Study in Ilmenau

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Study in Germany Study in Ilmenau

1 Ilmenau University of Technology

2 Contents

5 Preface 6 The Ilmenau University of Technology 6 Profile of the University 10 The town of Ilmenau and its environs 12 Degree Structure 12 Faculties 14 Degree Courses 14 BSc (Bachelor of Science), BA (Bachelor of Arts) courses 15 MSc (Master of Science), MA ( Master of Arts) courses 16 Reading for a doctorate 18 Admission Requirements for the various courses of study at the University 18 Admission of school-leavers onto Bachelor´s courses 21 Admission to the Master´s courses for graduates of universities outside Germany 21 Admission to read for the doctorate 24 Postgraduate training opportunities at the Ilmenau University of Technology 26 Useful information 26 Grant aid to students from abroad 26 Entering Germany 28 Services provided by the Student Guild (Studentenwerk) 29 The cost of living in Ilmenau 29 The „we4you“ network, leisure activities 31 Health and health insurance 32 To get to Ilmenau 3 4 Preface

You are probably reading this booklet be- with the assurance that, here, the content cause you are perhaps about to make a vital is of the best. To weigh up the “feel good” decision, perhaps the most vital decision in factor, too, read about what there is to do your lifetime so far. You are thinking about in your spare time and all the ways of find- taking a degree in Germany and are perhaps ing friends here at the Ilmenau University of spoilt for choice. There is good education to Technology. be had at many universities and of those, Interested? There is much more information many teach the subjects in which you are on the web at www.tu-ilmenau.de interested. To reach your decision, you need to check out all the factors affecting whether a particular university will be the best choice for you personally and academically – and thus, also, in career terms. With this booklet, we at the Ilmenau University of Technology invite you to explore this university in the hills, where engineering has always been Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. outstanding and is now flanked by a range Dr. h. c. Prof. h. c. of related subjects. Peter Scharff (Professor Peter Scharff) Rector, Ilmenau University of Technology In this booklet you can read about Ilme- nau’s unique features and how you can be Staff will gladly answer any questions sent by enabled to take your first or second degree email to [email protected]

5 Ilmenau University of Technology

Profile of the University before it became the trend in other places. Ilmenau graduates rarely experience delay The training of engineers in Ilmenau is built in finding jobs when they have got their de- on a long and excellent tradition. The original gree, and the University is rightly proud of institution was the Thüringisches Technikum, the fact. It is a state-funded higher education founded in 1894. It became the Hochschule establishment, with about 6,500 students für Elektrotechnik in 1953. Ten years later at the last count. There are still no tuition it was elevated to Technische Hochschule fees to pay. It must, however, be said that Ilmenau, reflecting the broader range of all students in Germany are required to pay degree subjects offered and their academic a “Semester contribution”. What this com- standard. Accorded the status of University prises in Ilmenau is the costs of using the in 1992, the Technische Universität Ilmenau services of the Thüringen Student Guild, the became, paradoxically, one of Germany’s expenses incurred in the student representa- newest Universities under its new title. tive system and a season ticket for the train between Ilmenau and Erfurt. At the time of Its strong feature is the interdisciplinary ap- writing, the “semester contribution” is for proach to both research and teaching. Aca- the first semester 137,40 € and for all fol- demics have been working from the first in lowings 122,40 € (there are two semesters close and rigorous co-operation both across per academic year). their subject divides and across the bound- ary between university and industry. Here The University upholds high standards, both interdisciplinary work was well established in terms of academic content and in the fa-

6 cilities offered to students. Indeed, the com- It is a real trademark of the University that it bination at Ilmenau of a friendly, personal relies upon interdisciplinary work across fac- academic setting with pleasant social con- ulty boundaries, and brings together many ditions has long been a trademark of this skills thereby. This approach has made it pos- university. If you are a student from abroad, sible to establish highly competitive research you will find there is a care and mentor sys- activities: tem already in place for you. It makes it easier for you to adjust to the timetable and other • Nano-engineering aspects of university life here, so that you • Precision engineering, instrumentation and lose no academic ground on arrival. measurement

Without research, a university is dead. Here • Technical and biomedical prosthetic systems the research is the foundation of teaching, • Drive technology, energy and environmental postgraduate studies and academic develop- engineering ment of the next generation of scientists. • Digital media technology

The University occupies a leading position • Mobile communications both nationally and internationally in a number of areas of research, pure and applied.

7 A particularly interesting feature of these One of the best-known is Professor Karlheinz clusters is the fact that they are open to the Brandenburg (Photo), the inventor of MP3. scientific working groups of other universi- His research has represented a great propor- ties or extramural research centres and in- tion of Germany’s share in the international dustrial companies. science behind innovative digital media.

Many of the research projects are being pur- Professor Gerd Jäger, who is another re- sued by individuals or groups called “Nach- searcher at Ilmenau University of Technol- wuchsforscher” in German: these are spe- ogy of international renown, is a leader in cially designated fast-track researchers from the field of positioning and measurement the new generation of scientists, who have machinery in the nanometre range and has indicated the high value they set on our Uni- received accolades from the DFG, the Ger- versity’s work by coming here. One example man Research Council. is the MacroNano Innovation Development Centre with its two groups of next-generation researchers, one into Microfluidics and Bio-Sensors and the other into Functionalised Peripherics.

There are renowned academics teaching and researching at Ilmenau University of Tech- nology.

9 Humboldt Building The town of Ilmenau and its environs used as a training facility by Olympic aspirants but available also to anyone challenged by The triangle formed by Weimar, Ilmenau and sledging, whether for its sheer pleasure or Eisenach within Germany is of both histori- its high arts. cal and cultural significance. The names of Goethe, Schiller, Herder, Bach and Luther are Ilmenau has its own cinema and concert hall forever linked with this beautiful landscape. (also used as a theatre), though the majority Ilmenau is a market town situated in the pic- of cultural events of interest to students are turesque valley of the Ilm on the norther- to be found on campus in the many sports ly side of the Thüringer Wald (our wooded and social clubs and student societies. section of the mid-German hills). The area is well patronised by tourists. People come on The nearest biggish city is Erfurt, capital of holiday to this area for rest and recreation or Thüringen. A train ticket to take students the- in active pursuit of walking and other sum- re at any time is included in the “semester mer and winter sports. The spruce forests are contribution”, and the journey is not a long interlaced by a network of walking routes. one. Erfurt is a city of considerable beauty. When they are snow-clad in winter, the paths It has an inviting medieval town centre, an are made into tracks ideal for the relaxing ac- opera house, many shopping opportunities tivity of cross-country skiing. Oberhof, 20 km and after your stroll among these there are into the hills from Ilmenau, is a winter sports pubs and restaurants of every style from the resort where many Olympic medallists have classic to the alternative. trained. In Ilmenau itself, there is a luge run

10 07 Ilmenau town centre  11 Degree structure

European Universities met at Bologna to esta- Besides the consecutive Master’s courses, Il- blish the structure now also adopted by Ilme- menau also offers (so far) four Master’s cour- nau: a two-tier scheme in which the Master’s ses which are seperate but related to the type follows the Bachelor’s degree. The usual set of preceding Bachelor’s degree. time to complete the degree of Master of Sci- ence or Master of Arts here is ten semesters in all (at two per year). Faculties

In the first stage, one comes as an undergra- The Ilmenau University of Technology has five duate to read for the Bachelor of Science or of Faculties: Arts. For some subjects, this takes six semesters, for others, seven. With the Bachelor’s Electrical Engineering and Information degree, it is possible to leave university and Technology start work, for the BSc is the initial professi- Computer Science and Automation onal qualification. It is also possible to con- Mechanical Engineering tinue at university without a break, working Mathematics and Natural Science towards the Master of Science or Master of Economic Sciences Arts, which will take either four or three semesters.

12 13 Degree Courses • Technical Physics • Materials Science BSc (Bachelor of Science) or BA • Information Systems (Bachelor of Arts) courses • Industrial Engineering and Management

There are at present 16 courses which are Within each course there are opportunities to likely to be of interest to students from ab- specialise at a fairly early stage. road, all leading in the first instance to the German and international degree of „Ba- There is no detailed list of the degree course chelor of Science“. content in this booklet. All the details are to be found on the Internet, where they are kept up • Applied Media Science to date: course content, regulations, examina- • Biomedical Engineering tion procedures and content of each module. • Electrical Engineering and Information Please check the University‘s home page: Technology http://www.tu-ilmenau.de. • Automotive Engineering • Computer Science • Computer Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Mathematics • Mechatronics • Media Technology • Media Economics 10 • Optronics 14 MSc (Master of Science) or MA (Master of Arts) courses

The Master’s courses at the Ilmenau Uni- versity of Technology follow on seamlessly from the relevant BSc courses. • Media and Communication Research (this is a bilingual course in English and German) • Biomedical Engineering • Electrical Engineering and Information Technology • Automotive Engineering • Computer Science • Computer Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Mathematics: Mathematics for Economics • Mechatronics • Media Technology • Media Economics • Optronics • Technical Physics • Materials Science • Information Systems • Industrial Engineering and Management 15 To be admitted to the non-consecutive Reading for a doctorate Master’s courses, students must already possess a Bachelor’s degree. The admission All the TU’s Faculties are entitled to take on criteria are detailed under the degree and doctoral students and award doctorates: examination regulations for the individual courses: www.tu-ilmenau.de the title is the German Dr.-Ing. for the engineering fields, These are the non-consecutive Master’s the German Dr. rer. nat. for mathematicians courses currently offered at Ilmenau Univer- and physicists and sity of Technology: the German Dr. rer. pol. in the Faculty of Eco- nomic Sciences. • Communications and Signal Processing (course in English) The degree of Doctor is a second or a third • Electrical Power and Control Engineering degree, depending on whether you had the (course in English) German “Diplom” or BSc + MSc. To become • Research in Computer & Systems a doctoral student here at Ilmenau, you have Engineering (course in English) to follow an application procedure rather like • Micro- and Nanotechnology that for the Master’s degrees. There are only a very few regular lectures to be attended. More non-consecutive Master’s courses are The teaching takes place largely in the re- in preparation, including more in English. search departments. During their stay at the The up–to-date position will always be clear University, doctoral students prepare a thesis from the University’s homepage on the which has to be defended before an acade- web. 16 mic board. There should be at least one exami- ner from another university. The examination called the “rigorosum” precedes this defence. The rigorosum is a complex oral examination in which the candidate must prove that he or she is in total command of his or her chosen subject and those closely related to it.

On average, the time taken to reach the Doc- torate in science and engineering subjects (without additional obligatory exams) is four years.

Please send your queries to:

ASC (Akademisches Service Center), International Students‘ Office (Internationales Studentensekretariat): Admissions Policy, Advice on Course Content Frau (Ms) Gudrun Breternitz +49 3677 69-2023 [email protected]

17 Admission requirements for the various courses of study at the University

Admission of school-leavers onto 2. that they should have passed the DSH Bachelor’s courses (Deutsche Sprachprüfung zum Hochschulzu- gang: the Germany-wide examination in Ger- To study for a BA or BSc in Germany one man for non-native speakers of the language, must have the Abitur, which is an examina- geared to university entrance) or the TestDaF, tion for the academically able, taken after Test of German as a Foreign Language. at least twelve years of schooling (from the The language levels that must be reached are age of six), and replacing university en-tran- grade II in the DSH or a 4 in all four sections ce examinations, or its equivalent. At the Il- of the TestDaF. menau University of Technology, as in most other universities in the German system, all If you are not in possession of a German teaching on scientific and technical subjects Abitur, you should accompany your applica- takes place in German. tion with a certified copy of your secondary- school-leaving examination results, together Thus, for those entering from a different with a certified translation of your final report school and university system, there are two from secondary school. Reports and certifi- admission requirements: cates in English, Russian or French can be sent without translation. The University Ad- 1. that they should have passed the pre- missions Office will check your school-lea- university exam in their own system (Abitur, ving certificate against the recommended list Matura, baccalaureat, A-levels…) provided by the German education authorities, to see whether you have a qualification

18 Admission requirements for the various courses of study at the University

equivalent to the Abitur required of German Without this, it will be impossible to cope. school-leavers. There will be an initial test before you are accepted onto the DSH course. If this is the case, you can be offered an undergraduate place as soon as you have pro- If you have not managed to pass the DSH vided proof of adequate competence in the after a certain time, which is usually 2 terms, German language. the extension of your permission to stay in Germany may be refused. You would, in that If the qualifications include no evidence of case, have to start again with the application an appropriate standard of German, there for a student visa. If you arrive having had are two possibilities. One is to take the DSH little teaching in German, or if you fail the examination on arrival in Ilmenau. The other initial German test set by the University, it is is to join one of our „German as a Foreign possible to take a course in German in Ilmen- Language“ courses and take the exam at its au. Any relevant information can be obtained conclusion. The course starts at level B1 of from the TU Ilmenau International School: the CEF and costs 450,00 € per semester. The [email protected]. courses are offered in Ilmenau. They assume at least an elementary knowledge of German, It is most important to note that the laws i.e. A2, at the start. So, if you have not learnt on immigration to Germany restrict the time German at school, you should learn some spent on learning the language in order to before you come, for example by attending qualify for university entrance to 18 months your local “Goethe-Institut”. in all after arrival. 15 19 Each year, Ilmenau University of Technology gen. All the Thüringen universities are in co- provides a Summer Course in the German operation with this college. The Admissions language, which is an excellent opportunity Office in Ilmenau is able to allocate places for you to improve your German and also on condition that the Nordhausen college is your knowledge about Germany and its cul- attended first. If the undergraduate place is ture, or to take a qualification in German for allocated on this basis, the place in Nordhau- technical purposes. It is also a good way of sen is automatic. learning how things function in Germany. If admission is granted to you on condition The TU Summer Course is not an examinati- you attend the Nordhausen college, then on course. It is not the means of your proving you should apply for a student visa naming admissibility to a degree course. It is, howe- Nordhausen as the place of study. Once the ver, to be recommended as a good practice preparatory classes at Nordhausen have been for student life or for the DSH exam. There are taken and the necessary exams passed, it will details of the alternative summer courses at be an easy matter to obtain the visa extension http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/sommerkurs. for Ilmenau. Prospective students whose school-leaving certificate is lower than the Abitur can attend a supplementary course in a local college in order to pass the exam known as the „Feststellungsprüfung“ to gain admission to a specific degree course. For all Thüringen‘s universities, this college is the Staatliche Studienkolleg Nordhausen in North Thürin-

20 Admission to the Master’s courses However, please note that the Bachelor’s de- for graduates of universities outside gree with which you enter one of Ilmenau UT’s Germany Master’s courses midway must be in the same subject as the Master’s you hope to take. The Master’s degrees offered by Ilmenau Uni- versity of Technology are of two sorts, conse- The linguistic preconditions for the German- cutive or non-consecutive. “Consecutive” me- language Master degree courses are fulfilled ans that the Master’s will usually be organised if you have achieved level II in the DSH exams as a seamless whole with the Bachelor’s. or four times level 4 in the TestDaF exams. For English-language Master degree courses, Applicants who have obtained their BSc or you are expected to have acieved TOEFL 555 BA at a different German university or ab- (p), TOELF 237 (c) or also TOEFL 78 (i) or IELTS road may be admitted to the Master’s cour- 6.0. The same procedure will apply to the non- ses if their studies to date are found to be in consecutive courses. accordance with the rules laid down in the Bologna Declaration and to have been com- pleted with sufficient academic success. After Admission to read for a doctorate clearance of this check, the student can be accepted. Part of the process is a decision as All faculties of the University are entitled to to whether an intervening semester is neces- take on doctoral students and those reading sary to achieve equivalence between study to for the qualification to teach their subject, the date and what would have been part of the habilitation, abbreviated to Dr.habil.. Ilmenau Bachelor’s degree. Doctoral studies are the means of achieving

21 the next higher degree to the classic German teaching staff to the effect that he or she is “Diplom” or the Master of Science / Master prepared to be the supervisor of your doctoral of Arts – a doctorate. At this stage, there researches in the relevant academic field. are very few regular lectures and the process largely involves independent research on If your honours degree has not been obtained a discrete subject. To be admitted to read in Germany, the same conditions apply as to for a doctorate at the Ilmenau University of „undergraduate“ admission. The University Technology, you will require the statement Admissions Office will check your degree referred to as a “Betreuererklärung”. This against the guidelines provided by the Ger- declaration is made by the professor who is man education authorities, to see whether prepared to act as supervisor and supporter you have a qualification equivalent to a Eu- of your studies. He or she must state in wri- ropean Master of Science or Arts degree or ting that there is a suitable post and place of to the German Diplom. work available for you. If it is your wish to come to the Ilmenau Uni- If your first degree does not fully represent versity of Technology to read for a doctorate, the above, it is possible for you to be admit- you must fulfil the following conditions: ted with certain restrictions. The means by which you can overcome the restrictions will Proof of honours degree of at least „Diplom“ be laid down by the faculty to which you will or Master’s standard, later submit your doctoral thesis. It may pos- Proof of adequate competence in the German sibly be necessary to matriculate you onto the or English language, Master’s course and then give you the oppor- A statement from one of the University‘s tunity (and the obligation) to obtain the MSc 18 22 before the doctorate. You will then proceed the DSH, if the Faculty gives permission, in to take the examinations for the Master’s in response to your application, for the procedu- individual subjects. Once they are passed, res associated with the doctorate, especially your doctoral studies can commence imme- the examinations, to be held in a language diately. Therefore, if you are offered a place other than German. with any of the restrictions mentioned, you It is possible for you to take the German as should bring with you from home a report of a Foreign Language course in Ilmenau in the the taught hours and the teaching content of same way as described for incoming under- subjects contained in your degree, to make it graduate students. possible to decide which parts can be recognised. An individual decision always has to be made as to which of the subjects from the degree which precedes your doctoral studies will be recognised.

The standards applied on the linguistic front to doctoral students are somewhat less strict, in that you may, with the agreement of the supervisor of your studies and the faculty council, be admitted if you have DSH I. If you have otherwise been accepted for doctoral studies, you may be matriculated without proving knowledge of German at level I of

23 Postgraduate Training Opportunities Please send your queries to: at Ilmenau University of Technology Ilmenau University of Technology ASC - Akademisches Service Center The postgraduate courses are intended for PF 10 05 65 (P.O.Box no.) university graduates who desire additional 98684 Ilmenau training in a related field. Unlike the degree Germany courses these courses are charged for. Ad- mail to: [email protected] mission is to graduates. At the time of writing, the following are the University‘s postgraduate training courses:

• Applications of Light • Innovative Engineering Design for industrial machinery and equipment

24 25 Useful Information

Grant aid to students from abroad Entering Germany

Ilmenau University of Technology regrets that Unless you are a citizen of an EU country, it it has no scholarships of its own to help stu- will be necessary for you to go through the dents financially. If your home country cannot following formalities. The arrangements for offer you a scholarship, it may be possible to EU citizens are simpler. They are, nonetheless, turn to one of the scholarship funds which not relieved of the obligation, common to all, are concerned with the support of students of proving that they have sufficient means to from abroad. However, the chances of a scho- finance their stay. larship to help you study for a BSc or BA are slight. Once you have received notification of your admission to Ilmenau University of Techno- There are details on the Internet at logy, you will have to apply for a student visa http://www.DAAD.de. (Visum zum Studium) at the German Consu- late in your home country. Local authorities in Germany have responsibility for foreign nationals within their area, and the authority serving your place of study will be able to convert your visa into a time-limited residence permit. This you must regularly renew at the due time. On no account should you enter Germany on a tourist visa if your intention is 22 26 to become a student here. There is simply no a year in advance. Suitable evidence is a sa- way of converting such a visa into a residence vings book from a German bank in your own permit. The University would be prevented name. As circumstances vary from country to from accepting you as undergraduate or doc- country, before you apply for the visa, ask at toral student. the German Embassy in your home country what would be the right way of proving that To obtain a visa it will be necessary for you you can cover your living costs in Germany. to show your notification of admission and At every renewal of your residence permit to provide evidence of how you intend to you will have to provide updated evidence finance your studies in Germany. In general, of your sponsorship or other financial arran- what is required here is the DAAD‘s or other gements. body‘s scholarship confirmation, or a statement by a third person or persons that they In Germany there is a rule that students from will provide you with your keep for the durati- abroad studying here may take paid work for on of your course. The maintenance taken as a total of 90 days per year without having to standard will reflect the current highest level apply to the Employment Service for a specific of the German BaföG (annual student grant). work permit. Such holiday jobs will, howe- That amount is seen as what a single student ver, be inadequate to support you throughout living independently will need for a year, and your degree or doctorate. is established by statute. It is, of course, possible for you to cover your daily expenses from your personal savings. You would need to have set aside about 650.00 € a month for 23 27 Services provided by the Student Guild a single or double room and on how well- (Studentenwerk): accommodation and appointed it is, the monthly accommodation midday meal charge is between 113.00 € and 229.00 € per person. On the private accommodation The University is largely built on a campus. scene, prices vary so much that it is impossible Nearly all the student halls of residence, lec- to give an indication here. ture theatres and teaching rooms are situated on the Hans Stamm Campus, on the Ehren- An application for student accommodation berg, a hill which gives its name to one of the will accompany your notification of admis- roads through the campus. Over recent years sion, and you should fill this in, faxing with all the halls of residence have been renovated your registration. The rooms in the halls of in turn. The sleeping accommodation is eit- residence will be assigned in the order of the her in single or double rooms. The Thüringen applications received. Student Guild (Studentenwerk Thüringen) is On the question of food, there is a student re- always able to offer a bed to any student fectory, the Mensa, where the Student Guild registering in time. “First come, first served” provides a choice of at least four cooked me- is the order followed and the deciding factor als each lunchtime. One of those meals will is when your letter or email arrives. It must be made without pork. There is always one be said that there is a waiting list for single option prepared with wholefood ingredients, rooms. It goes without saying that there is which will often be entirely vegetarian. Meals also the possibility of finding private accom- in the Mensa are currently charged to stu- modation in the town or surrounding com- dents at between 1.50 € and 2.60 €. The munities. Depending on whether one is in Mensa also houses a restaurant where there

28 is a reduction on à la carte evening meals for Food 190,00 students. Breakfast is available in the cafete- Rent 200,00 ria in the refectory building. Health insurance, telephone, hobbies, cultural events 100,00 If you wish to cater for yourself, the rent of In all approx. € 650,00 your room includes the use of the kitchen in your hall of residence. The “we4you” network, leisure activities The cost of living in Ilmenau Because the University really wants you to As mentioned above, the local authority with feel settled and happy in Ilmenau, here are responsibility for foreign nationals requires details of the befriending system and the va- that students from abroad can give evidence rious leisure activities on offer. The best way of having an income of about 650.00 € a to find new friends to do things together – let month to live on before the residence permit “we4you” help you to settle in quickly. can be extended. This is a realistic figure. The sort of expenses you can expect to have each The we4you network has been formed with month are: the support of the University to ensure that new students are cared for and can become Textbooks, paper etc. 30,00 part of the network formed by many peo- Clothing 50,00 ple , both “town” and “gown”, who pro- Travel costs 80,00 vide activities and events. The network will 23 29 bring you into contact with other students, them to overcome any problems and difficul- including those who have taken on the role ties that may occur, put people in touch with of “Deutschtutor”, teacher of German, with each other and help newcomers settle into whom your German can rapidly improve. life in Germany. There is a “Languages in Tandem” project Together you will be able to get to know Ger- to help you find a partner to learn from and many and its culture, particularly on shared to teach. If you need help when it comes to outings. The University also supports various the subjects in your degree, there are Ger- projects and festivities for the international man students in the role of subject (Fach-) students (such as an evening in which stu- “Tutoren” who are happy to give support, dents introduce their country). for instance as the examinations approach. In the halls of residence there are also “Tu- Look these up on the Internet: toren” (Wohnheimtutoren), who will help if www.tu-ilmenau.de/we4you you have queries. If you let “we4you” know in good time when you are arriving in Ilmen- Even outside this network, it is naturally a wise au, you can even be met at the station by the course to make your own contacts with other welcoming “Tutoren” (Begrüßungstutoren) students, especially native speakers, and staff who will take you to your hall of residence. or other people who live in the town. They will also help you through the regis- For instance, if you play an instrument, bring tration process and any necessary contact it with you to Germany. There is a Universi- with officialdom. Among all these Tutoren, ty orchestra always on the look-out for new or student mentors, are many who themsel- members. If there is something you know you ves come from abroad. It is the aim of all of are good at, bring any essential materials with

30 you so that you carry on doing whatever it Health and health insurance is. Continuing a well-loved hobby is a good way of getting through the hard times in a It is necessary to have valid health insurance degree course. before one can be a student member of a university in Germany. The official health Both the University and the student body or- insurance bodies (Krankenkassen) welcome ganise a wide variety of clubs and societies. students. Up to the age of thirty, students They all welcome new members, especially pay about 65.00 € a month for their health those prepared to get actively involved. insurance whichever of these bodies they choose. If you are over thirty, check with the To unwind from work and lectures, the choice ASC (Akademisches Service Center), who will of activity or relaxation is wide: sports teams be able to suggest relevant health insurance and facilities, music, cabaret, drama, mime or systems. It is only in rare cases that health festivals and celebrations. insurance purchased outside Germany is adequate to cover the risks for a long-term stay On matriculation you will be presented with here. all possible information about the leisure activities on offer, so that you quickly find fellow-students with whom you have inte- rests in common. www.tu-ilmenau.de/we4you www.tu-ilmenau.de/usz www.tu-ilmenau.de 31 To get here

From Erfurt, the capital of Thüringen, there Hours of opening: are regular trains (see www.bahn.de) to Ilme- Monday to Friday nau and the journey takes about one hour. from 09:00 a.m. to 03:00 p.m. There is a trunk road, the B4, as well as the A71 motorway from Erfurt to Ilmenau (see To check current office hours please go to the map following). www.tu-ilmenau.de/ASC

If you have said what time you will be arriving (and have given enough notice), you will be We look forward made welcome by the students and staff in to welcoming you. the “we4you” network. You can be met at the station. See you in Ilmenau!

At Ilmenau University of Technology, the office for registering is:

ASC - Akademisches Service Center Internationales Studentensekretariat (International Students’ Office) Mensa (Refectory) Building

32 33 Germany

Hamburg

Berlin

Erfurt Weimar

Frankfurt of Main Ilmenau Goethe-Schiller Monument, Weimar View from “Kickelhahn” Cathedral, Erfurt

Munich

34 Thuringia

Nordhausen

Erfurt Market square in front of Ilmenau´s Townhall Weimar Students Eisenach Jena Kickelhahn, Ilmenau

TU Ilmenau

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