Germany: Technische Universität München

TUM have strong links with companies and scientific institutions across the world and was one of the first universities in Germany to be named a University of Excellence. TUM regularly ranks among the best European universities in international rankings. Its 13 departments provide an excellent environment for research and for the education of the universities around 40,000 students. 13 Nobel prize winners have connections to TUM.

University in brief

Language of instruction: German and English
Academic calendar: October-March, April-September
Credit system: ECTS
Website: www.tum.de
Youtube: TUM
Note: The academic calendar differs substantially from KTH's. All students must pay a fee of 118,50€ when registering.

Exchange opportunities

Number of spots: The schools have different exchange agreements and therefore different number of spots. Contact your international coordinator for more information.
Grade requirements: None

Programme specific information

If your programme or your school is not listed below, contact the international coordinator at your school.

Please note that the fall semester runs October-March, meaning you would need to delay your master thesis if you go to this university.

Architecture

2 year spots or 4 semester spots

Master’s Programmes: Civil and Architectural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure, Transport and Geoinformation Technology

This university offers courses that are relevant for your programme.

Master’s Programme, Real Estate and Construction Management

This university does not offer courses that are relevant for you programme.

With this university we only have an exchange agreement within Civil Engineering.

Master’s Programme, Sustainable Technology

No student from your programme has been on exchange at this university before. Please investigate the courses offered carefully.

Master’s Programme, Sustainable Urban Planning and Design

At this university you will primarily take elective courses.

With this university we only have an exchange agreement within Civil Engineering.

School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH)

Agreement: Specific CBH - 6 semester places per academic year

Several Masters in english:
- Biomedical Computing (BMC)
- Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics
- Biomedical Neuroscience
- Chemical Biotechnology
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Sport and Exercise Science
- Nutrition and Biomedicine
- Matter to Life

Course Catalogue

List courses Biosciences

As a student of EECS you can apply but make sure that you find courses that fit within your study programme.

At EECS there are in total 8 spots:

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2 spots) is located in the city center campus until 2025.

The Department of Informatics (6 spots) is on the campus site in Garching in the north of Munich.

The language of instruction is German with an increasing number of courses in English. Some Masters programmes are completely taught in English.

Note that exchange students have to take at least 60% of their workload (number of courses and credits) at the Department you are admitted to.

Please note in your application for exchange studies to KTH (in the course choice form) already which department you want to apply to.

Link to the course catalogue (select the option without logging in)

Information for exchange students

For the master's programme in Aerospace, courses for your programme are available in the department "Maschinenwesen". Many courses are though given in German.

For other programmes, please visit the partner university's webpage for the latest information and contact your International Coordinator for further guidance.