Recognition of exams taken at other universities

This website contains information on the recognition of exams taken at other universities and is valid for students enrolled in the Bachelor program at the TUM School of Management or in the Information Systems Bachelor program at the Department of Informatics. The TUM course, which can be replaced by recognized exam results, is

MA9712: Statistics for Business Administration

Steps towards recognition

Here we have to distinguish between students enrolled in the Bachelor program at the TUM School of Management and students enrolled in the Information Systems Bachelor program at the Department of Informatics.

For students at the TUM School of Management

  1. If your request a confirmation of courses equivalence for courses from overseas universities, then please follow these instructions. This has to be done before going abroad. If your course can’t be recognized based on these instructions, please check point 3. and 4..

  2. If your course is included in the table, then please fill out the credit transfer form (see Download Center) and send it to Dr. Stephan Haug.

  3. If your course is not contained in the above table, then please check the module description of MA9712 to see if your course is equivalent. In particular your course must contain an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics as well as probability theory. In addition you must be able to proof that you have been working with a statistical software in your course. If you think your course is equivalent to MA9712, then please send

  • your grade report or certificate(s),
  • relevant course outlines, and
  • the completed credit transfer form (see Download Center) ,

if it is a course from a German university or otherwise

to Dr. Stephan Haug. In the latter case, please include the following information in your email as a link or attachment:

  • information on the course structure,
  • course contents,
  • learning objectives, and
  • bibliography.

Info: All processed requests are sent directly to the TUM School of Management. If we don't have any questions regarding your request, you don't get any feedback from us.

For students at the Department of Informatics

Please contact the Academic Advising at your department. There you will get the correct form for your request of recognition of exams taken at other universities. You will then have to send us the completed form together with the relevant course outlines and the name of your academic student advisor. Please also take into account the tables on this web page. If your course is listed in the second table, we will not be able to recognize it.

Info: All processed requests are sent directly to the Academic Advising.

Recognition of math courses

Information regarding recognition of math courses replacing MA9711 or MA9714 can be found here.