Technical University of Munich, is among the top 9 technical universities in Germany and is known as the University of Excellence. Its academics are divided into 15 departments and 13 research centres. TUM offers more than 150 degree programs in the natural sciences, engineering, medicine, life sciences, business and economics, teaching and educational research. The overall majority of study programs at TUM are generally free of tuition fees, with exception, for MBA programs. Admissions at the Technical University of Munich are available in 2 semester intakes of Winter and Summer. TUM has over 42,700 students in it's graduate and undergraduate programs out of which 13,858 are international students. The offer of admission is based on several factors like language proficiency score, GATE/GRE score, work experience and work portfolio.