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guide for Exchange students
Before Arrival in Regensburg
International Office
Produced by: International Office Universität Regensburg 93040 Regensburg http://www.uni-regensburg.de/ur-international PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ERASMUS PROGRAM The utmost care has been taken in compiling the content of this brochure but there is no gua- rantee in regards to the accuracy, correctness and completeness of the information contained. Edition: December 2020
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Application Process �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6
When Do You Need to Arrive in Regensburg? ��������������������������������������������������6
Student Housing ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������8
Living Expenses �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������10
Visa (if applicable) �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������11
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Health Insurance ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������12
Enrolment proceedings �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������13
Course Selection ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������14
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Before Arrival Orientation Guide for International Exchange Students
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RBIB WBIB
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Information Seminar Building
RWL1 RWL2
PT4
Cafeteria
Systems Department
SGBG H14
Building
PT2 Philosophy Emercency
meeting point
Theology
CIP
SG1
H12 CIP
PT3
Library H13 H9 H8 H7 H6 H5 CIP
Building SGHG H18 H17
H11
PT2 Assembly point
CIP
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Department
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Central
Bus Station
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Albertu ZH 5-8
Staff car park
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Student Services
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Distribution of CIP
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Office Supplies Building Meeting Point
BIB3
CIP
Mensa / Main Lost
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Mailbox
Dining Hall Property
Office Central
Toddler
"Campuskinder e.V." TAXI Taxi rank
€ LibraryCIP
Administration CIP BIB2
Towed vehicles
BIB1
Registrar´s Office
International Office
Pond CIP
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CIP RZ Computer
Center
RZ2
CIP CIP
CIP
RZ3 RZ4
H31
Mathematics
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MATH CIP Office of
MBIB
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Staff CH11 CH21 BioPark 1
Council
Delivery of Goods CIP
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CIP
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CH12 CH22 CH32 BioPark 2
CIP
Chemistry Toddler
Am BioPark
Physics Pharmacy
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Welcome to the
University of Regensburg (UR)
Main Contact
The following orientation guide has
been compiled by the International Christine Betzner and Katharina Schmaus
Office of the University of Regensburg.
Hopefully, you will find this guide hel- International Office - Universität Regensburg
pful in your preparations for your stay Universitätsstr. 31
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in Regensburg. 93053 Regensburg
Phone: +49-941 943-2306/5842
You will find that the brochure provi-
Fax: +49-941-943-2349
des answers to many questions you
may have before coming to Regens- international.exchange-student@ur.de
burg. Office hours:
Monday, Friday 9:30am - 11:30am
Please take the time to read this in- Tuesday, Thursday 1:30pm - 3:30pm
formation carefully. It is worth your
while!
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Please also visit our homepage at:
http://www.uni-regensburg.de/ur-international/
exchange-students/index.html
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5Before Arrival Orientation Guide for International Exchange Students
1. Before Arriving When Do You Need to Arrive
in Regensburg in Regensburg?
Application Process: The Universität Regensburg offers three
different orientation programs for
After having been selected and nomina- exchange students.
ted by your home university, please fill
A: Intensive German Language Course
out the online application form at:
(ILC)
B: Orientation program in German
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http://www.uni-regensburg.de/ur-international/
exchange-students/application/online-application/ C: Orientation program in English
index.html
Then write an email to Depending on your choice of pro-
gram, you should plan your arrival
International.exchange-student@ur.de in Regensburg.
attaching the following documents as A: The Intensive German Language
one pdf-file: Course (ILC)
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• signed application pdf (created at
Target group: Exchange students who
the end of the online application)
want to improve their German language
• copy of your passport/ID card
skills and students who will primarily at-
• proof of German language skills - if
tend courses taught in English but need
you want to take courses taught in
some German skills for everyday life.
German, or improve your German
• proof of English language skills - if Summer semester 2021: The ILC will
you want to take courses taught in take place as an online course during
English October. Student assistants will support
• Transcript of Records and advise the participants during the
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• Preliminary Learning Agreement entire program and help them get orga-
nized (including all formalities).
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You will be credited with 12 ECTS for the
regular and successful attendance of the
course (120 hours of instruction). The B: Orientation program in German
course fee for participants in the ERAS- and English
MUS program is currently € 320; the fee
for participants of other exchange pro- The orientation program begins appro-
grams is € 400. ximately two weeks before classes start
The fee includes tuition, orientation and offers a general orientation, a sur-
and extra-curricular activities. However, vey of Germany, information about stu-
costs for accommodation and other li- dying at the University of Regensburg
(registration, course selection,schedule),
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ving expenses during the program are
not included. information about the formalities you
will go through at the immigration of-
Please note: fice, and information about your health
insurance. You will also be given a tour
There will be courses on five language of the campus and the city of Regens-
levels: A1, A2, B1, B2, and - if possib- burg.
le- also C1. The supporting program and
the orientation phase of the language Based on their language skills, students
course will be in German and English. will be placed either in the German or
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Even though the course will be very in- in the English group. Both courses are
tensive, students arriving with an A1/A2 indentical with regards to content. This
level won‘t be able to successfully at- orientation program in English does not
tend lectures taught in German. There- include any German language course
fore, we urgently recommend that these units.
students take further German classes Students wishing to participate in „Ger-
during the semester period. man as a Foreign Language“ - courses
Even if you only intend to take Eng- need to participate in a placement test
lish taught courses at the university, which is offered during the orientation
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it is of advantage to have basic Ger- program.
man language skills for everyday life The participation in one of the two ori-
in town and on campus. entation programs is very important, as
all necessary formalities as well as the
Term Dates of the preparation of your studies in Regens-
Summer Semester 2021 burg will be addressed.
Changes due to COVID-19 are possib-
le! Please stay in contact with the IO Arrival in Regensburg: When to
for any short term changes. arrive
lecture period
April 12, 2021– July 16, 2021 On your day of arrival, you can pick up
Important
the keys to your room at the Internatio-
Bank holidays nal Office. Additionally, you will receive
2 April (Good Friday), 5 April (Easter important information regarding your
Monday), 1 May (Labour Day), 13 May + 3 studies and the orientation program/
June (Ascension of Christ + Corpus Christi
- bank holidays in Catholic regions)
7Before Arrival Orientation Guide for International Exchange Students
language course. We‘re only able to provide a room in
one of the student residences in town, if
Please arrange your trip in a way
you have applied for housing with your
that will allow you to arrive during
online application.
the arrival time!
The International Office requires all ex-
If you arrive earlier, your room will not yet
change students to pay a non-refunda-
be available. Late arrivals are not possible.
ble reservation fee of € 165,-. This fee
is used by the International Office to
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the semester holidays. Students who ac-
Summer Semester 2021
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cept housing arrangements through the
Summer semester 2021: International Office must therefore pay:
Intensive language course: March 2 + 3 • € 350,- room deposit (refundable
Orientation program: April 6 after moving out of the room unless
there are any damages)
Depending on the development of th
pandemic you might have to stay in qua- • € 165,- reservation fee
rantine after arrival. We try to arrange the (non-refundable)
pick-up of your key as flexibel as possible,
but please avoid arriving on a Saturday or Cancellation of Reservation:
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Sunday. You may cancel your room reservation
until August 20 in Regensburg. After
that, the reservation fee will not be
Please pay attention to holidays: refunded.
Public holidays, when all official institu- Rental period:
tions as well as shops are closed:
winter semester:
- Good Friday and Easter Monday
minimum from October - February
- 1 May, 13 May, and 3 June
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summer semester:
On Sundays, the university and most
minimum from April - July
shops are closed. On Saturdays, the li-
brary has limited opening hours, while students staying the whole year:
the cafeterias and the dining hall on the
minimum Octobter - July
UR campus are closed. However, you
can use the dining hall on the campus Extension of stay:
of the OTH Regensburg, which is located
According to your nomination, we will
just north of the UR campus.
reserve a room for you for one or two
semesters. If you want to extend your
Student Housing stay in Regensburg, you will need to find
Important
a room on the private housing market
Where will you stay during your for the second semester, as the rooms
time in Regensburg? are needed for the new incoming stu-
dents.
81. Before arriving in Regensburg
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When will your reservation be valid? range from € 220,- to € 350,-.
We will send you a personal room offer All rooms are furnished with:
and an acceptance form („Annahmeer- • a bed and covers, pillows, and
klärung“) after receiving your room ap- sheets
plication.
• a desk with a chair, a closet, and a
The reservation will be valid only bookshelf
if you return the „Annahmeerklä- In some residences students are asked
rung“ and pay the deposit and the to pay an extra deposit (ranging from
reservation fee in time! Deadline: € 10,- to € 75,-, depending on the resi-
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July 30. dence) for the use of covers and sheets.
We highly recommend that you take The voltage is 220 V.
advantage of the rooms offered by us.
Finding housing privately, especially The rent does not include a meal plan.
furnished accommodations, can be ex- Student dormitories do not have a ca-
tremely difficult in Regensburg. Most feteria nor do they offer any meals but
landlords and rental agencies charge they do have self-catering facilities.
extra fees for entering into a lease, and
We highly recommend obtaining a pri-
short term housing arrangements are
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vate liability insurance for the time of
exceptionally difficult to come by.
your stay in Regensburg. For further in-
formation please see p. 21.
Your address in Regensburg:
The International Office will reserve a Internet Access
room for you. However, for administra-
tive reasons it is not possible for us to Most student residences provide inter-
give you your exact address until you net access via WiFi. However, in some
have arrived and checked in. residence you will need a LAN-cable in
order to have access to internet. To be
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What do the rooms look like? on the safe side, please bring a LAN
cable with you and - if necessary - an
The International Office has rooms in USB adapter for your tablet.
most student dormitories. These rooms In case a student residence doesn‘t pro-
differ in size and furnishing. In most vide internet access for you, you will
dormitories students have to share a need to buy a router or share a priva-
bathroom and not all rooms are in te router with one of your roommates.
close proximity to the university. How- There is no need to worry though, as the
ever, standard facilities are guaranteed. International Office will get in touch if
Room selection will be decided by a lot- this should be the case with your resi-
tery and requests can be made for sub- dence.
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stantial reasons only. The dormitories
house both males and females. Usually, Moving out of dormitory rooms
men and women also share the kitchen
Please note: Due to organisational re-
and bathroom facilities. Monthly rents
asons you have to move out of your
9Before Arrival Orientation Guide for International Exchange Students
dormitory room a few weekdays befo- Every student dormitory is equipped
re the end of a month. The IO and the with washing machines and dryers but
domitory‘s administration need time to not with ironing boards or irons. If you
prepare the rooms for the new students bring an iron, do not forget that the vol-
(cleaning/repairs). tage is 220V.
The exact move-out dates will be an-
nounced via email in May and Novem-
ber.
Where can you have lunch and
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dinner?
Students either cook their own meals
at home or eat in the Mensa halls (main
student dining hall), either at the univer-
sity or at the OTH (Technical University
of Applied Sciences).
The UR Mensa offers lunch from Mon-
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day to Friday. The OTH Mensa also offers
dinner during the week and lunch on
Saturdays. There are also many smaller
cafeterias on campus where it is possible
to buy breakfast. In the Mensa and cafe-
terias you have to pay with the so-called
UR-Card. You will receive this UR-Card
upon your enrolment.
Where can you cook?
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All student dormitories are equipped
with kitchen facilities, which are shared
by 6-12 students. In these kitchens, you
will find a refrigerator compartment for
your use.
Please bring or buy the following kit- Living Expenses
chen items:
• kitchen utensils (pots, pans, etc.) How much money should you bring
• dishes and cutlery to Germany?
You can purchase a basic kitchen set for Most students need a minimum of
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approximately € 50,- in almost every su- € 850,- per month for living expenses,
permarket or department store. including rent. Per semester, you should
expect expenses of approximately €
100,- for books and at least another €
Where can you do your laundry?
101. Before arriving in Regensburg
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50,- for additional study materials. Alt- found all over Regensburg. In most cases
hough there is no tuition fee, all stu- you will have to pay your rent and health
dents must pay approx. € 160,- student insurance (unless you hold the European
fees to the Studentenwerk (the organi- Health Insurance Card) by transferring
zation responsible for student services). money via an account in Germany.
This fee is mandatory for all students
and covers the costs of the student bus
pass, subsidized Mensa food, etc. Visa (if applicable)
Make sure to bring enough money Citizens of the EU, Iceland, Liechten-
to cover all your expenses for the first stein, Norway, Switzerland, Israel, Cana-
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month! You will have to pay your first da, Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras, Japan,
month‘s rent shortly after your arrival in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand
Regensburg. Please take into conside- and the USA do not need a visa to study
ration that it sometimes takes 2 weeks in Germany!
for money to be transferred from an ac-
Exchange program students coming
count abroad to an account in Germany.
from other countries need a student
visa (Visum zu Studienzwecken).
Credit/ATM cards or cash? This visa can be issued by a diplomatic
institution of the Federal Republic of
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In Germany, it is easier to pay with cash. Germany in the student‘s home count-
Credit cards are not used as frequently ry (embassy or consulate) and is entered
as in other countries and are not always directly into the passport.
accepted. Therefore, you should bring
cash. Using your EC card grants you Your student visa has to be transformed
access to your home account through into a residence permit (“Aufenthalts-
automatic teller machines, which can be bewilligung“) at the local foreigner‘s
registration office (“Ausländerbehörde“)
within 3 months of your arrival in Ger-
many.
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Non-EU-citizens have to pay a fee of
100,- EUR for their residence permit
payable after their arrival in Regensburg.
Please do not enter the country as
a tourist! A tourist visa cannot be
transformed into a student visa or
residence permit after your arrival in
Germany.
Your passport must be valid for the enti-
re duration of your stay in Germany.
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Health Insurance
In order to obtain a residence permit
(“Aufenthaltsbewilligung“), the German
law requires that foreign students pro-
vide proof of health insurance coverage
for the duration of their stay. Most stu-
dents choose to insure themselves with
a statutory health insurance company
upon arrival in Germany.
Students from countries with which Ger-
many has a social security agreement
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can be exempted from this requirement
by bringing the European Health Insu-
rance Card (EHIC).
The following countries have a social
security agreement with Germany:
all EU-countries, Iceland, Norway, Swit-
zerland, Liechtenstein, Tunisia*, Turkey*,
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Bosnia and Herzegovina*, Macedonia*,
Serbia, Montenegro*.
* Limited social insurance policy: please contact the
International Office for further details
Students coming from all other coun-
Sufficient Health Coverage tries must either insure themselves with
statutory health insurance in Germany,
According to German law, the following or be able to provide proof that they
treatments must be covered by your health have sufficient private health insurance
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insurance policy:
coverage for the duration of their stay.
• medical and dental treatment
The decision whether or not a particular
• prescription medication, bandages and
other materials necessary in aiding reco- health insurance can be accepted will be
very, made by the city‘s immigration office.
• hospital treatment, Important: The cost of statutory health
• medical treatment with regards to rehabili- insurance in Germany is generally about
tation (physical therapy), and € 105,- per month. This is certainly more
• medical care for pregnancy and birth than some students would pay for co-
Health insurances which set a maximum verage in their home countries. Howe-
on their coverage will not be accepted!! ver, as doctors bill the public insurance
Important
companies directly, students are spared
the otherwise necessary hassle of pre-
paying and waiting for reimbursement.
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Since a one-day stay in the hospital costs the preparatory intensive German lan-
at least € 350,- you should not overlook guage course should buy a private travel
this factor! insurance for March/September, as the-
se months are not covered by the statu-
We recommend that all students
tory health insurance.
coming from countries other than
those previously listed obtain sta- However, please contact us if the Ger-
tutory health insurance coverage in man embassy in your home country asks
Germany. you to buy a private health insurance for
the entire duration of your stay in Ger-
If you do want to retain a health insu-
many.
rance from your home country, please
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make sure that:
• the benefits listed in the box on What is Important for Enrol-
page 12 are covered by your ment at the University?
insurance; and that they are set in
writing in your insurance policy. Without proof of insurance you cannot
be enrolled at the university. You must
• there is no maximum set on the present proof of insurance in order to
amount of medical treatment that proceed with enrolment. Regardless of
will be covered.
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how you choose to insure yourself du-
• the proof of medical coverage is ring your stay, you must see a statutory
written in either German or English. health insurance company in order to
• check with the International Office obtain a certificate of insurance.
whether the insurance will be Therefore, it is necessary that you go to
accepted before you sign a con- a statutory health insurance company
tract! before enrolment. The addresses of the-
se insurance companies will be provided
When can you sign up for statutory by the International Office.
health insurance coverage?
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At the insurance company you will re-
Admission to the university is usually ceive a certificate stating that you are
a prerequisite for obtaining statutory either covered by the German statutory
health insurance coverage. health insurance or that you are exempt
from the health insurance requirement
Exchange and so-called program stu- due to adequate coverage in your home
dents can obtain coverage by presen- country or the aforementioned EHIC.
ting their letter of acceptance (“Zu- You will have to present this certificate
lassungsbescheid“). This can be done to the “Studentenkanzlei“ in order to
immediately upon arrival. Students enrol at the university.
need not wait to officially enrol before
applying for coverage. However, the in- After enrolment, you can apply for
Important
surance policy only starts on the day of a residence permit.
enrolment.
Important: Students participating in
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Selecting Your Courses
When you plan your stay in Regensburg, What can you do before your
it is understandable that you will want arrival?
to know which courses you can take du-
ring your time at the university and what • Talk to your home institution
your timetable will look like. Besides, if about the number and types of
you come as an ERASMUS-student, you courses you will need to take in
will need to hand in a so-called „Lear- Regensburg.
ning Agreement” with your applica- • Check our tutorial on how to
tion. Based on this learning agreement, find courses for your learning
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you plan your studies in Regensburg and agreement:
make sure that the courses you take in https://www.uni-regensburg.de/
Regensburg will be recognized at your ur-international/exchange-students/
home university. application/index.htm
As our course catalogue for the upco-
ming semester is always released too
late for you to use it before your arrival Please arrive early enough for the orien-
in Regensburg, you have to decide on tation program in Regensburg. As the
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the types of courses you are interested registration procedure is not centralized
in (like “Einführung in die Neuere Deut- it is very important to be here on time.
sche Literaturwissenschaft” or “Vorle- Please make sure that you stick to the
sung und Übung in Marketing”) and arrival dates.
finalize your course planning once you
are in Regensburg.
Which courses can you take?
You will find an online version of old and
new course catalogues if you follow this Basically, you are free to take any cour-
path: ses throughout all departments (with
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http://lsf.uni-regensburg.de
the exception of Medicine, Dentistry,
Biochemistry, Pharmacy, Fine Arts and
or: http://www.ur.de => Course Catalogue
Sports, English and American Studies).
Learning agreement for non-ERAS- Students of Medicine, Dentistry, Bio-
MUS students/overseas students chemistry, and Pharmacy are asked to
contact the departmental coordinator
Non-ERASMUS-students should also of their exchange program to get appro-
hand in a learning agreement to us. This val for their course choices, especially if
way we can check beforehand whether they want to take practical courses like
your course choice will be accepted and laboratory courses.
inform the departmental coordinators.
You will find the learning agreement for A regular program of study carries 30
Important
overseas students in the download sec- ECTS credits per semester. During the
tion on our website: semester you may also take German or
other foreign language classes.
http://www.uni-regensburg.de/international/aus-
tausch-programmstudierende/download/index.html
141. Before arriving in Regensburg
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Courses taught in English your deposit will be transferred back
to this account. Please note that due
The University of Regensburg offers
to administrative reasons the transfer
more than 100 courses taught in Eng-
back may take up to ten weeks.
lish:
• Please ask where your “Transcript of
https://www.uni-regensburg.de/ur-international/
exchange-students/courses/courses-in-english/index. Records” should be sent to after your
html stay in Regensburg. The Internatio-
nal Office needs a mailing address,
Courses taught in English can be found
the name of the contact person und
in our online course catalogue:
the title of the department/faculty.
Arrival
https://lsf.uni-regensburg.de/search-course
• Carefully read our E-mail with all in-
• „Language of instruction: „English“ or formation on the arrival in Regens-
„English/German“
• Limit your choice by selecting a department
burg, so that you know where to find
us during the arrival days.
Students who want to take English • Special COVID-19 regulations:
taught courses should fulfill the fol- Please book a time slot for your
lowing requirements: check-in at the International Office
English language skills on intermediate during the arrival days. You‘ll receive
information on the booking system
Upon Arrival
level (B2). Business and Economics stu-
dents need to provide proof of English via email.
proficiency at the B2+-level. Please hand
in an official certificate (TOEFL, IELTS
etc.) or a letter from your home instituti-
on stating your language level.
What do you do if your
train/plain is late or
Shortly Before Your Arrival in you‘re stuck in traffic?
Regensburg Please contact us either via email or by
Transportation
phone if your plane or train is late or if you
What do you have to do before are stuck in a traffic jam.
arriving in Regensburg? Tel.: +49-941 943-2371
• EU - citizens: Contact your in-
surance company about international.accommodation@ur.de
the EHIC or an equivalent
document (see also Health Insu-
rance).
• Bring all the information needed from
your bank account at home (name of
Important
the account holder, account number,
name of the bank, IBAN and Swift-
code). After you have left Regensburg
and returned to your home country
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