At a glance

Language: English-taught
Duration: 4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake: not confirmed
Tuition: €0 public university
Semester fee: €97

● No fixed date All applicants · Winter semester see table below

English-taught master pairing management training with a deeply individualisable digital-technology specialization. Financially the standout option for non-EU applicants in TUM's management portfolio: it charges no tuition at all. Based at TUM Campus Heilbronn, roughly 200km from Munich - a completely different and considerably cheaper housing market than the Munich campuses.

Admission requirements

Prior degree

Bachelor's in Management and Technology, Management, Economics, Industrial Engineering or comparable, with at least 140 ECTS

Minimum grade

not confirmed

English

Sufficient English per TUM's accepted certificate list.TUM: "The language of instruction for this program is usually English"; TUM Campus Heilbronn markets 100% English-language instruction.

German

not required for admission. German at CEFR A1 must be reached by the end of the second semester.

Prerequisite credits

At least 5 ECTS in operations research / quantitative decision support and/or empirical methods

Also required

Eignungsverfahren (aptitude assessment) applies. Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission - applicants are ranked. Check TUMonline for current procedure details. GMAT of at least 640 is required for applicants whose bachelor's is from Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India 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	no fixed date	⚠ The exact application window was not confirmed for this programme - the intake is winter-inclusive but check the TUM detail page and TUMonline. TUM's general winter master's deadline is 31 May.

Fees & funding

Tuition: €0 per semester
Semester contribution: €97
Semester ticket: not included

Tuition-free for all students including non-EU/EEA nationals - TUM states that this degree programme does not charge any tuition fees. For a non-EU applicant this is a saving of roughly €16,000 against an equivalent €4,000/semester Munich programme. Only the €97/semester Studierendenwerk fee applies (WS 2026/27). No semester ticket is bundled - 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.

What students say

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

4.2 /5

4 StudyCheck reviewers. Too few reviews to support a reliable rating, so none is shown here. The reports that exist praise a highly individualisable technology specialization and strong electives, and note that the flexible, largely optional attendance model demands self-direction.

Liked

Technology specialization is highly individualisable
Strong elective range
Lectures are optional and recorded

Criticised

Requires considerable proactivity and self-organisation
Too few reviews to judge the programme reliably

Where graduates go

No alumni outcome data found yet.

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