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During a TUM CIT degree program, students have the opportunity to study abroad.
TUM and its Schools offer a large network of partner universities at which CIT students can study for one or two semesters. The credits earned abroad during the exchange stay may then be transferred and recognized, after consultation, to your current TUM CIT degree program; this also applies to credits earned during self-organized semesters abroad (“freemovers”) at equivalent universities.
The following applies to all applications for credit transfer of academic achievements from abroad:
The host university must be an academic university equivalent to the Technical University of Munich. The type and scope of the coursework must be equivalent to the TUM coursework.
Please note:
Academic achievements from abroad during a TUM CIT Bachelor's program that are to be recognized for a later TUM CIT Master's program are considered previous achievements and can be applied for as such during enrollment in the Master's program!
This website does not cover achievements that you have earned as part of your previous studies when you were not yet enrolled at TUM. Information on these recognitions can be found at Transfer of credits from previous studies.
For the recognition of achievements from your international mobility, several steps are required - some of them prior to your departure.
To be completed by you (in consultation with the relevant contact persons):
- Pre-checks before your international mobility, for a content-related assessment of the chances of recognition
- Any necessary adjustments to the pre-checks during your international mobility (additions, corrections or deletions)
- Obtaining official information from your host university (e.g. information on workload and grading system)
- Submit the official application via email
To be completed by the Team Recognition:
- Comparison of your application with the pre-checks
- Conversion of grades and credits
- Entry of recognized modules in TUMonline
- If required, advancement of the semester of study
The application for recognition of achievements from your international mobility must be submitted by the end of the semester after your return at the latest.
(Exception: International mobility during your bachelor’s and participation in courses at master’s level, which are to be recognized for your master’s. In that case, pre-check before your mobility and application for recognition by the end of your first master’s semester.)
You plan a study program that includes all courses that you would like to take at the host university.
Elective areas in the CIT Informatics degree programs are particularly suitable for subject-specific, thematically appropriate credit transfer (see Study Abroad). Those are so-called free recognition. Alternatively, courses completed abroad can also be recognized if they are equivalent in content to a specific TUM module – so-called 1:1 recognitions.
All Informatics-Outgoings must undertake pre-checks, including free movers. For the recognition, which you apply for after your return, you must submit the pre-check confirmations.
In case you have general questions regarding the planning of your stay abroad and which do not concern pre-checks or recognition, please contact theInformatics Outgoing Coordinator.
Accepted electives are regulated in §40 of the program-specific Examination Guidelines (FPSO). It will be examined if the course to be recognized meets the prerequisites of the degree program and if its content fits to the contents of the degree program. All CIT Informatics degree programs have an elective area in which it is possible to transfer credits. Further information can be found at our Study Abroad website. The examination is carried out by the respective degree program coordination.
Please contact the degree program coordination using our Pre-check email template (next accordion).
For a confirmation at TUM, every course abroad must fulfill the following requirements:
- fits content wise into the elective area of the respective degree program
- is concluded by passing an appropriate exam
- for a recognition in Master's degree program: the course/module is on Master's level (i.e. builds on Bachelor’s contents)
The student has to confirm to their respective contact person that the courses fulfill all the requirements mentioned above by uploading the necessary documents, such as for example:
- curriculum of the Master’s degree program or module description of the course
- learning outcomes, syllabus and the module’s reference material
- grade report: normally, the Transcript of Records of your stay abroad
The documents are exclusively accepted in German and English. If the documents only exist in another language, please submit a translation.
At TUM, the module coordination of each module is responsible for determining the equivalence of academic achievements from abroad to subject modules at TUM. Please contact the respective module coordination (see module catalog) using the form Confirmation of Equivalence of a Course from Abroad for the subsequent, collective application in the form Credit Transfer Application.
For orientation, we can provide you a List of Previously Recognized Credits Earned Abroad (as of December 2023). If the module didn’t change and fits into your curriculum, it can be recognized successfully. Please pay attention to the comments in the list!
The pre-checks are intended to help you obtain agreements on your study project that are as secure as possible before your departure to the host university. In some cases, it is possible to obtain relevant information only after your arrival at the host university. In that case, the pre-checks can be adjusted or corrected during your stay abroad. Details regarding the pre-check process can be found above.
The following templates must be used to prepare the pre-checks:
The templates linked above need to be used for contacting the persons in charge of the pre-checks.
Free recognitions (exept support electives): Degree program coordination
- Bachelor Informatics: Wolfgang Wörndl
- Bachelor Information Systems (Wirtschaftsinformatik): Jana Vatter
- Bachelor Informatics: Games Engineering: Sven Liedtke
- Master Informatics: Wolfgang Wörndl
- Master Information Systems (Wirtschaftsinformatik): Markus Ewert
- Master Informatics: Games Engineering: Georg Groh
- Master Data Engineering and Analytics: Alexander Beischl
- Master Robotics, Cognition, Intelligence: Alexander Lenz
For inquiries about course recognition in your application subject (concerning only to Bachelor Informatics), please contact the following contact persons.
Fre recognitions as support electives: Coordination support electives
For free recognitions into the area of support electives contact Tom Wollschläger
Information on language courses: It is not necessary to submit a request as long as the following requirements are fulfilled.
Recognition of equivalent courses: Professor in charge of the module (Modulverantwortliche)
- For an assessment of module equivalence you need to contact the professor in charge of the TUM module
- See the information in the relevant module description in TUMonline
Important:
For the following degree programs, there are other processes in place. Please inform yourselves about processes and contact persons on the websites of the respective degree programs.
Any changes to the study program or further information on the courses should be discussed directly by e-mail for documentation purposes. Please use the email templates (see above) for a pre-check or, if applicable, the confirmation of equivalence to a TUM module (1:1).
After your return, you submit your application for recognition. You needn’t necessarily apply for recognition for all courses that you took at the host university. However, please consider potential regulations set by the program you participated in.
Due to the large number of applications, the recognition process can take 4-8 Weeks or more.
Please take this into account when planning your studies and submit your application as soon as you receive the official transcript of records from the host university.
To submit your application you will need the following documents:
- Pre-Check confirmations for all modules that you wish to apply for
- application form
- Final record of achievement from your host university (Transcript of Records)
- If not listed in the Transcript of Records
- Official information from the host university regarding the workload and the grading system
- If the documents aren’t issued in English or German: Translations
- Download the application form and enter your personal data, information on the host university and the modules that you are requesting recognition for
- Collect all required additional documents, as specified in the application form
- Save all documents - including the application form - in pdf-format, using the following file name pattern:
- Outgoing_Recognition_YourMatriculationNumber_Application (this includes the attached list of courses)
- Outgoing_Recognition_YourMatriculationNumber_Transcript
- Outgoing_Recognition_YourMatriculationNumber_Pre-Checks
- Outgoing_Recognition_YourMatriculationNumber_FurtherInformation
- Send the files to recognitions-in.asa(at)xcit.tum.de, using the subject line “Outgoing Recognition – Your Name”
To make a recognition request for credits earned abroad DURING your TUM studies, a personal application must be submitted via the online form Credit Transfer Application of TUM CIT Informatics (login with TUM credentials).
The contact persons for the coordination of TUM CIT Informatics' degree programs, you find at Pre-check for agreement on credit transfer / contacts.
The credit transfer procedure via the online form does not apply to the following degree programs:
1. MSc Computational Science and Engineering - for this program, please contact your degree program coordinator
2. BSc & MSc Bioinformatics - for this program, please contact the secretary of the examination board
The following points apply to all degree programs. An application has to fulfill three basic conditions:
- The university abroad must enjoy an equivalent academic and scientific status as Technical University of Munich.
- In style and amount, the courses and credits have to be equivalent to the courses and credits of TUM.
- All required documents and agreements already have been collected for the application (see online form and explanations)
In general, there are three types of recognition: 1:1 recognition, free recognition in elective areas and recognition as support elective.
Grade Conversion
As a rule, the grades you got at your host university will be converted into TUM grades (1.0 - 4.0) according to the Bavarian Formula. For more information, please contact our team recognition.
Credit Conversion
If no ECTS-credits are indicated on your Transcript of Records (= grade report from abroad), the workload must be determined. Please provide as much information as possible that is relevant for determining workload/credits from your host university (e.g. number of units that a full time student should take at the host university). If you have questions contact our team recognition before leaving, so that any missing information can be obtained while you are still on site.
From the time you submit your application for recognition via E-Mail, the recognition process usually takes 4-8 Weeks. Depending on the circumstances and the number of applications, it may take longer.
Therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible after you have received your official transcript of records.
We kindly ask you to refrain from enquiring about the status of your application, as the increased volume will result in even longer processing times for everyone.
In truly urgent cases please contact team recognition. Urgent cases are, for instance:
- the recognized courses are the last achievements that you need to graduate
- the required study progress cannot be reached without the recognized courses
- you need to submit proof of the recognized courses for a scholarship
A note on planning your studies while your application is being processed:
If your application complies with the pre-checks – i.e. the content has already been agreed upon – and there are no critical formal reasons against recognition, you can assume that your application will be approved. A longer processing time should, therefore, not affect your study planning negatively.