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.

Focus areas: Biomechanics and Neuroscience · Exercise Biology, Training & Health · Psychology and Social Sciences · Research Skills / Auxiliary Subjects

English-taught master giving in-depth grounding in the classic sport-science disciplines - biomechanics and neuroscience, exercise biology and training, psychology and social science, research skills - plus entrepreneurial and communication skills, ending with a master's thesis. Note the €6,000 tier: this is double the Weihenstephan and Straubing life-science programmes. Based at TUM's city-centre campus. Teaching is at the School of Medicine and Health (Ismaninger Str. 22) and the associated sport-science facilities.

Admission requirements

Prior degree

Bachelor's of at least six semesters in sports science or a related subject

Minimum grade

Aptitude assessment including a practical performance test - 2026 dates: early sitting 24 April, main sitting 12 June.

English

TOEFL iBT 88, IELTS 6.5, Cambridge or PTE per the TUM standard; GMAT above 600 or an English-medium bachelor's is also accepted.

German

not required

Prerequisite credits

An eight-week sport-science internship or equivalent professional activity completed before the programme starts
A medical fitness certificate is recommended

Also required

Eignungsverfahren (aptitude assessment) applies. Meeting minimum requirements does not guarantee admission - applicants are ranked. Check TUMonline for current procedure details. 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 January - 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 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.mh.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

No credible independent reviews found yet for this programme. We only publish reviews we can source: how we aggregate reviews.

Where graduates go

No alumni outcome data found yet.

External resources

External sites open in a new tab. We link out so you can verify every fact at the source.