It combines the field of aerospace engineering with research in satellite navigation, earth observation and the basic geodetic disciplines.

With the foundation of the Polytechnische Schule München in 1868, architecture was first organized as the "Structural Engineering College".

In 1879, Friedrich von Thiersch was appointed Professor of Architecture; his students include Max Berg, Ernst May, Otto Rudolf Salvisberg and Heinrich Tessenow.

Hugo Häring and Erich Mendelsohn studied under Theodor Fischer, who was appointed Professor for Design and Urban Planning in 1908.

During the Weimar Republic, Adolf Abel, Robert Vorhoelzer and German Bestelmeyer were among the leading members of the staff.

After the Nazi party seized power, Vorhoelzer was dismissed for "building Bolshevik" and succeeded by Roderich Fick.

[7] With the introduction of the Bologna Process, the Department has since adopted Bachelor's and Master's programs.

[11] The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) is located at the Munich campus.

The department consists of four focus areas and associated members:[12] In civil engineering, QS ranks TUM as No.

Moritz Schröter, a distinguished expert in the field of technical thermodynamics, succeeded him in 1879.

His invention of the Diesel engine was a groundbreaking innovation, despite his initial calculations about the degree of efficiency being far too optimistic.

Though initially viewed as a part of mechanical engineering, it grew increasingly more independent.

[22] During World War II, the department conducted large-scale research in support of the war effort, for example in the fields of aircraft design, torpedo propulsion, petrol injection and substitute fuels for car and aircraft engines.

The chairs for aviation research were shut down and did not operate again until the Paris Agreements ended Allied occupation of Germany.