# Software Engineering (Elite Graduate Program) (MSc) at TUM

Elite Graduate Program in Software Engineering (Elite Network Bavaria), run jointly with the University of Augsburg and LMU Munich - small, selective and research-oriented. This programme is based at TUM's Garching campus. An official programme-page URL was not confirmed this pass; apply via TUMonline and verify details on the CIT site.

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-software-engineering/

## At a glance

- Degree: MSc
- Language of instruction: English
- English requirement: Sufficient English per TUM's accepted certificate list
- German requirement: not required
- ECTS: 120
- Duration: 4 semesters
- Intake: Winter semester
- Tuition: €0 per semester (public university)
- Semester contribution: €97
- Semester ticket included: no

Fee notes: ⚠ Reported tuition-free for non-EU/EEA students (secondary sources; one of the small set of exceptions to TUM's non-EU tuition) - NOT yet confirmed on the official programme page. Verify at https://www.tum.de/en/studies/fees before relying on €0. The €97/semester Studierendenwerk fee applies; no semester ticket is bundled (subscribe separately to the discounted student Deutschlandticket).

## Admission requirements

- Prior degree: not confirmed
- Minimum grade: not confirmed
- Also required: Separate selective admission as an Elite Graduate Program (Elite Network Bavaria). Eignungsverfahren (aptitude assessment) required as part of the application process. Applicants are ranked; meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission. 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). Applications close 31 May (Elite Graduate Program; verify the current window on the programme page).

## How to apply

- uni-assist required: yes (the deadline notes show who this applies to)
- Application portal: https://campus.tum.de
- Official programme page: not confirmed

## External resources

- [CIT application overview (lists the Elite Graduate Program)](https://www.cit.tum.de/en/cit/studies/prospective-students/application/)
- [Apply via TUMonline](https://campus.tum.de)



## Provenance

Last checked: 2026-07-10

- TUM CIT application page - Software Engineering Elite Graduate Program listed: https://www.cit.tum.de/en/cit/studies/prospective-students/application/
- Secondary tuition-free comparison list (migaku.com, 2026-05; deep URL not captured in research). Inferred - €0 non-EU tuition and English language rest on secondary sources; ECTS/duration assume the TUM standard: https://migaku.com