Additional required documents international students

Students with a bachelor degree from outside of Germany have to provide additional documents that will be forwarded and reviewed by the LMU International Office LMU. The application of international students is not complete when the documents are not physically received the latest two weeks after the application deadline. 

Important! Send the documents in a way that neither fees nor signatures are necessary for the recipient. Any fees incurred (customs, etc.) cannot be covered by our side and we will refuse to accept such shipments.

Please send the documents listed below to the following mail address:

Master’s program in Geobiology and Paleobiology (MGAP)
PD Dr Oliver Voigt
LMU-Universität München
Department of Earth- and Environmental Sciences
Palaeontology and Geobiology
Richard-Wagner-Str. 10
80333 Munich, Germany

Include the following documents:

(1) A complete application form (download here). Please fill in information for the following sections in the form:
     1. Personal details
     3. Postal address
     4. Educational background
     8. Other applications
     Place, date 
     Cross out Sections 5-7,9-11, they are not required for your application to MGAP.
     Then print the form, sign it ('Signature') and sent it with your other documents.

(2) Certified copies of all higher education/university certificates and diplomas and all transcripts of records

• in the original language – as officially certified copies
• and with officially certified translations where applicable. Only certificates in English, French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Latin, Portuguese and Romanian do not have to be translated. Please refer to the following website for requirements of certifications and translations: https://www.lmu.de/en/study/degree-students/applications-for-admission/certified-copies-and-translations/index.html#st_img_text__master_2
• Applicants from the USA require to provide a transcript of records from their university in a closed envelope.