Welcome Centre

Enrollment

To get enrolled at Bielefeld University, you have to apply directly at the student's office (Studierendensekretariat). You will find the office at D0-104.

You can get more information about the procedure at the student's office or at their webpage.

UniCard

The UniCard is the NEW Card at Bielefeld University which substitutes all older cards. The card has the following functions:

• cashless payments in the university
• copying and printing in the HRZ, Canon Shop and library
• Borrowing books at the Library
• Identification as an employee or student
• Access to sport facilities at the university

How to get the UniCard:

1. register online with your access details, which you got by mail after getting enrolled at the university or after you got your working contract
2. upload your picture here
3. you will receive an email when your card is ready to be picked up
4. bring your ID or passport and 10 Euros to the InfoPunkt to pick up your card
5. insert the card into one of the machines close to the InfoPunkt to validate the card

After that you can start using it.

As an enrolled Ph.D.-student at Bielefeld University you will get the "Semesterticket" to use all buses, trams and trains in North-Rhine-Westphalia. To get the ticket you have to pay the social contributions ("Sozialbeitrag") and it will be sent to you by mail. The ticket is valid for the whole semester.

Here you can see the region where the ticket can be used.
More detailed information you can find on the Website of the "AStA-Verkehrsgruppe".

interKontakt

Mentoring Programm

The InterKontakt-Program was created in order to support international PhD students and Post-Docs at Bielefeld University. It provides them with a mentor who knows Bielefeld University and has lived in Germany for some time. Mentors are volunteers and help their mentees settle into Bielefeld, find their way around the university and support in administrative matters. They can give useful tips as well as help in making social contacts.

The three most important goals of the mentoring program:

• Support in matters concerning the university
• Support in administrative matters
• Support in making social contacts

Of course, participation is free of charge!

Register for the mentoring-program interKontakt

The Servicecenter for young researchers is the central place to go/contact point for all Postdocs, PhDs, and for students who are interested in doing a PhD. Also as an international PhD the Servicecenter can give you a piece of advice abput Your Doctorate.

More Information on this topic You can find here.

The Personnel Development for Researchers and Teachers − in short PEP − provides all Researchers and Teachers further training and couselling services.

You can find more detailed information on their offers here.