Register at the Library | TUM University Library

We will be glad to issue you with a TUM Library Card. Members of the university can have their TUM StudentCard or TUM PersonalCard activated for library use.

This service is free of charge and is offered at any time during the opening hours of our branch libraries.

TUM Students

1. Activation
After receiving your TUM StudentCard, you will find a link to the University Library in the Services section of your TUMonline account. Here, you can activate library usage for your StudentCard.

2. Password Setting
Please log into your library account in the OPAC and set your individual password (max. 12 digits). For the first login, please use the library number (barcode number on the back of the StudentCard) and the standard password (your birthday and month in the form DDMM).

E-Tutorial: Library registration for TUM students

Students in Cooperative TUM LMU Degree Programs
If you only hold an LMU student card, please apply for an additional TUM StudentCard at the TUM Center for Study and Teaching. Subsequently, you can activate library use for this card in TUMonline as described above.

TUM Students at the Heilbronn Campus

TUM University Library

E-Tutorial: Library registration for TUM students

LIV – Heilbronn Central Library

In order to use the LIV Library, you must register in person at the Heilbronn Central Library.

Please bring with you:

your CampusCard Heilbronn
your TUM StudentCard
your ID card or passport

TUM Staff

Visit one of our branch libraries and fill in a registration form. We will then activate your TUM PersonalCard for library use.

Please bring with you:

your validated TUM PersonalCard

TUM Staff at the Heilbronn Campus

TUM University Library

Have your TUM PersonalCard activated for the scan service dokumenTUM.

1. Registration
Please send the following documents:

the completed, printed and signed PDF form
a copy of your ID card or passport
a copy of your validated TUM PersonalCard

to the following address:

Technical University of Munich
University Library
Document Delivery & Digitisation Team
Arcisstrasse 21
80333 Munich, Germany

2. Password Setting
As soon as your TUM PersonalCard is registered for library use, you can log into the TUM OPAC and set your individual password (max. 12 digits). For the first login, please use the library number (barcode number on the back of the TUM PersonalCard) and the standard password (your birthday and month in the form DDMM).

LIV – Heilbronn Central Library

In order to use the LIV Library, you must register in person at the Heilbronn Central Library.

Please bring with you:

your CampusCard Heilbronn
your TUM PersonalCard
your ID card or passport

Guest Students and Guest Researchers

Guest Students in the Integration Programme Ukraine

Visit one of our branch libraries and fill in a registration card.
Please bring with you:

a photo ID
the official letter confirming that you are enrolled in the integration programme

Visiting Researchers and other Guests of TUM

Visit one of our branch libraries and fill in a registration form.
Please bring with you:

your valid ID card or your passport
a declaration of liability completed by the chair or faculty
your TUM GuestCard (if applicable)

Non-TUM Students

Visit one of our branch libraries and fill in a registration form.

Please bring with you:

your valid ID card
or your passport together with proof of residence in Germany ("Meldebescheinigung")
your current student ID

Individuals and External Library Users

Visit one of our branch libraries and fill in a registration form.

Please bring with you:

your valid ID card
or your passport together with proof of residence in Germany ("Meldebescheinigung")

Persons under Age 18

For registration you need to provide the signature of a parent or guardian on the registration form for underage persons. Please proceed as follows:

Fill in the registration form completely.
Print it out.
Ask your parent or guardian to sign it.
Come to one of our branch libraries.

Additionally, please bring with you:

your ID card
or a passport together with proof of residence in Germany ("Meldebescheinigung")
your parent's or guardian's ID card or a copy of the document