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The academic year 2010/2011 at the University of Music Lübeck
Winter term 04 October 2010 - 15 February 2011
Summer term 04 April 2011 - 15 July 2011
Christmas holidays 23 December 2010 - 07 January 2011
Winter holidays 26 February - 03 March 2011
Costs
A single student will need about 660 euros per month to meet basic living expenses.
An average hot meal in our cafeteria costs 1.80 euros.
Enclosed in your application documents you will find a bank transfer form for 83.50 euros for the following contributions:
Student Welfare Services (45.50 euros),
Student Union (8 euros),
Lübeck bus ticket* (40.80 euros)
Autokraft (Bus-line to Hamburg or Berlin Airport 1.80 euros).
* Special offer for our students - The Lübeck bus ticket is valid for the whole term (6 months). A one month travel card would normally cost 30 euros - you save more than 100 euros.
German Language
The following German courses (free of charge!) are available at the University of Music Lübeck.
Intensive course for (near) Beginners at the start of the winter term, followed by regular courses in German every Friday:
02.00 - 03.30 p.m. (Beginners),
03.30 - 05.00 p.m. (Advanced students),
(There will also be a similar offer in the summer term 2011).
Accommodation
There is no campus system at German institutions of higher education. Students have to find their own accommodation in the vicinity.
Contacts for student residences:
Studentenwerk Schleswig-Holstein
Phone: +49 (0)451-589-050
Monday-Friday 09.00-12.00 a.m.
Gesellschaft zur Beförderung Gemeinnütziger Tätigkeit
Phone: +49 (0)451-75-454
Monday-Friday 09.00-13.00 a.m.
Heimstätten Gesellschaft mbH
Phone: +49 (0)451-610-6735
KSG-Lübeck
Phone: +49 (0)451-755-51
Monday-Friday 13.00-16.00 p.m.
Please contact the above mentioned residences as soon as possible, as there are only a few rooms available.
Should there be no accommodation available, please contact AStA - Student Union at our University under the following phone number:
+49 (0)451-1505-140 or per e-mail:
asta(at)mh-luebeck.de
Health
All students in Germany are obliged to have health insurance. You will, therefore, have to provide proof of your health insurance in Germany before you can register at our university. If you do not have this proof, you will not be able to study.
In principle, students can use a special Student Health Insurance Scheme which offers particularly favourable rates.
Students from countries which have concluded a social security agreement with Germany which includes an insurance clause, can continue to be covered by their home insurance company while they are in Germany. (Please inquire at your institution's International Office for details). In such cases, you will be required to present proof of insurance cover to the health insurance company in Germany.
Visa and permits
Foreign students wishing to enter Germany require a residence permit visa for educational purposes, issued by a diplomatic representation of Germany in the student's country of origin and entered into the passport.
Foreign students from EU countries do not require a visa to enter the country.
Neither do they need a residence permit, if the duration of their stay is less than 3 months.
You are urgently warned against entering the country as a tourist!
A tourist visa cannot be retrospectively converted into a visa or residence permit for educational purposes.
Registration at the University of Music Lübeck
Students must register at the Academic Administration Office situated in the Grosse Petergrube No. 4. within a few days of their arrival. In order to register, students must provide:
- a residence permit (for stays longer than 3 months)
- proof of health insurance
- health certificate
- one photograph
- passport
- birth certificate
- police record / certificate of conduct
- ERASMUS registration form
- proof of the bank transfer of 83.50 euros (this is not a tuition fee - please see above)
The above mentioned documents (translated into the German language) may be sent prior to your arrival to the following address:
Musikhochschule Lübeck
Iwona Alexandra Kwiatkowski
Erasmus Koordinatorin
Große Petersgrube 21
23552 Lübeck
Germany