Teaching
Good university teaching is always linked to research and therefore based on research. It provides students with the current state of knowledge and, by presenting them with research issues, puts them in a position in which they must critically engage with the existing state of knowledge. In addition, however, teaching at LMU Munich is marked by the fact that it is research-oriented. Its objective is to stimulate young people to take an interest in research at an early stage, to inspire them to conduct research of their own and to lay the foundation for an academic career as a profession, or for academic employment as one stage in their professional development. In order to accomplish this, LMU’s educators are highly qualified individuals, who possess a thorough knowledge of their respective subject area, and are equipped with the didactic skills necessary to impart this to their students.
In order to stimulate enthusiasm for research at an early stage and lay the basis for a future academic career, research and teaching are linked in all phases of academic education at LMU. By means of the concept of research-oriented teaching the University pursues an early form of promoting junior academics, a kind of “seed teaching”. To this end, LMU intends to further strengthen the research-orientation of its teaching in the coming years.