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STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE Contents WORDS OF WELCOME BEFORE YOUR ARRIVAL STUDY PROGRAMME SPECIFIC INFORMATION ARRIVING IN REUTLINGEN YOUR FIRST STEPS IN REUTLINGEN GETTING STARTED AT ESB BUSINESS SCHOOL LIVING IN REUTLINGEN BEFORE YOUR DEPARTURE Photography: Karl Scheuring STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE Welcome - Bienvenue -欢迎 - Bienvenido - добро́ пожаловать́ - Bem vindo Founded in 1971 Dear student, As Dean of ESB Business School, I would like to warmly One of 5 faculties at Reutlingen University welcome you on campus and thank you for joining our international community. More than 30% international students We have compiled this guide to give you some practical information about your period of study here in Reutlingen. We hope that it will answer the most important questions before your arrival, help you upon arrival in Reutlingen and facilitate Top position in league tables for your start at ESB Business School. business studies in German and European region Do not hesitate to contact us at any time if you have any questions not fully answered in this guide. I encourage you to enjoy our lively campus and to get 50 business partners involved in the diverse student activities on offer. Your experience at ESB Business School is sure to benefit you 13 Bachelor programmes both personally and in your further studies, as well as enhancing your future employment opportunities. 9 Master programmes Have a happy and fruitful time studying at ESB Business School! 3 MBA programmes Over 100 partner Prof. Dr. Andreas Taschner universities worldwide Dean of ESB Business School 2.500 students Photography: Karl Scheuring STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE Before your arrival Visa Travel arrangements EU students do not require a visa to study in Germany. Non-EU citizens should check Make sure you arrive from Monday to Friday if you plan to live in student halls. whether a visa is required for your country of origin. This visa must be obtained from Stuttgart airport is closest to Reutlingen. From there, you can take a direct bus to the German Embassy or Consulate in your country of residence. Please ensure that Reutlingen, rent a car, order a taxi or get the train via Stuttgart main train station. you obtain the correct visa for studying in Germany, otherwise you may not be able to enrol at the university. For further information, please check here. If you arrive from another airport such as Frankfurt or Munich, you can catch a train to Stuttgart main train station, rent a car or check the availability for long-distance Accommodation in halls of residence buses. For further information see the section “Arriving in Reutlingen”. Please make sure you apply for rooms in the student halls of residence as soon as possible as these are very popular. Rent ranges from € 160 to € 300 monthly, Fees depending on whether you take a furnished apartment, single room or shared To study at Reutlingen University, you have to pay a Semester Contribution for social double room. Student residences on campus are owned and administered by the fees and a student body contribution. In some cases tuition fees are applicable. GWG Housing Association and the Tübingen Studierendenwerk. Please refer to the study programme specific information. Click here for an overview of all halls of residence. Please apply to all residences. Documentation required for enrolment Normally you won’t get a confirmation from the housing association that your Exchange students require the following items for enrolment at Reutlingen application has been received. The housing associations will only notify you if your University: proof of health insurance, proof of enrolment at your home university, application has been successful. transcript, passport photo and proof of payment of fees. Private accommodation Financing your studies For private accommodation off-campus, check out our accommodation portal (in Reutlingen University does not provide financial support for students. All financial German only), or other accommodation portals such as WG-Gesucht for shared matters, including the arrangement of scholarships, must be organised by the accommodation. students themselves. Detailed information can be found here: Financial matters Health insurance Cost of living Proof of full health insurance cover for the duration of your studies is required for Depending on your personal lifestyle, you will need about € 600-800 per month to enrolment at Reutlingen University. An insurance certificate or card must indicate cover your expenses. The subsidized meals in the refectory/cafeteria (Mensa) are a name, validity dates, country of validity (Germany) and must cover both in-patient great way to eat cheaply. and out-patient treatment as well as unlimited benefits. Bild einfügen Accommodation approx. € 160-400 per month EU-students need a copy of the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). Non- Food approx. € 200 per month EU students will be required to purchase a student health policy valid for study in Transport approx. € 90 per semester Germany. The costs may range from approx. €30 to €90 per month. Leisure approx. € 150 per month N.B.: A travel insurance is not accepted by our authorities for study purposes. There are two public insurance providers on campus: AOK Baden-Württemberg and Mobile phones Techniker Krankenkasse. Many private insurance companies – such as Mawista Please check with your provider at home if your mobile phone contract also covers and HanseMerkur– offer online services. All privately insured students will be Germany. exempted from paying for German state health insurance. Your coordinator can assist you with this. Personal liability insurance We strongly recommend you to take out a personal liability insurance for your stay in Reutlingen Photography: Joachim Jäger 2014 STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE Study programme specific information BSc International Business Academic calendar Please note: the semester dates for the IB–programme differ from Reutlingen University´s general semester Welcome to the IB–programme! dates, which you can find on the university website! The programme is taught entirely in English and our student body consists of 50% German and 50% international students. We have a strong international orientation and emphasis on soft skills. Please be encouraged to actively Term dates for the academic Winter semester 2018/2019 Summer semester 2019 participate in our seminar-like lectures. calendar 2018/2019 th th Who is who/ Important contact information Application deadline May 15 , 2018 November 15 , 2018 Pre-semester language course September 3rd – 14th None Prof Dr. Julia Hormuth Prof Dr. Hermann Laßleben Welcome session September 21st February 1st (tbc.) Head of Undergraduate Partnerships Head of Undergraduate Partnerships Building 5, Room 116 Building 5, Room 110 th th [email protected] [email protected] Classes Start: September 24 Start: February 4 End: January 11th End: May 17th Jula-Marei Finger rd th nd Incoming Exchange Coordinator Holidays October 3 (public holiday) April 19 – 22 (Good Friday & st Building 5, Room 124 November 1 (public holiday) Easter) Tel.: +49 (0) 7121 271 3037 December 24th – January 6th April 23rd – 26th (Easter break) [email protected] / (Christmas break) May 1st (May Day) [email protected] May 30th (public holiday) Exams January 14th – 22nd, 2019 May 25th – June 7th ,2019 Start of studies Before lectures begin, you will be invited to an official “Welcome session”. Here you will meet the staff responsible for student exchange as well as your “student buddies”, who will assist you in your first weeks and help you to get settled and integrated in our diverse student activities. Attendance by all new exchange students is mandatory. Costs Course selection Semester contribution: €93,80 (Social Fee for Student Services and Fee of Constituted Student Body). Before you come to us, please check with your home university precisely what academic requirements you need to fulfil while studying at ESB Business School. We offer foundation courses as well as advanced courses in the so called major Impressions of former exchange students courses in the areas of “Finance & Accounting”, “HRM & Organisation” and “Marketing & Strategy”. „I have benefitted from my exchange semester at ESB Business School for two major reasons. The first is the Detailed instructions for your course selection will be sent by email by the exchange coordinator of the IB–programme. university: Its excellent reputation for business studies is largely due to its international orientation and its practical teaching methods (e.g. case studies, workshops and presentations, usually reallised in intercultural Examination teams with German and international students). The second is the location: you are quite close to France, Written and oral examinations take place in the examinations week immediately after the end of courses in each Switzerland and Austria. Reutlingen itself is an enjoyable place to stay because it is big enough to socialise semester. Failed examinations are re-taken at the end of the following semester. Exam registration is done together every night and at the same time you can enjoy the nice setting and outdoor leisure activities you wouldn’t find with your exchange coordinator. in a big city. In a nutshell, if you want to study at a top university while having fun, go to Reutlingen!” (Antoine Boucault, exchange student from France) STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE Before