Academic Advising
Please send all emails to the academic advisors from one of your TUM-email adresses!
Student advisors at TUM Informatics are available for all students and covers topics including (but not limited to):
Adacemic Student Advising:
- Transferring credits to and between TUM Informatics programs
- Examination regulations
- Individual study plans due to leave of absence or Master’s Informatics part-time program
- Support for disabled or chronically ill students
- Studies, internships, and thesis research abroad
- Repeating exams and catching up after falling behind the regular program schedule
- Dealing with lack of motivation
- Learning methods
International Student Advising:
Advising on special situations and issues that are relevant to international students is also available, including the following topics:
- Problems with resident permits/visas
- Scholarships and financial problems
- Guidance on working while studying in Germany
- Information about the medical care System in Germany
- First contact for international students in difficulties
- Homesickness and adjusting to life in Germany
- Advice for getting to know more German students or other students
Admissions:
- Formal requirements for Master’s program admissions (e.g. which Bachelor degrees are accepted)
- All questions related to the admissions process
Don't forget to check out our Tips for Sucessful Studies!
Information events in winter semester 2022/23
The information events will take place onsite in the winter semester 2022. Recordings for virtual events (from previous semesters) are accessible via the Moodlekurs Studienfachberatung der Fakültät für Informatik for students of TUM Informatics.
The following courses for Master's students are planned for the winter semester 2022/23 (for events only for Bachelor's students please vivit the German version of this page):
| Information event | Virtual question time |
|---|---|
| Orientation program | Virtual Event |
| Let's talk about Courses & Exams @in.tum | onsite December 1, 2022, 12.15 pm to 13.45 pm Interims lecture hall 2 |
| Let's talk about IDP & Application Project @in.tum | onsite January 19, 2023, 12:15 - 14:00 Interims lecture hall 2 |
| Let's talk about Final Thesis @in.tum | onsite January 12, 2023, 12:15 - 14:00 Interims lecture hall 2 |
| Let's talk about Guided Research @in.tum | onsite January 26, 2023, 12:15 - 14:00 Interims lecture hall 2 |
Further events
TalkTUM[i:] Language Café
Information in TUMi App
The information events will take place virtually in WiSe 2021/2022. These are usually recorded in advance and are accessible via the Moodlekurs Studienfachberatung der Fakultät für Informatik for students of TUM Informatics at least one week before the planned question time.
For each topic a question time is planned, during which open questions will be answered. Please use this question time and refrain from additional e-mail inquiries on these topics.
In order to take part in question time, it is necessary to watch the corresponding recording beforehand.
Questions that are dealt with there cannot be taken up again during question time.
The dates, the sequence of events and the virtual rooms/chats etc. used are listed in Moodle for each topic. In order to stay informed at all times, we strongly recommend that you register for the
Moodle course
The following courses are planned for the winter semester 2021/2022:
| Information event | Virtual question time |
|---|---|
| Let's talk about - Courses & Exams @in.tum | Live-Chat December 8, 2021 at 2pm via zoom |
| Let's talk about - Final Thesis @in.tum | Recorded presentation already available |
| Let’s talk about - Guided Research @in.tum | Recorded presentation January 20, 2022 from 11:30 am to 12:30 via zoom |
| Let's talk about - IDP (Informatics) & Application Project (Dea) @in.tum | Slides and informations January 19, 2022 from 10 am to 11 via zoom |
Further events
TalkTUM[i:] Language Café
by TUMi
weekly every Tuesday,
4 ‐ 6 pm (virtually)
Contact the Academic and International Student Advisors
You can contact us in person in our offices during opening hours, or by telephone or email, study-advising@in.tum.de. If you would like to contact us in person (preferred) then just drop in during our opening hours without previous notice. The contact information for advisors can be found on the right of this page. All advising is strictly confidential!
Please be aware that our academic advisors have no access to your official study records, so we ask you to bring a print-out of your academic transcript when visiting us. You should always know by heart how many ECTS you have already obtained.
If you need support with personal matters, such as legal or social matters, please see our personal counseling services.
Please don’t hesitate to seek advice – the sooner you come, the better we can help you!