Welcome Week for International Exchange Students

8:30 am - 9:30 pm | Welcome session for new exchange students

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

• Distribution of information folders/bags
• Payment for international breakfast (€7) and excursion to Bremen (€3)
• Welcome
• Excursion programme
• Division into groups for registration at Citizens’ Office (Bürgeramt) and campus tour

10 am | Help with late admissions, campus cards, Certificates of Arrival

Meeting point: building 19, International Office

11 am - approx. 1:30 pm | Registration at the Citizens' Office or campus tour

Meeting point: Stadthaus, Natruper-Tor-Wall 5, Osnabrück

Only for students who have an appointment!

Individually scheduled appointments. Please bring:

• Your booking ticket
• Your passport
• Confirmation from your landlord/landlady (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung)

1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Opening of bank account - part 1

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

Please bring:

• Your passport
• Your registration certificate, which you received at the Bürgeramt
• Tax identification number for American students (TIN)
• German tax ID (if not yet received, this must be submitted to the bank)

9 am - 11 am | Digital Application for Residence Permit with the Foreigners' Office (Ausländerbehörde)

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

Only for students who entered Germany without a visa or with a short-term visa!

Please bring:

• Scan of your passport
• Scan of the entry stamp (if no visa was required for entry)
• Scan of your enrollment certificate
• Scan of the admission to study in Osnabrück
• Scan of the visa if available
• Scan of health insurance, proof of funding, scholarship certificate (if applicable)
• Scan of confirmation from your landlord/landlady (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung)
• Registration confirmation (City of Osnabrück)

If a document is not available as a scan, it can also be scanned directly with a smartphone camera during the registration process at the Foreigners’ Office (Ausländerbehörde).

Please bring a laptop or tablet!

11 am - 11:30 am | Introduction to StudIP

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Introduction to HisInOne (exam registration): VirtuOS

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

12:15 pm - 1 pm | Information on Transcript of Records

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

1 pm | Lunch break

Meeting point: in front of the cafeteria

From 4:20/4:45 pm | Visit of the planetarium

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

Please register by March 15, 2025 via the online survey.

9 am | International breakfast in the cafeteria of the Osnabrück Student Services (Studierendenwerk) for registered participants

Meeting point: mensa/cafeteria

Please register via the online survey by March 15, 2025. Costs €7.

11 am - 11:45 am | Presentation of AStA (student representation) and AEGEE (local Erasmus initiative)

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

12 pm - 1 pm | Lunch

Meeting point: in front of the cafeteria

from 1 pm | Opening of bank account – part 2

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

Individual appointments will be given by the bank.

9 am - 9:45 am | Information on Osnabrück Student Services' halls of residence and help with formalities, presentation of the dormitory tutors

Meeting point: building 15, room E16, Seminarstr. 20

Only for students living in the halls of residence of Osnabrück Student Services (Studierendenwerk)!

10:30 am - 11:30 am | Placement test for German courses

Meeting point: building 94 (Campus Westerberg, Nelson-Mandela-Str. 4), room E03

Only for exchange students from partner universities who would like to take a German course throughout the semester. Not necessary for beginners!

4 pm - 6 pm | City tour

Meeting point: in front of the StudiOs building (building 19)

10 am - 10:45 am | Presentation on "Working in Germany" (virtual event)

Meeting point:  Virtual conference room

Speakers: Rouven Brinkmann (International Office) & Kristin Delfs (Osnabrück Student Services (Studierendenwerk))

11 am - 12 pm | Workshop: Academic Culture in Germany (virtual event)

Meeting point:  Virtual conference room

Speaker: Mira Hazzaa

9 am | Day trip to Bremen

Meeting point: Osnabrück Central Station

Please register via the online survey by March 15, 2025.

Appointments will be arranged individually after submitting the documents to the Foreigners’ Office (Ausländerbehörde).

Only for non-EU students residing in Osnabrück who have an appointment.

Please go directly to the Foreigners’ Office (Ausländerbehörde) at Natruper-Tor-Wall 5, 49076 Osnabrück in good time for your appointment. 

This appointment is only for students who submitted their documents at the first appointment on April 07, 2025!

Please bring:

• A biometric passport photo with a light background

• 100€ in cash (not for Erasmus/DAAD scholarship holders)

• Your passport