Exchange Students

Your first steps at TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences are easier than you might think – despite the numerous questions you might have prior to your arrival. That is why we have compiled all essential information for you online. Should any questions remain unanswered, we are happy to answer them in person during your enrollment at the International Office.

After your home university has selected and nominated you for an academic exchange abroad, you will be asked to file an online registration on our Mobility Online platform. Upon successful completion and review of your registration, your letter of admission will be available for download on Mobility Online. Letters of admission for winter semesters will be available by mid-June while those for summer semesters will be available by mid-December.

Should you have any questions on your program, please get in touch with your faculty's contact person listed in the letter of admission.

For the upcoming winter semester, we suggest to arrive beginning of September, if you still need to find accommoation. Please note, that enrollment at TH Köln will start on September 18th, 2017. Please note that there is an International Office on each of our three campuses: Südstadt, Deutz and Gummersbach. Make sure to refer to your letter of admission to find out which campus to go to. Please bring the following documents when you enroll:

• Letter of admission
• Health insurance certificitate*
• 1 passport-size picture

* All students enrolled at TH Köln are required to have health insurance. Please make sure that your insurance coverage from your home country meets all health-insurance requirements in Germany. If you cannot provide proof of valid health insurance coverage from your home country, you are required to take out health insurance with a German insurance company prior to enrolling.

Students from a member country of the European Union or from Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland who are in possession of a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) are sufficiently insured. If this applies to you, you are required to request an exemption from statutory German health insurance immediately after your arrival. We ask you to submit a confirmation of this exemption when you enroll at TH Köln.

In addition to useful information on TH Köln and the city of Cologne, you will receive a certificate of enrollment to be presented to numerous authorities in Cologne. You will also be issued a preliminary travel ticket for all means of public transportation within the VRS zone (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg). This temporary ticket will be valid until you will have received your student ID – the MultiCa.

If you are an Erasmus student, please make sure to have the following documents from your home university signed by the TH Köln International Office during your stay in Cologne:

• Confirmation of Arrival / Departure
• Learning Agreement

You will receive your departmental coordinator’s signature at your institute or faculty at TH Köln. For the signature of your institutional coordinator, please visit the International Office.

Please note that it might take between one or two weeks after you have submitted all of your enrollment documents at the International Office in order for your enrollment to be finalized. Upon your successful enrollment, you will receive letters from our Campus IT as well as the Office of Student and Examination Services by mail.