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International Students and Students’ Exchange
As one of the leading departments in
mechanical engineering worldwide, TUM
Department of Mechanical Engineering
is dedicated to attracting international
students, both as full-time students and
through exchange programs, as well as
to enable TUM students to spend parts
of their studies at partner institutions
worldwide.
Full-Time Students
Almost 24% (TUM: 22%) of the depart-
ment’s student body are international
students. During the past five years the
number of international students enrolled
in the
B.Sc. and
M.Sc. programs almost
doubled.
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Students’ Exchange
TUM students are offered several
possibilities for spending some part of
their studies abroad – varying in region,
duration and educational goal. Within the
framework of the European ERASMUS+
program and TUM’s worldwide TUMex
change-program, students have the
possibility to study one or two semesters
at one of TUM’s more than 450 partner
universities. Moreover TUM has signed
about 40 double degree agreements
worldwide, targeting students with
International Students and Students’ Exchange
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
0
n
Master of Science
n
Bachelor of Science
2012-13
312
270
2013-14
376
394
2014-15
358
411
2015-16
396
443
2016-17
522
614
Number of students
Development of the number of international full-time students enroled at the Department of
Mechanical Engineering
Development of the prime nationalities of international
full-time students
Students from more than 70 nations study
at the department – the biggest groups
being Austrians, followed by Chinese and
Spanish students. For all groups alike
the numbers have shown a positive trend
during recent years.
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Saskia Ammon
200
150
100
50
0
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Austria
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China
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Spain
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Italy
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Turkey
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India
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Tunisia
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France
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
2016-17
Number of students
2015-16
Dr. Ingrid Mayershofer