Certificate, Diploma & Co.: TUM Graduation Documents

The graduation date (= certificate date) is the date of the last successfully completed examination and/or coursework. This is often the colloquium or the oral examination for the final thesis (cf. § 25 Para. 1 APSO).

In accordance with Section 18 (1) APSO, students must be enrolled in the relevant degree program for the entire duration of the thesis (Bachelor’s thesis or Master’s thesis) up to the date of submission. This also applies if the processing time has been extended for reasons for which the student is not responsible.

For all other examinations, however, the time up to the first week of the lecture period is part of the examination period of the previous semester. In this case, students only need to be enrolled until the end of the previous semester. For examinations that take place before the end of the first week of the new semester, there is no obligation to be enrolled. This also applies to the obligatory colloquium (Bachelor) or the obligatory presentation (Master) that is usually associated with the final thesis. Students who submitted their thesis in the previous semester and hold the colloquium or presentation by the end of the first week of lectures no longer need to be enrolled.

Further information on exmatriculation after passing the final examination

As soon as the last examination has been entered in TUMonline, please check all the details that are important your graduation documents: Personal data, allocation of credits, title of your thesis. Then confirm to your contact person responsible for exam administration at your school that all information is correct. Your school will then give its approval and your graduation documents will be prepared by the Graduation Office and Academic Records of the TUM Center for Study and Teaching.

It will take approximately 4 to 6 weeks for your graduation documents to be issued.

When your documents are ready for delivery, you will be informed by mail. This letter is also the first official notification of your graduation. Keep this document in a safe place, as it may be necessary for child benefit matters, for example.

You can also collect your graduation documents in person by prior appointment. Please get in touch with your contact person; the details are available on this page under Contact: Graduation Office and Academic Records.

As an alternative, graduation documents are sent by registered mail. Please send the request for postal delivery of graduation documents by e-mail or post to your contact person at the department Graduation Office and Academic Records.

If your degree documents are to be sent to a person other than yourself, you can indicate this in the application for delivery of degree documents. A power of attorney is not necessary.

However, if you want someone else to collect your degree documents from the Graduation Office and Academic Records on your campus, you must give them a power of attorney, which must be presented at the time of collection.

• Template – Authorization to collect final documents (PDF, 0.1 MB)

Degree Certificate

Content: Overall grade, predicate as well as grade and topic of the Bachelor's or Master’s thesis
Language: German and English
Date: Date of the last successfully completed examination and/or coursework (cf. § 25 Para. 1 APSO)
Signed by: Chairperson of the Examination Board

Diploma

Content: Certification of the academic degree awarded (e.g. Bachelor of Science, Master of Science). The academic degree may only be used once the certificate has been issued (cf. § 26 APSO).
Language: German and English
Date: Same as certificate (Date of the last successfully completed examination and/or coursework)
Signed by: President of TUM

Diploma Supplement

Content: Information on the degree and the associated qualifications as well as information on the bearer of the certificate
Language: English
Date: Same as certificate (Date of the last successfully completed examination and/or coursework)
Signed by: Chairperson of the Examination Board

Transcript of Records (ToR)

Content: Documentation of academic achievements, which are specified according to a Europe-wide standard; successfully completed courses and modules with ECTS credits and grades
Language: German and English
Date: Same as certificate (Date of the last successfully completed examination and/or coursework)
Signed by: Chairperson of the Examination Board and the person responsible in the Graduation Office and Academic Records department

Grading Table

You will receive the grading table as annex to the final documents.

Content: Grade table showing the relative classification of the individual overall grade/predicate in comparison to the academic achievements of other graduates of the same degree program
Language: German and English
Date: Date of issue
Signed by: not signed

The Graduation Office and Academic Records at the Weihenstephan Campus only certifies official degree documents obtained at TUM.

Please send your requests by e-mail with the subject “Beglaubigungsstelle Weihenstephan” to studiumspam prevention@tum.de and include your student number.

Certified copies can only be made on the basis of the original.

The following fees apply:

• Certificate, transcript of records and diploma supplement: 5 euros (total)
• Grading table: 5 euros

Certification Office for TUM graduation documents

TUM Center for Study and Teaching – Graduation Office and Academic Records
Campus Weihenstephan
Alte Akademie 1
85354 Freising

Opening hours: Monday – Thursday, 8.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m.

Please note: Personal appointments are only possible by prior arrangement.

Alternatively, certifications can be obtained at any office with a seal, for example at the local district administration office or town hall.

Confirmed transcripts of records can be issued at any time by the contact person in charge for your degree program at the Graduation Office and Academic Records department.