• If you are attending courses taught in German: Language certificate German B1 in accordance with CEFR
  
  Note: For application purposes, it is adequate to provide confirmation of current participation in a B1 language course, in combination with your A2 certificate (if available) - the B1 certificate submission can be done at a later date by the start of the semester.
   
• If you are attending courses taught in English only: Language certificate English B1 in accordance with CEFR
   
• Special case: For internships and guest studies in Human Medicine and Dentistry you need to provide a B2 level certificate in accordance with CEFR.
   
• The document must be compiled in German or English, and must explicitly state the language level in accordance with CEFR.
   
• The results of online tests for classification of the language level, such as Erasmus+ OLS are not accepted.

The main teaching language at the University of Rostock is German. There are a few Master courses and certain modules and lectures that are given in English.

Here you can find a list of study programmes with English as a language of instruction.
If you are looking for modules and lectures that are taught in English, please contact us.

If some courses have German as a language of instruction, they won’t be offered in English. So, you can attend classes taught in German only if you have proof of sufficient language proficiency.

We start processing your application as soon as we receive all your documents.

From this point it usually takes 4 to 6 weeks until you can get the Letter of Admission.

If, in particular, your Learning Agreement at the University of Rostock has to be signed, it must be sent as soon as possible.

We have prepared a checklist for you with the necessary information regarding the first steps after your arrival in Rostock. You can find the information here.

After your arrival and there are lectures and courses other than those in your Learning Agreement or Study Timetable that you wish to attend, you can change the document or start again from the beginning.

The departmental coordinator for your course here in Rostock needs to sign off the document.
Furthermore, in this case please also send a copy of the new / altered Learning Agreement or Study Timetable to Rostock International House.

Enrolment as a visiting student is always for one semester only, even if you are planning to stay for two semesters from the outset.

If you want to continue at the University of Rostock for a second semester, you must prepare a new Learning Agreement or new study plan and it to incoming.rihuni-rostockde. You should also re-register with the transfer of the semester contribution for the coming semester.

More information about the re-registration process and deadline is available here.

You need to create the certificate (Transcript of Records) yourself.

At the start of the semester, ask your professors and lecturers which examinations you need to take and how you will get credits (Achievement Certificates) for them.

You transfer the details from the Achievement Certificates into the Transcript of Records form and then show the Transcript and all the Achievement Certificates to the departmental coordinator of your course as he/she has to sign the form.

Please ensure that you send us a copy of the Transcript of Records! After that you can send it to your home university.

(PDF) Link to Transcript of Records
(PDF) List of departmental coordinators at the University of Rostock

After you have applied for a place in a dormitory, you will receive an Application for student living from the Studierendenwerk Rostock-Wismar by e-mail. You can send this document to us as a confirmation of accommodation. Otherwise, you can forward the confirmation email from the Studierendenwerk to us.

Unfortunately, there is no list of internship positions at the University of Rostock. You have to look for an internship place yourself and write an application. Please get in touch with the lecturers und professors of your department and find out whether they can supervise your internship.

In Germany, public Universities generally do not charge tuition fees. However, all students at the University of Rostock are obliged to pay a semester contribution. This contribution is at the moment 276,00 Euro for each semester. The contribution consists of 168,00 Euro for the public transport (nationwide from summer term 2024), 9,00 Euro for the student union and 99,00 Euro as a social contribution for the Studierendenwerk.

You can find more information here: www.uni-rostock.de/en/studium/studienorganisation/im-studium/rueckmeldung

If you cannot afford the semester fee, you can apply for a refund. The refund of the semester fee due to financial hardship does NOT result in the loss of the semester ticket or other benefits. These will then be covered by the student administration.

More information: Refund Applications // AStA Universität Rostock

The licence fee finances the public service broadcasting programme on radio, television and the internet. The fee collection centre ‘Beitragsservice ARD, ZDF, Deutschlandradio’ ensures that every household in Germany pays the licence fee. The payment of the licence fee does not depend on whether there is a television or radio in the household or whether public service broadcasting is actually used - every household is obliged to pay the licence fee once.

Anyone who has moved out of their home to study and runs their own household is obliged to pay licence fees. If students move into a shared flat (WG), this is generally treated like any other household, meaning that the licence fee must be paid once. This also applies for a room in a dormitory.

Find more information on this and the fee waiver under "After arrival".

Non-EU students:

We recommend taking out travel insurance for entering Germany. Before arrival, however, you must take out appropriate - preferably statutory - health insurance for the duration of your stay. Health insurance is a mandatory requirement for your studies and life in Germany and is not optional.

If you can prove that you have a foreign private health insurance policy, this must be checked with a German statutory health insurance company to ensure that it provides sufficient cover.

If you have taken out (statutory) health insurance in Germany, you must contact your health insurance company so that they send an electronic notification to the University of Rostock that you have valid health insurance. Before the start of the semester, you will receive instructions to assist you in requesting said insurance confirmation. Without this notification and without health insurance, you cannot be enrolled.

Our recommendation to all students:

You should also take out personal liability and accident insurance that covers return transport to your home country (in the event of illness or death).

EU students:

Proof of the European Health Insurance Card is not sufficient. You must ask a German statutory health insurance company for confirmation of your insurance. Before the semester begins, you will receive instructions to assist you in requesting said confirmation of insurance.

After your insurance coverage has been checked, an electronic notification will be sent to the University of Rostock that health insurance is in place. Without this notification you cannot be enrolled.

LEI stands for "Local Erasmus Initiative" and is part of ESN (Erasmus Student Network). It is a group of students from Rostock and aims to provide international students with organisational support and a varied programme during their stay in Rostock.

Don't forget to get in touch with the LEI at an early stage so that you can be regularly informed about regular get-togethers, parties, excursions and more, and also to ask for help if necessary.

You can contact the LEI on social media:
Instagram: @esn_lei_rostock
Facebook: @LEI.in.Rostock
WhatsApp: www.lei-rostock.org/erasmus-whatsapp-group

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