The shaping and implementation of TUM's internationalisation process enjoys the collective support of senior university management, all faculties and administration. This is expressed in the increased numbers of exchange visits, new partnerships and programs. About 17% of TUM's students, who total more than 26,000, come from other countries. It is the aim of TUM to raise the mobility of German students to a similarly high level and to offer every student the opportunity of spending a term or completing an internship abroad.
About 750 undergraduates take part in the exchange programs offered by TUM every year. In addition, there are faculty-specific exchange agreements and programs run by other organisations. With the ERASMUS program, any TUM student who shows a satisfactory academic performance can incorporate a term at a university in another European country to supplement his/her course of studies. This is backed up by the three other exchange programs supported by the TUM, which enable selected students to study for a term or two at one of TUM's reputed associate universities outside Europe.
As a student at TUM you benefit from a close-knit network of partner universities: TUM has now signed cooperation agreements with more than 170 universities and has pledged to exchange students with 320 of them in Europe alone. The following pages of our website will provide information on the exchange programs, matters relating to the recognition of these programs, funding schemes for your stay abroad and much more besides. This may also be followed up by a personal consultation, on request.
Read on for advice on which program suits you best.
Exchange Programs offered at TUM
TUM is offering five different types of exchange programs:
- Erasmus-Program (studies und interships within Europe)
- TUMexchange (studies and internships outside Europe)
- EU Mobility Programs (studies/doctoral studies in selected regions outside the EU)
- Double Degree (one course of studies leading to the award of two degrees at partner universities world wide)
- ATHENS (one-week courses within Europe)
If you are interested in one of the TUM partner universities, which are not included in these programs, please contact the regional coordinators in the International Office. In case your desired country of destination is not listed (e.g. Africa, Middle East), please get in touch with the Head of the International Office, Christoph Steber (steberc@zv.tum.de).
