Information for Partner Universities

From 2024 onwards we will use automatized systems to electronically provide students with Erasmus+ documents. This will save valuable resources.  We kindly ask you to accept our Erasmus+ documents and appreciate your understanding that students will not bring back your filled forms.

We do not require proof of language skills, but we do expect a review of the language level at the home university. The Erasmus+ agreements usually state German B1 as a language requirement. The Faculty of Law requires German B2 as a language requirement, the HPI requires German C1.

Applications from your students to the University of Potsdam can only be taken into account if you nominate them using the nomination form o our webiste . In Mid-May/ Mid- November the students will be informed directly per e-mail about the application procedure at our university.

To nominate students, please use our nomination form.

• Deadline for nomination for winter semester: 15 April
• Deadline for nomination for summer semester: 15 October

Please only nominate students with appropriate language skills.

You must first register for this portal and then log in. You will then find the nomination form in the portal. For a further nomination (e.g. in the next semester), use the same login details again.

Students who are nominated receive an invitation to register for our online portal UPrepare

• in the beginning of November (for the coming summer semester) or
• in the beginning of May (for the coming winter semester).

Registering for UPrepare and fulfilling the tasks listed there is required for all program students. In UPrepare, detailed information is offered to program students regarding registering at the University of Potsdam, taking German language courses and general courses at the university, and all other important issues regarding studying and living in Potsdam.

All students must complete a registration form and send it to the International Office. The registration form can be accessed via UPrepare.

• Deadline for registration for winter semester: 15 June.
• Deadline for registration for summer semester: 15 December.

Participation in language courses at Zessko (Center for Languages and Key Competences)

We kindly ask for your understanding that Zessko cannot offer English courses to your students.

Please note that students of English and American Studies still have the opportunity to attend courses at the Department of English and American Studies. In individual cases, we may consider participation in the Department’s English language courses.

Application for a Room in a Student Residence Hall

Students must individually apply for a room in a student residence hall of the Student Services (Studentenwerk) Potsdam. Please use its online form to apply for a room. The application form and important information regarding  application can be found via UPrepare. Students should not complete the form without first reading the information in UPrepare. Registration with the International Office for a service fee will give exchange students  priority in the waiting list for the dorm rooms.

Please use these periods as a basis for calculating the Erasmus+ scholarship.

Summer semester

Start: April 1 (or the following weekday)

End of lecture period: mid to end of July (the exact day varies from year to year)

End of examination period: 3 weeks after the end of the lecture period

Winter semester

Start: October 1 (or the following weekday)

End of lecture period: beginning to mid-February (the exact day varies from year to year)

End of examination period: 3 weeks after the end of the lecture period

All students, including exchange students and scholarship holders, must pay semester fees (around 265 Euros per Semester). These fees include payment for the semester ticket and fees for social services. There are no actual enrollment fees.

Transcript of Records

Please note that the courses and achievements of program students are not registered electronically. Accordingly, the International Office cannot automatically generate a transcript of records. Program students must provide the documents of their courses and achievements for the International Office in order for us to issue a transcript of records. Students will be informed in a timely manner about the required steps for obtaining a transcript of records.

For enrollment, a health insurance check by a German statutory health insurance company is mandatory. Therefore, the proof of health insurance does not have to be sent to the University of Potsdam, but to a German statutory health insurance company. The latter decides whether the existing health insurance is valid for studying in Germany. This is the case if the coverage corresponds to that of a German statutory health insurance.