zwischen Intuition und Beweis”
20:00-21:00: Joachim Schiedermair “Warten auf ... das Ende, die große Liebe und den Angriff der Untoten”
21:00-22:00: Ralf Kölbel “Auffälligkeiten in Sexualstrafverfahren”
22:00-23:00: Andreas Weiler “Fundamentale Kräfte und neue Teilchen: Was werden wir als Nächstes entdecken?"
23:00-00:00: Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati “Religion in Medien: Utopien in Geschichte und Gegenwart”
00:00-01:00: Sinje Gebauer “Visuelle Effekte: Weil echte Explosionen teuer und illegal sind”
01:00-02:00: Bernhard Mayer “Wolken — warum ein bisschen Wasser so kompliziert sein kann”
02:00-04:00: Stefan Merkle “Zwei Flügel und ein Horn - Wie Geschichte geschrieben wird”
04:00-05:00: Gidon Ernst “Softwareproblem - tut mir leid, da kann man nix machen (Spoiler: man kann)”
English program – Lecture hall 1100
18:00-19:00: Albert Dietz “Xerxes, Baal, and Pazuzu: The Reception of the Ancient Near East from Its Rediscovery to Contemporary Popular Culture”
19:00-20:00: Florian Kühnel “The cosmic cocktail - the dark ingredients”
20:00-21:00: Helge Stein “Slopped bullshit brainrot and what we need instead”
21:00-22:00: Verena Hoefig “From Viking Symbols to the Manosphere: Neo-Paganism and the Politics of the Past”
22:00-23:00: Martin Menten “AI in Medicine - what it can and can't do”
23:00-00:00: Dominik Strutz “Finding Lava Tubes on Earth and Moon”
00:00-01:00: Giacomo Andreoletti “Time Travel”
01:00-02:00: Stuart Gilder “At the intersection of magnetic fields and life: Why are there so many magnets in biologic tissue?”
02:00-03:00: Snehal Jauhri “3D AI for Building Home Robots"
Catering
Your physical well-being will be catered to throughout the night! In addition to soft drinks and water, we also offer beer and coffee. French fries, sandwiches (also vegan & vegetarian) as well as snacks are available for small and big appetites in between. All, of course, calculated for students' wallets. Coffee is offered for free from midnight on if you bring your own cup.
Entry rules
Bulky objects (e.g. beer crates), dangerous objects, animals or spirits may not be brought in!
If, for whatever reason, you are unable to climb stairs, please contact us and we will activate the lifts for you.
In the event of overcrowding, we reserve the right to close the event for additional visitors.
Join us
Do you want to be ceratin to get a seat and be supplied with free snacks and drinks all night long? Why not help out with one of our shifts and become part of our team that makes the Long Night possible!
Click here for the helper tool: https://helfen.fs.tum.de/lndu26/