Goethe Institut
(http://www.goethe.de/ins/...) — the goethe institut offers courses in german for anyone. the goethe institut offers several intensive courses and will find accommodation for students.
Ludwig Maximilians University
(http://www.uni-muenchen.de/), ludwig-maximilians-universitã¤t mã¼nchen, geschwister-scholl-platz 1, 80539 munich, tel +49 089 / 2180 - 0.
Munich University of Applied Sciences
(http://www.fh-muenchen.de...), hochschule mã¼nchen, university of applied sciences - mã¼nchen, lothstr. 34, d-80335 mã¼nchen.
Technical University of Munich
(http://www.tum.de/) technische universitã¤t mã¼nchen, arcisstraãe 21, d-80333 munich.
Munich Business School
(http://www.munich-busines...), elsenheimerstraãe 61 0687 mã¼nchen, tel +49 89 5476780.
Festivals
Oktoberfest
— The first Oktoberfest took place on the 12 October 1810, to celebrate the marriage of Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Sachsen-Hildburghausen. All citizens of Munich were invited to a meadow Wies'n situated in front of the city tower, subsequently renamed the Theresienwiese in honor of the bride. In the early years of the fair, horse races were held, then as the event grew, included agricultural conventions, which still take place every fourth year. In 1896, businessmen working with the breweries in Munich built the first giant beer tents at Oktoberfest, and drinking has been the primary focus since. Each of the major breweries presides over its own large tent filled with traditional musicians leading the crowd in well-known drinking chants, incredibly strong barmaids hoisting ten or more huge Maà 1-liter glass beer mugs that are heavy even when empty!, and a spate of drunken people all trying to get into the bathroom at once. In 2003, Oktoberfest hosted 6.4 million visitors who drank 6.1 million liters of beer and ate the equivalent of 91 oxen, 383,000 sausages and 630,000 chickens. However, visiting the Oktoberfest can be much more stressful than the visit of similar festivals Cannstatter Wasen, Wurstmarkt Bad Dürkheim, etc., because the tents are overcrowded and there are doormen at the entrance ruling the procedure of coming in. Especially at weekends you should try to get in the tents before 10AM. During the week, most tents are open all day, however it is not easy to get a seat if you are many people and as a general rule, you won't get served if you haven't got a seat. It is not recommended to leave the tent if you want to get in it later the day. So you have to decide early in the morning if you want to go in a certain tent or you want to enjoy the rides like the coaster with 5 loops. Some tents, such as the Hofbräu Festzelt have a standing area that do not require seating; as such, you can sometimes get into this tent later than with other ones. If the weather is nice, you can enjoy your beer any time at the open air tables besides the beer tents. You won't experience the typical beer tent atmosphere with Bavarian oompah music though.
Tollwood
(http://www.tollwood.de/en...) — in summer in the olympic park, in winter on theresienwiese oktoberfest area, these 3-week festivals combine ethnic food, souvenir shops, concerts and theater, and they are very popular among the locals.
Christkindlmarkt / Christkindltram
See extra section below.
Maibaumaufstellen
(http://www.bayern.by/port...){f2e19bcd-7974-a0a2-ba0b-53bcb8e271de} — on the 1st of may which is a public holiday in germany strange things happen in some upper bavarian villages and even in munich... men in lederhosn and girls in dirndln carrying long poles meet on the central square. with these poles an even longer white-blue pole is erected. there is usually an oompah band playing, booths selling food and drinks and tables where you can sit down and enjoy this non-touristy spectacle. the large white-blue pole you find in almost every village and dozens in munich e.g. on the viktualienmarkt is called maibaum meaning may tree - known in english as a maypole and the villages compete who has the tallest and the straightest one. it is cut down every three to five years and re-erected in the following year. ask a local which village or district of munich does it this year and be there not later than 10am. there's several traditions revolving around maypoles, like the dance of the unmarried men and women. the weeks before may 1st, each village has to guard its maypole, because if some other village manages to steal it, they'll have to buy it back. usually with beer...
Theater, opera, and music
Nationaltheater
Shows ballet and opera performances almost every night. the bavarian national opera company is said by critics to be one of the best in the world!
Residenztheater
Variety of classical and modern plays.
Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz
Smaller than the national theater, this is a very good alternative for interesting productions of operas, operettas and musicals. tickets are generally still available on short notice, even when the big opera houses have been sold out for weeks.
Deutsches Theater
More musicals and theme shows like mama mia!, etc.
Volkstheater
Is somewhere between bavarian folklore and modern theater.
Kammerspiele
Which often surprises viewers with very modern and sometimes shocking interpretations of famous plays.
If you want to see a movie, keep in mind that foreign movies are normally dubbed with German voices. Adverts will generally indicate if the movie will be shown in its original version i.e., no overdubbing with the abbreviations OF Original version, OmU Original with German subtitles, and OmeU original with English subtitles. In the movie theater right next to subwaystation Stiglmaierplatz, named "Cinema" (http://www.cinema-muenche...), they play all movies in the original language. Other options are the "Museums Lichtspiele" (http://muenchen.movietown.eu/) or the big Multiplex cinema "Mathäser" (http://www.mathaeser.de/f...) at Stachus, which usually show 1-2 movies in their original version.
Munich has many theatres showing different plays:
Sport
Hockey
Ehc munich (http://www.ehc-muenchen.com/). the local professional hockey club in munich. they play at the olympic ice arena in olympic park.
Football
From august to may, you can catch football action with fc bayern munich and tsv 1860 munich at allianz arena.fc bayern .tsv 1860 munich .
Skiing/Snowboarding
In winter, get a "bayern ticket" for bavarian public transport, and go skiing at garmisch-partenkirchen for the day. autobus oberbayern (http://www.skibus-muenche...) offers good value daytrips to austrian ski resorts such as kaltenbach zillertal (http://www.skifidelity.at...), st. johann (http://www.bergbahnen-stj...) and matrei (http://www.matrei-ski.at/).
River-Surfing
(http://www.maddogsbreakfa...) — in spring, join the locals surfing on the river at the edge of the englischer garten, at the bridge towards lehel u-bahn station.