The first courses in computer science at the Technical University of Munich were offered in 1967 at the Department of Mathematics, when Friedrich L. Bauer introduced a two-semester lecture titled Information Processing.

In 1968, Klaus Samelson started offering a second lecture cycle titled Introduction to Informatics.

Hans-Arno Jacobsen [de] and Burkhard Rost were awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship in 2011 and 2008, respectively.

The first lectures in the field of electricity at the Polytechnische Schule München were given as early as 1876 by the physicist Wilhelm von Bezold.

In April 1974, the formal establishment of the new TUM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering took place.

[11] In the 2020 national CHE University Ranking, the department is among the top rated departments for computer science and business informatics, being rated in the top group for the majority of criteria.

[19] The Department of Mathematics has been rated as one of the top mathematics departments in Germany, ranking 43rd in the world and 2nd in Germany (after the University of Bonn) in the QS World University Rankings, and within No.

[12][13] In Statistics & Operational Research, QS ranks TUM first in Germany and 28th in the world.

[15][17] In Electrical & Electronic Engineering, TUM is rated 18th worldwide by QS and 22nd by ARWU.