If your home university requires a certificate/Transcript of Records covering the credits gained in Rostock, ask the lecturers/professors of your courses how to obtain a so-called “Achievement Certificate” (credits) for the respective course.

You must fill out the Transcript of Records yourself and have it signed by your Departmental Coordinator and then by Rostock International House.

If you need a confirmation of the end of your guest study period for your home university, it can also be provided by Rostock International House.

If, at a later date, you want to apply for a full-time studies in Germany, every university will require an exmatriculation certificate from Rostock.

This is a confirmation that you have deregistered properly from the University of Rostock (exmatriculated). You can carry out exmatriculation in person, by post or by mail. You should contact the Studierendensekretariat about a month before your departure to do this.

Click here to learn more about the exmatriculation process and to download the form that you will need to submit to the Student Secretariat in this regard.

The rental agreement always ends on the date stated therein, and you do not need to submit a separate cancellation notice.
If you want to vacate the room early, you must give notice of 8 weeks.
Please complete the cancelation form and sign it. After completing it, you must have it stamped by us in Rostock International House and then submit it to the Studierendenwerk in St.-Georg-Strasse 104-107.

A fee of 30 Euros is charged to cover the cost incurred by the Studierendenwerk.
Please also note that you need to clean your room or apartment when you move out. There is more information about it here.

Please mind: If you initially specified your German account for the deposit and now cancel the account (see 5.), you must state your other account with the Studierendenwerk in order to receive the deposit refund. 

Before you depart, please go to your relevant local authority (Ortsamt) and tell them that your guest study period has ended and that you will be leaving Rostock. Students from non-EU countries should also register with the Migration Office. This can be done by email at migrationsamt.allgemein@rostock.de.

If you have opened an account in Germany and you know that you will not be using it over the next year, please go to your bank and ask them whether there will be an account fee (i.e., a monthly fee that you need to pay to the bank).
If so, then you should close the account, so that you do not accrue any debt as a result of the fees.

Have your ‘Certificate of Departure’ signed by the Rostock International House at least 7 days before your departure. This certifies the planned completion of your stay at the University of Rostock for submission to your home university.