FAQ:Main

This page contains of all topics that we identify as relevant for you as an applicant or as an already enrolled student of the Universität Hamburg. You can find answers to frequently asked questions in the first two question blocks and useful information about student life in Hamburg in the others. If you have any questions that aren't cited here, please do not hesitate to contact ias-team@informatik.uni-hamburg.de.

Questions about the application

• Example self-made structured table
• Your first page of the application - cover-letter-form
• Anabin: Recognition of your foreign educational qualifications - check it yourself for free
• Online form (STiNE)
• Uni-Assist: Recognition of foreign educational qualifications - fee based process
• How to apply for IAS
• List of all required documents
• Explanation of the formal requirements
• IAS Contact
• Frequently Asked Questions about the application

Questions about the admission or rejection

• Admission Process: What happens after I have sent my application? Dates + Acceptance, WaitingList, Rejection
• Help for the Enrollment Form
• Translation of the "waiting list" rejection letter

Orientation, Welcome Buddy

• Buddy
• Useful links for international students
• Welcome Week and help for international studens= PIASTA

Questions about life in Hamburg

• Accommodation
• ToDos for new students
• Information for new residents
• Student life, university & campus
• Campus Life
• Extracurricular activities
• Places to go - Sightseeing
• German research landscape
• Learn German at Universität Hamburg
• Nice summary on life in Germany -provided by DAAD

Questions about jobs, scholarships and other funding

• Scholarships & other funding
• Finances & Funding
• Merit, Degree completion
• Job search platforms: Stellenwerk Hamburg, Stepstone, Indeed
• Job opportunities at Universität Hamburg
• Daad prize for outstanding international students
• Ask research groups for student jobs

Visa Information

• Visa Information
• CampusCenter: Acknowledgement of enrollment for a visa

Information about health insurance

• Health insurance upon enrollment - see section international students
• Student health insurance - City of Hamburg
• City of Hamburg general health insurance information
• Students over 30 years - no student insurance possible: please read
• List of health insurances in Germany
• Or google "Krankenkasse Deutschland"

General webpages of the Universität Hamburg

• What Hamburg has to offer!
• Universität Hamburg main page
• History of the University
• Campus Navigator
• PIASTA Welcome Week
• Lecture2Go - central online video portal of the Universität Hamburg for recorded lectures
• Public lectures
• Further facilities & services
• Seek service & advice at the Campus Center (enrollment, visa, semester contribution)
• Student council (AStA)
• CampusCenter Contact Form

How to waive your place after enrolment

In case you are one of the 20 lucky students who received a letter of acceptance mid of May, enrolled yourself, then decide you do not want to start studying please fill in this form as early as possible: Please be a fair player, otherwise, nobody will be contacted on the waiting list. (Nobody will be contacted when the semester has started.)

• Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list

For accepted IAS Students only: International Exchange within your program to somewhere else

• Most deadlines are very early -> 1 year before you want to study abroad:
• Exchange Programs
• Europe Erasmus
• Erasmus contact for computer science
• List of Unis to go in Europe
• Hamburg global scholarships
• World wide exchange
• DAAD scholarships