Digital Twins für Städte - TUM Executive & Professional Education

Digital Twins for Cities

Language:	German
Location:	Munich, Online
Duration:	6 days in 2 weeks
Start:	23 February 2026
Cost:	3,750 EUR
ECTS:	3

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The Digital Twins of a city are a virtual image of buildings, streets and entire urban districts and their environment. A multitude of data from a wide variety of sources complements the Digital Twins to form a valuable planning instrument that can provide up-to-date information and forecasts at any time.

A great advantage is the simple and clearly understandable visualisation of complex calculation results in the models. In this way, they provide reliable support for citizen participation and decisions on improving mobility flows, meeting climate targets, developing new construction areas or implementing security concepts.

The group of participants is limited to a maximum of 20 people and is made up of executives and project managers from the fields of urban planning, engineering and architecture offices, municipalities, surveying and geodesy as well as business development Smart City.

Within our certificate course we discuss questions such as:

What are Digital Twins for Cities?

What standards are there?

What data are included?

How can the Digital Twins for Cities be used?

What are the components of Digital Twins for Cities?

This certificate program can be credited with 8 DGNB continuing education points for licensed DGNB certification experts (DGNB Consultants, DGNB Auditors, DGNB Senior Auditors).

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Benefits

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Innovative Urban Modeling

Experience digital transformation in urban planning with state-of-the-art Digital Twin technologies for a more sustainable future.

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Practical Expertise

Benefit from practical insights and lead projects with expert knowledge in Smart City development and civil engineering.

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Exclusive Network

Build a strong professional network and engage with leaders and experts in the field of digital urban planning.anagement/Coordination” certificates.

Program Overview

You can find all the important information about the certificate program here. Below you can find out the objectives of the program, the exact details of the process, what you will learn and which lecturers will teach you the content.

Learning Objective
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Our in-service training program shows you how to combine interdisciplinary solutions into a virtual city model – the digital twin. The digital twin serves as a basis for decisions regarding sustainability, safety and quality of life in the built environment.

We present innovative methods from the fields of civil engineering, geoinformation and urban planning. Evaluate the possibilities of digital networking and emerging new business models. Get to know cross-topic and cross-scale digital analysis methods. Develop individual solution strategies for complex urban issues. Build up your network for future activities.

Details
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Program:

Digital City – Modeling, Analyzing & Deciding

Target group:

Executives and project managers working in town planning and architecture
Employees responsible for planning at communal institutions
Experts within the fields of Smart City, measurement and geoinformation

DGNB certification experts

Academic responsibility:

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas H. Kolbe
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Petzold
Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Borrmann

Format & Timing:

2 modules in 2 weeks

Study location:

Online and on Campus (Munich)

Language:

German

Dates:

Module 1, online: 23, 24, 27 February (09:00 – 15:30), and 02 March 2026 (09:00 – 16:45)
Module 2, on-site in Munich: 05 March (09:00 – 17:30) and 06 March 2026 (09:00 – 15:00)

Application deadline:

02 February 2026

Admission requirements:

Participants should have relevant work experience of at least 2 years and ideally a higher education degree or a degree from a university of applied sciences.

Graduation:

After successfully passing the final examination, you will receive a certificate from the Technical University of Munich.

ECTS:

3 ECTS

Creditability:

This certificate program can be credited with 8 DGNB continuing education points for licensed DGNB certification experts (DGNB Consultants, DGNB Auditors, DGNB Senior Auditors).

Program fee:

3,750 EUR*

Discounts:

10% discount for TUM Alumni and members or employees of our strategic cooperation partners (see below).

*Based on our experience, the German tax benefits help many participants self-finance their education, as these can be worth up to 50% of tuition fees and program-related travel costs. Please consult your tax advisor for more details. For participants of our programs residing outside Germany this might be applicable, please check the situation with the local tax authorities in your country of residence.

Lecturers
Get to know our experienced lecturers who will teach you the certificate content and with whom you will work.

Big Picture

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas H. Kolbe,
Chair of Geoinformatics, TUM

Markus Mohl,
City of Munich, Municipal Department, Geodata Service

Jarmo Suomisto,
HELSINKI 3D+, City of Helsinki

Klaus Illigmann,
Head of Department for Urban Planning and Building Regulations, Munich

Basics

Prof. André Borrmann,
Chair of Computational Modeling and Simulation, TUM

Prof. Frank Petzold,
Chair of Architectural Informatics, TUM

Modelling

Dipl.-Ing. Markus Hochmuth,
BIM und Digital Engineering Solutions, OBERMEYER Planen + Beraten GmbH

Ludwig Hoegner,
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, TUM

Jürgen Utz,
DGNB Academy

Usage

Dr. Stefan Trometer,
Virtual City Systems

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Margreiter,
Chair of Traffic Engineering and Control, TUM School of Engineering and Design

Preview

Christian Veldhuis,
Municipality of Rotterdam

Michael Mühlhaus,
urbanistic

Dr. Gerhard Schubert,
Chair of Architectural Informatics, TUM

Structure
Find out here how the course is structured and what the individual modules of the certificate program contain.

Digital city modeling

Modern solar potential analyses allow the evaluation of façade surfaces and the consideration of shading effects from buildings, vegetation and terrain. With the solution developed jointly by TUM and Virtual City Systems GmbH, you can balance the potential on a monthly basis and have it displayed and evaluated for each individual building.

Digital planning and construction (BIM)

We will show you how the new worlds of Building Information Modeling (IFC) and Urban Information Modeling (CityGML) are growing together using the visualization of BIM models in the context of the semantic 3D city model of Berlin by Virtual City Systems GmbH.

Application (mobility, environment and housing)

Web-based 3D city models, as shown here using the example of Rotterdam, can be expanded into data hubs and can be linked with real-time sensor systems for traffic events.

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Oct | 2025

03:00 – 3:45 pm

Masterclass | Digital Twins für Städte

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of digital twins and discover how cities can use smart simulations to combat the effects of climate change. Our interdisciplinary masterclass combines digital construction and urban modeling with innovative analysis methods—practical and forward-looking. Join us and experience how smart urban spaces can be designed!

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Phone: +49 89 289 26761

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Digital Twins for Cities

Quick Info

Benefits

01

1

Innovative Urban Modeling

02

2

Practical Expertise

03

3

Exclusive Network

Program Overview

Testimonials

Partners

Info Sessions

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