Real problems. Real people. Real impact.
Problems come in.
Solutions move forward.
TUM Business Game connects multidisciplinary talent with companies and research institutions to solve real-world problems and turn the best ideas into lasting impact.
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- students
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- real challenges
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- 2016
- running since
Who we are
Built by students, backed by industry
Since 2016, TUM Business Game has been Munich's largest student-run case competition. Companies bring a real problem, multidisciplinary student teams work it for two and a half days, and the best solutions go back to the people who own the problem.
How it works
From a real problem to a real outcome
We bring together real problems and multidisciplinary talent, and turn the results into research, products, ventures and better decisions.
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Real-world problems
Companies, research institutions and the public sector bring questions they actually need answered.
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Multidisciplinary talent
Students from engineering, business, computer science and the sciences form teams around each problem.
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Solutions
Research insights, strategies, prototypes and concepts, presented to the people who own the problem.
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Lasting impact
Stronger companies, sharper research, and students who have solved something real before they graduate.
Our formats
Different formats. One mission.
The case competition is where it started. Around it, workshops through the year with our partners.
Case Competition
The flagship. Sixty selected students, real challenges from partner companies, two and a half days in Munich every March.
Learn moreWorkshops
Sessions through the year with our partners: case-interview practice, industry deep-dives and skills you will use in the competition and after it.
Learn more
Event Hub
Workshops, networking, and the main event
From workshops and networking sessions to the flagship competition, this is where you find what is coming up next and how to be part of it.
Storytelling for Future Founders
Clear, confident, compelling: a TUM BG Academy workshop with Katya Barry on public speaking. How to tell a story, how to sell yourself, and how to own the room — with the reminder that confidence is what preparation leaves behind.
Crack the Interview
Priscilla Rodrigues, a recruiter at Canadian Solar, takes the hiring process apart from the employer’s side: what recruiters actually look for, how to hold your nerve in a high-stakes interview, and how to turn your own experience into a story that lands.
Behind the Scenes at Lio
June 17th, 2026 · Lio Office
Lio (formerly askLio) set a challenge at TUM Business Game 2026, so the team went behind the scenes to see how they run it. Magdalena Sternecker and Lia Hofmann walked us through their approach to B2B sales and pitching: how a technical product becomes a pitch anyone can follow, what it takes to build a culture that stops to celebrate a win, and how to hold momentum through a modern sales cycle.
Meet our team
A team from everywhere, in one place
TUM Business Game is organised by a team of students from different universities and disciplines, united by one goal: give people the chance to solve something real before they graduate.
Team details coming soon
We are updating this section with the latest team details. Check back soon.
Real challenges
The companies that have set them
Every edition since 2017, a company has brought a problem it actually needed solved. These are the ones that did.
Partners & Sponsors
The companies behind the Game
Get in touch
Talk to the right people
Student, company, researcher or investor: there is an inbox for you, and a person behind it.
- General inquiriesAnything that does not fit the other three.TUM Business Game
- Partnerships & sponsoringBecoming a partner, sponsoring an edition.Kiril RatarovAlua Makasheva
- Talent & the teamJoining the organising team, mentoring, the newsletter.Quanjun Guo
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