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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 Zentralbibliothek (Main Library). Alternatively, you can also apply for a library card digitally: Please send us an email to information@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 information@ub.uni-muenchen.de and upload the document, that confirms your respective status using the upload form.

Link to the upload form

LMU students

For students, the LMUcard is the only ID required for using the library. 

LMUcard for students

Using the library with your LMUcard

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LMU professors (if without LMUcard)

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

UB.info

New appointments:
Your library card will be sent to you automatically via the University New Appointments Service.

Already in office:
1. Certificate of appointment or employee ID
2. Personal identity card
3. Registration form (PDF document, 89 kB)

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LMU & clinic staff (if without LMUcard)

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

UB.info

1. Employment contract (copy) or employee ID with valid stamp for the current year
2. Personal identity card, or German certificate of residency, or passport with residency permit
3. Registration form (PDF document, 89 kB)

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.

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LMU departments

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

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).

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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.

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Postgraduates preparing their doctoral thesis but no longer enrolled at the LMU

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

UB.info

1. Personal identity card, or German certificate of residency, or passport residency permit
2. Confirmation by the Examination Office (Prüfungsamt) or written confirmation from your academic tutor
This must include the following:
a. Letter head and stamp of the department
b. Your academic tutor's signature
c. The expected completion date of your promotion
3. Registration form (PDF document, 89 kB)

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Guest auditors

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

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.
2. Personal identity card, or German certificate of residency, or passport with residency permit
3. Registration form (PDF document, 89 kB) 

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Students of the TU Munich and the Hochschule für Politik (HfP)

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

UB.info

1. Student identity card
2. Personal identity card, or German certificate of residency, or passport with residency permit
3. Registration form (PDF document, 89 kB)

Your library card is valid to the end of the current term.
To renew your card please show your student ID for the next term at the Information Desk. You can also send a scan as an email attachment to information@ub.uni-muenchen.de

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Staff of the TU Munich and the HfP

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

UB.info

1. Employment contract (copy)
2. Personal identity card, or German certificate of residency, or passport with residency permit
3. Registration form (PDF document, 89 kB)

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 its status converted to permanent, the validity of your library card can also be extended.

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International academic staff guests

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

UB.info

1. Employment contract
2. Personal identity card, or German certificate of residency, or passport with residency permit
3. Registration form (PDF document, 89 kB)
4. Additionally for foreign guests of LMU without German residence: application form (in German, PDF document, 108 kB)

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Secondary and high school students (over 16 years old)

Where can you get your library card?What documents will you need?

UB.info

1. Pupil ID or written confirmation from your school
2. Personal identity card, or German certificate of residency, or passport with residency permit
3. Registration form (in German, PDF document, 89 kB)

Pupils under 18:
1. Pupil ID or written confirmation from your school
2. Personal identity card, or passport with German certificate of residency, or passport with residency permit
3. Completed application for the registration of a new user under 18 years (in German, PDF document, 94 kB)
4. Copy of the personal identity card of a parent or guardian

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Private individuals, trainee teachers, students of other universities

Where can you get your library card?Application and validation

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.
However you will not be able to use the electronic media in the LMU University Library.