After Your Arrival in Flensburg

As soon as you arrive in Flensburg, you will need to register your local residence at the city hall (Bürgerbüro).

Required Documents:

• Certificate of enrollment or letter of admission to EUF (Zulassungsbescheid)
• Identity card (if you are an EU citizen) or passport
• Certificate from your landlord or person providing accommodation confirming your local address (Wohnungsgeberbescheinigung) 

If you don't have a bank account that allows you to withdraw cash and make transfers for free in Germany, you will need to make an appointment at a bank to open a German account. If you already have a blocked account (Sperrkonto), you will need to activate it.

To apply for a checking account (Girokonto) at a bank in Germany, you will need to bring the following documents:

• Passport (containing a visa that is valid for at least 3 months)
• Letter of admission from EUF or proof of enrollment here
• Your rental contract
• Personal identification number/tax number (received 2-4 weeks after the address registration in city hall)

To apply for a visa, you must submit proof that you have sufficient funds to support yourself. One option is to open a blocked account containing the required amount of funding. You can open a blocked account with the following providers, among others:

• Coracle (the combination package includes blocked account + health insurance + travel insurance)
• X-Patrio
• Sperrkonto Fintiba
• Sperrkonto Deutsche Bank
• Sperrkonto Sparkasse 

You will need to active your blocked account once you arrive in Germany.

Health insurance is mandatory for all students in Germany.

Important:
Enrolment at Europa-Universität Flensburg is only possible once the university has received an electronic notification of your health insurance status (M10) from a German statutory health insurance provider.

• This notification is sent directly by the insurance company to the university
• Students cannot submit proof themselves (e.g. insurance certificates or cards are not sufficient)

Public Health Insurance (Statutory)

Students under 30 years of age and enrolled in a degree programme are generally required to take out public health insurance (gesetzliche Krankenversicherung).

• Cost: approx. €140–€150 per month (including long-term care insurance)

Private Health Insurance

Students who are:

• 30 years or older, or
• enrolled in preparatory or language courses,

are usually required to take out private health insurance.

If you have valid health insurance in another EU/EEA country (e.g. European Health Insurance Card – EHIC) or private insurance from abroad:

• You must still contact a German statutory health insurance provider
• The provider will check whether your insurance is sufficient
• If applicable, they will issue an electronic exemption notification (M10) to the university

You cannot enrol without this electronic notification.

Private health insurance policy from your home country

If you have foreign health insurance coverage that is valid in Germany (such as  a private health insurance policy from your home country), you may be exempt from the public health insurance requirement. You can check this by submitting your original insurance documents (in English or German) to a public health insurance company in Germany to request a certificate of exemption from mandatory insurance. Such a certificate can only be issued by a public health insurance company in Germany.

Important Notes

• Travel insurance is not sufficient for enrolment
• The electronic notification (M10) must be received before enrolment can be completed
• This requirement applies to all students, regardless of nationality or type of insurance

How to Arrange Health Insurance

To complete enrolment:

1. Contact a German statutory health insurance provider (e.g. AOK, TK, Barmer, etc.)
2. Inform them that you are enrolling at Europa-Universität Flensburg
3. Provide the university’s sender number (if required by the insurer)
4. Request that they send the electronic notification (M10) directly to the university

“We recommend arranging your health insurance at an early stage, as enrolment can only be completed once the electronic notification has been received.”

In Germany, people with health insurance are generally free to choose their own doctors. Below is a list of doctors who speak English (as of June 2021).

As soon as you are enrolled as a student at EUF, you can order the public transport pass for students (semester ticket) and use all services of the Studentenwerk Schleswig-Holstein. You can also use the EUF CampusApp to access your student ID, view your email, and library accounts, and check the daily menu at the campus cafeteria, among other things.

Order your semester ticket

View services of the Studentenwerk Schleswig-Holstein

Learn more about the EUF CampusApp

Students from non-EU member states who have a 3-month visa must report to the Immigration Office within 7 days of their arrival and must apply for an Electronic Residence Permit (eAT). International students who are exempt from the visa requirement will also need a residence permit. Only EU citizens do not need to apply for this residence permit.

The following documents are required to apply for a residence permit:

• Application form
• Health insurance certificate
• Identity card / passport
• Certificate of student status (Studienbescheinigung)
• Regular (degree-seeking) students only: University degree certificates/diplomas, plus (if the documents were not issued in German) translations into German
• Certificate of residency from your landlord (Vermieterbescheinigung)

Proof of sufficient funds: In order to apply for a residence permit, you must provide proof that you have sufficient financial means to support yourself (at least €992 per month or €11904 for 12 months). The following proofs are possible:

1.     a letter stating that you are a scholarship recipient
2.    a letter of commitment from the person financing your studies (from Deutchland).
3.    a blocked account

The application process can take up to two months. You must pay the following fees when you pick up your residence permit (last update: 2021):

• New resident permits (processing fee): 100 euros (if you hold a student scholarship, you do not have to pay this fee)
• Residence permit extensions
  • Extensions up to 3 months: 96 euros
  • Extensions longer than 3 months: 93 euros

Contact

Einwanderungsbüro – Immigration Office
Schleswiger Straße 66
24941 Flensburg

E-Mail: einwanderungsbuero-PleaseRemoveIncludingDashes-@flensburg.de

To see current opening hours, telephone consultation times and the online appointment portal, visit the website of the Immigration Office (Einwanderungsbüro).

Go to the Flensburg Immigration Office

Information, integration, and intercultural awareness: Every semester before classes start, the International Center organizes an orientation week for international students (exchange students and regular students). Orientation Week usually takes place on first week of March and September (Monday to Friday).

Topics and Contents

• Academic culture in Germany
• Everyday life in Flensburg
• Administrative processes (registering your local address at the city citizens' office, taking out health insurance, setting up a bank account, applying for a residence permit)
• Campus tour, city tour and other leisure activities
• Getting to know the buddies
• Course selection (for exchange students)
• Matriculation (for exchange students)
• Language courses
• Welcome Breakfast (free of charge, registration required)

Europa Universität Flensburg also holds a general student orientation week (https://www.uni-flensburg.de?52969) for all new students every fall semester.