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Service and advice for international students

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Erasmus+ and cooperation students

Advice for Erasmus+ and cooperation students

For students in the Bachelor's or Master's programme

The ISSC has been specially set up for international students taking their Bachelor's or Master's degree at Bielefeld University. The ISSC team can be reached by email at issc-io@uni-bielefeld.de or during office hours online and in person as well as by appointment for all international (degree-seeking) students.

The ISSC also organises excursions, game nights, museum and theatre visits, where you can get to know the city of Bielefeld, Germany and other students, for example. In addition, there are regular workshops on topics such as residence law or student financing. Here you can find all events in the current semester.

Current ISSC office hours:

International students can contact our Service Desk at the Infopunkt (main university building) from Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 13:00.

In addition, we offer online office hours for international (degree-seeking) students via Zoom on Mondays from 12:00 to 13:00. You can access the Zoom room here.

 

Events

Further support services

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    International Mentoring Programme

    The International Office offers programmes in which Bielefeld students can get involved in intercultural activities and receive a certificate of their volunteer work after completing the activity.

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    Learning together: peer learning

    In peer learning, student tutors offer advice and events on many challenges in studying, e.g. on topics such as time management and group work. In addition, peer learning offers a learning partner exchange.

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    International Student Council (ISR)

    The ISR is the student representation of all international students at the university. The ISR advocates for the interests of international students in university politics. The ISR also organises a leisure programme in which international students can network and discover the surroundings together.

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    General Students' Committee (AStA)

    The AStA [Student Union] represents all students at Bielefeld University. The advice offered covers many topics, e.g. labour and social law, residence law, BAföG. In addition, the AStA [Student Union] also provides social loans if students are in financial difficulties. You can find the AStA [Student Union] in the main university building on level 1 (room C 1 -154).

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    ViSiB

    Association for the Promotion of International Students in Bielefeld

  • Counselling services of the Faculties

    Subject-related questions (e.g. which seminars and lectures should be taken in which semester) can be answered by the Student Counselling Service, the academic student advisor or the departmental student representative committee of your Faculty. They will also provide you with information about the orientation programmes for the start of the semester of your degree programme.

  • Student Office

    Support with all matters relating to the application, enrolment, re-enrolment and exmatriculation. The International Students Office in the Student Office is responsible for all international students. The Info Point in the university hall in the main university building is also part of the Student Office. You can get quick answers there, especially about your Unicard.

  • Student Advising and Counselling (ZSB)

    The ZSB provides support for all questions related to studying (choice of degree programme, organisation of studies, possible change of subject). In addition, the ZSB offers psychosocial counselling for personal challenges during studies (contact problems, concentration and work disorders, exam nerves or and self-doubt).

Career and development

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