Einschreibung

Bachelor:
An application is always required. However, in the case of applications for degree programmes with open admission, online enrolment can be carried out automatically afterwards.

Master:
An application is always required for the Master's programme.

If you miss the enrolment deadline stated on the admission notification, your admission notice will lose its validity and you will therefore no longer be able to enrol in the subject in question.

Is it possible to authorise a person that you trust to enrol on your behalf. To do this, you need to give the person an informal, written power of attorney (PDF). The authorised person must present this document when enrolling etc. at the University. It is essential that all the necessary documents are ready at the time of enrolment. It is also important that this person regularly opens your post or downloads notifications in the online portal during the period of your absence so that no deadlines are missed. The deadlines for enrolment will be stated in the respective notifications.

If you have submitted your enrolment application but have not yet paid your semester fees and do not wish to take up your studies, please send a short message via the contact form to the student office. After inputting some personal details you can indicate that you are withdrawing your enrolment in the message box. It is not possible to withdraw your enrolment application by telephone.

Here you can find further information on the theme of exmatriculation.

If you initially re-enrol, but then exmatriculate by 15 May at the latest in the summer semester or by 15 November at the latest in the winter semester then the social contribution can be reimbursed on a pro-rata basis if the following conditions are met:

• If you can show that the Unicard has not been validated for the semester in question
• You have confirmation from your faculty that you have not completed further coursework or examinations in the semester in question or that you have been accepted by another higher education institution (notice of admission).

The money for the NRW-Ticket will be proportionally reimbursed by the AStA from 1 April and 1 October respectively; therefore, please contact the AStA directly.

You can also find this information on the application form for exmatriculation, which you can download from the forms section of the Student Office.

If you have submitted your enrolment application but have not yet paid your semester fees and do not wish to take up your studies, please send a short message via the contact form to the Student Office. After inputting some personal details you can indicate that you are withdrawing your enrolment in the message box. It is not possible to withdraw your enrolment application by telephone.

• For enrolment into the Bachelor’s Degree/ first-time enrolments:

No. All enrolment documents must be submitted on time and in full. Incomplete documents will not be accepted or will be returned unprocessed.

Please allow for the time it takes for the application documents to reach Bielefeld University (by post).

Please note the guidance on the documents to be submitted which will be included on your notice of admission.

• For enrolment into the Master’s programme, the following applies:

Please note the guidance on the documents to be submitted included in your notification of admission.

If the Bachelor's degree certificate is not yet available at the time of enrolment/transfer to the Master's programme, proof of passing the Bachelor's degree from the examination office (4.0 certificate, provisional proof of passing, etc.) is sufficient. In this case, the Bachelor's certificate (certified copy) must be submitted later in the current semester.

No. The Student Secretariat requires officially certified copies. Colour copies or scans of certified documents cannot be accepted either.

Please do not send original certificates by post under any circumstances.

No. In order to be able to check the authenticity of the (certified) documents, submission in paper form is essential. Submissions by email can therefore not be accepted and will have no influence on the submission deadlines.

Please do not send original certificates by post under any circumstances.