TUM offers a variety of scholarships directly to students, including standard scholarships, travel stipends, grants for studying abroad, and allowances for printing costs for theses and dissertations. Eligibility is not limited to students with outstanding marks.
International students with non-German university entrance certificates can apply for one-time financial aid, while other scholarships are open to currently enrolled undergraduates and graduates with university entrance certificates from Germany or abroad.
Additional scholarships, prizes, and competitions are offered by other institutions, and online services like Stipendium Plus and mystipendium.de provide further funding opportunities.
Degree Level
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
- Doctoral
- Postdoctoral
Available Subjects
- Mechanical Engineering (thermal engineering)
- Data Engineering and Analytics
- Mathematics in Data Science
- All fields (for general TUM scholarships)
Benefits
- € 300 per month for general TUM scholarships
- One-time financial aid of € 500 to € 1500 per semester for international students
- Grants for books and learning materials from € 100 to € 500
- Grants for printing costs of dissertations between € 100 and € 400
- Monthly financial support, travel grants, German language courses and more for students and doctoral candidates who are denied the right to education
- Up to € 550 per month for Mechanical Engineering students in thermal engineering
- Up to € 1500 for conference participation and up to € 5000 for research projects for doctoral and post-doctoral candidates
- € 1000 per month for a maximum of 12 months for students of Data Engineering and Analytics and Mathematics in Data Science
Eligible Nationalities
- International students (non-German university entrance certificates)
- Students with German or international university entrance certificates
Eligibility Criteria
- Currently enrolled undergraduates and graduates with university entrance certificates from Germany or abroad for general TUM scholarships
- Currently enrolled undergraduates and graduates with non-German university entrance certificates for one-time financial aid
- Currently enrolled undergraduate and graduate students who have completed at least two semesters at TUM for book and learning material grants
- Doctoral candidates for dissertation printing cost grants; must have completed dissertation with a final grade of at least “magna cum laude” and may only have a low personal income
- Students and doctoral candidates who are denied the right to education
- Undergraduate and graduate students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the field of thermal engineering
- Doctoral and post-doctoral candidates for conference and research project funding
- Students of the Master’s degree programs “Data Engineering and Analytics” as well as “Mathematics in Data Science”
Application Procedure
- Contact the Scholarship Office at stipendien.zv@tum.de or +49 89 289 – 28088 for questions regarding scholarships.
- For questions regarding scholarships for stays abroad, contact the TUM Global & Alumni Office.
- For doctoral scholarships, refer to the TUM Graduate School for financing options.
- For the Oskar Karl Forster Scholarship Fund, ensure you have not yet received financial support from the fund.
- For DAAD scholarship holders, log in to your personal account at the DAAD portal to download extension documents.
