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[[File:TUMAsia.jpg|thumb|Entrance to the TUM Asia building]] 
The '''German Institute of Science and Technology – TUM Asia''' is an institute for research and education located in Singapore, formed in 2002 as the Asian campus of the [[Technical University of Munich]].<ref name="QSChina">{{cite web |title=German Institute of Science and Technology – TUM Asia |url=https://www.qschina.cn/universities/technical-university-munich/german-institute-science-technology-tum-asia |publisher=QS China |date=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="TUMForTe">{{cite web |title=TUM Asia – TUM ForTe |url=https://www.forte.tum.de/en/forte/research-support/tum-campus-singapore/tum-asia/ |publisher=Technical University of Munich, Office for Research and Innovation |date=31 December 2009}}</ref><ref name="TUMCampus">{{cite web |title=Campus Singapore – TUM |url=https://www.tum.de/en/community/global-network/singapore |publisher=Technical University of Munich |date=27 July 2025}}</ref> 

== Background ==
GIST-TUM Asia was set up in Singapore in 2002, under the Singapore government's Global Schoolhouse Initiative. GIST-TUM Asia currently offers 5 Master of Science programmes, MSc in Industrial Chemistry; MSc in Integrated Circuit Design; MSc in Green Electronics; MSc in Aerospace Engineering; and MSc in Transport and Logistics. The former three programmes are run jointly with either [[Nanyang Technological University]] (NTU) or [[National University of Singapore]] (NUS) and the latter two programmes are pure TUM programmes.

GIST-TUM Asia then partnered [[Singapore Institute of Technology]] (SIT) to offer Bachelor of Science programmes in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and Chemical Engineering in 2010. Admitted students undergo a 2 ½ year programme that includes a 2 to 4 month overseas exchange at the Munich campus.

In 2020, TUM deepened their partnership with SIT and change the Electrical Engineering Program and Chemical Engineering Program into 4 years Bachelor of Engineering with Honours.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tum-asia.edu.sg/sit-tum-joint-beng/|title = SIT and TUM launch new joint degrees to increase relevancy skills for Undergraduate students|date = 8 January 2020}}</ref>

''TUM CREATE'', a research initiative by GIST-TUM Asia, was incepted in June 2010 to propagate research programmes where scientists and researchers from both Germany and Singapore can work together for the advancement of science and technology. With the research agreement in TUM CREATE Centre for Electromobility in Megacities sealed between GIST-TUM Asia and National Research Foundation of Singapore (NRF), the research programme will focus on developing innovative systems that incorporate safety and reliability with functionality and energy efficiency in electric vehicles.<ref name="QSChina"/>

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==External links==
* [http://www.tum-asia.edu.sg/ Official Website]
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