Master in Management & Technology

TUM School of Management placed 54th worldwide in the Financial Times Masters in Management 2025, with a weighted three-year salary of approximately US $117,000 and an 84% employment rate at three months.⁵ The programme carrying that ranking is the Master in Management & Technology (MMT) — a two-year degree that deliberately combines a management core with a specialisation in an engineering or natural-science discipline, producing graduates who can operate fluently across both domains.

Overview

TUM School of Management is the business faculty of the Technical University of Munich, one of Germany’s leading research universities and a member of the German Excellence Initiative.³ The MMT was established in 2002 as an explicit response to demand from technology-intensive industries for managers who hold substantive technical depth alongside strategic and commercial skills.¹

The school holds AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA triple-crown accreditation — a standard met by fewer than 1% of business schools worldwide.³ TUM is a public university, which has a direct effect on fees: EU/EEA students pay only the standard semester contribution of approximately €97 per semester, with no additional tuition charge.⁴ The cohort is roughly 46% international, reflecting the programme’s global positioning despite its public-university fee structure.¹

Curriculum & Structure

The MMT is structured around two parallel tracks pursued simultaneously over two years. The management track covers strategy, finance, marketing, innovation, and entrepreneurship — the standard building blocks of a business-school education. The technology track requires students to choose one specialisation from TUM’s engineering or natural-science departments: options include Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Sustainable Energies, Mechanical Engineering, Informatics, Electrical & Information Technology, and Chemistry.¹

The programme can be completed entirely in English: all management specialisations are fully English-taught, and several technology specialisations — including Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Sustainable Energies — are 100% English as well. Students choosing Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Informatics, or Electrical & Information Technology will encounter bilingual (German and English) coursework; applicants who wish to study fully in English should factor their specialisation preference into the application.¹

Application & Deadlines

TUM admits to the MMT for both winter and summer semesters, making it one of the few top-ranked MiM programmes with two annual entry points.² The main winter-semester window runs roughly 1 April–31 May, followed by an admissions test held around July; the summer-semester round operates on a separate, earlier schedule. The application requires academic transcripts, a motivation letter, and evidence of English proficiency; there is no mandatory GMAT requirement, though a strong quantitative academic background is expected given the dual management-technology structure.² Dates for the 2027/28 intake are not yet published.

Tuition & Funding

As a public institution, TUM charges non-EU/EEA students €4,000 per semester in tuition, plus the €97 semester contribution — roughly €16,400 across the four-semester programme.⁴ EU/EEA students pay only the semester contribution (under €400 in total), making the MMT one of the lowest-cost routes into the FT MiM top 60 for European applicants. Munich is one of Germany’s more expensive cities for living costs, so accommodation and living expenses are the primary financial consideration for most students. TUM offers merit-based scholarships and the Deutschlandstipendium for eligible students; external funding through DAAD is available to international applicants.⁴

Career Outcomes

The Financial Times 2025 ranking reports a weighted three-year salary of approximately US $117,000 and an 84% employment rate at three months for MMT graduates — both figures are FT’s own calculations from graduate survey data.⁵ Separately, TUM’s own employment report puts the average starting salary at approximately €65,000 for the Class of 2025 — a school-reported figure that reflects first-role compensation rather than the FT’s weighted multi-year measure.¹

Graduates place strongly into technology, automotive, consulting, and chemicals — sectors concentrated in Munich and its surrounding region, which is home to BMW, MAN, Siemens, and Linde, among others.¹ The management-plus-technology profile also opens roles that pure management degrees cannot easily access: product management, technology strategy, and technical consulting positions where deep engineering literacy is a differentiator.

Campus & Reputation

TUM’s main campus is in central Munich, with additional facilities in Garching (engineering and sciences) and Straubing. The proximity of the engineering and management faculties is not merely geographic: the MMT’s cross-faculty structure means students take courses alongside TUM’s engineering students, which reinforces the programme’s distinctive positioning.³ QS ranks TUM School of Management 28th in the QS Business Masters Rankings (Management) 2026.⁶

For the broader question of whether a MiM makes financial sense, see Is a MiM worth it in 2026? and our MiM vs MBA comparison.