Students for Students

Become a Local Buddy for international students at the University of Rostock!

Are you open-minded, interested in other cultures, helpful, and keen to actively promote inclusion in your spare time by helping international students settle into life in and around Rostock? Then join the Erasmus Student Network Rostock (ESN) Buddy Programme! Help international students this coming semester find their way from the campus to the library and the canteen, overcome bureaucratic hurdles, and create great memories with new friends.

Sign up now on Stud.IP for the study group “Buddy Programme Summer Semester 2026” and join in!

The ESN is a university student group that helps international students find their way in Rostock and establish connections with other people. Its activities include accompanying students to appointments with the authorities, excursions, film evenings and parties, and also assisting them with technical and language-related problems.

The Student Union (Allgemeine Studierendenausschuss, AStA) and the Student Parliament (StuRa - Studierendenrat) are continuously working to represent the interests of the student body. The StuRa is comprised of elected representatives from all faculties and currently meets twice a month. On an annual basis, generally during the summer semester, willing students can stand for election to the StuRa. The AStA, on the other hand, consists of students from a wide range of disciplines, each with their own field of work and who will serve as points of contact for all students within this field.