The Munich University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1971 by the amalgamation of seven colleges of technology and higher education, some of which date back to the early 19th century.

[citation needed] HM collaborates with more than 200 partner universities in Europe, North and South America and Asia.

[2] In the winter semester 2022/23, 18,386 students were enrolled at Munich University of Applied Sciences (39.3% female, 60.7% male).

In addition to the main complex on Lothstraße/Dachauer Straße, there are also Pasing on the western outskirts of Munich and Karlstraße near the city centre.

Martin Leitner was elected President of Munich University of Applied Sciences in 2016 and re-elected for a second term of office from 2020.

After its formal spin-off in April 1823 under Gustav Vorherr, it was the first training centre for building tradesmen in the German-speaking world.

In contrast to the École polytechnique in Paris and the Berlin Bauakademie, which already existed at this time, a modern building trade was taught here that was primarily orientated towards local requirements and also included the previously neglected rural areas.

Known as the ‘Engineering School of the Capital of the Movement’ during the National Socialist era, it was renamed the Oskar von Miller Polytechnic in 1946.

[6] In 2011, the addition ‘Fachhochschule’ was cancelled and ‘Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften München’ was adopted as the name, although the legal status as a university of applied sciences was retained.

[10] Munich University of Applied Sciences and its Strascheg Centre for Entrepreneurship (SCE) regularly occupy top positions in the Gründungsradar study.