Beginning of studies for international students

We are sorry for all inconvenience caused by the Corona situation and its effects on the enrolment for summer semester 2020. We ask for your understanding.

Check our daily updated Corona information for international students and the general Corona information of the University of Jena.

• No enrolment for new guest students from partner universities this semester. Please reapply for next semester after nomination from your home university.
• There will be no DSH course and no DSH entrance test for new participants during summer semester 2020.
• New degree-seeking students (Bachelor, Master, State Examination) please send your enrolment documents to us from now on until 15 May 2020 by post or email. We recommend that you arrive until 3 May 2020 (lectures start on 4 May).
• If you travel to Germany, bring a valid health insurance with you. You may find information about this at https://www.uni-jena.de/en/enrolmentguide.html.
• If you are participating in the Erasmus programme, please ask your home university whether a later arrival will affect your scholarship.

Searching for a flat/room:

• Application for a room in a hall of residence
• Hostels and hotels in Jena and the surrounding area [pdf 95KB]
• Searching for a room on the private estates market [pdf 268KB]

Visa, arrival, enrolment, support:

• Enrolment-Guide (Information on your visa, arrival, and enrolment)
• FAQ for degree-seeking students or FAQ for guest students
• Registration for the mentoring programme and further information regarding support
• German courses in the Language Centre
• Planning your travels: DB Navigator

Have a look at what is going on in Jena:

• University on Facebook and YouTube

• The summer semester starts on 4 May 2020.
• Please arrive until 3 May 2020.
• Enrolment is possible until 15 May 2020, by post only.
• Submission of enrolment documents: submit to the letter box outside room 0.18 (Fürstengraben 1) or by post to International Office, University of Jena, Fürstengraben 1, 07743 Jena or by email to incoming@uni-jena.de.
• Brief and personalized online Enrolment Guide within information regarding enrolment
• Enrolment Guide [pdf 3MB] (pdf)

Degree programmes (BA, BSc, MA, MSc, LLM, state examination, Diplom):

• central information events Orientation Daysde (for degree-seeking students only)
• general information for degree-seeking students
• coordinators of master's programmes [pdf 208KB] (advisory service for new master's students)
• introduction to the course and examination management Friedolinde (Please note the Orientation Days datesde).
• semester dates [pdf 657KB]

Guest studies: please note the information regarding ECTS and the portal Onleila in the Enrolment-Guidede.

The Welcome Days and many other events help you to get to know the university and city of Jena and make new friends quickly.

• There will be no Welcome Days in Summer 2020.

Supported by the International Office of University of Jena, Pepito Consultings provide you free Intercultural Trainings (in English and German). The training is suitable for any host culture, especially for guest students in Germany.

WHAT? We will sensitize you towards interaction with people from diverse cultural  backgrounds.

• The training is very interactive - there will be role-plays and opportunities to try out various types of communication with people from all over the world.
• Each training lasts 8 hours. There will be a lunch break.
• Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance.

WHEN? Please register for the following English training:

• no trainings now
• more trainings in Germande available

HOW? Please register for the training by sending an email to

pepito-training@gmx.de

• Please name two possible dates (1^st and 2^nd choice).
• You will get a confirmation of your reservation.

Please find all results on the German websitede.

If you cannot find your name in the list, please see the information for applicants [pdf 30KB]not accepted for the DSH course.