Visiting students and those in the study program for senior citizens

Please submit your completed registration form and other required documents for your first-time registration either by post or drop them off in our mailbox at LMU’s main entrance. You have until 21 March 2024 to do so.

Visiting students should select the courses they want to register for from the LMU online course catalog called Online-Vorlesungsverzeichnis LSF. The individual courses desired should be written on the registration- and identification forms. You should include the official course number and the number of hours per week per semester.

Registration and identification forms for the first registration (PDF, 227 KB)

The following documents (in German) in must be presented at your first registration:

• registration and identification forms completed in full and signed
• higher education entrance qualification in original form
• personal ID card or passport that is still valid

After these documents have been verified, you will receive a temporary identification card and a letter with your registration number, the payment details and the payment deadlines.

Please note: The permanent identification card will be mailed to you and entitles you to attend courses corresponding to the fee amount you paid for the total number of hours per week per semester. On the identification card mailed to you, you must enter the official course number as well as the respective number of hours per week per semester of the courses you selected at the time of your first registration.

You must personally sign the identification card and always carry it with you as proof of your registration while attending your courses.

Dates for the first registration:

• The dates for first registration are available here: Dates and deadlines

In order to apply for the continuation of registration, in the formal manner required and by the specified deadline, you will need to:

• transfer the progressive fee (the amount is determined by the number of hours per week per semester you have registered for, see below)
  
• state your registration number. We will mail your identification card to you on time before the start of the lecture period.

Please note: The identification card will be mailed to you and entitles you to attend courses corresponding to the fee amount you transferred for the total number of hours per week per semester. On the identification card mailed to you, you must enter the official course number as well as the respective number of hours per week per semester of the courses you selected.

You must personally sign the identification card and always carry it with you as proof of your registration while attending your courses.

Important note on the continuation of registration procedure:

Due to technical and administrative reasons, the continuation of registration is currently only available to those visiting students who are registered as visiting students for the winter semester 2023/24 at LMU Munich.

For visiting students who have already registered once as a visiting student at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and who have not applied for the continuation of registration for the following semester (e.g. because they wanted to take a break for one or more semesters but intended to register again at a later date as a visiting student) there continues to be an automated re-registration procedure. This is similar to the one for the continuation of registration:

In order to apply for re-registration, in the formal manner required and by the specified deadline, you must:

• transfer the progressive fee (the amount is determined by the number of hours per week per semester registered for, see below).
  
• state your registration number. We will mail your identification card to you on time before the start of the lecture period, as is the case with the continuation of registration.

Please note: The identification card will be mailed to you and entitles you to attend courses corresponding to the fee amount you transferred for the total number of hours per week per semester. On the identification card mailed to you, you must enter the official course number as well as the respective number of hours per week per semester of the courses you selected. You must personally sign the identification card and always carry it with you as proof of your registration while attending your courses.

The procedures introduced here for the continuation of registration and re-registration do not apply to applicants:

• who were never registered at LMU Munich.
• who want to register for individual courses as visiting students in the study program for senior citizens or as degree students.

The following progressive fees apply to visiting students based on the number of hours per week per semester:

• in order to attend courses with a total of fewer than five hours per week per semester: 100 euros
• in order to attend courses with a total of five to eight hours per week per semester: 200 euros
• in order to attend courses with a total of more than eight hours per week per semester: 300 euros

The fee is due at the time of registration and the amount corresponds to the total number of hours per week per semester of the courses you register for. You will receive further information about the payment details at the time of your registration.

As part of your continuation of registration or re-registration, please transfer the fee due referencing the intended purpose.

Fees can neither be refunded in full nor in part. There are no fee reductions or fee waivers available.

Please submit your completed registration form and the required documents for your first-time registration by mail or put them into our mailbox at LMU’s main entrance by 21 March 2024 at the latest.

Visiting students in the study program for senior citizens select the courses they want to register for from the course catalog offered by the Zentrum Seniorenstudium. The individual courses must be written on both the registration- and identification form along with the official four-digit course number and the number of hours per week per semester.

Registration and identification forms for the first registration (PDF, 181 KB)

The following documents (in German) must be presented at the first registration:

• registration and identification forms completed in full and signed
• higher education entrance qualification in original form
• personal ID card or passport that is still valid

After the documents presented have been verified, you will receive a temporary identification card and a letter with your registration number, the payment details and the payment deadlines.

The permanent identification card will be mailed to you and entitles you to attend courses corresponding to the fee amount you paid for the total number of hours per week per semester. On the identification card mailed to you, you must enter the official four-digit course number as well as the respective number of hours per week per semester of the courses you selected at the time of your first registration.

You must personally sign the identification card and always carry it with you as proof of your registration while attending your courses.

Dates for the first registration:

• The dates for the first registration are available here: Dates and deadlines

In order to apply for the continuation of registration, you will need to:

• transfer the progressive fee (the amount is determined by the number of hours per week per semester registered for, see below)
  
• state your registration number. We will mail your identification card to you on time before the start of the lecture period.

The identification card will be mailed to you and entitles you to attend courses corresponding to the fee amount you transferred for the total number of hours per week per semester. On the identification card mailed to you, you must enter the official four-digit course number as well as the respective number of hours per week per semester of the courses you selected.

You must personally sign the identification card and always carry it with you as proof of your registration while attending your courses.

Important note on the continuation of registration:
Due to technical and administrative reasons, the continuation of registration is currently only available to those visiting students in the study program for senior citizens who are registered as visiting students in the study program for senior citizens for the winter semester 2023/24 at LMU Munich.

For visiting students in the study program for senior citizens — who have already registered for the first time as visiting students in the study program for senior citizens at LMU and have not applied for the continuation of registration for the following semester (e.g. because they wanted to take a break for one or more semesters but intended to register again at a later date as a visiting student in the study program for senior citizens) — there continues to be an automated re-registration procedure. This is similar to the one for the continuation of registration:

In order to apply for the re-registration, in the formal manner required and by the specified deadline, you must:

• transfer the progressive fee (the amount is determined by the number of hours per week per semester registered for, see below)
• state your registration number. We will mail your identification card to you on time before the start of the lecture period, as is the case with the continuation of registration.

The identification card will be mailed to you and entitles you to attend courses corresponding to the fee amount you transferred for the total number of hours per week per semester. On the identification card mailed to you, you must enter the official four-digit course number as well as the respective number of hours per week per semester of the courses you selected.

You must personally sign the identification card and always carry it with you as proof of your registration while attending your courses.

The procedures introduced here for the continuation of registration and re-registration do not apply to applicants

• who were never registered at LMU Munich
• who want to register for individual courses as visiting students or degree students.

Applicants to whom the procedures for the continuation of registration and re-registration do not apply must continue to register in person.

The following progressive fees apply to visiting students in the study program for senior citizens based on the number of hours per week per semester:

• in order to attend courses with a total of fewer than five hours per week per semester: 100 euros
• in order to attend courses with a total of five to eight hours per week per semester: 200 euros
• in order to attend courses with a total of more than eight hours per week per semester: 300 euros

The fee is due at the time of registration and the amount corresponds to the total number of hours per week per semester of the courses you register for. You will receive further information about the payment details at the time of your registration.

As part of your continuation of registration or re-registration, please transfer the fee due referencing the intended purpose.

Fees can neither be refunded in full nor in part. There are no fee reductions or fee waivers available.

The course catalog for senior citizens (Seniorenstudium) is available for purchase at

• Universitätsbuchhandlung Rupprecht, Amalienstraße 79,
• Buchhandlung Lehmkuhl, Leopoldstraße 45,
• Words'Worth Buchhandlung für englischsprachige Literatur, Schellingstraße 3,

The purchase price for the Seniorenstudium course catalog is 2 euros.

For further information on the study program for senior citizens, please refer to the website Zentrum Seniorenstudium.