12 Sept 2025
Don't forget: Until September 17, the registration for admission-free study programs for the winter semester 2025/26 is still open. To ensure that nothing goes wrong on the home stretch, LMU has compiled the most important links and information.
It's been a while since you graduated from high school, the application deadlines have passed, but suddenly everything happens very quickly. Because when the letter of admission to the dream study program flutters into your door, the next step on the way to the new chapter in your life as a student is about to begin: registration.
To ensure that everything goes smoothly during enrollment and that the start at LMU goes off without a hitch, it is important to avoid typical mistakes.
Around 9,000 students start their studies at LMU every winter semester. In order to streamline the registration process, the registration deadlines are staggered. When is the right time to submit your documents to the Office of the University Registrar depends on the admission requirements of the desired degree program.
If you have applied to a degree program with restricted admission, you will find the deadline on your notice of admission. For non-admission-restricted programs, those that do not require an application, prospective students can register from 5 August to 17 September.
Further deadlines for international students or applications to higher semesters can be found at the registration deadlines.
The first step in registration is always an online form to record all important personal data. Once filled out, it must be printed out, signed, and sent by mail to the Office of the University Registrar with the rest of the enrollment documents. It is not only important to make sure that the documents are really complete. A common mistake that can become an obstacle to registration: Documents are not sent in the required form. It is not enough to send in a normal copy or a copy of the certified copy instead of a certified copy.
You can find exactly which documents are required at the registration steps and important documents.
The proof of health insurance is also part of the registration documents, but it deserves its own mention because it must be requested from the health insurance company and is then sent directly to LMU. It is important to note that the information on the insurance certificate must be exactly correct in order for the digital matching to work. If, for example, the spelling of double names does not match (for example, because the hyphen is missing) or the health insurance company does not receive the exact information "LMU München" but only "Universität München", problems can arise. It is best to apply for the insurance certificate before the online registration and request it explicitly for studies at LMU Munich.
Did everything right during registration? Great! But even after enrollment, there are still a few things to do. What exactly these are is written in the first e-mail you receive from LMU as a student. For example, you need to order your student ID, the LMUcard, and transfer the semester fees. If you forget to do this, the university may cancel your registration. So be sure and check the spam folder of your inbox regularly after everything is done.
You can find all detailed information about deadlines, documents and the registration process on the pages of the Office of the University Registrar:
• Registration deadlines
• Registration
• Documents
International applicants (including applicants for the Studienkolleg with non-German citizenship) who have received a notice of admission from the International Office must also register there by the deadline stated on the notice of admission.
Further information on registration at the International Office