Your path through CDTM
CDTM, a program of TUM and LMU, is designed to turn ambitious students from technology, business, and the sciences into the entrepreneurs, product leaders, and innovators of tomorrow. This interdisciplinary honors program complements your master’s degree and is tailored for students who want to shape a digital and technology-driven world rather than just study it.
Over three semesters, you work in diverse teams on real challenges with industry partners and startups: you analyze emerging trends, develop digital products from idea to prototype, and build your own venture. Along the way, you become part of a strong, lifelong network that connects you with founders, investors, industry experts, and alumni.
Benefit from a hands-on, project-based approach to education, featuring elective courses, international experiences, and a community that keeps supporting you long after graduation.
Three courses, two Taskforces, three electives
A typical path over three semesters. The Trend Seminar and MPD are fixed in their semesters; when you take eLab, your Taskforces and electives is up to you.
3 core courses, 27 ECTS
Trend Seminar, MPD and eLab, 9 ECTS each. The Trend Seminar comes first: passing it opens every other course. MPD follows at the beginning of your time at CDTM, eLab at the end.
2 Taskforce semesters, 5 ECTS
Students run the center: the campaigns, the events, this website. Real responsibility, early. One Taskforce semester has to be done before eLab; the second can run alongside it.
3 electives, 6 ECTS
Chosen from the courses on offer each semester, to go deeper into a field of your choice. They can be taken in any semester, up to the sixth.
Stay abroad or research stay
Not required to graduate, but we encourage every student to collect international experience. From the second semester on, we help organise semesters abroad and research stays through our extensive academic network.
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Go deeper where you want to
Electives cover a variety of topics, from business and tech skills to personal development. They complement the core courses by letting you deepen your knowledge in an area of your choice, and you need two of them to graduate.
- 4-5
- Electives offered every semester
- 3
- Electives you take to graduate, 6 ECTS
- How to Win at Texas Hold ’Em Poker
- Identifying High-Value Business Problems for AI
- Gastronomy
- Sketching with hardware
- Venture financing
- Self-leadership and career planning
