Glossary of Documents
On this page you'll find everything you need to know about the documents required for applying at TUM. We show you what they are, how to get them and how they have to be submitted.
To find out what documents you need to apply for a specific degree program, please visit the respective info sites. A complete list will be generated individually by our application portal TUMonline at the end of your online application.
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.
Information regarding the recognition of disabled status is available at Service Office for Disabled and Chronically Ill Students.
Please submit the original.
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.
Information regarding the compensation of disadvantage is available at Service Office for Disabled and Chronically Ill Students.
Please upload this document to the online application form. After you receive admission to a program, we require a notarized hardcopy for enrollment.
As of the summer semester 2022, proof of health insurance no longer needs to be uploaded in TUMonline. The health insurance certificate is now digitally transmitted 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. Further information can be found on our website on mandatory health insurance.
You require this verification if your offer of admission to study to a degree program with restricted admission Numerus Clausus was deferred and you are reapplying for the same program. Grounds for deferment as per §19 HZB include, voluntary military service or a voluntary year of social service.
Please upload this document to the online application form.
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.