Pre-registration for the major and minor in Philosophy

It is not possible to begin the BA in Philosophy at LMU in the Summer Semester.The next pre-registration opportunity will be before the winter semester 2025/26 (available from mid-May 2025).
The compulsory pre-registration procedure, which includes a logical and textual comprehension test (with no academic consequences), is neither a qualification test, nor a "numerus clausus". Faculty 10 merely wishes to ensure that future Bachelor students in Philosophy have faced "real" original philosophical texts, or excerpts thereof (which they will then have to master in book length during their studies!), at least once before they begin their studies, in view of the frequent misconceptions regarding the difficulty and abstraction level of a Philosophy program. Furthermore, the faculty would like to know as early as possible how many new Bachelor students they will welcome in the coming Winter Semester.
There is, however, no limit on place numbers or selection criteria in Philosophy at Bachelor level. Anyone who has a school leavers' certificate in the form of an allgemeine Hochschulreife and fulfils the other formal requirements (health insurance, entitlement to study at a German university, etc.) can enrol in Philosophy as a major or minor subject (or both*) after pre-registering - regardless of how the test goes, which is only intended for students to assess their own abilities.
* applies only in the case of a double major, in which Philosophy is the major subject in one program and the minor subject in the other.
First, you must register with your personal details. You then receive an automatically generated confirmation e-mail from the system, which allows you to activate your account. After you have done the self-test on the pre-registration platform and sent it off at the end, you receive an e-mail with guidance on registration (Immatrikulation) as a PDF attachment as well as a link which takes you to your pre-registration certificate (a PDF including your test result), which you need for enrollment. Please also note the following:
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Information about the subject of Philosophy for prospective students can be found on this page.
Do I also have to register or apply via a Germany-wide application portal for the LMU Bachelor program in Philosophy?
No, that is not necessary for the BA major in Philosophy, nor for the BA minor. (Just keep in mind that you have to apply centrally for certain minor subjects available for the Bachelor in Philosophy which have limits on place numbers.)
I will not have my Abitur certificate at the time of pre-registration, but I will get it in the following weeks or months. Can I still pre-register?
Yes, you can and you must, if you want to enrol. During pre-registration with the faculty, you do not have to submit proof of a school-leavers' certificate. That is only necessary during registration (Immatrikulation) with the Office of the University Registrar.
Do I have to send a copy of my Abitur, my CV or anything else to the department of Philosophy or to the faculty by post as part of the pre-registration procedure?
No!
As part of creating an account for the pre-registration procedure, I have to give my postal address. Should I let the Department of Philosophy know if my address changes?
No! You only have to give an up-to-date address in future to the Office of the University Registrar after you enrol.
I already pre-registered last year, but I did not enrol. Do I still have to pre-register again and complete the test, or is my pre-registration from last year still valid?
No, your "old" pre-registration is no longer valid. You have to pre-register and take the self-test again. Pre-registration is only ever valid for the Winter Semester in which enrollment will next take place.
I already created an account on the platform with my data last year and I want to pre-register again for the coming winter semester. Can I do this with the e-mail address I used last year?
Yes, you can. Your e-mail address and account are usually still saved. If you have forgotten the password you used, you can click on "Passwort vergessen?" on the login page.
Can I apply or pre-register for other degree programs (at LMU or at other universities as well) in parallel with my pre-registration for the Bachelor in Philosophy at LMU?
Yes!
Name | Title | Tel | Position | |
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Wyrwich, Thomas | Dr. | Thomas.Wyrwich@lrz.uni-muenchen.de | +49 89 2180-2099 | Student advisor and Philosophy degree program coordinator |