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Nutrition and Biomedicine (M.Sc.)

at TUM in Munich

At a glance

Language
English-taught
Duration
4 sem 120 ECTS
Intake
Winter semester
Tuition
€4,000 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.

English-taught programme at the interface of nutritional science, human biology and medicine, addressing nutrition-related non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Strongly research-oriented, with compulsory Research Methods, Computational Biology and an Integrated Lab Course. Based at TUM's Weihenstephan campus in Freising, approximately 45km north of Munich. Students typically live in Freising rather than Munich.

Admission requirements

Prior degree
Bachelor's of at least six semesters in nutrition, life sciences or a related subject
Minimum grade
not confirmed
English
TOEFL iBT 88, IELTS 6.5 or a Cambridge Main Suite certificate; 30 ECTS of English-taught modules in the bachelor's is also accepted.
German
not required
Prerequisite credits
  • At least 120 ECTS on the transcript at the time of application
Also required
Eignungsverfahren (aptitude assessment) applies. Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission - applicants are ranked. Check TUMonline for current procedure details. Note the separate, earlier registration deadline for the TUM Test. 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 closed for this intake; next cycle usually repeats the same window Application window 1 January - 31 May annually via TUMonline, with an earlier TUM-Test sub-deadline of 29 April. 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
€4,000 per semester
Semester contribution
€97
Semester ticket
not included

⚠ TUM charges tuition to non-EU/EEA students newly enrolling from WS 2024/25: €4,000/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.ls.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.

3.9 /5

34 StudyCheck reviewers rate the programme 4/5. Reviewers describe a research-heavy continuation of nutrition studies blending nutritional science with biomedicine and current nutritional-medicine topics, with a very high recommendation rate. The integrated lab course and the theory-practice mix are valued, though its organisation is occasionally called confusing.

Liked

  • Engaging combination of nutrition and biomedicine
  • Strongly research-oriented
  • No prior laboratory skills needed to join the practicals
  • Competent professors and good career prospects

Criticised

  • Demanding, with a lot of self-study
  • Laboratory-course organisation is sometimes confusing
  • Content can become very specialised

Where graduates go

No alumni outcome data found yet.

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