Munich – NOC
Locations / Europe

Munich

Spend a year inside a Munich startup while taking a course at the Technical University of Munich. The companies here build aircraft, semiconductors and medical devices, not apps.

  • Partner uni

    Technical University of Munich

  • Format

    Full Year
  • Intake

    August
  • Audience

    Undergraduates only

  • Ecosystem

    Deep tech
  • Cohort size

    ~25 students per intake

About Munich

Rearrange your view of normal.

Startups are usually associated with software. In Munich, the association is engineering. The companies here are building electric aircraft, quantum simulation tools, energy pricing systems and medical devices. Sitting in the same ecosystems Siemens, BMW and the machine-tool firms that have supplied Europe centuries. A deep tech company needs a decade and a factory, not a weekend and a landing page. This changes the typical experience of a startup here.

That shows up in what students do. Chew Yong Zhang designed the battery management system for an electric aircraft at VÆRIDION. Wilson Lee built revenue forecasting at nextnano, a quantum simulation company. Karishma Thirumaran worked on AI at Erium. These are not shadowing roles. They are engineering jobs on products that have to work.

Munich sits in the middle of Europe, and everything is a train ride away. Students have spent weekends in other countries and still found time to enter hackathons in Bremen and Geneva alongside a their internship. Opportunities for growth are endless.

Why Munich?

Centuries of expertise ensure Munich builds what’s next.

Reverence for engineering

NOC students here have worked on electric aircraft, quantum simulation software and energy systems. If you want to build something physical, Munich will give you the best opportunities.

Insights from TUM

You take an entrepreneurship course at the Technical University of Munich.The remaining 36 NOC units come from your internship, where your focus and time is dedicated to the practice of bringing products to life.

Access the best of Europe

Leading hubs are a short and often scenic train ride away. You can broaden your horizons and expose yourselves to markets that hold centuries of expertise in manufacturing, materials, and pharmaceuticals.

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Munich

You take classes on entrepreneurship at TUM part-time while the internship runs. Four of your thirty-six NOC units come from those classes. The other thirty-two come from your internship.

The diesel engine, patented by Rudolf Diesel in 1893. The Otto cycle that every petrol engine still runs on. The Nobel work on X-ray crystallography in 1914. TUM has produced innovations that European engineering and manufacturing have been built on.

A year in Munich
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What our students say

"My NOC Munich experience at Vaeridion GmbH was incredibly impactful. As a Mechanical Design Engineering Intern, I directly contributed to sustainable aviation projects, honing my technical skills in a fast-paced startup environment. The entrepreneurial classes I took at both TUM and NUS further enhanced my problem-solving abilities, business acumen, and product development skills, giving me a unique perspective on innovation."

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P Ramachandran

NOC Munich Alumnus | 2024 | College of Design and Engineering

Practical info

The things you'll need to know before committing to Munich.

  • Cost of living [ $$$ ]

    SGD 2,100

  • Accommodation

    NOC supports housing search.

  • Stipend & awards

    Most students receive an internship stipend from their host company. NOC awards available via Awards & Scholarships

  • Visa

    German national visa or residence permit. NOC covers the full application cost

  • Language

    English German
  • Climate

    Continental Four seasons
  • Time zone

    UTC+1 (CET)
  • Getting around

    U-Bahn, S-Bahn and trams on one ticket. No car needed

Curriculum

Faculty-mapped courses for NOC Munich: units, intakes, and academic structure.

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Rank Munich in your application. Note that NOC reserves the right to assign you to any available location regardless of stated preference.

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