International students Enrolment in a Higher Semester

All degree programmes or subjects that are admission-restricted and non-admission-restricted for higher academic semesters require timely application before registration. 

Please determine in advance which procedure your desired subject is assigned to.

Finding Study Programmes

Following successful admission, you will receive a request to accept your university place within a deadline displayed there in your heiCO account. If you do not accept your university place by the deadline, your entitlement to the place will lapse. Subsequently, you need to apply for registration online and by mailing in documents to the Student Administration before the registration deadline stated in the letter of admission/in the heiCO-portal. 
If you were unable to submit the DSH evidence required for your degree programme in your application already, you need to document it at the latest at the time of your registration. If the DSH examination is not passed or not passed on the required level, and if there is no exemption on a statutory basis, registration for the degree programme named in the letter of admission must be refused. 

Please note that the procedure for continuing-education Master’s degree programmes is not yet presented on this page. This information will be added in the future.

• Add any further data relevant for your enrolment under “Enrolment – Next steps” in your heiCO account. This will give you access to your application for enrolment.
• Add your health insurance details in your heiCO-Account.
  Your insurance status will generally be transmitted electronically. In addition to entering your details in heiCO, you always – even if you have private insurance or come from a country with which the Federal Republic of Germany maintains a social security convention – need to contact a statutory German health insurance. Please request the “reporting reason M10 for Heidelberg University” from the statutory health insurance under university number H0003588. Please request this reporting reason M10 in time since submission of your insurance status to Heidelberg University will take up to 5 working days. You will not be able to enrol without this proof of insurance. 
  Notice: If the information for your health insurance has changed between your input in the application process and the report provided by your health insurance (or if you made a mistake while entering the details), the M10 report will overwrite your previous input. You will not need to request correction of the information provided in the application process from the university.
  In return, the university will report the start and – later – the end of your course of studies to the health insurance companies.
• Upload a passport photograph.
• Add any further data relevant for your enrolment under “Enrolment – Next steps” in your heiCO account. This will give you access to your application for enrolment.
• Please print your application for enrolment, sign it personally, and upload a scan of the complete document with your signature to heiCO. Additionally send the original of this document together with all documents you need (see below) to:
      
  Heidelberg University
  Student Administration
  Seminarstr. 2
  D-69117 Heidelberg

Also keep the following documents at hand to upload them as PDF files for your registration:

• Officially certified copies of the certificate documents uploaded for your application and any associated sworn translations
• If you do not have your university degree with final transcript of records and overall grade at hand when submitting the application, you must submit an officially certified copy of it at the time of registration. An officially certified copy of the translation by a sworn translator in German or English is also required (except for diplomas in German or English). 
  Please observe the notices regarding proof of education below.
• Officially certified copies of all acquired university certificates and all completed examination prerequisites (transcripts of records) per semester or year of study. An officially certified translation by a sworn translator in German or English is also required (except for documents in German or English).
• All study semesters already completed at a university in Germany and all current study semesters must be documented by certificates of the semester course or enrolment (including indication of the department, the academic semesters, and the intended degree).
• If the proof of university entrance qualification is not at hand at submission of the application, the following documents must be submitted at the time of registration:  
  • School-leaving certificate authorising the holder to take up higher education studies in the respective country of origin (e.g., Abitur certificate, High-School Diploma, Matura, etc.), including the corresponding transcripts of individual grades. An officially certified copy of the translation in German or English, completed by a sworn translator for German or English, is also required (except for diplomas in German or English).
  • Additionally, if applicable: Diploma of the assessment test to determine the eligibility of foreign applicants for studies at institutions of higher education in Germany passed at a German Studienkolleg with the associated individual grade overview.
  • Additionally, if applicable: Certificates or diplomas for university access examinations passed abroad, including the associated transcript of grades. An officially certified copy of the translation by a sworn translator in German or English is also required (except for diplomas in German or English).
• Unless a particular level of the German language must be documented for the application already, proof of knowledge of the German language must be submitted for degree programmes taught in German (NOT applicable for applicants with a German university entrance qualification). This evidence is not required for Master’s programmes taught in English. For more information on the German language skills to be documented, please see the web page “Language requirements for international students”.
•  Copy of a passport or, for nationals of an EU/EEA country: A copy of your identity card (front and back)
• When switching from a foreign university to Heidelberg University or for transfer students (also within Germany): Certificate of credit from the examination office of the relevant faculty at Heidelberg University.
• Applicants with diplomas from Vietnam, the PR China, and India: Original of the APS certificate of the competent Academic Evaluation Centre
• Any further documents and diplomas named in your letter of admission/heiCO account

If you have previously enrolled at another German university, you must also submit the following online:

• Detailed certificate of exmatriculation from the last university attended.
  A detailed certificate of exmatriculation documents your registration period (start/end of your course of studies), the degree programme (department/academic semesters/degree, any changes of degree programme, leaves of absence) to us. If any one or several of these items is/are not included on the certificate of exmatriculation, you can provide them by other evidence from the university, to be submitted in addition to the certificate of exmatriculation, e.g., certificate of enrolment, etc.
• All examination certificates related to previous registrations

Information on the semester fees to be paid and any arising tuition fees can be found on the website under “Tuition fees”
Information on any additional tuition fees to be paid by international students in the scope of registration can be found on the website at “Tuition fees for international students”
Find the fee amount applicable for you, your personal payee reference, and the current contribution status on your heiCO account at “Tuition fee status”.

Depending on nationality, admitted foreign applicants will require a study visa to enter Germany and a residence permit to pursue a course of studies at Heidelberg University. Further information can be found in the leaflet: Visa/Residence Permit.

If you are already enrolled at Heidelberg University, you are not required to re-enrol. Instead, you must change your degree programme.
Please apply for the transfer via heiCO and observe the application deadlines for the respective degree programme.
Before applying for a change of degree programme, you are strongly advised to discuss this with the student advisory services for international students.