CAMPUS STEP BY STEP Vorbereitungstage - Preparatory Days - For international students - Uni Siegen

CAMPUS STEP BY STEP
                                Vorbereitungstage – Preparatory Days
                                     For international students

International Student Affairs

Schedule

                             Wednesday                 Thursday             Friday                   Friday
                             07.04.2021                08.04.2021           09.04.2021               16.04.2021
1.00-3.00 p.m.                      1.00 p.m.
                                    Welcome,                1.00 p.m.             1.00 p.m.
                                Get to know each       What do I need to   Presentation of leisure
                              other + first steps in   know for my studies     time activities            2.00 p.m.
                                     Siegen                                                          Questions & answers
3.00-5.00 p.m.

5.00-7.00 p.m.                                                                     5.00 p.m.
                                                                                Meet & Greet
                                                                             with senior students
7.00 p.m.                                                   6.00 p.m.
                                                          International
                                                           Stammtisch

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Current regulations
Entry from a risk area
Depending on how your country of origin is classified by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), you must be
tested before entry and / or stay immediately after entry for a few days in self-isolation / quarantine.
Behavior in public areas
• A medical or FFP2 mask must be worn on buses and trains, as well as in stores, at the market and in
  certain areas of the city.
• If possible, always keep at least 1.5m distance from other people.
• Stay home if you do not feel well.
University
• The university will be closed until May 24.

              Please stay updated here:

              https://www.uni-siegen.de/isa/wege_nach_siegen/covid-
              19/index.html.en?lang=en
              https://www.uni-siegen.de/corona/index.html.en?lang=en

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The first administrative steps

 Search for accommodation
 Taking out health insurance
 Enrollment at the University of Siegen
 Registration of the apartment address with the city (city hall)
 Opening a bank account
 Application for a residence permit

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Enrollment

          Currently, there may be changes - please refer to STARTING information and contact
                           registration@zv.uni-siegen.de with any questions.

    Online Pre-enrollment
    (unisono)
                                Health insurance
                                             Enrollment at STARTING

                                                                 Semester fee

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Accomodation

                                 www.studentenwerk.uni-
                                  siegen.de/wohnraumportal

                                 www.wg-gesucht.de

                                 www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de

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Health Care System

          State Health Insurance                           Private Health Insurance

                                                       Participants of the DSH-Course
                Degree students
                                                       and students over 30 years old
 Everyone MUST have health insurance.
 You can choose your insurance company yourself.
 Especially if you take a private health insurance: please check if
 everything important is covered! (Please note: pregnancy for example is
 often not covered)
 If you have any questions feel free to turn to us
                                               Infos:
 https://www.daad.de/deutschland/in-deutschland/regeln/de/8839-krankenversicherung-organisieren/
                      http://www.verivox.de/gesetzliche-krankenversicherung/

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Liablility Insurance and Contents Insurance

 If your hurt someone or break something it can become very expensive
 in Germany:
 This is why a liability insurance is advisable.
 Costs justs a few euros per month.
 You can arrange to have one for
 example at an insurance company or
 at a bank.

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Liablility Insurance and Contents Insurance

Liablility Insurance                                      Contents Insurance
e.g. if you                                               Is valid with the appartment, e.g.

 Hurt someone                                             Fire
 Damage something                                         damage by water
 Lose your keys (counts only with                         burglary
  some insurance)
                                                           For some rental agreements, a
                                                            contents insurance is required

                                              find insurances here:
https://www.check24.de/privathaftpflicht/lp/vergleichen/a/?wpset=google_phv_brand_01&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIruaL9fTw2QI
                                        V0cmyCh29dwiLEAAYASAAEgIo8vD_BwE

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Bank accounts

       https://finanzen.check24.de/konto-kredit/girokonto/girokonto-vergleiche/
                     Normally bank accounts are free for students.
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Registration &
                              Visa/
                        Residence Permit

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Registration in Siegen

 Within 2 weeks of your arrival, you have to register your new address at
 the responsible Local City Office (Rathaus/ Bürgerbüro)
 Please bring the following
    Passport
    „Wohnungsgeberbestätigung“ (form that has to be filled in by your
     landlord)
    https://www.siegen.de/fileadmin/cms/olsformulare/WohnungsgeberbestaetigungEinzugInclSpeichern.pdf

At this time, you can only enter City Hall
with an appointment.
Please make an appointment here:
https://www.terminland.de/stadtsiegen

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Registration in Siegen

    Please note:
    If you can only register after the 2 weeks because you were either in
    quarantine or because the appointment was not made earlier, this is no
    problem!!!

    If there are any problems with opening an account at a bank because
    you have not yet registered with the City, please explain the situation. If
    there are still problems, please contact
    eva.grottschreiber@zv.uni-siegen.de.

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Visa and Residence Permit

This applies to students who are not an EU- or EEA-citizen (European Union
or European Economic Area):

 You have to apply for a residence permit.
   Please ask for an appointment at the Foreigner‘s Registration Office
     (Ausländerbehörde) before your visa expires.

 Please remember to ask for extension in time.

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Visa and Residence Permit

 According to the Foreigners‘ Registration Office, your studies have to be
 completed within a specific time frame (usually standard period of study
 +50%)
               Bachelor: 6 Semester + 3 Semester  9 Semester
               Master: 4 or 5 Semester + 2 Semester  6-7 Semester

This means: 20 credit points per semester!

 If your studies happen to take longer let the Foreigners‘ Registraiton
 Office know ahead of time so problems can be avoided!

If you want to change your course of studies, you are only allowed to do
 so during the 1st-3rd semester. In any case, you should talk to the
 Foreigners‘ Registration Office before!!

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Visa and Residence Permit

 You can get the extension as well as further information at the
 Foreigners‘ Registration Office.

Tips:

 Please always stay polite and honest!!

 If you face any problems, feel free to contact us (ISA) -> we‘ll do our very
 best to help you!

 If you get a letter from the Foreigners‘ Registration Office (or other) that
 you do not understand, please come to us and ask for help. Do not ignore
 letters from any authorities!

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Finances

   Please plan your finances early on since you
    do not get any financial support from the
          ISA, the University or the city!
                                                      Job Placement Service
       If you need help planning your finances           (Jobvermittlung)
                  please turn to us!
                                                     Phone: 0271/740 – 2060
                                                  E-Mail: Jobvermittlung@zv.uni-
 Please note: International students are                     siegen.de
allowed to work 120 full or 240 half days
            within one year!

 Attention: if you do not have any German          Further information and job
language knowledge, it will be hard to find                   offers:
    a job. So: work on your German.                   www.jobvermittlung.uni-siegen.de

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Rundfunkbeitrag

 The German Rundfunkbeitrag is an obligation for all citizens of full age. It
 funds radio and television (even if you do not have a TV or Radio).

 ONE flat= ONE Rundfunkbeitrag (contribution) 17,50 €
 Each (shared) flat/ appartment has to pay only once. If more than one
 person live in this flat/ appartment, only one person transfers money and all
 the others have to transfer their part to the paying person.

                                Important: everyone has to register! You can then
                                 indicate the number of the paying person, if it‘s not
                                 you (ask your roomates for the number!).

                                                           Please register: www.rundfunkbeitrag.de

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Information on your studies

If you have questions regarding your schedule or your studies, please
contact the student advisory service (Studienberatung) as well as the
student representatives (Fachschaftsrat) of your course of studies.
Please look for information on the homepage of your faculty.
                https://www.uni-siegen.de/zsb/anfaenger/studienstart.html.en?lang=en

                                 https://www.uni-siegen.de/start/fakultaeten/?lang=de
                                  https://www.asta.uni-siegen.de/studis/fachschaften/

                                             The semester starts on 1st April 2021.

                                              Lectures starts on 12th April 2021.

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Uni- Campuses

 There are several campuses/ buildings of the University

        Adolf-Reichwein-Straße (AR)
        Hölderlin (H)
        Paul-Bonatz (PB)
        Emmy-Noether-Campus (ENC)
        Unteres Schloss (US)
        Weidenauer Straße (WS)
        and others

Overview:
http://www.uni-siegen.de/start/kontakt/anfahrt_und_lageplaene/?lang=de

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USiCard

 • electronic student card
 • semester ticket
 • library card (after activation)
 • valid for 5 years

 Attention: The dispatch is partly delayed. Until mid-April, therefore, a
 certificate of study can also be used as a ticket for buses and trains.

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Semester ticket

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Semester ticket

What else should you know? the ticket …

 allows you to travel entire NRW within the local public transportations
 (Bus, S- , U- and Straßenbahn, like a tram, RB and RE trains)  no IC or
 ICE!!
is only valid in combination with an official ID (incl. photo).
 children up to 6 years and strollers can be brought for free.
 you can not take people with on your ticket.
 … is (fully) valid from semester start but you can already use it in Siegen
 area.

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Email account and WIFI

 Activation via unisono

 Activation of student‘s email account is very important  all important
 information will be sent to this address!

 Please always use this account when communicating within university
 (with professors, examination office, service teams, ISA, etc.), so that you
 can be identified by them.

 Infos: http://www.zimt.uni-siegen.de/index.xml?lang=de

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Useful apps

                                DB Navigator     Usibus

                                Siegen Guide   (CampusApp)

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Accommodation

Please take note of your rental contract – German landlords are quite strict
with it, e.g.:

 Cancellation period
   Normally there is a cancellation period of 3 months, possible to the
     end of a month. If e.g. you cancel the contract on June 14th, you have
     to rent the appartment till end of september (5th may –> move out
     date 31st July; 6th may  move out date 31st August).
   If you live in a shared flat (WG), please talk to your flatmates and ask
     for details.
 Deposit
   Normally you have to pay a deposit when renting a room/ flat (like 2
     monthly rents.
   When you move out, you only get the (whole) amount back if you
     leave the apartment clean and tidy. It may take some months until
     you get back the deposit.

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Accommodation

 Behaviour
   There are also other students who need an accomodation in the
     future. So please stay friendly towards the landlord and flatmates and
     keep your place tidy in order to keep a good impression.

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Waste separation/ recycling
                                                               lids do have different colours

     Gelber Sack                 Kompost/ Bio              Papier                     Glas             Restmüll
    (Yellow bag)                (organic waste)           (paper)                    (glass)       (residual waste)
  Plastic                     leftover from        newspaper               bottles and jars  everything else
  Metal (e.g. tins)            fruits and           magazines              (sorted by colour)     (but no electronic
  packaging                    vegetables           carton                                        devices/ pieces)
  (e.g. milk catons,          eggshells            cardboard                                      Werkstoffhof
   yoghurt cups…)              tea bags                                                            (recycling centre)
  aluminuim foil              leftover from                                                    you can bring
                                food                                                                batteries to drug
Infos auch hier: https://www.siegen.de/leben-in-siegen/buergerservice/abfallentsorgung/abfall-abc/ stores (DM,
https://www.siegen.de/fileadmin/cms/pdf/Abfallentsorgung/AbfallTrennenMehrsprachig.pdf              Müller, etc.)
https://www.siegen.de/leben-in-siegen/buergerservice/abfallentsorgung/abfallkalender/

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Bottle deposit

 if you buy drinks in glass, plastic bottles or in cans, most of the time you
 have to pay deposit which is between 8 and 25 cent.

 As soon as you bring back the empty bottles/ cants to the supermarket,
 you‘ll get back the money.  so do not just throw them into the waste!

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Help and councelling

If you face any problems or you have questions, please contact us.
 Students‘ representatives (Allgemeiner Studierenderausschuss= AStA)
               www.asta.uni-siegen.de
 Psychological Councelling (Psychologische Beratung)
               www.uni-siegen.de/zsb/psychologische/?lang=de
 Family Service Office (Familienservicebüro)
               www.uni-
                siegen.de/familiengerechte_hochschule/familienservicebuero
 Security on Campus
       0271 – 740 2600 / bmteam@uni-siegen.de
 Accident/ Fire/ Emergency
       112 (in whole Europe and free of charge)

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Department ISA

The department International Student Affairs is happy to be there for you :

Our tasks:
• Advising of and support for international students
• Advising and supporting exchange students (incoming, outgoing)
• Advising on stays abroad (semesters abroad, language assistance,
  internships, etc.)

Team: https://www.uni-siegen.de/isa/ansprechpartner/?lang=de

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Department STARTING

The department STARTING is responsible for:
    • Advice on application and university admission for applicants with a
      foreign school or university degree
    • Admission to studies for foreign students
    • Enrollment, issuing of unisono access data, re-registration, leave of
      absence, change of study program and exmatriculation
    • Organization and implementation of German language courses to
      prepare students for their studies

The team will be happy to help you!
https://www.uni-
siegen.de/zuv/studierendenservice/abteilung_6_4/?lang=de

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Tomorrow

 1.00 p.m.: Studying in Siegen
   - How to

 6.00 p.m.: International Stammtisch

 https://uni-siegen.zoom.us/j/97337174717?pwd=WHM4bnpRVWNocktlYkRQTDEyZ2xndz09

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Friday

         1.00 p.m.: Leisure time
           – What to do in my leisure time?

         5.00 p.m.: Meet & Greet
           – Meet senior students and get some
           hints.

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Friday, April 16

         2.00 p.m.: Questiona & Answers (same Zoom link)

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