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Winter Semester 2024/25
German Intensive Courses (3CP) (mandatory*) ONLINE | Please |
don't forget to register for the MANDATORY German Intensive Courses. You will receive an email with all the details from our language institute called VESPA. The course will start |
ONLINE in September 2025. More details |
will follow. There will be a final online test at the end of September 2025. *Exception: Confirmed successful participation in a German B2 course | https://www.hft-stuttgart.com/studium/im-studium/zusatzangebote/languages#c8930
The course fee is listed in the acceptance letter and not be paid again after registration here. So please also do not tick it. |
German Semester Courses (2CP) (mandatory) | Information about registration and duration you will get later by email. The course take place in presence from |
October 2025 until |
January 2026 There will be also a final exam. | ||
Learning Agreement (only for Erasmus students) | Please use for the online Learning Agreement EWP (Erasmus without papers). The information about this process you will get from the home university. Fill in for getting a signature the Departmental Coordinator nf HFT Stuttgart not any other person. | |
Buddy-Programme | HFT Stuttgart students ("buddies") accompany newly arriving exchange students. They can help with: - Pick up at the airport Stuttgart (if possible) - Organize dormitory keys (if whished) - Accompany initial formalities and much more. As soon as you |
got the information about your journey, please fill it |
into the online application program Mobility Online. |
You will receive an email with the contact details of your buddy in good time before your arrival in Stuttgart. | |
Studierendenwerk Stuttgart | It is a mandatory amount for all students. This means that the services of the Studierendenwerk can be used by all students. More information you |
can be found in the link. | https://www.studierendenwerk-stuttgart.de/en/about-us Accommodation Information |
Time of Arrival | We recommend arriving a few days before the mandatory Welcome Reception, which will take place on September 26th 2025. This gives you enough time to complete all the necessary formalities and settle in |
before lecture period starts. In winter 25/26 lectures will start in October 6th. | |
Check-in with the International Office | Once you've arrived in Stuttgart we ask you to do the "Check-in for exchange students" with the International Office. Dates for the Check-in will be sent to you in advance by email, please then sign in for the date which works best for you. In case of a very early arrival prio the frist Check-In date, you might like to contact the IO staff to arrange an individual appointment: iso.aaa@hft-stuttgart.de |
Welcome Reception (mandatory) | Friday |
September 26, 2025 10 -12:30 o´clock at HFT Stuttgart (participation is mandatory) | https://www.hft-stuttgart.com/studies/international/incoming#subnavigation |
VISA (for non-EU citizens) and PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS | Please apply for the visa as soon as possible if necessary. Obtaining a visa for Germany takes at least 6 weeks. We recommend applying for a visa 6-8 weeks before departure to avoid late arrival. |
Due to the lack of staff at the Stuttgart visa office, we recommend that ALL those who require a visa absolutely apply for it at home.
Please note/ be aware: If you are allowed to enter Germany with a 90-day visa (Schengen visa) we nevertheless highly recommend you apply for a national visa in your home country. Here is why: Before the 90 days in Germany expire you must apply for a residence permit in Germany with the Foreigners' Registration Office at the place of your residence in Germany. As at this point, the application appointments for the residence permit are given even after the expiration date of the visas, you might face not being able to travel outside of Germany (and enter germany again) until you've got your residence permit. This is particularly problematic for degree courses with corresponding excursions and of course if you intend to to private travelling during vacations and after the semester, To avoid this situation we highly recommend you apply for a national visa in your home country for the entire duration of your stay in you rhome country (even though you might be entiteld to enter Germany with the 90-day visa (Schengen visa)). Check the requirements: Visa | Study in Germany Non-EU students must submit proof of financial means when applying for a visa, at the latest when applying for a residence permit in Germany. The proof of financial means serves to demonstrate that every international student can cover their living costs. | https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/visa-service |
Health Insurance |
All students who are registered at a German university are obliged to be sufficiently health insured (a travel health insurance is not sufficient for studying in Germany). Detailed further information will be sent by email with the "Step by Step instruction for international students". Please take care of your health insurance prior your arrival in Germany, as proper matriculation can only take place with a sufficient health insurance (mandatory German public health insurance if you're under 30 years old, a sufficient private one if you're over 30 years old). EHICs may be accepted but still needs to be verified by a German public health insurance (free of costs). | ||
Organizational information | Please do not plan or book any travel in advance for the time of your stay in Stuttgart. Only after your arrival, you will have all the dates around the studies. Some of these are compulsory events. Likewise, you should only plan and book your departure once you are aware of all the dates. | |
Student Dormitory | Accommodation in Stuttgart is not cheap. Therefore, we had already recommended in the information documents for your application to apply for a room from Studierendenwerk Stuttgart. If you have not yet done so and are now interested, please follow these |
steps: 1. Apply directly online |
at the Studierendenwerk 2.Upload here instead of the asked enrolment form your confirmation of the exchange semester from your home university or one of the emails you received during the onine registration process from HFT Stuttgart. 3. Confirm the link you will get some days later directly |
by email from the Studierendenwerk 4. After successful |
registration by email the Studierendenwerk send a letter including the tenant number |
5. Upload this letter in Mobility Online and fill in the tenant number The Studierendenwerk will not be able to contact you earlier than |
January 2025, since due to the notice period of the current residents, a room allocation can only start here. | https://www.studierendenwerk-stuttgart.de/en/accommodation/online-application |
Mixed Information for Exchange students |
Excursionweek
Mai 26 - 30, 2025
Vacation
Christmas vacation | December 24, 2025 - January 06, 2026 |
Lecture start
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October 06, 2025 | |
Last Day of lectures |
January 23, |
2026 | |
Examination
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February 02 – February 13, 2026 | ||
ISP Additional, Interdisciplinary Courses with ECTS | You can find this information on the specially provided page: | |
Cultural Events & important dates if the Internationl Office | You can find all important dates, as well as an overview of our cultural program and city trips here: (details will follow) | |
IMPORTANT | Please not book any vacations before you receive the lecture plan and all additional informations for your exchange semester. |
