Learning Agreement

In order to plan your course program for your semester abroad, you will need information about the course program available at your host university during your semester abroad. Without knowledge of the courses incl. description of the course content, an LA cannot be prepared.

You will receive basic information on what to consider when choosing courses in order to receive credit at LMU in an information session to which we will invite you after you have accepted your place abroad at one of our partner universities. You will also receive excerpts from the database of credits already transferred in the past for your orientation. Courses that have already been transferred will most likely be transferred again.

Furthermore, please consider the following:

Bachelor’s studies: The transfer of credits earned at foreign universities to the Bachelor's degree program at LMU is possible in particular in the compulsory elective modules of the specialization and in the free elective area ‘elective pool’. The elective pool offers the greatest flexibility and is therefore best suited for the recognition of foreign academic achievements. Ideally, the elective pool (“Wahlpool”) is completed entirely abroad.
In principle, credits for specializations are possible, provided that there are equivalent courses at the host university. If the completion of one or both specializations at the host university is not planned/possible, e.g. because no suitable courses are available, these can also be written at LMU in the respective winter semester, depending on the duration of the semester abroad. Semesters abroad often end at Christmas and students who are not on leave of absence can take the LMU examinations.
The compulsory seminar cannot be completed abroad. If this is completed in the summer semester, the Bachelor's thesis is started immediately afterwards and submitted by 30 September at the latest, the degree program is considered to have been completed in the summer semester.

Master’s studies: In principle, Master's courses at the host universities that can be thematically assigned to the specialization areas of the LMU Master's. In particular, the entire elective pool ("Wahlpool") can be considered for transferring credits earned at foreign universities to the LMU Master's program. Crediting in specialization modules is possible if all credits from the elective pool have been earned and the course is equivalent to an LMU course in terms of content and form. It is not possible to transfer credits from project courses.
MMT students plan their course programme with the MMT Student Advisory Service.

To obtain an assessment of the possibility of receiving credit for "new" courses not previously listed in the database, send Syllabi (comprehensive course description/course outline) to the IRC Include the LMU module (or a specific course) for which you would like to receive credit for the course. For examinations on specialization courses, please also provide 2 - 3 key points per course to be examined, indicating the extent to which the course overlaps with the corresponding LMU module/course in terms of content. For the module structure of your LMU program please refer to ISC.The courses will then be checked for credit transfer. Due to capacity reasons, unfortunately we cannot check unlimited courses per candidate. Therefore, please plan your program carefully.

Only when it has been finally determined which courses you will actually attend and the credit transfer possibilities have been clarified, it is time to complete Table A and B of the LA and thus create your LA. For OLAs, obtaining the necessary signatures is system-based. For all other LAs, the necessary signatures must be obtained successively by email.

There is no benefit to trying to create an LA as early as possible. Experience has shown that it is best to have it ready when the courses at the host university have been running stable for about 1 - 2 weeks. This way, time-consuming changes to the LA can be avoided. Ultimately, the LA must be available at the host university no later than 4 - 6 weeks after the start of lectures.

However, if changes are necessary for reasons beyond your control, you must use the changes part of the LA. Please be sure to discuss the change with IRC before formally issuing the Changes section.

The official transcript from your host university is required to complete the recognition process. The official certificate/transcript will be sent by your host university either directly to you or also to us. We will notify you by email as soon as we have received a transcript for you. If you receive your transcript electronically only, please make sure that we can verify its authenticity (e.g. sent by the host university directly or cc to IRC).

Once the official transcript is available, you may send the completed request for credit transfer (XLSX, 16 KB) as xls file to IRC. Together with your request, please send the confirmation of the registration of your stay abroad in LSF. The credit transfer will then be processed step by step by email. Please use your campus email address only.

You do not have to transfer all courses included in the LA. You will have to decide which courses you wish to transfer during the credit transfer process.

As a result, you will receive a credit transfer confirmation and the credits will be added to your LMU credit account. The credit confirmation also serves as proof of the crediting of the courses abroad within the framework of ERASMUS.

You must apply for credit transfer in the semester following the semester abroad. Later transfer of foreign credits is excluded by LMU's examination law.