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 - Bienvenido - 欢迎 - добро́ пожаловать́ - Bem vindo Founded in 1971 One of 5 schools at Reutlingen University More than 30% international students Germany’s best university of applied sciences for business studies 40 business partners 14 Bachelors’ programmes 10 Masters’ programmes 3 MBA programmes Over 120 partner universities worldwide 2,500 students 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 enroll 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 The housing associations do not usually send out a confirmation that your Exchange students require the following items for enrolment at Reutlingen application has been received. They will only notify you if your application has been University: proof of health insurance, proof of enrolment at your home university, 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 subsidised 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 at a reasonable price. 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 IMPORTANT: Please click here for important information on health insurance. Reutlingen Photography: Joachim Jäger 2014 STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE Before your arrival – Checklist and useful links Have you ……. Useful links: obtained a visa? German Foreign Office made your travel arrangements? Student residences applied for accommodation? Private accommodation portal (RT Uni) arranged health insurance? Private shared accommodation (Wg-gesucht) checked your mobile phone contract? Stuttgart airport organised the financing of your studies? German railway (Deutsche Bahn) purchased personal liability insurance? Long distance bus services (Flixbus) got all documents required for registration? Expresso bus Health insurance in Germany AOK Baden-Württemberg, Techniker Mawista, HanseMerkur Photography: Karl Scheuring STUDENT WELCOME GUIDE Study programme specific information Examination BSc International Operations and Logistics Management (IOLM) Written and oral examinations take place each semester immediately after the end of courses. Failed BSc Production Management (PM) examinations cannot be re-taken. We offer assistance for exam registration to our international students. Welcome to the IOLM– and PM–programmes! Academic calendar The interdisciplinary and hands-on combination of business and engineering offers a wide range of courses taught To meet the academic calendar of our partner universities we offer core courses that end in December (WiSe) or entirely in English using innovative and practice-oriented teaching methods (such as case studies and simulations). We July (SuSe). Satellite courses are usually courses of our regular study programmes. They end in February (WiSe) place a distinct focus on a capacity to act and cross-sectional competence for direct use in all companies which you or July (SuSe). Please check your time requirements carefully prior to your course selection. acquire in interdisciplinary classes. Please be encouraged to actively participate in our seminar-like lectures. Term dates for the academic year Summer semester 2020 Winter semester 2020/21 2020/ 21 Who is who/ Important contact information Application deadline November 15th, 2019 May 15th, 2020 Prof. Dr. Hazel Grünewald Elizaveta Renz Head International Relations Regional Coordinator for Australia, China, Denmark, Pre-semester language course Not available September 2020 Building 17, room 005 Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, New Zealand, Russia, Pre-semester course Simulation 9-12 March, 2020 TBD (probably end of September/ [email protected] Slovenia, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan Game beginning of October 2020) Building 17, room 006 Frauke Greiner [email protected] Welcome session March 11th, 2020 End of September/ beginning of Regional Coordinator for France, Italy, Latin America, October 2020 Spain, Turkey Oliver Trefzer th th Building 16, room 008 Regional Coordinator for Africa, Canada, Ireland, UK, USA Classes Start: March 16 Start: October 5 nd th [email protected] Building 17, room 008 End: July 22 (core courses and End: December 19 , 2020 (core [email protected] satellites) courses) th Petra Greiner February 10 , 2021 (satellite Regional Coordinator for Indonesia, Malaysia, courses) The Netherlands, Vietnam Holidays April 10th - 16th (Easter break) December 21st, 2020 - January 3rd, Building 17, room 005 May 1st (May Day) 2021 (Christmas break) [email protected] May 21st (public holiday) January 6th, 2021 (public holiday) June 1st - 6th (Pentecost break) th Start of studies June 11 (public holiday) Prior to arrival your student buddy will contact you. Before lectures begin, you will be invited to an official “Welcome Exams July 13th– July 22nd, 2020 (core December 2020 (core courses) session”. You will meet the staff responsible for student exchange, who will assist you during your first weeks. Impressions of former exchange studentscourses and satellites) February 1st– February 10th, 2021 Attendance by all new exchange students is mandatory. (satellite courses) Course selection Release of grade transcripts Mid-August Beginning of March Impression of former exchange students Before you come to us, please check with your home university precisely what academic requirements you need to fulfil „To sum up, although the exchange semester in Germany was just a short time period it was a major turning while studying at ESB Business School. We offer foundation courses as well as advanced courses in the areas of point of my life and a memory that will always remain in my mind. The journey has helped me become more Business, Technology/Engineering, Intercultural Management and Languages. Detailed