First time here? Everything for a successful start into your studies.
You´ve got your admission? What´s next? There are many things to be organised and planned. From Student Card, fees and scholarships to finding accommodation, university life has to be organised by yourself. With our checklist, you are well prepared for the start of your studies.
The digital service fair “Fit for TUM” from 29 September to 2 October 2025 will also provide you with support before starting your studies. Here you can learn more about topics such as financing your studies, housing, sports, and university life – and get to know many facilities and initiatives conveniently in a virtual setting.
Weihenstephan Welcome Week
From 6 to 10 October 2025, you can look forward to exciting introductory events to help you start your first semester. You will learn how TUMonline works, explore the campus, participate in library tours, and listen to helpful lectures. A huge plus is that you’re getting to know other students.
Welcome Week Weihenstephan program
- Weekly schedule available for download
- Link to the Moodle course for registration and further information
To kick off Welcome Week Weihenstephan, the Student Council Weihenstephan (SCW) cordially invites you to the ceremonial welcome to first-year students. Our dean and the mayor of Freising will extend a warm welcome to all first-year students. In addition, the student councils of the study areas will introduce themselves, and you will receive valuable information about your studies.
- Date: Monday, 6 October 2025, 10:00 a.m.
You can attend in person or watch the event live-stream. Further information will be available on Moodle starting mid-September.
From organizing your studies to housing and campus life: Get to know essential facilities and offers at TUM Campus Weihenstephan at the Welcome Fair. The facilities and student clubs present themselves at the stands in the foyer of the Central Lecture Hall Building.
- Date: Monday, 6 October 2025, 11:30 a.m.
At the welcome event for international exchange students, you will learn helpful information about your studies at the TUM School of Life Sciences and living in Freising and Germany.
- Date: Monday, 6 October 2025, 1:30 p.m.
The event can be attended on campus or followed via Zoom. Further information are available on Moodle.
In Addition, we recommend visiting TUMonline unlocked: Live Q&A for Exchange Students
This hands-on problem-solving Zoom session is designed to help you with your practical TUMOnline issues like course registration in TUMonline and navigating classes. Students can share their screens, so each individual question is solved together, giving all participants a chance to learn from each example.
Wednesday, 08 October 2025 at 1 pm, in Zoom, see Moodle
Welcome to our green campus! All international students are cordially invited to our Campus Tour.
The Campus Tour will give you a good overview of the campus in Weihenstephan. The tour shows not only all departments and research institutions but also the library, the cafeteria, and computer labs. Furthermore, essential topics associated with everyday campus life are explained. It offers a good opportunity to get to know your fellow students and make new contacts.
- Date: Monday, 6 October 2025, 3:00 p.m.
Further information will be available on Moodle starting mid-September.
| Date | Degree Program | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 8:30-11.00 am |
| Building 4101, HS 06 |
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences | Building 4102, HS 02 |
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Forest Science and Resource Management | Building 4277, HS 21 |
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Life Sciences Nutrition | Building 4217, HS 12 |
| Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Landscape Architecture and Landscape Planning | Building 4102, HS 02 |
| Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Molecular Biotechnology | Building 4317, HS 17 |
| Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 3-5 pm | Life Sciences Biology | Building 4317, HS 17 |
Where do I need to go? Search for buildings and lecture halls (Hörsäle, HS) with NavigaTUM and display overview and location maps.
| Date | Degree Program | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Agricultural Biosciences | Building 4318, Seminarraum 85 |
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Biology (in German) | Building 4113 / StudiTUM-Haus, HS 04 |
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm | Biology (in English) | Building 4113 / StudiTUM-Haus, HS 04 |
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm | Agrosystem Sciences | Building 4102, HS 02 |
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm | Forest and Wood Science | Building 4277, HS 24 |
| Tue, 7 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm | Sustainable Resource Management Part I | Building 4277, HS 23 |
| Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 8:30-11 am | AgriFood Economics, Policy and Regulation | Building 4277, Seminarraum 7a |
| Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm | Sustainable Resource Management Part II | Building 4102, HS 01 |
| Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm | Food Chemistry | Building 4102, HS 02 |
| Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm |
| Building 4101, HS 06 |
| Wed, 8 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm | Molecular Biotechnology | Building 4317, HS 17 |
| Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Conservation and Landscape Planning | Building 4102, HS 01 |
| Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 9-11 am | Nutrition and Biomedicine | Building 4217, HS 12 |
| Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 12:30-2:30 pm | Ecological Engineering | Building 4102, HS 01 |
Where do I need to go? Search for buildings and lecture halls (Hörsäle, HS) with NavigaTUM and display overview and location maps.
"Fit for TUM": Sept. 29–Oct. 2, 2025
From organizing your studies to finding accommodation and university life: find out everything you need to know about TUM's facilities and services at the digital service fair “Fit for TUM.” Find out more and register
First-Years' Event at TUM on 13 October, 2025
Welcome to TUM! At the "most beautiful event of the year," President Hofmann welcomes the freshmen outdoors at the Garching campus.
TUM Campus App
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NavigaTUM - Search for rooms
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Actionbound - Campus tour
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