As non-degree cooperation students - in contrast to international students applying for a degree program - do not have to apply handing in all certificates and the language test "DSH" (Deutsche Sprachprüfung für den Hochschulzugang) or TestDaf, the application procedure is less complicated for them.
However, they have to be officially nominated! For this Erasmus Coordinators at the home university are asked to send a nomination mail with the students? data to the International Office of the University of Bielefeld. Following the nomination students will receive an email from us with the request to do the online-registration. In the online-portal the registration will be explained and students will find all necessary documents, as f.ex. the housing request, the orientation program & intensive German language course application etc.
Enrolment resp. registration as a student (‘Einschreibung’/‘Immatrikulation’) will be arranged after your arrival in Bielefeld. It takes place at the beginning of the orientation program offered for ERASMUS/cooperation students every term. For enrolment students need to present a valid health insurance.
About a week after registration you will receive a datasheet, the socalled ‘Leporello’ with certificates of admission (‘Immatrikulationsbescheinigungen’) and your personal email-password. With an ‘Immatrikulationsbescheinigung’ you can apply for your matriculation card (‘Studentenausweis’) at the ‘Zentrale Leihstelle’. The Studentenausweis is also for use of the library and the ‘Semesterticket’ for public transport. You will also need it to obtain an International Students Identity Card (ISIC), and apart from this, it is also valid for a number of reductions f.ex. for cinema and theatre tickets.
Please note: Exchange/Cooperation students who decide to prolong their stay and take the final exams at Bielefeld University are obliged to re-apply as degree students and then have to provide TestDaF or pass the DSH.
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