After your application for an exchange semester you could log in into your account:

LINK MOBILITY ONLINE

If you forgot your login ID (Pforzheim or Erasmus/KOOR), please write a mail to outgoing(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de . 

Please check early if your identification documents are still valid, as they are often required for nomination and registration at non-European universities.

A passport usually needs to be valid six months after the last day of your stay.

You have already received an exchange spot at a partner university. In order to be able to take up this exchange place, you still need the official admission of the host university.

In order to receive this final admission, two steps are necessary:

1) First, Pforzheim University will officially register you at your host university or, as it is also called, "nomination".

2) Afterwards, you will normally have to prepare and submit some more documents. This application process for admission to the host university is usually just a formality. If you submit the application documents on time, the probability is very high that you will receive the final admission from your host university for the exchange. Only in very rare cases are there such serious problems with this process that you will not be able to start your stay abroad.  If problems arise, please contact the Outgoing Coordinator at the International Office.

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• If you would like your application documents for the partner university to be checked by the International Office, please send them to us by e-mail or visit us during our office hours. The International Office will then review the documents.
• Transcript of Records in English: created via the Student Online Systems - please make sure to change the page to English.
• Nomination or selection letter or confirmation of English proficiency by home university (on the basis of your submitted language test in Mobility Online): issued by the International Office
• Confirmation of English proficiency by language teacher (on the basis of your submitted language test in Mobility Online): issued by the university's language center or teacher
• Letters of recommendation: written by your professors unless your partner university specifically requests a letter of recommendation from the International Office

If you are studying abroad and would like to extend your stay by another semester, this is possible in consultation with the partner university and Pforzheim University. If you are interested, please contact the International Office (outgoing@hs-pforzheim.de).

• Eramus funding: If you have received an acceptance for a European partner university, you will automatically receive information about Erasmus funding. Please note that in case of Erasmus funding, at least 24 ECTS should be successfully completed. As of the winter semester 19/20, Erasmus funding will no longer be managed by the International Office. Please inform yourself here about the exact procedure.
• PROMOS: Check whether your partner university is eligible for PROMOS funding. If you are interested in this scholarship, you have to apply for it within the deadline.
• Baden-Würtemberg Scholarship: The selection for the Baden-Württemberg Scholarship is made automatically based on your grades, you cannot apply for this. If you are eligible for a Baden-Württemberg Scholarship (relevant is the grade as well as the partner university), you will be informed by the International Office.

Further information can be found here.

Visa

Please make sure that you can present a valid passport and, if required, a valid visa when leaving for an exchange program outside Europe. Do not forget to apply for your passport in good time. The passport is sometimes required at the time of nomination & application at the partner university.

Your contact person for visa questions is usually the partner university. They know exactly which visa you need to study in their country and how you can apply for it. Usually the information is given to students during the application process or on their website. 

You can find a comparison of costs for a student visa here (german only). While you are waiting for the final confirmation from the partner university, you should already start taking care of your visa, accommodation and insurance. For visas, see e.g. Visum.de or College Contact (german only).

Health insurance

In other EU countries, you are partly covered by the European Health Insurance (EHIC). However, the procedures and benefits covered vary from country to country. You should therefore consult your health insurance provider in advance and take out international health insurance if necessary.

In non-EU countries, you are sometimes insured via the partner university or the national system. However, the benefits often differ greatly from the German conditions. Please find out about the conditions and take out international health insurance if necessary.

Liability insurance

Compulsory internships and semesters abroad are partly insured through the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe or sometimes through the partner university or employer. Please find out about the conditions at an early stage and take out private liability insurance if necessary.

Recreational Accident Insurance

Compulsory internships and semesters abroad are partly insured through the Studierendenwerk Karlsruhe or sometimes through the partner university or employer. Please find out about the conditions at an early stage and take out private Accident Insurance if necessary.

Before your departure, please inform yourself about the current travel and safety information on the website of the German Federal Foreign Office as well as about possible health risks that may result from a stay abroad. Current travel medicine messages and advice can be found at the Center for Travel Medicine.

The Foreign Office also developed an app for quick information: Sicher-Reisen-App. If you allow push messages, you will get the latest safety news on your destination!

You can download it in the app store: Google, Apple .

Please inform the International Office ( outgoing(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de ) immediately if you are unable to start your semester abroad. We will take care of the cancellation at your host university.

ATTENTION: If you do not cancel your stay before the start, you might not be allowed to apply again.

Before you leave, inform the StudiCenter of a change of addressthrough the Serviceportal  if necessary . Alternatively you can fill out the form  „Förmliche Bestellung einer/eines Zustellungsbevollmächtigten im Inland während des Auslandsaufenthalts“ that allows somebody else to receive your post during your absence. Find the latest form here. 

If you need a signature for your Bafög documents, please send it as a scanned copy to outgoing@hs-pforzheim.de. We will then return the signed document to you by e-mail as soon as possible.

Before your departure, have your Learning Agreement signed by the partner university and upload it on Mobility Online.

Even if you do not spend the semester in Pforzheim, you must pay the semester fees to remain enrolled. You can either take a holiday semester ("Urlaubssemester") or re-register as usual. 

If you come back early, you can still take a limited number of exams. In that case you should not register as a holiday semester and you have to register for exams as usual. 

During your semester abroad you can (but do not have to) apply for a so called “Urlaubssemester” (holiday semester) through E Campus. 

General information:

• Tuition fee (1.500€) for International students cancelled for the semester
• Semester fee still needs to be paid
• During holiday semester: up to 2 exams in Pforzheim possible, Registering for the exams through a form
• During regular semester: number of exams unlimted, registration as usual

It is not necessary to register your examinations during your semester abroad. Your achievements from abroad will be entered by the Examinations Office after your stay abroad on the basis of your Learning Agreement.

If you return from abroad early, you can take a limited number of examinations. Please carefully read the information in regard to “Urlaubssemester” (Holiday semeser). 

To have your grades recognized, please contact your university supervisor and bring the transcript, the fully signed Learning Agreement and a screenshot of your Mobility Online account with a finished report to this appointment. Please follow these steps immediately after you have received your transcript and returned to Pforzheim.

After the grades have been recognized, please forward the Learning Agreement to the examination office. Only then can your grades be added to StudiCockpit.

The conversion of foreign grades associated with the recognition of study and examination achievements is valid, reliable and transparent thanks to the country-specific conversion tables. The conversion tables are available for all important target countries. They are being updated continously. Question in regard to conversion can be sent to the specific university coordinators. The conversion of grades reflects the many years of experience of Pforzheim University.

Further information on the recognition of courses in the faculties can be found on the following pages:

Business School

You would love to share your experience abroad? Talk about new cultures and improve your soft skills? 

Then you are at the right place: Become Student Ambassador for International Projects!

Welche Möglichkeiten stehen dir zur Verfügung: 

• Member of ESN Pforzheim (European Student Network): Organise exciting ecvents together with a team and connect HSPF students with Internationals, take part in tean building events and meet new people
• Present at the information sessions about stays abroad / Take part in the Europe&Friends Day: Share your experience with future exchange students. Inspire more students to go abroad to your second home

           Business School: susanne.glas(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de / Faculty for Engineering: henriette.schürger(at)hs-pforzheim(dot)de 

• Student Ambassador for your home country or other International Experience: Become a part of German wide project team Europe meets School, visit schools in the area and bring pupils closer to your home country!

For the climate, it is not important where greenhouse gases are emitted or avoided. Therefore, emissions caused at one location can also be offset by saving emissions at another, more distant location.

With voluntary offsetting, the amount of remaining climate-impacting emissions from a particular activity is first calculated, for example a flight, train journey or car journey. Offsetting takes place via emission reduction credits (usually referred to as certificates), which are used to offset the same amount of emissions in climate protection projects. It is important to note that the climate protection project would not exist without the offsetting mechanism, i.e. the project is an additional climate protection measure (source: German Federal Environment Agency). Some airlines and bus companies offer_{CO2 compensation} directly with the purchase (so-called third-party providers). You can also calculate the emissions yourself using the Federal Environment Agency's_{CO2 calculator}.

Further information can be found in the Federal Environment Agency's guide to voluntary CO2 offsetting.