Glossary of Documents

We need a picture in which you are easily recognized. The picture need not be biometric, but should be in passport format (3.5 x 4.5 cm). It will be used for your Student Card.

Please submit the original.

This document will be generated by TUMonline during the online application. You need to print it, sign it, and upload it to TUMonline to complete your online application.

This form is generated by TUMonline once you receive an offer of admission and accept your study place. You need to send a signed hardcopy via post to the TUM admissions office, together with the other documents required for enrollment. A list of these documents will also be available in TUMonline after your accept a study place. Please be aware that we cannot accept this form via email. 

Please contact a statutory health insurance fund (example: AOK, TK, BEK, etc.).  You must do this even if you have private insurance or are insured as part of a family insurance policy. The statutory health insurance fund will issue you with a "Student Health Insurance Certificate".

Applicants for Studienkolleg or a doctorate program are NOT obligated to present a Student Health Insurance Certificate.

Further information on student health insurance is available at tum.de.

You can upload this document in TUMonline once you receive admission to a program. It is required for enrollment.

Please note: For applicants who want to start their studies in the summer semester 2022, a new procedure for the proof of health insurance applies for the first time: The health insurance certificate will no longer be uploaded in TUMonline, but transmitted digitally directly from the health insurance company to TUM. The transmission will only take place after admission to TUM and at the request of the student, but at the earliest after 01.12.2021. Further information can be found on our website on mandatory health insurance in due time.

See section “Verification of Grounds of Deferment as per §19 HZV”

Please submit a copy.

Please provide an electronic copy of your valid passport. If you do not have a German identification card, you may submit a copy of your temporary identification or your international passport. We are obliged to inform you that you may omit (black out) the following information: issuing authority, serial number and identification number.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

See section “Verification of Grounds of Deferment as per §19 HZV”

Please submit a copy.

The higher education entrance qualification certifies your right to study at university, these include the Abitur, Matura, Baccalauréat, Diploma di Licenza/Maturità, A-levels etc. If you would like to study at TUM, you must hold a higher education entrance qualification (HZB) or show proof of a professional qualification. Entrance qualifications for a university of applied science (Fachhochschulreife) alone do not fulfill the requirements for admission to study at TUM. For further information on the higher education entrance qualification, visit our homepage: Higher Education Entrance Qualification

Please upload this document to the online application form. After you receive admission to a program, we require a notarized hardcopy for enrollment.

If you apply with an international higher education entrance qualification and submit a VPD from uni-assist, we do not require a separate notarized hardcopy. In these cases, the upload is sufficient.

If you apply with an International Baccalaureate, you need to provide the official transcript of grades together with your  Notification of the Office for Certificate Recognition. The Transcript of grades is an official copy of your IB results. 

Please upload this document to the online application form. After you receive admission to a program, we require a notarized hardcopy for enrollment.

This document confirms that the student has not lost his or her right to take an examination, as would be the case if he or she had been issued a notification of final failure in a required elective module.

This document is issued by the university at which you were last enrolled.

Please upload this document to the online application form. After you receive admission to a program, we require a notarized hardcopy for enrollment.

This document is required for some Double Degree Programs. You will find out if you are required to submit this document at the end of the online application process in your applicant account in TUMonline. This document is issued by the university at which you were last enrolled.

Please upload this document to the online application form. After you receive admission to a program, we require a notarized hardcopy for enrollment.

For some degree programs, you must verify the knowledge and skills you acquired in previous study. These must have been acquired in disciplines relevant for the qualification profile and prerequisites of the degree program to which you are applying. A transcript of records alone does not suffice as verification. You must submit a module catalog or the relevant module descriptions.

If your university does not have a module catalog, you must submit written confirmation of this from the university.  Where no catalog is available, you may provide your own descriptions of course contents. 

Please upload this document to the online application form.

This document is issued by the institution at which you were last enrolled and verifies that you are no longer enrolled there. If you have a student progress certificate (see: Enrollment Record), we do not require additional proof of withdrawal, unless you are transferring from another university within the scope of a degree program with restricted admission.  In this case, you must submit proof of withdrawal.

If you have previously been enrolled at a German university and at a foreign institution of higher education, we require proof of withdrawal from the German university at which you were last enrolled.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

This document can be obtained from the institution at which you last studied. It is sometimes also referred to as Transcript of Records. It lists all modules you have passed as well as the pertaining credits and the examination grades that were awarded.

The difference between a transcript and the degree certificate is the time when the document is issued.

The transcript is issued before graduation. The degree certificate is issued after successful completion of the degree program.

A degree certificate (or final transcript) contains a note that the academic degree has been successfully awarded and the title may be used. It contains the final thesis with grades and usually a final average grade.

Some universities do not issue separate degree certificates, but only a final transcript.

In these cases, the final transcript of records is considered a certificate if it confirms that the degree program has been successfully completed and all credits and grades of all academic achievements, including the final exam, are listed there.

Please upload this document to the online application form. After you receive admission to a program, we require a notarized hardcopy for enrollment.

This document is required when applying to certain Bachelor’s degrees TUM offers together with the Singapore Institute of Technology.

Please upload the document during the online application.

This document is required when applying to certain Bachelor’s degrees TUM offers together with the Singapore Institute of Technology.

Please upload the document during the online application.

If you have previously been enrolled at a German university, we require an enrollment record (also referred to as student progress certificate) from the institution you last attended. This document contains a record of the number of semesters of overall university enrollment, the number of semesters of enrollment in the current degree program, and any semesters you have spent on leave. This document is issued by the university at which you were last enrolled.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

Applicants from China and Vietnam must have the certificates required for admission to the desired program proofed by the Academic Evaluation Center (APS) of the cultural department of the German embassy in Peking, Shanghai or Hanoi before submission and must take part in an interview. 

If you receive admission to a program, we require the original for enrollment.

Learn more about the Certificate of the Academic Evaluation Center

If you are applying to a degree program with restricted admission, known as Numerus Clausus, and admission is administered using the Dialog-Oriented Service Procedure, you will need this number and your applicant ID, or BID. These numbers will be assigned to you when you register on the online portal of the Dialog-Oriented Service Procedure of the University Admissions Foundation.

The user authentication number (BAN) is a 6-figure number. You can find your BAN in your user account on the online portal of the University Admissions Foundation. 

Applicants with an International Baccalaureate Diploma may supply this document together with their Official Transcript of Grades instead of a VPD by uni-assist. It is issued by the Offices for Certificate Recognition in the federal states (e.g. Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle für den Freistaat Bayern).

Please upload this document to the online application form. After you receive admission to a program, we require a notarized hardcopy for enrollment.

For further information on the sport assessment test, visit www.bayspet.de. 

If you wish to apply for the recognition of a different assessment test, please also refer to www.bayspet.de 

Please upload this document to the online application form.

If you are applying to a degree program with restricted admission, known as Numerus Clausus, and admission is administered using the Dialog-Oriented Service Procedure, you will need this number and your user authentication number, or BAN. These numbers will be assigned to you when you register on the online portal of the Dialog-Oriented Service Procedure of the University Admissions Foundation.

The applicant ID (BID) is a 13-figure number. You can find your BID in your user account on the online portal of the University Admissions Foundation.

Applicants from India are required to submit the results of their most recent GATE. The GATE is an internationally accepted, standardized graduate admissions test. For more information, refer to the Academic and Examination Regulations of your degree program or visit the homepage of your TUM school or department. Graduates of one of the Indian Institutes of Technology are not required to submit GATE results.

Please note: For the GATE to be valid, the Marks out of 100 must be at least equal to the General Score of the Qualifying Marks.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

The GMAT is a standardized test for use in admission to graduate management programs.

A GMAT may be submitted as proof of english language proficiency as well as enhance your application with regard to the aptitude assessment. For individual programs, it is required as proof of necessary qualifications. For more information, please refer to the academic and examination regulations of the degree programs or visit the website of your department or school.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

The GRE is an internationally recognized, standardized test for admission to graduate studies. To find out whether you need a GRE and if so, which minimum score is required, please visit the homepage of your TUM school or department:

• Department of Informatics
• Department of Mathematics

Please note: For application to TUM, you usually need to submit the results of the General Test. The Subject Test is currently only accepted when applying to the master’s program Matter to Life.

If you submit the results of your GRE through the Educational Testing Service ETS, please use institute code 7806. Please note that you always have to submit your GRE results together with the rest of your application documents, regardless whether they have been submitted directly by ETS beforehand.

Please upload this document to the online application form. The GRE at Home is also accepted.

If you are applying to a bachelor’s degree program in civil or environmental engineering, you require verification that you have completed an internship. If you do not have verification at the time of application, you must submit it no later than one month before the end of the second semester of enrollment in the program, provided you have met all other requirements for admission and enrollment. 

The verification has to be submitted online at http://www.pa.bgu.tum.de/.  Please note that incomplete submissions cannot be considered. 

For further information, please refer to the Homepage of the Internship Office of the TUM School of Engineering and Design.

For some degree programs, you are required to submit recommendation or reference letters, or name persons to be contacted as references if needed. Please do not submit unsolicited letters of recommendation or letters of reference. Please do not submit more letters of recommendation or reference than explicitly required – they will not be taken into account.

For more detailed information about the requirements for your application, refer to the Academic and Examination Regulations of your degree program or visit the homepage of your TUM school or department.

Please upload the document during the online application.

Applicants for 

• bachelor's degree programs with a foreign higher education entrance qualification

• master's degree programs with a qualification for postgraduate studies (e.g. a bachelor's degree) which was not obtained in a country of the EU/EWG or in Switzerland (does not apply to Double Degree Programs)

who are not already enrolled at TUM or have not successfully completed preparatory studies at a Studienkolleg in Germany are required to have their application documents proofed before submission by the University Application Service for International Students (uni-assist e.V.). Uni-assist will issue a VPD certificate. For further information on the VPD certificate, visit our homepage: Preliminary Documentation by uni-assist

Please upload this document to the online application form.

The abstract to be submitted here is of your bachelor’s thesis or Diplom thesis in German or English. If the thesis has not yet been completed at the time of application, please submit a brief description of your thesis question and methods employed. For some programs, it is also possible to submit a summary of an academic thesis which is equivalent to a bachelor’s thesis (in the scope of at least 5 credits). Content and formal structure should comply with international academic standards. For more information on language and other formal requirements, refer to the Academic and Examination Regulations of your degree program or visit the homepage of your TUM school or department.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

The curricular analysis reviews the competencies you have acquired in your prior studies. This analysis is required for application to master’s degree programs with aptitude assessment procedures. You can download the appropriate form from the website of your TUM school or department:

• Agrisystems Science
• Biology
• Biomedical Computing
• Brewing and Beverage Technology
• Communications Engineering
• Computational Science and Engineering
• Consumer Science
• Data Engineering and Analysis
• Environmental Planning and Ecological Engineering
• Finance and Information Management (FIM)
• Food Chemistry
• Food Technology and Biotechnology
• Hortibusiness Management
• Horticultural Science
• Informatik
• Informatik: Games Engineering
• Information Systems
• Landschaftsplanung, Ökologie und Naturschutz
• Life Science Economics and Policy
• Management
• Management and Technology
• Mathematics
• Mathematics in Data Science
• Mathematics in Finance and Actuarial Science
• Mathematics in Operations Research
• Mathematics in Science and Engineering
• Molecular Biotechnology
• Neuroengineering
• Nutrition and Biomedicine
• Pharmazeutical Bioprocess Engineering
• Power Engineering
• Responsibility in Science, Engineering, and Technology (RESET)
• Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence
• Science and Technology Studies (STS)
• Sustainable Management and Technology
• Teaching at Vocational Schools

Don't find the degree program you are looking for? Please refer directly to the homepage of your school or department. 

Please upload this document to the online application form.

This essay is a text you write yourself. Any references to the work of others used in your work must be duly cited. For further information on the form, length, topics and the language (German or English) visit the homepage of your TUM school or department.

Bachelor's degree programs: 

• Chemistry
• Food Chemistry
• Mathematics

Master's degree programs:

• Bioeconomy
• Biomedical Computing
• Consumer Science
• Data Engineering and Analysis
• Earth Oriented Space Science and Technology (ESPACE)
• Finance and Information Management (FIM)
• Informatik
• Informatik: Games Engineering
• Innovation and Business Creation (Executive MBA)
• Management
• Management and Technology
• Mathematics in Data Science
• Politics and Technology
• Responsibility in Science, Engineering and Technology (RESET)
• Resource Efficient and Sustainable Building
• Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence
• Sports and Exercise Science
• Sustainable Management and Technology
• Sustainable Resource Management
• Urbanistik
• Wirtschaftsinformatik

Don't find the degree program you are looking for? Please refer directly to the homepage of your school or department. 

Please upload this document to the online application form.

This form is required for the application for some master's degree programs. In these cases, the document is listed in the TUMonline document checklist.

The form will be available in the online application for you to download, complete and re-upload. 

For more information on the curricular analysis required for the application for other master's degree programs, see Curricular Analysis.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

Students applying for certain master's degree programs need to supply this document. 

• For the master's programs offered by the Munich Center for Technology in Society list 90 credits (or half of the credits required for your undergraduate degree).

Please upload this document to the online application form.

Students applying for degree programs in the TUM School of Engineering and Design must submit a portfolio of their own work.

For the bachelor's degree program, the portfolio may consist of a maximum of 10 pages (European A4 format). Instead of the portfolio you may also submit proof of a relevant, already completed vocational education.

For the master's degree program, the portfolio needs to be submitted in digital form (PDF, 15 pages max, 20 MB max, page format must not exceed European A4 format)

For further information, visit the homepage of the TUM School of Engineering and Design.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

The letter of motivation must be written by applicants themselves. It should describe your academic and personal motivation for your choice of degree program. Any references to the work of others used in your work must be duly cited. For more information on length and other formal requirements, refer to the Academic and Examination Regulations of your degree program or visit the homepage of your TUM school or department.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

This is required for some degree programs offered by the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology

• More information by the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology
• More information about the master’s program in Science and Technology Studies (STS)
• More information about the master’s program in Responsibility in Science, Engineering and Technology (RESET)

This document is required when applying for the master’s programs in Business Education I and Business Education II with second teaching subject.

The Written Statement is based on pre-defined key questions provided during the online application in TUMonline. More information about the Written Statement is available on the website of the TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

Students applying for degree programs in Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning (bachelor’s or master’s) or the master’s in Resource Efficient and Sustainable Building must submit a collection of their own work. This may include work samples, texts, images, etc. For further information, visit the homepage of the degree program.

Please upload this document to the online application form.

English examination modules completed during your undergraduate/bachelor's degree may be used as proof of your English language proficiency, provided this is explicitly stated in the requirements for the specific degree program.

For the general eligibility and the specific requirements (e.g. total ECTS required in english modules) regarding a specific degree program, please refer to the Academic and Examination Regulations, §36 (Qualification Requirements, usually in German)

If a program allows for english exmaination modules as proof of english language proficiency and the modules you completed meet the requirements as stipulated in the Academic and Examination Regulations of the program, please fill in the appropriate form and upload it to the online application in TUMonline. 

• Download Form: Proof of English Proficiency (PDF, 20kb)

For more detailed information on which forms of verification of language skills are required, visit the our pages on language certificates or refer to the Academic and Examination Regulations of your desired degree program.

Please note that you always have to submit proof of your sufficient language skills together with the rest of the application documents, even if the testing institute has already sent your results to TUM directly.

If you wish to submit a confirmation of your language of instruction as proof of your english language proficiency, the confirmation has to be issued by an administrative unit of the university (e.g. Examination Office, Registrars Office, Deans Office) on official university paper and has to bear a seal and an original signature. 

Please upload this document to the online application form.

Applicants to the master’s degree program in Traditional Chinese Medicine may submit verification of their subject-specific additional competencies, such as prior studies at professional societies, internships at clinics for TCM, stays abroad or studies in Sinology.

For further information, refer to the Academic and Examination Regulations of your degree program or visit the homepage of your degree program.