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Information for Incoming Students
Welcome Address
Incoming mathematics students from our partner universities are most welcome
to spend up to two semesters (10 months) of their undergraduate studies at our
Mathematics Department on ERASMUS. We will do our outmost to turn your stay at
Hamburg into a great success! The following guidelines in this page explain some
of the required preparations and procedures before and during your studies.
In case of interest, please feel free to get in touch with us straight on,
even if you haven't finalized your decision concerning a possible participation
in the ERASMUS programme, yet.
Yours sincereley,
Professor Paul Wedrich (ERASMUS Coordinator)
Preparations
Prior to your arrival at Hamburg an agreement between
your home institution's ERASMUS coordinator and our ERASMUS coordination
must be made. Therefore, for initiation and planning purposes, your first
contact should be the ERASMUS office of your home institution.
The ERASMUS coordinator of your home institution will then refer you to us,
so that we can help with accommodation, planning and paperwork as early as possible.
Paperwork
The paperwork required before your arrival at Hamburg is mainly concerning
admission, registration, accomodation, health insurance, and visa (if applicable).
We will be more than happy to support you with filling in the necessary forms
and with other administrative details. To this end, however, it is quite important
for you to get in touch with us as early as possible, about three months before
your arrival at Hamburg at the very latest.
Temporary Semester Ticket
During your stay at Hamburg, you will be provided with a temporary semester
ticket, which includes a public transportation pass at reasonable charge.
The semester ticket currently (2021) costs 180 EUR per semester.
Moreover, you will obtain an (international) student's card from the university
shortly after your arrival at Hamburg.
Bank Account
Students can easily open a bank account at any bank in Germany.
To this end, the following documents are usually needed:
identiy card or passport, confirmation of residence showing your
address in Germany, and your student identity card.
We will be more than happy to help you with opening a bank account.
Accomodation
The university has a certain number of rooms in halls of residence available
for exchange students. The halls of residence are spread all over the city and
are usually well equipped, i.e. with internet access and other useful facilities.
The monthly rent is currently between 300 and 400 EUR.
However, it is important that you contact us as early as possible so that we can
reserve a suitable room for you in good time. However, there is no guarantee that
you will receive a room!
Language Courses
The University of Hamburg offers German language courses free of charge
for Erasmus students. The courses are run by professional and experienced
language teachers. The language courses are split into three different levels.
Timely before the courses commence, individual tests are made to classify
each single student by their language level. We strongly recommend incoming
Erasmus students to participate in the language courses. We remark that most of the mathematics
modules (lectures with tutorials and seminars) are in German, although on request
exceptions can be made. For successful participation in the lectures, a language level of
at least B2 should be available.
Transcript of Records
Make sure to collect a transcript of records timely before
your departure from Hamburg. The transcript of records lists all modules
(lectures with tutorials and seminars) that you have attended and/or passed,
showing corresponding ECTS credit points and grades (if applicable) for each
of the individual modules.
Most modules require final (written or oral) exams at the end of the semester.
Most module convenors are flexible enough to organize separate oral (or written)
exams for ERASMUS students in English. If you wish to choose this option,
please get in touch with the module convenors as early as possible.
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