Refund of Semester Fees
When can fees be refunded?
Paid contributions can only be refunded if the following conditions of the Contribution statutes of the Munich Student Union are met:
- Dual enrollment/Parallel studies: If you have paid dues twice at two universities, the refund can be made by the university at which you are not required to pay dues.
- Disenrollment:
- Disenrollment at the end of a semester and fees already paid for the following semester:
A refund is only possible if the student ID is invalidated by the university no later than two weeks after the start of the semester. Therefore, please return the student ID card to us in good time or cancel the card in a validation machine in due time, right after disenrollment. -
Disenrollment after the start of the semester, which becomes effective within 5 weeks after the start of lectures:
For this purpose, please submit an application for day-specific disenrollment, the application can be found on TUMonline. For further information, please also refer to Waiving a Place of Study.
A refund is only possible if the student ID is invalidated by the university on the day of disenrollment. You should therefore return it to us in good time or send the card on the day of disenrollment at the latest via registered mail to: TUM CST Beiträge und Stipendien, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München
- Disenrollment at the end of a semester and fees already paid for the following semester:
The refund application can be downloaded from TUMonline under Semester Fees.
When can fees no longer be refunded?
- If you are enrolled longer than five weeks after the start of lectures, you will not be entitled to a refund.
- If your validated Student Card is not returned on time, the fees will not be refunded.