- English-taught
- Winter & summer intake
Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (M.Sc.)
At a glance
- Language
- English-taught
- Duration
- 4 sem 120 ECTS
- Intake
- Winter & summer
- Tuition
- €6,000 per semester; see fee notes
- Semester fee
- €97
● Closed for this intake All applicants · Winter semester The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.
Focus areas: Biomedical Imaging · Biosensor Technologies
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).
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
- English
- 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
- Not required for admission. Bavaria requires all international students to reach at least CEFR A1 German during their studies.
- Prerequisite credits
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- 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.
Deadlines & timeline
| Who | Intake | Deadline | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| All applicants | Winter semester | closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window | 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 | Application window 1 September - 30 November for SS 2027 via TUMonline. |
Fees & funding
- Tuition
- €6,000 per semester
- Semester contribution
- €97
- Semester ticket
- not included
⚠ 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
Scholarships are listed per university: see TUM scholarships.
How to apply
- uni-assist
- required (the deadline table shows who this applies to)
- Application portal
- campus.tum.de
- Official page
- www.tum.de
EU applicants and holders of German degrees usually apply directly via the university's Campusportal instead of uni-assist; the deadline table above says which route applies to you.
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External resources
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