Library card
LMU students | LMU professors | LMU & clinic staff | LMU departments | LMU postgraduates | Guest auditors | TU/HfP students | TU/HfP staff | International acadamic staff guests | Secondary and high school students | Other users
The LMUcard is the LMU's multifunctional chip card for students and doctoral candidates currently enrolled at the LMU. Employees of the LMU are advised to apply for an LMUcard with integrated library function.
If you have not (yet) received your LMUcard you can ask for a library card to be issued to you.
The contact point for registration is the UB.info in the central library. Alternatively, you can also apply for a library card digitally: Please send us an e-mail to benutzung@ub.uni-muenchen.de and upload all the required documents using the upload form.
If you already have a library card and would like to extend it, please send us an email to benutzung@ub.uni-muenchen.de and upload the document confirming your affiliation with the LMU using the upload form.
LMU students
For students, the LMUcard is the only ID required for using the library.
Using the library with your LMUcard
LMU professors (if without LMUcard)
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
New appointments: Already in office: |
LMU & clinic staff (if without LMUcard)
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
1. Employment contract (copy) or employee ID with valid stamp for the current year Please note: Student or graduate assistants receive a library card according to their status as students or researchers. If you have a fixed-term employment contract your library card will be valid until the end of your contract. If your fixed-term employment contract is extended or if you are awarded a permanent contract the validity of your library card can also be extended. |
LMU departments
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
Completed application with departmental stamp and signature. (in German, PDF document, 117 kB) Projects: official written confirmation of project and duration Please note: Library cards for LMU departments are only valid in the Main Library (Zentralbibliothek). |
Postgraduates enrolled at the LMU
For postgraduates enrolled at the LMU, the LMUcard is the only ID required for using the library. The University Library does not issue library cards to postgraduates enrolled at the LMU.
Postgraduates preparing their doctoral thesis but no longer enrolled at the LMU
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
1. Personal identity card, or German certificate of residency, or passport residency permit |
Guest auditors
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
1. Temporary card for guest auditors, participants with a pass from the „Deutsch-Kurs” or similar documentation of a temporary stay with the LMU. |
Students of the TU Munich and the Hochschule für Politik (HfP)
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
1. Student identity card Your library card is valid to the end of the current term. |
Staff of the TU Munich and the HfP
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
1. Employment contract (copy) If you have a fixed-term employment contract your library card will be valid until the end of your contract. |
International academic staff guests
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
1. Employment contract |
Secondary and high school students (over 16 years old)
| Where can you get your library card? | What documents will you need? |
|---|---|
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UB.info |
1. Pupil ID or written confirmation from your school Pupils under 18: |
Private individuals, trainee teachers, students of other universities
| Where can you get your library card? | Application and validation |
|---|---|
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Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB) |
The application is effected via the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Your Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB) card also entitles you to borrow items from the stacks in the LMU University Library. |