TUM Skills Excellence Program

The TUM Skills Excellence Program is a structured program for further qualification after obtaining the Master's degree. Students can enroll in the program for up to two additional semesters and earn credits. Upon successful completion of the program they will receive the TUM Skills Excellence Certificate.2020/21. Participation is open to graduates of TUM Master's programs who completed their studies in the winter semester 2020/21 or at the beginning of the summer semester 2021 (i.e. before 14.05.2021).

In order to get the TUM Skills Excellence Certificate you have to earn a total of 30 credits:

• at least 10 and a maximum of 20 credits from subject-related modules of your previous Master's degree and
• at least 10 and a maximum of 20 credits from modules outside your previous Master's program, such as:
  • subject-related modules from other master's programs for in-depth study beyond your own master's program, for example from Data Science, Robotics or AI
  • modules from the humanities and social sciences, behavioral sciences or economics or
  • interdisciplinary modules, for example from TUMentrepreneurship, courses WTG@MCTS, EuroTech Challenges or the TUM Language Center.

If you have completed these credits, you can apply for the TUM Skills Excellence Certificate at the student office of your faculty or school. The TUM Skills Excellence Certificate isonly issued upon request by the TUM Center for Study and Teaching – Central Examination Office.

For the summer semester 2021, an application is possible from 15 March 2021 to 14 May 2021.

If you take the last exam in your Master's program before May 14, 2021, you can apply for the TUM Skills Excellence Program via TUMonline as follows:

1. Log in at campus.tum.de with your TUM ID.
2. On your personal overview page, open the application "My Applications" in the "Admission" section. Here, click on "Enter new application" in the upper right corner to create your application for the TUM Skills Excellence Program.
3. Under "Start of course", select "Summer semester 2021".
4. In the "Select degree program" screen, select “Post-trainnig studies” in the menu “Type of studies” and “TUM Skills Excellence Program with certificate” as the “Intended degree”. Under “Degree program” you choose the specific program in the department or school, in which you curently complete your Master’s program. In the menu “Form of studies”, select “Postgraduate degree”.
5. In the section „Academic background“ you will see an overview of your previous and curent studies.
6. Under „Entrance qualification for Master’s program“ select the Master’s degree program at TUM, which your are currently completing in the field „Academic background“. Indicate next the expected date on which the degree will be awarded, the number of ECTS credits you have earned to date, and, if known, the provisional overall grade for the degree program.
7. The "Application for admission" will only be created after you have submitted your online application. Therefore, you cannot upload it in the corresponding mask at first. Skip this section for the time being.
8. Under "Indication of last examination", download the form provided on this page, fill it out and then upload it again. Please indicate in the form the date of the expected last examination in your Master's program at TUM if you have not yet completed your Master's program, or the date of the last examination if you have already completed your Master's program.
9. After sending the online application, please print out and sign the application for admission and upload it to your TUMonline applicant account. Only then will your application be complete.

With general questions about the program, please contact the TUM Center for Study and Teaching – Student Advising and Student Information. If you have any questions about the composition or content of the modules, please contact the departmental student academic advisor in the responsible school or faculty directly.

With our individual workshops, we offer you a diverse range of opportunities to increase your interdisciplinary skills with the focus on “Key competencies for the start of your professional life”.

By actively participating in the Master Soft Skills Workshops you will receive the 2 ECTS as required. For this purpose you will attend one workshop each (0.5 ECTS each) in the areas of social competence (SOK), self-competence (SEK), methodological competence (MEK) and the individual focus (ISP). It is important to cover all four areas. More Information

Courses offered by the Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern (vhb) can also be credited for the TUM Skills Excellence Program. An overview of the classes offered can be found on the vhb pages.