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TUM São Paulo was established in February 2012 as the liaison office for Latin America. Photo: iStock.com / cifotart

TUM São Paulo offers a special advisory and information service for interested PhD students and postdocs. Photo: TUM

The liaison office is located in the German Center for Research and Innovation in São Paulo. In the middle: TUM São Paulo liaison officer Sören Metz. Photo: Metz / TUM

The office coordinates the organizational processes for cooperations, as here at the signing of the contract for the trilateral Global Bioeconomy Alliance with the Brazilian partner UNESP and the Australian UQ. Photo: Uli Benz / TUM

Scientific collaborations include the national research institutes for physics and mathematics in Rio de Janeiro, CBPF and IMPA, and the private business school FGV-EAESP in São Paulo. Photo: © Andrevruas<

A partnership with Brazil's largest university, the University of São Paulo (USP), has existed since 1998. Photo: iStock.com / alffoto

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TUM São Paulo – the liaison office for Latin America

TUM São Paulo's activities build on many years of collaboration with renowned institutions in the region. The focus of the liaison office lies on expanding strategic collaborations with universities, research institutes and industrial partners and tapping into the enormous potential that the continent holds in terms of research and teaching as well as in the start-up sector. Since 2012, the office has been supporting TUM in recruiting young scientists in Latin America and promoting scientific exchange with Latin America.

News and Insights from the TUM São Paulo liaison office

02.12.2020 | News, Global South, TUM Global, TUM São Paulo

TUM São Paulo: TUM cooperation with bioeconomy network in Colombia

Start slide of the kick-off workshop with Prof. Sauer, TUM Chair of Production and Resource Economics

Bioeconomy is the topic of a new research cooperation between the TUM Chair of Production and Resource Economics and numerous Colombian institutions. TUM São Paulo participated in the virtual opening workshop. [read more]

19.10.2020 | News, TUM São Paulo

TUM São Paulo Insights: The Latin American Unicorn club grows and grows

Cristina Junqueira

In the third part of the TUM São Paulo Insights series, Liaison Officer Sören Metz gives an insight into the Unicorn club in Latin America. As mentioned in previous Insights, the financing opportunities for… [read more]

31.07.2020 | News, TUM São Paulo

TUM São Paulo Insights: Latin America – the different kind of innovation hotspot

Vijay Deep Bhatt of SoilSpy at the award ceremony

In the second part of the TUM São Paulo Insights series, Liaison Officer Sören Metz presents Latin America as an innovation location. With almost 650 million people in the region and diverse cultural influences… [read more]

22.07.2020 | Global South, TUM Global, TUM São Paulo

TUM São Paulo: Brazil's oldest university celebrates its 100th birthday – and TUM congratulates

Screenshot showing Sören Metz, left, and professor de Santos Freitas

The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) is celebrating its 100th birthday this year. In 1920, the Universidade do Brasil was founded as the first public university by merging several public universities… [read more]

10.06.2020 | News, TUM São Paulo

TUM São Paulo Insights: Digital Latin America – Brazilian schools in the age of the pandemic

Little girl doing homeschooling with her mother

In the current TUM São Paulo Insights series, TUM Liaison Officer Sören Metz addresses the various aspects and projects regarding digitization in Latin America. Part one deals with school education and digital… [read more]

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TUM Global & Alumni Office

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Arcisstr. 21
80333 Munich
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TUM São Paulo Office

Sören Metz, Liaison Officer TUM São Paulo

Sören Metz

Tel.: +55 11 51 898 320
saopaulo(at)tum.de

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TUM Global Incentive Fund

The TUM Global Incentive Fund supports the deepening of international relationships in non-European countries with TUM liaison offices.

Workshops in Latin America

Offers for PhDs and Postdocs

TUM São Paulo offers a special consulting and information service for potential PhD students and postdocs at TUM. The workshops in São Paulo are supported by the German Center for Research and Innovation. If you have any questions, please contact TUM São Paulo Liaison Officer Sören Metz. 

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