{"id":50957,"date":"2025-07-03T08:51:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T00:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/?p=50957"},"modified":"2025-07-03T08:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T00:53:15","slug":"dr-markus-waechter-appointed-as-new-vice-president-of-tum-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/cn\/news\/dr-markus-waechter-appointed-as-new-vice-president-of-tum-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Markus W\u00e4chter appointed as new Vice President of TUM Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"50957\" class=\"elementor elementor-50957\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b675ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9b675ee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e76fb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9e76fb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Markus-Waechter-and-Thomas-F.-Hofmann-1024x682.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-50958\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Markus-Waechter-and-Thomas-F.-Hofmann-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Markus-Waechter-and-Thomas-F.-Hofmann-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Markus-Waechter-and-Thomas-F.-Hofmann-611x407.png 611w, https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Markus-Waechter-and-Thomas-F.-Hofmann-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Markus-Waechter-and-Thomas-F.-Hofmann-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/tum-asia.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Markus-Waechter-and-Thomas-F.-Hofmann.png 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Markus W\u00e4chter (left) receiving the certificate from TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann in Singapore | Photo: Jocelyn Che<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fe1f20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3fe1f20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">First Vice President for Strategic Activities in Asia-Pacific<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0844c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f0844c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Markus W\u00e4chter, long-time managing director of the TUM Asia Campus in Singapore, has been given expanded responsibilities. He has been appointed Vice President TUM Asia by the Executive Board of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Based in Singapore, he will be responsible for the strategic development of the TUM network in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p><p>W\u00e4chter has around 20 years of experience managing the TUM Campus in Singapore, which was founded in 2002 as the first German academic branch abroad. 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