CIT Graduation Ceremony 2025

You may only attend if you have been invited and have registered for the graduation ceremony. You will then receive a free ticket. Your attendance at the graduation ceremony is voluntary. You may bring up to two guests with you.

All graduates, for whom the TUM Graduation Office has received an application for a degree certificate by the Secretary of the Examination Board by the deadline of June 3, 2025.  

Therefore, the following requirements must be met:

• You must have completed all required examinations and coursework.
• All grades must have been received and be valid (provisional confirmations, e.g. of passing the final thesis, are not sufficient).
• These grades must be correctly assigned in the transcript of records / curriculum in TUMonline,
• and the Secretary of the Examination Board of your degree program must have completed the administrative processes: You will receive an email requesting you to check and confirm your transcript. Once your response has been received, your graduation certificate will be requested at TUM CST Graduation Office and Academic Records (deadline: June 3, 2025). Please note that there are certain degree programs where additional steps are required, and therefore, more lead time should be planned, such as for programs with additional certificates or similar requirements.

This means that you must allow sufficient time for the release of your graduation certificate after your last valid coursework or grade. You can support the process by promptly responding to the email in which you are asked to verify the accuracy of your transcript. The following contact persons are available to assist you with the release of your graduation certificate:

For Computer Science: certificates-in.asa(at)xcit.tum.de

For Electrical Engineering and Information Technology: Your degree program, i.e. bsei.asa(at)xcit.tum.de or msei.asa(at)xcit.tum.de or msne.asa(at)xcit.tum.de or msne.asa(at)xcit.tum.de respectively.

For Mathematics: Secretary of the Examination Board for the bachelor's program or for the master's program, respectively

Please make sure to read inquiries from the contact persons carefully and respond promptly.

No, the save the date is not the invitation to the graduation ceremony. The save the date has been sent to all students at the CIT. The invitation per email will only be sent to the students meeting the requirements. 

We cannot answer this question, as the examiners may take different amounts of time to grade the thesis. Please keep in mind you may also have to give a presentation on your thesis before it can be graded.

No, each student receives their degree certificate at an individual time from the Graduation Office. Due to the high number of graduates at the CIT, no certificates can be handed out at the graduation ceremony.

The invitations are sent out by email to the email address saved in TUMonline by June 10, 2025. The invitations will be sent out by the following adress: tum@graduation-ceremony.com. Please make sure that your email address in TUMonline is valid or set up an email forwarding. Please also check your SPAM folder.

In the invitation you will receive by email on June 10, 2025, you will find a link to the ticket shop. The ticket shop opens on June 11, 2025 at 10 am (CEST). There you can order your personal graduate ticket (free of charge) and up to 2 guest tickets (also free of charge). Immediately after ordering, you will receive a confirmation email summarizing your booking.  The reserved tickets will be sent to the e-mail address you provided during the reservation process on July 14, 2025, after the ticket shop has been closed.

Please note: First come, first served! We recommend that you order your tickets early, as space is limited. Participation in the event is only possible with a ticket.

If you have not received an invitation, this means that you have not met all the requirements. You will be invited next year.

No, unfortunately this is not possible. You will not receive an invitation and therefore cannot take part.

No, unfortunately this is not possible. You will only be invited to one graduation ceremony and it is not possible to postpone your participation to subsequent years.

If you and your guests are are unable to attend the event, please return the tickets. You will find a link to return the tickets in the confirmation email you receive after registering in the ticket store. If you wish to return just some of your tickets, please send us an email to graduation(at)cit.tum.de. 

Please be aware that attendance at the graduation ceremony is by invitation and ticket reservation only. You can only be sure you are eligible to attend after you have received the invitation and reserved the ticket. 

You will receive the invitation in good time to apply for a visa.

Registration for graduates and guests will take place between 2.30 – 4 p.m. in the magistrale of the MI building. Please make sure that all persons present (graduates and guests) have their tickets with them (virtual on their smartphone or printed out). The tickets will be scanned and you will receive an admission wristband. All graduates should then follow the color-coded signs to get to the sash counter (ECE: purple, IN: dark green, MA: yellow). Please also follow these color codes to find your respective lecture hall later. 

From 3 p.m., the food trucks and drinks stands on the square in front of the MI building will also be open and drinks and food can be purchased on a self-pay basis.

The ceremony will be opened at 4 p.m. by the CIT Dean and the TUM Presidential Board (stage on the square in front of the MI building). From 4:30 p.m., all graduates and guests will go to the respective lecture halls for their individual graduation ceremonies:

Informatics:

• Ceremony for IN graduates: lecture hall 0001 Mechanical Engineering Building, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching (please allow approx. 10 minutes walking time)
• Live broadcast of the ceremony for IN guests: lecture hall 2001 (Rudolf Diesel), Mechanical Engineering Building, Boltzmannstr. 15, 85748 Garching (please allow approx. 10 minutes walking time)

Mathematics (PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE):

• Ceremony for MA graduates with their guests: lecture hall 1 (Friedrich L. Bauer), MI building, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching

Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE):

• Ceremony for ECE graduates with their guests: square in front of MI building, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching

The graduation ceremonies begin at 5 p.m. sharp. Each ceremony ends at 7 p.m. with a sparkling wine reception in front of the respective lecture hall in which the ceremony took place.

At 7.30 p.m. we welcome you to the big joint Graduate Party on the square in front of the MI building: with live band “Gerry & Gary” and DJ, photo walls and food trucks (food and drinks can be purchased on a self-pay basis). The event ends at midnight.

Registration for graduates and guests will take place between 2.30 p.m. - 4 p.m. in the Magistrale. We kindly ask you to arrive on time so as not to disrupt the flow of the event. If your guests can only arrive for the joint Graduate Party from 7.30 p.m., this is also possible: one check-in counter in the Magistrale will remain open all evening.

The MI building on the Garching research campus is very easy to reach by public transportation: U6 to the final stop Garching Forschungszentrum. Please note the changes in the timetable due to current construction work. Parking is available free of charge in the gravel parking space behind the building (approx. 5 minutes' walk). The parking space directly in front of the building is a park and ride facility and is subject to a fee.

The dress code is business casual. If you like to dress up more, you are very welcome to do so. On July 18, all graduates will receive a graduation stole, which is to be worn over their own clothing (ECE: purple, IN: green, MA: yellow). No graduation gowns or caps will be handed out. A note on your choice of footwear: Please note that the ground in front of the MI building is uneven in places (gravel, cobblestones).

Each ticket (Graduate Ticket and Guest Ticket) includes a glass of sparkling wine/alcohol-free alternative for the reception at 7 p.m. in front of the lecture hall.

From 3 p.m., various non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks and food can be purchased on a self-pay basis at the food trucks on the square in front of the Magistrale, payable in cash or by EC and credit card (card payment preferred). You can look forward to:

• Bavarian cheeseburger (with meat/vegetarian)
• Pasta with tomato sauce (vegan)/Bolognese (with meat)
• Classic hotdog (with meat)
• Tomato and mozzarella wrap (vegetarian)/pastrami wrap (with meat)
• Soft drinks, beer, wine, Hugo, Spritz, Prosecco, long drinks     
   

The language of the graduation ceremony will be English, due to the large number of degree programs in Englisch at the CIT.

Please use graduation(at)cit.tum.de for further questions.