Welcome to Germany

On 15 July the deadlines of many study programmes have ended. Now you have to wait until you'll finally receive the positive answer you are hoping for. We'll bridge the gap by showing you, how some of the over 400 universities in Germany welcome their foreign students. We show you, what's inside their "Welcome Packages".

Alle Welcome Packages auf einem Bild, Foto: Steuer/DAAD
Alle Welcome Packages auf einem Bild, Foto: Steuer/DAAD
It's your first day at your German university: You are a bit nervous, excited and keen on finding out, what's going to happen.

The International Office (In German: Akademisches Auslandsamt) is most interersting and important for you. Its co-workers know what troubles foreign students the most. They help you to settle in and tell you, which administrative offices you must pay a visit. In short: They are your most important contact.

29 Welcome Packages

To make it easier for you to get used to your new life in Germany, many International Offices surprise their foreign students with a special "Welcome Package". It contains mostly lots of brochures and flyers about life and study at your university but also many other little somethings. Study-in.de wanted to know it all and asked the universities to send us one of their packages. 29 replied and really inspired us. They sent gummybears, pens, umbrellas and even covers for bicycle saddles to name only a few things.

With the help of a whole bunch of little playmobil men we composed pictures out of them. Have a look at each of them in our colourful picture gallery. In the meantime our facebook fans voted for their favourite picture: The winner is the one of Uni Bonn getting 19 votes with Hochschule Harz and FH Frankfurt following suit on ranks two and three with seven votes each.

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  • The favourite pic of the facebook fans: The Welcome Package of Uni Bonn.
  • Second Runner up: The Welcome Package of Hochschule Harz.
  • Also Second Runner up: The University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt/Main.
  • A thermo cup and a semester calendar are included in the TFH Welcome Package.
  • Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences includes lots of information in their Welcome Package.
  • Gummybears and a semester calendar are included in HTW's Welcome Package.
  • The ISM Dortmund Welcome Package includes a keychain and a pretty pin sporting the German as well as the flag of your home country.
  • Lots of information about Osnabrück and its university.
  • Deggendorf University of Applied Sciences made sure to include lots of information.
  • A stylish shoulder bag as well as a note book are included in the Leuphana welcome package.
  • A packet of ''black-eyed Suzanna'' is included in the Passau package.
  • The welcome package of FH Münster keeps you dry and mobile.
  • The Welcome Package of Hochschule Niederrhein includes a protection cover for your bicycle saddle.
  • A useful city guide is part of the Welcome Package of Stuttgart University.
  • In the Welcome Package of SRH Heidelberg you'll find a coffee cup and a USB stick.
  • In the package of Potsdam university you'll find lots of information about the city and the studies.
  • A bag and a lanyard with the university's logo are part of the Package of Bremen university.
  • The Roman city gate Porta Nigra is a landmark, even for the Trier university.
  • The Welcome Package of RU-Bochum includes a book with lots of pictures about the city.
  • The ASH Berlin packs a special ''Hochschultüte' for their foreign students.
  • Sweet surprise in Stralsund: A packet of gummybears is included.
  • Included in Gießen's package is a student calender.
  • A keychain, a biro and a textmarker are included in the Welcome Package of TU Chemnitz.
  • Because they share the same name, some of the famous cookies are also included in the Welcome Package of Leibniz Uni Hanover
  • FH Koblenz provides you with lots of information.
  • Vouchers for free coffee and a DVD about Hamburg are included in Hamburgs Welcome Package.
  • Safe and sound in Villingen-Schwenningen.
  • Creative package of the Universtiy for Arts in Berlin.
  • Lots of drops and tea are included in the package of Emden/Leer.

The Welcome Packages of German Universities

  • The favourite pic of the facebook fans: The Welcome Package of Uni Bonn.
  • Second Runner up: The Welcome Package of Hochschule Harz.
  • Also Second Runner up: The University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt/Main.
  • A thermo cup and a semester calendar are included in the TFH Welcome Package.

Search for your International  Office!

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