Hochschulsport

The following persons can participate in university sports:

No sports card required:

• Students of Bielefeld University and HSBI Bielefeld
• Guest students of Bielefeld Universit

 With sports card::

• Employees of Bielefeld University and HSBI Bielefeld
• Members/affiliates (former students/employees) of Bielefeld University
• Visiting researchers from Bielefeld University.

The sports program is aimed exclusively at members of Bielefeld University/HSBI. Participation by external students is not possible. If you are interested, we recommend that you enrol as a guest student in Sports Science.

UNI/HSBI employees, members and visiting academics of the university require a sports card to participate in university sports. You can book the sports card for the current semester here.

For relatives (former employees and former students of the university): To be able to purchase the sports card, you need your dependant number. If you are a former student or employee and do not yet have dependant status, you can apply for this at the Student Administration Office. To do so, you must have studied at Bielefeld University for at least 4 semesters or have been employed at the university for at least 2 years.

Students of the Uni/HSBI do not need a sports card!

Most university sports courses are free of charge for students. Only a few selected courses require a small contribution and are marked accordingly in the program.

Employees and dependents (e.g. former students with dependent status) require a sports card to participate in the university sports card.The sports card is valid for one semester including the corresponding lecture-free period. The price is:

• Employees: 15,-€
• Relatives: 30,-€

Guest students do not need a sports card to participate in university sports - most courses are also free of charge for them. However, a semester fee of €100 is payable for guest students. You can find more information about guest students here.

Yes, registration is compulsory for all sports courses. You can find the sports program here. Weekly registration is required for most courses. This gives more people access to the course. After booking, you will receive a registration confirmation by email. This must be brought digitally or printed out to the course and presented to the course leader when entering the sports facility.

Our sports facilities are of course not infinitely large - by registering, we can avoid overbooking. It also allows us to identify which courses are most in demand and expand our range accordingly.

If a course is already fully booked, it is possible to register on the waiting list. If a place becomes available, all those on the waiting list will be informed at the same time. The following applies: first come, first served!

In rare cases, it may not be possible to make a booking, for example due to a technical problem.
If you are unable to register via the booking page, please send us an email with your registration details to hochschulsport@uni-bielefeld.de. Alternatively, we can also register you on site at the University Sports Office (UHG E0-142). Please bring your UniCard and a photo ID with you.

Don't worry, you can contact us at hochschulsport@uni-bielefeld.de at any time and we will send you the booking confirmation again.

You can find an overview of our sports facilities with maps for navigation here.

Can I book the tennis and beach courts? If so, what do I need to bear in mind?

Of course you can! During the warm season, the tennis courts, hard court, beach volleyball courts and boules court can be booked via the individual court booking system gebucht werden. Registration is mandatory for this.

In addition, court III, our modern outdoor training facility, is available almost all day. Either for the guided courses in the sports program or outside the regular course times for an independent training session. No booking is required for free use of Platz III - but fixed courses always have priority! You can find a current overview of the times of the fixed courses in this booking schedule.

Naturally. All our sports facilities are equipped with changing rooms and showers, which are available during our course times.

Together with the AStA and HSBI, we would like to provide all students with a comprehensive range of sports activities free of charge.

However, we can only offer some courses at additional financial cost, for example because they take place in external sports facilities, special equipment is required or accommodation has to be rented. We have to charge a reasonable fee for these few courses. We thank you for your understanding and hope that we can do justice to all participants with this regulation.

Any reminder fees or late payment surcharges for returned direct debits must be paid by the participants in addition to the course fee. Please check your payment details and account balance carefully before booking.

If you are unable to attend a course, please cancel your booking using the cancel link in your booking confirmation. This will free up your place on the course for others.
For the few courses that are booked for a longer period of time, please cancel directly with the course leader or the University Sports Office (hochschulsport@uni-bielefeld.de).

Free courses

Course places must be canceled independently via the online booking system. You will find a cancellation link in your booking confirmation.
If this is not possible, please contact the University Sports Office at

hochschulsport@uni-bielefeld.de or by telephone on 0521 106 6113

Courses subject to a fee

• It is not possible to withdraw from a booked course.
• The only exception to the rule described above is if the inability to participate in sports is proven by a medical certificate. The certificate must be submitted to University Sports no later than 14 days after the start of the illness/injury. Otherwise the entitlement to reimbursement of the course fees expires. The date of the start of the illness is decisive for the proportion of the fees to be reimbursed.
• If less than 25% of the course dates have been missed, 100% of the fee will be refunded.
• If 25% or more, but less than 50% of the course dates have passed, 75% of the fee will be refunded.
• If 50% or more but less than 75% of the course dates have passed, 50% of the course fee will be refunded.
• If 75% or more of the course dates have been missed, there is no entitlement to a refund.

For excursions, the terms and conditions of the respective provider must also be observed.

The transfer of a course booking to another person is not permitted.

A transfer may be possible for courses subject to a charge. Please contact us at  hochschulsport@uni-bielefeld.de or 0521 106 6113.

In the case of fee-based courses, a change of course is only possible in individual cases in consultation with the respective course management and the University Sports Department. Please contact the HSP office as soon as possible at hochschulsport@uni-bielefeld.de or 0521 106 6113.

We ask all those who wish to participate in university sports

• to have appropriate identification and proof of booking confirmation ready, clearly stating their entitlement to participate.
• to start and finish sports activities punctually (all events start "s.t." or at the specified time)
• to enter the sports halls only at the beginning of the exercise session
• only enter the premises with clean indoor shoes that have not yet been worn outside
• to finish the exercise session in the sports hall area of Bielefeld University punctually at 10 p.m. on weekdays and to leave the showers and changing rooms by 10.15 p.m. at the latest
• to use a towel to keep sweat off the gym mats
• not to leave any valuables in the changing room
• to follow the instructions of the instructors and hall attendants
• to comply with the rules of use in order to support the smooth operation of the sports facilities (see notice board in sports hall area P01).

All regularly enrolled students of Bielefeld University and HSBI are legally insured against accidents through their university when they participate in university sports. If an accident should occur, this registration form must be completed by the exercise instructor as soon as possible (but within three days at the latest) and sent to hochschulsport@uni-bielefeld.de or handed in at the HSP office (UHG E0-142).

For all other participants (employees of the university/HSBI, members of the university, guest students), personal accident or health insurance applies. Non-students are therefore advised to take out appropriate insurance against accident and liability risks.

You can find all the important information about Unifit here. If you have any questions, you can contact the UniFit office at unifit@uni-bielefeld.de at any time.