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Dr. Ronny Sondjaja: The Culture Whizz who Leads beyond Chemistry

At 43, Dr. Ronny Sondjaja is already a well-established leader in the chemicals industry, adept at managing people from diverse backgrounds, nationalities, specialisations, and cultures. Ronny currently oversees more than a hundred researchers across several business lines in cities such as Mumbai and Shanghai. This rare leadership skill did not come naturally. Find out more about Dr. Ronny Sondjaja, an alumnus of TUM Asia's MSc in Industrial Chemistry, his secret formula to his remarkable success in his career today.

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Celebrating #InternationalWomensDay : Gunjot Kaur

In celebration of the International Women's Day, we feature Ms Gunjot Kaur, an alumnae of TUM Asia's Master of Science in Integrated Circuit Design in 2007. Today, Gunjot Kaur helms the Director and Product Marketing Team Lead at Infineon Automotive High Voltage Module Product Line in Germany. As a technical expert in semiconductors and marketing, Gunjot is responsible for product marketing for automotive high voltage power modules for electric mobility working with car original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Automotive Tier 1. Gunjot's success today - as a woman who not only found her voice but harnessed it to inspire other fellow women and men – was a culmination of a long personal journey. 

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TUM Asia’s Revamped Master’s Programme Targets to Train Aspiring Electronics and Mechatronics in Aerospace Engineering

TUM Asia, is transforming the curriculum of its Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering programme to integrate complementary modules, enabling more mechatronics and electronics students even without prior aerospace engineering background to pursue postgraduate education in aerospace engineering. The redesigned programme aims to attract aspiring students with mechatronics or electronics backgrounds to join the evolving aerospace industry, harnessing their skill sets in robotics and informatics to develop smarter aerospace systems and integrated solutions that deliver and optimise the full spectrum of aircraft performance.

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Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s Visit to TUM Asia Marks 20 Years of German Academic Excellence

TUM Asia marks its twentieth year of bringing German academic excellence to Singapore with a line-up of celebrations and announcements that will set the stage for the organisation's strategic direction in the years to come. The series of celebrations culminated on 14 June with an exclusive visit by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, to the Singapore campus of TUM. Till date, TUM Asia remains the only German university to have an overseas campus in Singapore.

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Logistics Leadership Dialogue: Enabling SMCs to overcome supply chain disruptions

TUM Asia held the first-of-its-kind Logistics Leadership Dialogue Series with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Singapore, bringing together seven top global leaders in supply chain management and logistics solutions, to spearhead discussions on the strategic challenges faced by local SMEs, while providing specialised know-how and strategies for participants to start successful initiatives amid mounting supply chain disruptions.

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TUM Asia and PRAS Signed MOU to Work on Plastics Recycling

The Technical University of Munich (TUM) Asia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Plastics Recycling Association Singapore (PRAS) to provide skills training and foster closer collaboration in the mechanical recycling of high-volume plastic wastes, the processability of quality recyclate pellets, and the achievement of a higher circularity of plastics.

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TUM Asia Launches Free Alumni Credits to Diversify TUM’s Talent Pipeline in Technology

Technical University of Munich (TUM) Asia announces the launch of its free alumni credits to boost the skills and competencies of its alumni in technology-related skills, enabling them to ahead of the evolving landscape. Awarded a one-time course credit worth S$1,500 to all alumni of TUM and TUM Asia regardless of nationality, the TUM Asia Alumni Course Credit can be used to offset up to 50% of the course fees of a curated suite of executive education courses aimed to address new and emerging needs of the economy.

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SIT and TUM launched New Joint Degrees for Undergraduates

Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and Technical University of Munich (TUM) has launched two new Bachelor of Engineering joint-degree programmes with honours for the AY2020 intake in order to offer students greater adaptability and strengthen their industry-readiness. An upgrade to the TUM Bachelor of Science programmes, students will additionally benefit from SIT’s applied learning pedagogy and TUM’s emphasis on industry-relevance.

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GESS and TUM Asia formalise partnership to support STEM application for students in Singapore

On 5 December 2019, German European School Singapore (GESS) and Technical University of Munich Asia (TUM Asia) inked their agreement to support the future academic successes of GESS’s students and further develop their interests in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) areas with TUM Asia.

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Festo Singapore and TUM Asia Further Cultivates Partnership to Establish a Competence Centre for Digitalisation, Technologies and Innovation (CDTI)

Festo Singapore and Technical University of Munich Asia (TUM Asia) penned down their commitment to set-up a Competence Centre for Digitalisation, Technologies and Innovation (CDTI) with the support of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), at the Industrial Transformation Asia Pacific (ITAP) trade show on 22 October 2019.

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