Information for TUM Global Visiting Professors

For flights and train rides, only second or economy class tickets are reimbursable. Costs for train seat reservations will be covered and additional costs for more legroom in the case of air travel can be covered if valid medical reasons are given.

• If you want to cover the extra cost to book a business ticket, it is possible. Please send us the paid business invoice and an alternative economy invoice (e.g., a screenshot from a booking website for the same trip, but in economy class, with the class and price visible). We will reimburse the cheapest price.

We reimburse the travel from the visiting professor from his/her home address to TUM.

If you make stops in between, which are not justified and pre-approved, then please provide with the paid invoice an alternative invoice for a direct trip (screenshot of a booking website for a similar trip with the price and itinerary visible), we will reimburse the cheapest price of the two invoices.

If the use of a car is justified, we can reimburse a price for the distance traveled (currently: 0,40 €/km , until 31.12.2022: 0,35 €/km). in this case, please provide a screenshot / map of the distance traveled and an indication of the total kilometers.

Due to our environmental-friendly policies, we always recommend public transportation. But if the use of a cab is justified, we can reimburse it. In this case, please provide a short explanation (e.g. large luggage due to material for a conference or no public transportation available in this area).

We reimburse the business trip from the visiting professor from his home address to TUM and back. Thus, if you took public transportation to come here or to go back, we can reimburse it. 

• If approved in advance, relevant business trips while at TUM can be reimbursed (e.g. visit to a partner laboratory).
• Unfortunately, we cannot reimburse your daily public transport costs to go from your accommodation to TUM during your stay. Thus, the cost of a weekly or monthly card (e.g. Deutschlandticket) would have to be justified with enough business trips to make it a cheaper option than the sum of all individual tickets.

For public transportation, we require the ticket and a proof of payment (if it was paid cash: no proof of payment is required).

• If you used a e-ticket, please send us a screenshot of the ticket.
• If you lost your paper ticket and have no photo of it, you can provide instead the receipt. It can be the paper version or the digital version, for example a screenshot of the reservation email. 

We reimburse accommodation costs up to 120 €/night in Munich and for smaller cities (below 300.000 inhabitants) up to 90 €/night. In case prices exceed this maximum amount due to fairs, exhibitions (e.g. Oktoberfest), please consult with TUM Global & Alumni Office before making any bookings.

You are welcome to rent a flat instead of booking a hotel if you stay for a longer period. 
In this case, instead of an invoice, please provide a copy of your rental agreement.

Yes, visa fees are reimbursed, if necessary for your stay at TUM.

You are welcome to come to Munich with your family, but please be aware that we can only reimburse the cost of the visiting professor.
If you have an accommodation for multiple people, we must divide the total cost per head (we grant exceptions for children).

For example, if you submit a 2.000€ monthly hotel invoice for two adults, we will reimburse 1.000€. 

The following costs cannot be reimbursed through the TUM Global Visiting Professor Program:

• Per diems, lunch allowances, and entertainment expenses
• Rental car costs
• Insurance premiums and deposits
• Expenses for accompanying persons and family members
• Teaching assignments (lecture fees are possible)

A teaching assignment (Lehrauftrag) is not possible, but we can reimburse a keynote speech or a public lecture per-approved with the TUM Host.

In general, we compensate around 150€/hour for guests with a doctorate and up to 200€/hour for professors. The fee includes preparation and follow-up work.

In this case, please send:

• the invitation letter (example) from the host chair, stating location, date & time, title of the event and the lecture/speech, and agreed upon honorarium (with the amount in Euros)
• the visting professor's invoice to the TUM chair, stating location, date & time, title of the event and the lecture/speech, agreed upon honorarium (with the amount in Euros), and bank details (example)
• in case of an event (not relevant for open events): a signed list of participants
• the completed Tax Declaration (PDF, 510 KB) (example)  
• for external project members with a residence in Germany and/or staying longer than six months: the completed Declaration on Tax Confidentiality (PDF, 399 KB)

For costs paid directly by the visiting professor: please use our online Reimbursement form.

You will need to upload the below documents:

• Reimbursement form (PDF, 162 KB) completed
• Tax declaration (PDF, 510 KB) completed (example)
• All original invoices / tickets*
• Proof of payment (example: bank statement (PNG, 69 KB)
• Only for guests with a residence in Germany and/or staying longer than six months: Declaration on tax confidentiality (PDF, 400 KB) completed 
   

*Original invoices or tickets (which were not in digital format) have to be send by post to:

Technical University of Munich
TUM Global & Alumni Office
Camille Piton
Arcisstraße 21
80333 München

For costs paid by the TUM Chair: please use this online Reimbursement Form.

You will need to upload the below documents:

• Kassenanordnung MU 65 completed - example (PDF, 280 KB)
• Tax declaration (PDF, 510 KB) completed by the visiting professor (example)
• All copies of invoices / tickets
• Proof of payment (SAP Statement and if applicable: bank statement from the original payer) 

Once approved, the original documents have to be send by post to:

Camille Piton

TUM Global & Alumni

Technical University of Munich

Arcisstraße 21

80333 München

Please use this online Reimbursement Form. 

You will need to upload the below documents for travel costs paid directly or reimbursed to you by the partner university: 

• Reimbursement form (PDF, 162 KB) completed by the university
• All copies of invoices / tickets
• Proof of payment (university’s bank statement)

In principle, transfers must be made to the authorized person. This person is also the recipient of the money under tax law. 

If the visiting professor has a bank limitation (e.g. no international transfer accepted), please contact TUM Global & Alumni to ask for an exception. If it is approved, we would require (in addition to the usual documents):

• a confirmation from the visiting professor (with signature) that payment may be made to the other person with discharging effect
• the recipient of the transfer confirms that he/she will pass on the amount received to the visiting professor

In accordance with § 13b of the VAT Act, value added tax for services and work performed within Germany by international service providers (e.g. visiting professors) is payable to the tax authority by the recipient of those services (TUM; so called “reverse charge”). This law applies to services brought to the Technical University of Munich by international providers within the scope of visiting professorships/guest lectures.

• This form is required as soon as TUM covers any costs for the international service provider or remunerates the visiting researcher for any services.
• In order to determine his or her tax liability, the visiting professor must complete a tax declaration form. The key purpose of this form is to determine if the visiting professor is to be considered self-employed (i.e. taxable, person), in which case VAT for his or her services must be collected, or not (i.e. non-taxable person).
• In case the international service provider is to be considered as taxable person, it is the Technical University of Munich (NOT the visiting professor), which is eventually obliged to transfer VAT to the German tax office.
• This Tax Declaration document has no implications to any tax obligation of the visiting professor in his/her home country/country of residence.

If you wish to acknowledge this funding in your paper(s), please use the below sentence: 

"… was funded as part of the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments."