FAQ:Main

This page contains topics that are relevant for you as an applicant or as an enrolled student at 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 are not cited here, please contact the IAS Team.

Questions about the application

• IAS Contact
• 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 minimum requirements
• Frequently Asked Questions about the application

Questions about the admission or rejection

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

Orientation, Welcome Buddy

• Buddy
• PIASTA

Questions about life in Hamburg

• Places to go - Sightseeing

Questions about jobs, scholarships and other funding

• Scholarships & other funding
• Finances & Funding
• Merit, Degree completion

Visa Information

• Visa Information

Information about health insurance

• Health insurance upon enrollment - see section international students

General webpages of the Universität Hamburg

• What Hamburg has to offer!

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

• Exchange Programs
• Merit scholarships for international students enrolled at Universität Hamburg