Freshers guide
Course & Tutorial Registration in TUMonline
Almost every question we get in the first two weeks is about TUMonline. Here is how course, exercise and tutorial registration works, and what the status symbols in your semester plan actually mean.
How registration works
Log in to TUMonline, go to Studies & Courses, then My Studies. There you see your credits, your average grade and all course information.
Open the Semester Plan at the top. It shows the recommended schedule and the mandatory courses for your semester. Always register from the semester plan rather than through the general course search, that way you cannot accidentally sign up for a course from another programme.
Exercises and tutorials often have separate registration slots with limited capacity and their own opening time. Registering for the lecture does not register you for the tutorial.
Common pitfalls
Two courses overlapping in your schedule is usually not an error: half-semester courses such as Business Ethics and Entrepreneurship share a slot with another course.
A green dot means registration is open or you are registered, a red triangle means the registration period has not started or is already closed. Both are explained in detail below.
Questions students ask us
10 answers on this topic, collected from your fellow students. Every question has its own link, so you can share a single answer.
+How do you sign up for the courses?
1. Log in to TUMonline → go to Studies & Courses → My Studies. Here you can see your credits, average grade, and course info.
2. Click on the Semester Plan (top center). This shows the recommended schedule and required courses for each semester.
3. Select a course from the plan and register directly through the detail page. This ensures you don’t sign up for the wrong course.
1. To register for exams, you can either go back to My Studies → Exams / Exam Registration and complete your exam sign-up. Or you can simply click on the course you want to register for. The click on the course marked with a red triangle to register for the lectures and for the exam click the course marked with the green circle.
Last updated: August 2026
+How do I register for tutorials, e.g. for Operations Research and Decision Analysis?
For starters, you only need to register for the lectures themselves; Normally information regarding the tutorials, exercises etc will be shared in the first lectures.
+There are multiple exercise slots. How should I select one?
Content wise they are the same; The lecturers (and of course the times) are quite different. Feel free to try out different slots in the first few weeks to find out what works best for you; Registration is normally not necessary.
+Why is one lectures marked with a green dot and the other with a red triangle?
The green one is for the exam and the red one is for the lectures and exercises.
+I see two overlapping courses on my schedule. Why is this?
If you have followed the recommended timetable, this should not be an issue.
However, exercises and tutorials might be offered at times when other lectures are taking place.
If you wish to attend the lecture, then simply reregister for a different group or just go to another one!
+Why can’t I see/register for business ethics yet?
Business Ethics is a 3-credit course that starts later in the semester than your other courses, usually in December. Until then you have Foundations of Entrepreneurial Business.
If you cannot register for it yet, check TUMonline again closer to the course start. The exact dates can change each semester.
Last updated: September 2026
+For economics there are two lectures we can choose from Is it possible to change the group during the semester or not?
Usually, the different Economics lecture groups cover the same content. If there is space, you can normally attend another group.
If you want to change your registration officially, you can deregister and register for the other group in TUMonline. Always check the current course information in case there are group-specific rules.
Last updated: September 2026
+Can I not take/take extra courses this semester?
Yes, you can take fewer or extra courses depending on what works for you.
Just keep the GOPs and the credit requirements in mind: if you do not pass at least 3 out of the 4 GOPs by the end of your 2nd semester, you will be exmatriculated. The recommended timetable is a good orientation, especially in the first semesters.
Last updated: September 2026
+Are there special course requirements to select the Medicine specialization?
Yes. Medicine is the one specialization with a selection process, described in Appendix 2 of the FPSO.
There are 48 places.
You apply once a year, for the following summer semester, at the latest by the end of the first week of lectures of that summer semester. The same applies if you switch specialization later or join laterally.
Places are allocated by your study progress in the first semester: applicants who passed all six compulsory first-semester modules are considered first, ranked by their average grade in those modules. If places remain, applicants who passed five, four, three, two or one of them are considered in that order. Ties are decided by lot.
Registering on time matters: late registrations are only considered if places are left over.
Always check the current FPSO before applying, as the rules can be amended.
Last updated: September 2026
+How can I find where my room is?
If you want to check the location of a room, use the TUM Roomfinder/NavigaTum, link above.
You can also look up rooms in Garching there.
Kurz auf Deutsch
Die Kursanmeldung läuft über TUMonline: Studium & Lehre, dann Meine Studien und der Semesterplan. Melde dich immer über den Semesterplan an, dann landest du garantiert im richtigen Kurs deines Studiengangs.
Übungen und Tutorien haben eigene Anmeldezeitfenster mit begrenzten Plätzen. Ein grüner Punkt bedeutet, dass die Anmeldung offen ist, ein rotes Dreieck, dass sie noch nicht begonnen hat oder bereits vorbei ist.