International Office (2024)

For international students who plan to complete a full degree program at LMU (degree students), we are the first point of contact for their application, admission and registration. To ensure that all international full-time students get the most from their LMU experience, we offer the following services:

• Advice and support for prospective international students before and during the application phase and when changing subjects
• Verification of qualifications, admission and registration
• Information sessions: Welcome Day at the start of the first semester at LMU (in German and English)
• Social support and scholarships
• Assistance and mediation with authorities

Our International Admissions team works closely with private associations and initiatives that support international students to settle in Munich and successfully handle a range of common everyday problems. These include the tutoring program TutoRIA, which establishes personal contact between Germans and students of other nationalities.

Further information:

• Application, admission and registration
• Scholarships for international students

Contact us:

• Admissions and social support

All international exchange students who come to LMU within the framework of one of our exchange agreements (Erasmus+ and LMUexchange) will receive advice and support before arrival and during their stay in Munich.

We support students from LMU partner universities with:

• Application for and admission to an exchange program at LMU
• Information session: Welcome Day at the beginning of the semester
• Finding accommodation
• Finding language courses
• Orientation around campus
• LMU Buddy Program

Further information:

• Erasmus+ und LMUexchange

Contact us:

• Support for exchange students

The Munich International Summer University (MISU) offers numerous "Summer Academies" and German language courses for international students.

If you have any questions about studying abroad, our advisory team is happy to help. We coordinate exchange opportunities with over 530 partner universities worldwide - within Europe, mainly via the Erasmus+ program, and in the rest of the world through LMUexchange. In addition to giving advice on regular exchange programs, we also provide support if you have your own individual study-abroad plans.

We offer the following services:

• Info desk (Infothek) for initial information
• Personalized study-abroad advice
• International university days and fairs
• Advice on opportunities for financial support and recognition of your academic performance abroad
• Intercultural preparation for your stay abroad
• Transcript of Records

LMU students who plan to work or do an internship abroad can get advice and placement support from LMU's Career Services.

Further information:

• Studying abroad

Contact us:

• Our study-abroad team

If you've been awarded a study place at a foreign partner university, you can take advantage of a number of support services offered by the International Office in all phases of the experience — before you go, while you're away and after you come back.

• Intercultural preparation workshops
• Online support while you're away
• Seminars after you return
• EInformation sharing from experienced alumni

More information: Intercultural training

We support international doctoral students with:

• Application and admission to doctoral studies
• Social support and scholarships

More information:

• Guidelines for applying for doctoral studies
• Scholarships for international doctoral students

Contact us:

• Admissions and social support

Every year, the China Scholarship Council (CSC) enables a number of highly qualified Chinese doctoral candidates from all disciplines to complete part (the "sandwich model") or all of their doctoral studies at LMU. The International Office looks after the administrative and social needs of CSC scholarship students and supports them throughout their stay at LMU with the following services:

• Orientation programs
• Intercultural training
• Language courses
• Accommodation services
• Poster sessions

Further information: LMU-CSC Scholarship Program

We coordinate university partnership programs for LMU and its faculties with universities around the world. We offer support with the initiation of new partnerships and the necessary administrative steps involved.

LMU employees can find further information in the restricted access area of the service portal.

We offer LMU teaching and administrative staff members advice on staff mobility options within the framework of Erasmus+ and LMUexchange. We are also the main point of contact for contract management, financial support and organizational issues.

LMU employees can find further information in the restricted access area of the service portal.

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