Welcome Week for International Exchange Students

Pick-up service at Osnabrück main station

(only for students who have registered via our arrival survey. Deadline: September 15, 2025)

8:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Welcome session for new exchange students

Meeting point: Building 15, Room E16, Seminarstr. 20

• Handing out of information folders/bags
• Payment of the fees for the excursion to Bremen
• Welcome
• Presentation of the excursion program
• Division into groups for registration at Citizens’ Office (Bürgeramt) and campus tour

10:00 a.m. | Presentation of our excursion program, introduction to Stud.IP and HisinOne +

Meeting point: Building 15, Room E16, Seminarstr. 20

10:30 a.m. | Information on transcripts of records

Building 15, Room E16, Seminarstr. 20

11:00 - approx. 13:30 | Information on student residences and help with formalities

Meeting point: Building 15, Room E16, Seminarstr. 20

Only for students living in the Studentenwerk dormitory.

13:00 - 13:30 | Lunch break

14:00 | Workshop: Introduction to academic culture in Germany (virtual event)

Moderator: Mira Haazaa

Virtual conference room: conf.dfn.de/webapp/m/97916134

National holiday - German Unity Day

Morning | Appointments with the Citizens' Office

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

Only for students with a booked appointment!

Individual appointments. Please bring with you:

• Your digital ticket
• Your Passport
• Your landlords’ certificate (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung)

Campus tour

2:00 p.m. | Presentation of the Writing Center

Meeting point: Building 15, Room E16, Seminarstr. 20

Host: Janna Wien

2:30 p.m. | Digital Application for Residence Permit with the Foreigners’ Office

Meeting point: Building 15, Room E16, Seminarstr. 20

Only for students who have arrived without a visa or only with a short-term visa!

Please bring with you:

• Scan of your passport
• Scan of the entry stamp (if no visa was required for entry)
• Scan of the enrolment 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 housing provider confirmation
• 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 Immigration Office.

Please bring a laptop or tablet with you!

3:30 p.m. | Welcome and introduction of AStA (student representation)

Meeting point: Building 15, Room E16, Seminarstr. 20

17:00 | City tour

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

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Welcoming Ceremony for Freshers by the President of Osnabrück University

Meeting point: Osnabrückhalle

14:00 | Opening a bank account - Part 1

Meeting point: Sparkasse branch at Neumarkt

9:00 a.m. | International breakfast for registered students

Meeting point: Café Bar Celona, Nikolaiort 6, Osnabrück

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

Costs: You only have to pay for your hot drink.

14:00 | Opening the bank account - Part 2

Meeting point: Sparkasse branch at Neumarkt

11:00 a.m. | Introduction to the University Library (virtual event)

Moderator: Matthias Laubenheimer
Virtual conference room: webconf.uni-osnabrueck.de/b/mat-k4g-ffy

14:00 | Opening a bank account at the Sparkasse - Part 2

Meeting point: Sparkasse branches at Rosenplatz and Saarplatz

9:00 a.m. | Day trip to Bremen

Meeting point: Osnabrück main station

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