Students who are officially nominated by their home university coordinators to the International Office of Bielefeld University will receive a mail with information in regard to the online registration.

We send out letters of admission a few weeks after having received the printout of the online registration, i.e. application of admission (= ‘Antrag auf Zulassung’).

• Get proof of health insurance , f.ex. European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).
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• If you need a visa: Apply for a study visa at the German embassy or consulate general in your home country as soon as you have received your ‘Zulassungsbescheid’ (letter of admission). In this case you also need to bring proof of sufficient financial means (f.ex. scholarship letter or bank statement).
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• Have passport photographs taken.

• For enrolment at the University of Bielefeld please bring: Proof of health insurance, semester fee, passport copy and copy of your visum (if applicable).
• About a week after enrolment, you will receive your by mail a datasheet (the so-called ‘Leporello’) with registration certificates ( ‘Immatrikulationsbescheinigung’). Use this to collect your student card from the ‘Zentrale Leihstelle’ (room A1 − 151).
• Register with the city authorities (Bürgerbüro, Neues Rathaus).
• Students who have a visa also need to apply for a study permit after they are enrolled at the university and registered with the city. For a study permit they need proof of financial means and a biometric ID picture. Read more.

To help to get know the region as well as people in your new surroundings, the International Office organizes a number of social events and excursions. Several trips for one or more days to cities in the area or in other parts of Germany are offered each semester, as well as film and other festivals.
See for more activities on the campus.