Applications for admission

You can apply to LMU for the summer semester 2026 from 15 December 2025, to 15 January 2026. Until then, we ask for your patience and request that you do not submit documents in paper form. Further information will be available on our website from December 2025.

Application form for WS 25/26: Application for admission for international applicants (PDF, 622 KB)

Please attach the following documents:

• University admission qualification (generally Abitur certificate or equivalent school leaving certificate; where applicable: school leaving certificate in combination with a university entrance examination certificate or a certificate from a one-year higher education course or university certificate). You can refer to the website Anabin or the DAAD database to find out whether your school leaving certificate qualifies you to embark on a degree program at a German university.
  • in the original language — as an officially certified copy
  • with an officially certified translation. Certificates in English, French, Italian, Catalan, Latin, Portuguese, Rumanian and Spanish do not have to be translated.
  • A recognition letter from the Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle für den Freistaat Bayern (ZAST) is required for holders of the International Baccalaureate IB (guide (PDF, 243 KB)) who have not yet received their final certificate,
  • Applicants from the USA (unless they already hold a bachelor's degree) and applicants from Afghanistan should send an e-mail to zulassung.international@lmu.de in good time before the application deadline, enclosing their certificates, CV and the desired LMU degree program, in order to prepare for the issuing of a recognition letter the Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle für den Freistaat Bayern. The International Admissions office also reserves the right to require a recognition letter from Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle in other individual cases.
  • Applicants from the PR China, India and Vietnam should submit the certificate from the Akademische Prüfstelle bei der Deutschen Botschaft (APS).
    APS India: For admission to a degree program without admission restrictions, you must present the APS certificate on registration at the latest. This exception does not apply to all degree programs with admission restrictions. APS certificates must be presented when applying for degree programs with admission restrictions.
    
• Evidence of proficiency in German, uncertified copy (exception: master’s degree programs, doctoral studies and double degree programs where the course language is English)
• Updated resume (please see sample (PDF, 101 KB))

Expert reports, letters of recommendation or internship certificates are not required when applying to the International Office.

If you want to study a subject for which you have to go through an aptitude assessment, you will be required to apply additionally in time via the respective institute. You can find out the registration dates at the respective institute. Please check the list of subjects to see if you want to choose such a subject.

• All university certificates and diplomas and all transcripts of records
  • in the original language - as an officially certified copy. Applicants from the USA require transcripts in a sealed university envelope.
  • with an officially certified translation. Certificates in English, French, Italian, Catalan, Latin, Portuguese, Rumanian and Spanish do not have to be translated.
• Where applicable, registration and confirmation of programs previously studied at any other German university
• If you are applying for a master’s degree program: Letter of acceptance for the master’s degree program from the coordinator of the degree program (can be handed in later during registration)
• If you are applying for doctoral studies: Letter of acceptance for doctoral studies from the respective doctoral committee and supervisory agreement signed by the prospective supervisor.

• Evidence of all courses completed to date (applications without such evidence will not be processed!)
• Where applicable, notice of transfer of credit from the respective examination board for an advanced semester

• Marriage certificate or
• official notice of change of name