Enrolment Orientation Semester

To enrol in the Orientation Semester with unrestricted admission you need sufficient German language skills. Without these skills you are not able to enrol.

How to enrol for the orientation semster

Enrolment period and period for submission of documents

summer semester: 13 Jan - 31 Mar
Please note: Enrolment period is a cut-off period

Place to study

Places are unrestricted. Prospective students have to speak German. All prospective students that fulfill the entrance requirements receive a place to study.

The movie explains how you can enrol for the first semester at Ulm University (only available in German)

Step 1: Registration in the campus portal of Ulm University

You register online via "campus portal".
After registration you will receive an e-mail with the activation code and the request to confirm your personal account in the campus portal of Ulm University.

Step 2: Enrolment in the campus portal of Ulm University

Then you must submit an "application" via "campus portal".
In all bachelor´s programmes with unrestricted admission everyone who meets the entrance requirements will receive a place at university. After you have "applied" online via Campusportal your application will therefore automatically be set to - admitted.

Step 3: Online enrolment in the campus portal of Ulm University

After you have been admitted to the bachelor´s programme please go through the online enrolment process at Ulm University via "campus portal".

Step 4: Sending the documents

Then print out the application for enrolment and send it in due time together with the documents listed below or in the information sheet to the Student Administration and
Examinations Office (see address on the right).

Contact

Student Administration and Examinations Office
Ulm University
89069 Ulm

Telephone: +49 (0)731/50-24444
Fax: +49 (0)731/50-12-22058 and 12-31185
E-Mail: studium(at)uni-ulm.de

Street address:
Universität Ulm
Studiensekretariat
Albert-Einstein-Allee 11
89081 Ulm

Further Information

  • Entrance requirement to the Orientation Semester is a higher education entrance qualification in original or an official certified copy* of the document
  • required language proficiency: German
  • places are unrestricted

A subject-specific higher education entrance qualification (often referred to as a university of applied science entrance qualification) generally entitles to study at a university but with the restriction that only certain bachelor´s programmes (corresponding to the subject area chosen at school) can be studied.
The subject-specific higher education entrance qualification is often mixed up with the university of applied science entrance qualification. A university of applied science entrance qualification does not entitle to study at a university.

The information regarding the necessary docuemnts can be found under enrolment documents.

*An official certified copy is an official confirmation that a copy matches the original document. The confirmation is made by an authorized German authority (e.g. city hall or citizens' registration office) or a notary.
Further information: www.uni-assist.de/en/tools/glossary-of-terms/description/term/official-certification/

Please note that the documents have to be submitted at the Student Administration and Examinations Office on 31.03. at the latest.

Documents to be submitted:

  • signed application for enrolment (you will receive the pdf file after completion of the online enrolment process)
  • original higher education entrance qualification or an official certified copy* of the document. If the higher education entrance qualification is not available in German or English: official translation of the higher education entrance qualification into German or English in original or an official certified copy* of this document
  • German applicants with a foreign higher education entrance qualification: Certificate of recognition from the competent recognition body or an official certified copy* of this document, https://rp.baden-wuerttemberg.de/rps/abt7/school-report-recognition-en/
  • of vocationally qualified applicants: certificate of further education; proof of a study-related counseling interview; proof of at least 400 teaching hours in the further education course, this is omitted in the case of existing master craftsman's examination and school-leaving qualifications. Enrolment can only take place if the submitted evidence is also recognized;
  • if the study qualification was not acquired at a German-speaking institution: Proof of sufficient German language skills e.g. DSH-2, TestDaF (level 4 in all four sections), Feststellungsprüfung or equivalent.
  • Copy of passport or identity card
  • Tuition fees must be paid for the Orientation Semester. There are no international tuition fees or second degree tuition fees. Please submit proof of payment of the semester fee (bank statement, no transfer form copies). You will receive more detailed information on the amount and purpose of the payment once you have completed the online enrollment process.
  • Participants in the Orientation Semester are not considered regular students and are therefore not subject to compulsory insurance within the meaning of Section 5 (1) No. 9 of the German Social Security Code (SGB V). Health insurance for students is therefore not necessary and not possible.

In case of previous studies in Germany:

  • certificate of termination of enrolment with course of studies of all universities attended in Germany.

The documents to be submitted can also be found on our information sheet.

*An official certified copy is an official confirmation that a copy matches the original document. The confirmation is made by an authorized German authority (e.g. city hall or citizens' registration office) or a notary.
Further information: www.uni-assist.de/en/tools/glossary-of-terms/description/term/official-certification/

Please find the necessary information regarding issueing a power of attorney (only available in German) if you are unable to enrol yourself.

Germans with a foreign higher education entrance qualification need a certificate of recognition issued by the corresponding office for the recognition of education certificates.

Tuition fees must be paid for the orientation semester. There are no international tuition fees or second degree tuition fees. Please submit proof of payment of the semester fee (bank statement, no transfer form copies). You will receive more detailed information on the amount and purpose of the payment once you have completed the online enrollment process.

  • Enrolment documents
  • Health Insurance: Participants in the Orientation Semester are not considered regular students and are therefore not subject to compulsory insurance within the meaning of Section 5 (1) No. 9 of the German Social Security Code (SGB V). Health insurance for students is therefore not necessary and not possible.

Participants in the Orientation Semester are not considered regular students and are therefore not subject to compulsory insurance within the meaning of Section 5 (1) No. 9 of the German Social Security Code (SGB V). Health insurance for students is therefore not necessary and not possible.

Information on the Orientation Semester

Further information on the Orientiation Semester.