# Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (MSc) at TUM

Two-year English-taught interdisciplinary programme run by TUM's physics department with the Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering (MIBE), focused on biomedical imaging and biosensor technologies, AI applied to medical data, and radiotherapy methods. Distinct from the School of Engineering and Design's Medical Engineering master. Based at TUM's Garching research campus, approximately 15km north of Munich city centre, connected by U-Bahn (U6).

University: Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich) (https://studygermany.dev/universities/tum.md)
City: Munich (https://studygermany.dev/cities/munich.md)
HTML page: https://studygermany.dev/programmes/tum-msc-biomedical-engineering-medical-physics/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: Sufficient English per TUM's accepted certificate list; at least 10 ECTS taught and examined in English during the bachelor's is also accepted. No numeric IELTS/TOEFL minimum is printed on the tum.de detail page.
- German requirement: Not required for admission. Bavaria requires all international students to reach at least CEFR A1 German during their studies.
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter & summer
- Tuition: €6,000 per semester (rate depends on student category; see fee notes)
- Semester contribution: €97
- Semester ticket included: no

Fee notes: ⚠ TUM charges tuition to non-EU/EEA students newly enrolling from WS 2024/25: €6,000/semester for this programme (confirmed verbatim on the TUM programme page), on top of the €97/semester Studierendenwerk fee (WS 2026/27). EU/EEA citizens, holders of a German Abitur and holders of a completed German degree pay no tuition; merit- and need-based fee waivers exist. No semester ticket is bundled - students subscribe separately to the discounted student Deutschlandticket. Verify at https://www.tum.de/en/studies/fees

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: Bachelor's of at least six semesters in engineering or the natural sciences, from a German or foreign university
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- Prerequisite credits: Physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology core equivalents
- Also required: Eignungsverfahren (aptitude assessment) applies. Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission - applicants are ranked. Check TUMonline for current procedure details. Under the revised procedure, stage 1 is a 120-minute written examination of 35 to 50 single-answer multiple-choice questions plus free-response questions, which can be taken online (proctored, with a fee of roughly US$25) or on site. The application window opens 15 April 2026. uni-assist VPD (Vorprüfungsdokumentation) required for applicants with a non-German bachelor's degree; APS certificate required for applicants from China, India and Vietnam.

## Application deadlines

- All applicants, winter semester: 2026-05-31 (PASSED as of the last site build; the window usually repeats next cycle). Application window 15 April - 31 May for WS 2026/27 via TUMonline. TUM strongly encourages non-EU applicants to apply by 15 March so there is time for visa processing; missing documents such as the uni-assist VPD can follow until the final deadline.
- All applicants, summer semester: 2026-11-30. Application window 1 September - 30 November for SS 2027 via TUMonline.

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: yes (the deadline notes show who this applies to)
- Application portal: https://campus.tum.de
- Official programme page: https://www.tum.de/en/studies/degree-programs/detail/biomedical-engineering-and-medical-physics-master-of-science-msc

## External resources

- [Programme overview (TUM)](https://www.tum.de/en/studies/degree-programs/detail/biomedical-engineering-and-medical-physics-master-of-science-msc)
- [School of Natural Sciences programme page](https://academics.nat.tum.de/en/msc/bemp)
- [DAAD listing](https://www2.daad.de/deutschland/studienangebote/international-programmes/en/detail/8332/)
- [Apply via TUMonline](https://campus.tum.de)


## Focus areas

- Biomedical Imaging
- Biosensor Technologies

## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-08-09

- TUM programme detail - Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics M.Sc. (English instruction, €6,000 non-EU tier, revised stage-1 written test confirmed): https://www.tum.de/en/studies/degree-programs/detail/biomedical-engineering-and-medical-physics-master-of-science-msc
- TUM School of Natural Sciences - M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics: https://academics.nat.tum.de/en/msc/bemp