First Steps for International Students & Student Buddies

CHECK LIST First Steps in Chemnitz We compiled a list which contains the most important steps after your arrival in Chemnitz. We recommend following the given order since the individual steps are consecutive. If you have any questions, please contact the International Office staff.

Step 0

What? pick up International student Lease contract / accommodation

Where? Chemnitz Main Station

TO DO German Student Buddy: (if applicable) pick up international student from train station Sign the lease contract in the Studentenwerk. Please bring 260 deposit in cash. Necessary documents for the lease contract: passport letter of admission from CUT bank account details for monthly lease payment (after opening a German bank account) http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/stuwe/joomla/de/wohnen/

Contact persons for the dormitories in Thringer Weg 3: for Reichenhainer Strae 35 / 37, 51, Thringer Weg 3 Anja Ebert, room 204 phone: +49 371 562 887 5 email: anja.ebert@swcz.de for Vetterstrae 64, 72, 66 Sabine Grundschock, room 231 phone: +49 371 562 885 1 email: sabine.grundschock@swcz.de for Vetterstrae 52, 70, 54 Angela Todorovic, room 205 phone: +49 371 562 880 8 email: angela.todorovic@swcz.de

Opening hours of the cash point (to pay deposit): Monday and Wednesday: 12.30pm 3.30pm Tuesday and Thursday: 9.30am 11.30am and 12.30pm 3.30pm Friday: 9.30am 11.30am Members of the Arrival Office will explain all necessary steps and help with further problems and questions. Please find current news and important information on the International Office homepage: http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/international/incoming/index.php

Arrival Office of the International Office

Strae der Nationen 62, 09111 Chemnitz, room 039 email: patenprogramm@tu-chemnitz.de for office hours please check our website or make an individual appointment

Residents Registration Residents Registration: Dsseldorfer Platz 1, 09111 Chemnitz Office / Place of Residence Tel.: 0371 488-3355 Fax: 0371 488-3394 email: buergeramt@stadt-chemnitz.de AND http://www.meldebox.de/Einwohnermeldeamt/Chemnitz/

Residents Registration Office Place of Residence: Every international student has to register his / her place of residence in Chemnitz within 14 days after arrival. After the completion of studies, every international student needs to cancel their registration. Necessary documents: passport
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Aliens Office / Residence Permit

lease contract Opening Hours: Monday and Friday 8.30am 12.00pm Tuesday and Thursday 8.30am 6.00pm Saturday 9.00am 1.00pm >> At the same time, students from Non-EU-countries make an appointment with Ms Heinz from the Aliens Office in order to receive their residence permit. >> The residence permit costs 60 (in cash) and is usually granted for one year. Foreign students have to extend it in time, which costs 30 . Necessary Documents: passport 1 biometrical photograph (35x45 mm) confirmation of registration at CUT letter of admission (of CUT) confirmation of Registration Office completely filled out form: Antrag auf Erteilung/ Verlngerung eines Aufenthaltstitels (application for / extension of the residence permit) proof of sufficient financial funding 60 in cash In order to pay the semester contribution or the rent, foreign students need to open a German bank account. Open a bank account: - we recommend to make an appointment with the bank in advance - necessary documents: passport letter of admission from CUT confirmation of the Registration Office >> then: - if not done yet: pay semester contribution (ca. 200) - submit account details to the Studentenwerk in order to pay the rent >> important for Non-EU-students: To prove sufficient financial funding, you need to open a blocked account where you only have a certain amount of money available per month (fixed by law, ca. 638).

Aliens Office: contact person: Ms Jenny Heinz Dsseldorfer Platz 1, room 3.029 09111 Chemnitz Tel.: +49 371 488-3268 Fax: +49 371 488-3293 E-Mail: jenny.heinz@stadt-chemnitz.de Opening Hours Monday and Friday 8.30am 12.00pm Tuesday und Thursday 2.00pm 6.00pm 4 Bank account for example: Deutsche Bank (Falkeplatz 2) Sparkasse (Bahnhofstrae 51), Commerzbank (Markt 3, Bahnhofstrae 54a), Santander Consumer Bank (Carolastr. 1), Norisbank (Strae der Nationen 12)

Semester fee

paid via (online) transfer OR

costs 197,60 (= Studentenwerk + semester bus ticket + deposit for TU card) - to use as a bus ticket - contribution should ideally be paid in advance with the remmi2

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via cash-card right in the Service Point

tance slip before the arrival or immediately after opening the bank account. (Please notice: the matriculation can only be carried out completely when the amount is entered at the bank account of CUT!!) The semester contribution can also be paid via cash-card at the Service Point, so that the matriculation can be completed right away. In order to matriculate at CUT, it is necessary to prove a sufficient health insurance for Germany! - choose between public (statutory / compulsory) and private health insurance companies - Statutory: for international full-time and part-time students from countries that have signed a health care agreement with Germany (e.g. EU, Croatia, Turkey etc.) max. duration of insurance: 14 semesters, max. age of 30 contribution ca. 56 per month Private: for students from countries that have NOT signed a health care agreement with Germany Non-EU-Students (e.g. South Africa) students who would like to get private health insurance >> students who have an insurance from their home country have to get a confirmation about sufficient insurance coverage from a German Health Insurance Company in order to be able to register at CUT. Therefore, every German insurance company offers a special form so that the insurance will be accepted for the matriculation process. (This is a demand of the Service Point, please follow this unconditionally, otherwise you will not be able to matriculate.) necessary documents to get health insurance: passport bank account details letter of admission from CUT

Health insurance / German insurances

>> compulsory Health Insurances for example: - Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK) - Barmer Ersatzkasse - Deutsche Angestellten Krankenkasse (DAK) - Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) - IKK (Innungskrankenkasse)

OR >> private Health Insurances: for example: - AXA Versicherung AG - Union Versicherungsdienst GmbH, Deutsches Studentenwerk - VICTORIA Krankenversicherung AG

Language course fee

All students who received an admission for the preparatory language course, please transfer the language course fee (1.500) via remittance slip to the named account.

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Matriculation in the Service Point

Contact person for the matriculation of international students: Verena Pietruschka Studentensekretariat / Service Point Strae der Nationen 62, 09107 Chemnitz, room 044 Tel.: +49 371 531 37697 E-Mail: verena.pietruschka@verwaltung.tu-chemnitz.de Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday: 10.00am 12.00am 13.00am 15.00am

Necessary documents: passport valid visa (if applicable) address, confirmation of the Residents Registration Office proof of health insurance or exemption original proof of payment of semester contribution all documents (e.g. certificates) required in the letter of admission

Registration in the University Computing Services (URZ)

TU Chemnitz Computing Centre (Universittsrechenzentrum Nutzerservice) Reichenhainer Strae 70, room B405 Telefon: +49 371 531 13472 or Strae der Nationen 62, room 072 Telefon: +49 371 531 13471

The URZ is responsible for access to the computer pools, user-logins and application for internet access in the student dormitories. http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/urz/index.html

or do it online on your own: https://mouse.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de/selbstbedienung/

steps 1-9 have to be fulfilled by all international students. others sports / campus libraries CUT Sports Centre: http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/usz/ Library: http://www.bibliothek.tu-chemnitz.de/