At a glance

Language: English-taught
Duration: 4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake: Winter semester
Tuition: €6,000 per semester; see fee notes
Semester fee: €97

● Closed for this intake All applicants · Winter semester 31 May 2026 The window usually repeats next cycle; the full deadline table below shows every route and date.

Multidisciplinary master in computational science and engineering with a numerical-simulation and high-performance-computing focus, drawing students from mathematics, engineering and computer science backgrounds. All mandatory modules are taught in English; some application-area modules may be bilingual or German. 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 or master's in a science or engineering discipline; computer science or applied mathematics degrees are accepted where the background is interdisciplinary. This is not a pure computer science programme.
Minimum grade: not confirmed
English: Sufficient English per TUM's accepted certificate list
German: not required
Also required: Eignungsverfahren (aptitude assessment) required as part of the application process. Applicants are ranked; meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. The scientific-essay requirement is waived for this programme (per the CIT application page). GRE or Indian GATE mandatory for applicants with degrees from Bangladesh, China, India, Iran or Pakistan. 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

Deadlines differ by where your degree is from. Dates change every cycle, so always confirm on the official page before planning. Where no fixed calendar date exists or none is confirmed yet, the Details column explains each case.
Who	Intake	Deadline	Details
All applicants	Winter semester	31 May 2026 closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window	Application window 1 February - 31 May annually 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.

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 on the CIT programme page), on top of the €97/semester Studierendenwerk fee. EU/EEA citizens and holders of a German bachelor's degree or German Abitur 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.cit.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.

What students say

Via StudyCheck · 2024-2026: an aggregated rating, not our own assessment, paraphrased in our own words and never quoted.

4 /5

⚠ Rating withheld: a Master's-level StudyCheck listing exists with three reviews and a 100% recommendation rate, but the exact star average was not captured during research, so no number is published until it is verified at the source. The small sample reads positively, pointing to a multidisciplinary numerical and computational focus. Treat as provisional until more reviews accrue.

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