To apply for the TUM Bachelor programmes conducted at TUM Asia, applicants are to apply via our partner university, on the SIT Admissions Portal.
The Admissions Portal opens in mid-January each year and closes in mid-March. You have to apply when the portal is accepting applications.

You must hold minimally a Polytechnic Diploma, GCE “A” Level Certificate, International Baccalaureate (IB), CBSE or equivalent pre-university qualification. Minimum subject passes or a relevant Polytechnic Diploma is required as well. Please visit the individual programme pages for the comprehensive admission requirements.
Additionally, please note that we apply a holistic assessment and the following factors may also add value to your application:

• Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘O’ Level results (where applicable)
• Work Experience/Internships/CCAs
• Interview Assessment

You may still apply even if you hold a Polytechnic Diploma that is not on our list of articulated Diplomas. We do have students who are admitted even if their Diplomas are not on the list of articulated Diplomas.

Yes, Polytechnic Diploma students in their final semester of studies may apply with their first 5 semester results. However, it is compulsory to submit your sixth semester results once available.

Yes they are. GCE “A” Level graduates, International Baccalaureate (IB) holders and students who have completed a formal 12-year education equivalent to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE ‘A’ Levels and International Baccalaureate (IB) may apply.

You are allowed to apply any time before or during your National Service (NS) period. If you are successful in your application, you will be able to defer your course commencement date, also known as “Returning NSmen”. However, this is only applicable to males at the moment, this option is not open to ladies who are opting to serve NS.

SATS, IELTS and/or TOEFL will not be required for admission to our Bachelor degree programmes if the medium of instruction for the pre-university studies is in English.

The basic admission requirements across all our Master programmes is that you must have at least a Bachelor degree (programme duration must be at least three years, depending on your education background) in a closely related discipline with at least an Upper Second-class Honours or equivalent. You must also complete your Bachelor degree programme with no pending examination results on or before 30 June of the year that you are joining us, in order to be in time for enrolment.
Other minimum requirements include English proficiency and Akademische Pruefstelle (APS). Please read Questions 2 and 4 on English proficiency requirements and APS requirements respectively.

It depends on whether the medium of instruction throughout your entire Bachelor degree programme was English.
If the medium of instruction throughout your entire Bachelor programme was English, and this is clearly stated on either your academic transcript or your Bachelor degree certificate, you do not have to submit any additional document as proof of English proficiency. If not, then you will need to obtain an original letter from the university (bearing the round seal of your university), stating that the medium of instruction of your Bachelor degree was English. If you cannot obtain this letter, then you will have to provide an English certificate as stated below.
If the medium of instruction of your Bachelor programme was not entirely English, you must provide either a passed TOEFL or IELTS certificate (passing marks: (TOEFL) 88* for an Internet-based test, or (IELTS) an overall score of at least 6.5).

*100 for TUM-NTU joint degree programmes

If you are required to but you did not submit the English certificate, you may still submit an application, but you will not be able to get the final results of your application if you have not passed the English test.

Yes, they are still valid, if they are not more than 2 years old from the date of your application. If not, you should retake the test.

If you hold a Bachelor degree from an university in China, India or Vietnam, it is compulsory to provide a Akademische Pruefstelle (APS) certificate for admission to a German university.

If you are required to but you did not submit the original APS certificate,you may still submit an application, but you will not be able to get the final results of your application if you have not passed the APS test.

For APS India applicants:

–           For those who have yet to graduate (even for final year students), please follow the <Undergraduate students with 2 semesters checklist> with a minimum of 2 semesters of Bachelors on the LEFT of the image below.

–           For those who have graduated and have at least the provisional certificate and consolidated marksheets, you would have to follow the <Graduates/Postgraduates checklist> on the RIGHT of the image below.

–           If you are unsure, please write to our admissions team and address your queries to us.

Please refer to this link to access the checklist:

For undergraduates and final year students:

Please take note of the checklist below for undergraduates with at least 2 semesters of Bachelor results.

* Item number 8: TestAS is not required for students applying for master’s degree.

For students who have graduated:

Please take note of the checklist below for graduates with all semesters of Bachelor results.

You are eligible to apply to our Master programmes as long as you are in your final year of Bachelor studies, and have obtained at least 6 semesters’ worth of grades and credits (for a 4-year/ 8-semester Bachelor degree programme) or at least 4 semesters’ worth of grades and credits (for a 3-year/ 6-semester Bachelor degree programme).

However, you must complete your Bachelor degree programme with no pending examination results on or before 30 June of the year that you are joining us, in order to be in time for enrolment. If you cannot graduate or obtain all your examination results before that, you may have to defer your studies.

The credit system is usually a system adopted by each university to calculate the number of teaching hours per module. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_credit) Usually, each module is given a certain number of credits and each student needs to fulfil a minimum number of credits before they are allowed to graduate. The Grade Point Average (GPA) is a calculation based on the grades that you have obtained for each module.

Step 1: Ensure that you have the following documents with you:

• Bachelor degree academic transcripts,
• Contact information on recommenders (professors/ employers)
• Passport

Step 2: Log on to our online portal by clicking on ‘Admissions Open’ tab on our website (available once admission period is open) and fill up the online application form.
Step 3: Complete the submission with the payment of the one-time processing charge (SGD 108 (after GST*)) on the application portal.

*Note: All fees quoted are in Singapore Dollars and are inclusive of the prevailing Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed under the Singapore GST Act. The GST rate will be adjusted to 9% starting from 1 January 2024.

Step 4: Once the online application is submitted, your application and uploaded softcopy documents will be assessed by our Admissions team. The pre-assessment process will take 4 to 6 weeks and you will be informed of the results via email. Please be patient with us as you wait for your results.

Step 5: If we have informed you to mail your notarised hardcopy application documents to us, you may mail them to:-

Office of Admissions, TUM Asia

510 Dover Road, #05-01 SIT@SP Building

Singapore 139660

Please do not mail any documents to us if we did not tell you to. We do not return any hardcopy documents that are submitted to us.

After receiving the complete set of your hardcopy notarised documents, the result of the application will be communicated to the applicant via email within 4 – 8 weeks (under normal circumstances). In certain situations, the evaluation process may take longer than 8 weeks, and we seek your patience while we process your application in a timely fashion.

We are now using a new portal. As such, if you have created an account with us before AY18/19, please create a new account.

Yes, it is.
By submitting an online application, your information gets transferred to us and you are given an online application number. We will use this information and application number, whenever we communicate with you.

• You do not have to submit any hardcopies until your application has been reviewed and you have received an offer of admission from us. 
• If you have received an offer of admission, you are required to submit to TUM Asia the following:
  • A signed printout of the Offer of Admission (Official and Student copy) and Student Agreement Form
  • All mandatory hardcopy documents and notarised academic documents
  • Signed application form

Please do not mail us your hardcopy documents if we have not told you to. We do not return any hardcopy documents that are submitted to us.

When you submit the hardcopy documents, you are required to submit the signed application form and a photocopy of your passport biodata page, notarised photocopies of your Bachelor degree certificate, Bachelor degree academic transcripts, as well as English proficiency certificates* (photocopied TOEFL certificates (do take note to inform ETS to allow us to verify your TOEFL score, via our institution code: 7368) and photocopied IELTS certificates are  acceptable) and original Akademische Pruefstelle (APS) certificates*.

We will have to check through these documents because we will have to ensure that all the information that our applicants have submitted are true and correct.

If you do not submit the hardcopy documents, your application is not complete and will not be processed.

*if applicable

Please refer to the list of Required Documents here. Please also read Question 6 on Notarising Your Documents and download our Guide to Submitting Hardcopy Supporting Documents.

The list of hardcopy documents required specifically for your application will be listed on your portal, after we have requested for you to submit hardcopy documents to us.

Before you submit the hardcopy photocopies of your Bachelor degree certificate and Bachelor degree academic transcripts to our office, they must be correctly notarised. If they are not notarised, they will not be accepted and your application is not complete and will not be processed.

You may obtain the notarisation (a round seal) from the awarding university, a public notary, or an embassy (German embassy preferred). The round seal must be originally stamped on the document. Photocopied or printed seals are not acceptable. Documents that do not bear a seal on the document itself, but are submitted in a sealed envelope, are also not acceptable.

You must ensure that your documents are correctly notarised before submitting them to us. Please download our Guide to Submitting Hardcopy Supporting Documents and ensure that you are well-informed of the requirements.

The charge for processing the application is S$108* (after GST) per application. There are two payment methods which you may choose from:-

A. PayPal (credit/debit card) – Easiest method for most applicants.
The credit/debit card option is available to all applicants after they submit their online application form. Once you submit the online application, an option to pay the processing charge will appear. The service is hosted by PayPal (but does not require one to have a PayPal account) and works like a regular internet credit card payment option/ online payment option. If you do not wish to sign up for a PayPal account, you may select ‘Checkout as Guest’.

B. Cheque/Bank Draft in Singapore Dollars
The cheque/bank draft in Singapore Dollars must be made payable to ‘German Institute of Science and Technology – TUM Asia Pte Ltd’. Please indicate your full name and application number (starting with ‘APPA’) behind the crossed cheque, and mail it to our office at
Office of Admissions, TUM Asia
510 Dover Road
#05-01 SIT@SP Building
Singapore 139660

Cheques or bank drafts in currencies other than Singapore Dollars cannot be accepted.

*Note: All fees quoted are in Singapore Dollars and are inclusive of the prevailing Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed under the Singapore GST Act. The GST rate will be adjusted to 9% starting from 1 January 2024.

Yes, you will have to.

The processing charge of S$108* (after GST) is the processing fee charged for one application. As such, if you apply for two programmes, you will have to make the payment of the processing charge twice, i.e. S$108 x 2 = S$216.00 (after GST), and so on and so forth, if you apply for three programmes, four programmes etc.

*Note: All fees quoted are in Singapore Dollars and are inclusive of the prevailing Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed under the Singapore GST Act. The GST rate will be adjusted to 9% starting from 1 January 2024.

Yes, we recommend that you tailor documents such as your motivation letter, reference letter and CV to the programme that you are applying for.

However, you may choose to only submit one set of notarised Bachelor degree certificate and academic transcripts. When you submit your documents, please inform us that you have applied for more than one programme, and that these documents are to be shared between both applications.

At the moment, we only accept two methods of payment, either by PayPal or by cheque/ bank draft in Singapore Dollars. If you are unable to pay by PayPal, you may ask a friend overseas to help you.

If you do not make the payment of the processing charge, your application is not complete and will not be processed.

If you made the payment via PayPal, PayPal sends an automatic receipt to your e-mail account once you have made the payment. You should also receive a receipt from TUM Asia once we have received your payment. If you made the payment via cheque/bank draft, please allow a few working days for the cheque/bank draft to be banked in. After which, you will be issued a receipt.

When the results of your application are released depends on a variety of factors, including the quality of your application, when you submitted your application etc. Different applications will also take different amounts of time to process, but we will inform you as soon as our professors have made a decision on your application. We appreciate your patience.

After receiving the complete set of your softcopy documents, the result of the application will be communicated to the applicant via email between 4 – 8 weeks after the screening process is completed. In some instances, the process may take longer than 8 weeks, but rest assured that we will notify you on the outcome of your application. We appreciate your understanding on this.

Please read through the terms and conditions of the Offer of Admission and its related documents carefully and make sure that you are well-informed, before acknowledging that you have read through the documents, and accepting the offer on the portal (www.tum-asia.edu.sg/adm).

Your seat in the programme, however, is only reserved after we have received the payment of the registration fee before the deadline.

If you cannot meet any of the deadlines, you should write to admission@tum-asia.edu.sg stating your reasons and we will try to help you.

Yes, it is.
The registration fee is a part of the entire tuition fees.

The underpaid amount is likely due to bank charges, especially if you paid via telegraphic transfer. When you approach your bank for the transfer, your bank (or both the paying and receiving banks) may charge you administrative fees for the transfer. As such, even though you paid the exact amount via telegraphic transfer, not the entire amount reaches us. You should check with your bank on the amount of administrative charge that they will charge you and make the adjustment to the payment amount accordingly. You are to bear all bank charges.

Yes, please enter the details of the transaction and upload the proof of payment to the portal. This information will help us in identifying your payment correctly. After we have received your payment, you will be issued a receipt.

A cooling-off period of seven (7) days is applicable for a 75% refund upon the date of signing the student contract and accepting the offer in the application portal.

Please note that verbal and email withdrawals will not be accepted. Offered candidates must withdraw online via the admissions portal.

*The “Programme Commencement Date” is deemed as 1 August of each calendar year, regardless of Start Date of the course. Please refer to Schedule A of the offer letter for the total tuition fees. TUM Asia reserves the right to update the refund policy without prior notice.

Yes, you may.
Please indicate your intention to defer your studies via the portal.

SOLAR stands for Student’s Pass Online Application & Registration. You will need to obtain the SOLAR login details from TUM Asia in order to submit an application for the student pass. This is applicable to international students only. TUM Asia will provide the SOLAR login details to you by email in June/ July.

Usually, ICA takes about 5 working days to approve an application for student pass. However, they may take longer for certain applications and this is beyond our control. You should check the portal regularly to see if your application has been approved.

From 27 February 2023, ICA will no longer issue any physical Long-Term Pass (LTP) cards, and only digital LTPs will be issued. This will apply to the ICA-issued Long-Term Visit Pass and Student’s Pass, and Dependant’s Pass granted by the Ministry of Social and Family Development. For more information, please refer to this link.

Please also read Question 3 on In-Principle Approval (IPA) letter.

Once your application for the student pass has been approved by Immigration & Checkpoints Authority of Singapore (ICA), you should inform us (admission@tum-asia.edu.sg). We can send you the IPA letter, which you can use to enter Singapore with a valid passport. The IPA serves as evidence of the grant of the visa and you should not be required to apply for a separate entry visa. However, you may wish to check with the Singapore Embassy in your area just to be sure.

The Master programmes offered by TUM Asia are primarily self-financing programmes. However, TUM Asia offers a variety of MSc scholarships and grants for our graduate students. Please refer to our Scholarships page for more information on MSc scholarships available. You should also find out from your government, for example, if they are offering any scholarship or financial aid that you may be eligible for, or find other sources of financial aid to support your studies.

For more information on scholarships available, please visit our Scholarships page. Only successful applicants will be informed.

This depends on the terms and conditions set by the awarding institution/ organisation. Applicants are advised to read the terms and conditions before committing to a scholarship.
For MSc scholarships issued by TUM Asia, there will be no bond period.

TUM Asia has no in-campus accommodation facilities. Our students will have to search for their accommodation. Our students usually first choose to live in student hostels when they arrive in Singapore, and after they have made new friends in the university, they rent and share a private apartment with their friends/ classmates.

It is not a common practice in Singapore nor in Germany that the institution secures internships or job placements for students.
TUM Asia may organise Career Opportunity Days, where we gather our industrial partners together on the same platform, and students are invited and encouraged to speak with them to find out more about career and internship opportunities available in their companies.

No, your degree certificate conferred upon the completion of the programme will be directly from TUM, or from TUM and the joint university partner. For example, those in the TUM programmes will receive a degree directly from TUM, equivalent to students studying in the home campus. It will not bear the logo of TUM Asia. Those in the joint degree programmes will receive a degree certificate bearing the seals of both universities.

For the Bachelor degree programmes, students with articulated diplomas will be exempt from the mandatory industrial attachment/internship. However, students who are enrolled into the full 3 year course will have to complete a mandatory industrial attachment/internship as part of the graduation requirements. All undergraduate students will have the opportunity to spend their final semester (3 to 5 months) at the home campus of TUM, completing their Bachelor Thesis under the supervision of TUM faculty, also known as the Overseas Immersion Programme (OIP).

For the Master programmes, all students are required to complete an internship and a Master Thesis/Dissertation in their final semester. Graduate students may choose to undertake their internship and thesis in the university, a research institute or a company. The location of their internship and thesis can be anywhere in the world, including completing it at TUM main campus itself.

TUM Asia is the first and only overseas branch campus of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Technical University of Munich). TUM Asia was set up in 2002, after accepting the invitation of the Singapore government to start a campus in Asia. TUM Asia is the first German academic venture abroad and has over a decade of experience in providing top-class German education in Singapore.
TUM Asia partners with top universities in Singapore to offer standalone and joint Master and Bachelor programmes. We collaborate with National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) for four joint Master of Science programmes and we partner with Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to offer TUM’s Bachelor of Science programmes. These programmes are designed to groom the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders.
TUM Asia is recognized by the Ministry of Education Singapore as an Institute of Higher Learning and is registered with the Council of Private Education in Singapore (CPE Registration number: 200105229R, Registration period 13.06.2017 – 12.06.2023).

Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich, TUM) was founded in 1868 by King Ludwig II. TUM has long established itself as a premier institute of higher learning in Germany.
Ranked as “Germany’s #1 University” in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Shanghai Ranking (ARWU), TUM has maintained its reputation of being a provider of excellent academic education.
To date, TUM has seen a total of 13 Nobel Prize laureates come through its ranks, including distinguished chemists and physicists such as Ernst Otto Fischer, Carl von Linde, Rudolf Diesel and Rudolf Mӧβbauer.

Yes, TUM Asia is recognized by the Ministry of Education Singapore as an Institute of Higher Learning and is registered with the Council of Private Education in Singapore.

Please refer to the Contact Us webpage to reach us. Alternatively, you may fill in your enquiry on the NOTIFY ME form on the right side of this webpage.

The programmes at TUM Asia are conducted solely in English. Knowledge of the German language is not necessary for enrolled students.

No. English is the language of instruction for all Bachelor and Master programmes at TUM Asia. However, knowing basic conversational German might help the Bachelor students when they go to Munich, Germany to complete their Bachelor’s Thesis. We advise all students who would like to pursue a career, internship or research assistant-ship in Germany to learn German for their personal benefit. However, this is not necessary as part of any TUM Asia programmes.

Most of your professors will be from TUM, Germany itself. As for the joint degrees, there will be modules taught by professors from the partner university as well. The Bachelor degrees are held in partnership with SIT, so there will be professors from SIT teaching in the courses as well.
Additionally, some modules are taught by other lecturers with a wealth of industry experience or specialized knowledge in a particular field (for example, Patent Law).

Students will have to sign in their attendance for classes. We do not encourage students to intentionally skip classes as it may be detrimental to their learning process.

We have one campus location situated in Singapore Polytechnic. Our operating hours are from 9am – 6pm, from Monday to Friday, and we are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays. If you would like to visit, we recommend that you make an appointment with us via info@tum-asia.edu.sg.
Address of Campus Location:
510 Dover Road (Gate 2 entrance of Singapore Polytechnic)
#05-01 SIT@SP Building
Singapore 139660

For Bachelor programmes:
The classes and laboratory sessions will be held at our campus in the SIT@SP building. Some lab sessions will take place at TUM CREATE or in other facilities at Singapore Polytechnic or SIT.
For joint Master programmes:
Classes will be conducted in either SIT@SP building or at NTU/NUS; All laboratory classes will be conducted in at NTU and/or NUS.
For pure TUM Master programmes:
The classes will be held at the SIT@SP building.

The nearest MRT (train/subway) station is Dover Station on the East-West line. For detailed instructions on getting to the campus, please refer here: //tum-asia.edu.sg/contact-us/contact-information/

As of now, TUM Asia has started a Summer School programme for overseas students. Please refer here for more information.

TUM Asia will not allocate accommodation to students. All students are instructed to look for accommodation on their own, regardless of whether in Singapore or in Germany (for Bachelor/Master Thesis work). This is an independent process undertaken by the student him or herself, as each student seeks for a living environment that suits their varying budget and housing preferences.
The Office of Academic Services will distribute a list of housing agents/hostels during the pre-matriculation process for the students who are enrolled in our Master programmes, prior to their arrival in Singapore. However, do note that TUM Asia is not liable for any transactions made between the student and the agent.

In line with the Ministry of Manpower’s requirements, international students who are matriculated with any of listed Institute of Higher Learning (including TUM Asia) with a valid student pass are allowed to work a maximum of 16 hours per week.
However, TUM Asia would like to strongly remind students that they should not rely on part-time work in Singapore as the financial source to their studies as the Bachelor/Master programmes are intensive in nature – and they should attempt to concentrate on their studies.

Depending on your lifestyle, you should be able to live comfortably with a range of S$1,000 – S$1,500 per month. This is only an estimate and the actual figures vary with each individual.

The recognition of the TUM degree allows the student to seek internship opportunities anywhere in the world. Students are allowed to conduct their internships with either a university/research institution/company in Singapore, Germany or any other country. They can be involved in research work with their professor or practical experience at a company. This is up to the interest of the student as well as the opportunities that are offered to him/her.
Companies or institutes may pay the student a monthly stipend, according to the agreement with the student. TUM Asia is not be involved in the negotiation process and students are reminded to be prudent and honest about their decision to accept or reject the internship offer. We advise all students to act on a goodwill basis towards their employers, to be honest and professional about their contractual agreements and obligations as it is a sign of their integrity.

No. There is no guarantee of placement in any company or institution for students.
Students are expected to look for suitable internship opportunities themselves. TUM Asia will assist the search and provide assistance when possible, but this is primarily the student’s responsibility. Students will be advised during the internship briefing on how to go about looking for internships and they should be clear about the type of internships they are interested in.
Students with Industrial Scholarships usually undergo their internship with their sponsor company, but this is negotiated between the student and company.

All Master students are required to fulfill the two month internship programme as it counts as a graduation requirement. However, an exemption of internship can be evaluated and justified on a case by case basis.
Bachelor students with articulated diplomas are not required to carry out an internship. However, students with non-articulated diplomas or with A-level qualifications will have to carry out an internship as part of the graduation requirements.

TUM Asia organizes a yearly Career & Internship Fair for students to meet the industry companies and to find out more about internship and/or employment opportunities. There are also many events, site visits, and seminars where TUM Asia students will get to mingle with the industry guests. TUM Asia also invites industry individuals with a wealth of experience to teach in modules, providing a strong practical basis to the theories learnt in the classroom. From the various experiences, students are able to get a strong grasp on the industry landscape and discover their passion early.
From these events, students will be able to network with the industry companies early in their studies and they will be able to make better decisions on their choice of internship & work in the future.

There is no guarantee of placement in companies for graduates. There is a possibility that the graduate’s internship company voluntarily offers the graduate a permanent placement but this is not controlled or dictated by TUM Asia.
Graduating students are to independently seek out permanent job positions once they have successfully completed their studies. If reference letters are required, the student can approach their professors accordingly. TUM Asia will assist in the process by organizing relevant networking sessions, Career Fairs and company talks. Open job positions will also be shared with our graduates and alumni.

Yes you can, provided that the commitment does not affect your class attendance and minimum pass grade. You will have to check with TUM Create to find out if there are open job opportunities at the moment. Please refer to http://www.tum-create.edu.sg to see what openings they may have in terms of internship, thesis, final year project, or full-time employment.