Master in Consumer Science

Application Procedure

Your application will proceed through TUMonline. A guideline about the application in TUMonline can be found here.

If you did not obtain your first degree (usually a Bachelor’s degree) in a country within the European Union (as well as Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein) you have to apply via uni-assist in addition to TUMonline. Uni-assist will make a preliminary evaluation on whether you meet the entry requirements for the Master program at TUM. Please note that the uni-assist application needs to be completed before the end of the application period, however, the document that uni-assist will provide you with (VPD), can be handed in later, even after the application period has ended.

We follow a two-stage assessment procedure to be able to select the best possible candidates for the Master in Consumer Science. In the first stage of the assessment procedure, candidates are evaluated based on their previous academic background. If an applicant’s eligibility is still questionable after stage 1, the applicantion will move on to stage 2, where the academic background as well as the essay will be evaluated.

We expect our applicants to have a high standard of scientific writing, therefore applicants who fail to meet this standard will unfortunately be excluded from the assessment process in case plagiarism is detected in the essay.

Please find the  description of the assessment process in the grey box “useful information” located on the right side of this website.

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We are currently working on a change in the statutes that govern the entrance requirements of this program. Once in force, this change would require a GMAT score as part of the application process. The modifications in the statutes are subject to deliberation by several committees as part of the normal process. The change will likely take effect for those applying for intake in Winter Semester 2022/23.

This proposal has not yet completed its rounds through the process. We offer this information in the spirit of transparency; no further details are available at this time. We will provide updates on the situation on our website as soon as we have more information.

The current entrance requirements for the Master program in Consumer Science are:

• Hold a Bachelor’s degree (requiring at least 6 semesters of study) or equivalent in Management, Economics or other Social Sciences (e.g. Sociology, Psychology, Communication Sciences or equivalent)
• Have successfully completed modules worth at least 15 ECTS in empirical research methods, statistics, quantitative methods or math.
• Applicants must also be able to prove that they are proficient in the English language at the time of application. In addition to accepted English language proficiency certificates across TUM study programs, applicants can prove their English language knowledge with a previous university degree that was taught and assessed in English entirely or at least 12 ECTS thereof. The 12 ECTS can include courses and/or your final thesis. Please use this form only in case the 12 ECTS rule applies to you.

Please note that to be eligible to apply for the Master in Consumer Science program an application must meet all of the above mentioned criteria. No conditional admission will be given, in case an applicant does not meet the entrance requirements at the time of application!

It is not necessary to prove any knowledge in the German language at the time of application. However, as a foreign student you are required to provide proof of basic German language proficiency (comparable to A1 level) by the end of the second semester.