1. If needed, organize your visa and any other formalities required to enter Germany.

2. Prepare and pack the following documents: your admission letter, your passport, a valid visa, original documents of your university degree in the original language, and any other documents the international office of the TU Dresden or the embassy have required you to take.

3. If you have any questions considering the documents needed or formalities to take care of before you arrive, please contact the international office of the TU Dresden.

Organize your accommodation before you arrive in Dresden - you can do it online from home! For the start, probably the easiest solution will be to secure a place in a student hall. Visit the website of theStudentenwerk Dresden.

You will receive an e-mail from the Studentenwerk Dresden with instructions what to do after your arrival in Dresden in order to get your room key. Follow the them and you will be able to sleep in your new bed in no time! Studentenwerk Dresden: Fritz-Löffler-Str. 18, 01069 Dresden

Book your trip to Dresden- if possible, please try to avoid coming at the last moment or worse, coming after the semester has already started. You will need a couple of days to unpack, get to know the city and the campus, and to take care of all the formalities.

Enrollment dates are provided in your admission letter, the lectures start in October 2020. Moreover, there will be a Welcome Reception for the new OME-students. 

Maps and Information

• Download City Guide
• www.dresden.de
• www.stadtplan.meinestadt.de
• Campus Maps

Transportation in Dresden

Dresden has a very well developed public transport system. Trams and buses in the city centre are operated by the  Dresden Transport Services (DVB). Schedules and informations about the ticket prices are provided on their websites and at the stops.

Until you get your student id, you'll have to buy tickets: on board the trams (vending machine) and busses (from the driver), at stops (vending machine) and at service points. Riding without a valid ticket will result in a fine. City trains also run in Dresden and the surrounding area. Travel centres in the Dresden Hauptbahnhof (main train station) and in Dresden-Neustadt will provide you with further information. 

Download Checklist: Addresses, Documents, Formalities

Visit the Immatrikulationsamt (German students) or the international office (Akademisches Auslandsamt - international students) to enroll at the university.

In order to enroll you will have to pay the semester fee (Semesterbeitrag) and present all the required documents (pass, visa, diplomas, health insurance).

- The International office sends you all the information about the semester fee before you arrive in Dresden (more likely for EU citizens).

or

- You will receive the information about the semester fee during the appointment in the international office (more likely for non-EU citizens).

Address: Strehlener Straße 22, 6th floor, 01069 Dresden. It is located close to the main station. Follow the instructions you will receive there.

You will need to organize the following:

• a bank account in Germany (Bankkonto),
• health insurance (Krankenversicherung), 
• residents’ registration (Einwohnermeldeamt),
• registration at the foreign residents’ office,
• and other documents, depending on your country of origin.

The international office will provide you with more information regarding this matter after your arrival.

Upon your enrolment you will receive your semester print-out sheet, including yourstudent ID. 

Semester Print-Out Sheet

Upon matriculation at the TU Dresden you will receive a "semester print-out sheet." Each print-out is valid for the current semester. After registration for the next semester you will receive a new one.

It contains the following:

Student Identity Card (Studentenausweis)

(bottom right corner of the sheet, see the picture)

Student ID is valid only in connection with your passport or an identity card. It is also a ticket for the public transport. You may use all buses and trams in the Dresden municipal area as well as the regional trains in Saxony.

Certificates of Matriculation (Immatrikulationsbescheinigungen)

Proof of enrolment that you may submit to the Studentenwerk, your bank, health insurance company, and the Foreign Residents Office.

Matrikelnummer

Seven-digit number to identify a student

Prüfungsnummer (Examination Number)

Identity number used to register for examinations and publication of grades. Please take care to keep it secret.

Emeal Certificate

With this certificate you may receive your mensa card called Emeal for cashless payments in all student cafeterias.

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To access computers at the university and your university e-mail account.

The Studentenwerk Dresden provides a great range of food facilities at reasonable rates for all students.

• E-Meal: a card you'll need to make cashless payments. You can get it at the cash desk at the cafeteria. In order to do that you'll need: your passport (id card), student id card, an Emeal certificate from the semester print-out sheet, and 5 EUR deposit.
• Locations: Studentenwerk's website provides you with all the information you'll need. It's in German but the only things you really need to know is that the "Öffnungszeiten" are opening hours and "Lageplan" refers to location. Basically, you'll probably mostly go to Neue Mensa (Bergstraße), Alte Mensa (Mommsenstraße), and Mensa Siedepunkt (Zellescherweg- across the street to the library). If you want to get a hot lunch you need'll to get there some time between 10.30 and 14.30.
• Menu: in the free campus paper CAZ or online (in German)

www.slub.de

A great place to study, find some books and papers in English (and other langugages) for your studies and leisure. The central library is located on Zellescher Weg 18.

• You'll need to register to get your library card. Follow the instruction on thelibrary's websites.

• You receive a personal login and a first password (change it for your personal password) with your matriculation documents on your semester print-out sheet.
• If you have questions, problems or want to find out where computer pools are located please see the ZIH-websites.
• Usage of TU Dresden Wireless LAN (WiFi): log in with your user name and your changed password. 
• E-mail: TU Dresden students receive an e-mail address which the university uses for spreading information.

Dresden will be your home for at least the next two years. Make it feel like home. Take advantage of student discounts for cultural offers (theatres, museums etc.), TU Dresden’s offer of extracurricular activities (e.g. sports), events at and outside the campus, get involved in one of the student groups, participate in the integration offers for international students, enjoy your life in Germany!

TU Dresden

• Kulturbüro of the international office
• TU Dresden extracurricular activities. ( e.g. Sport activities at TU Dresden)
• Integration program for foreign students Studentenwerk Dresden
• Student representatives physics

Events Dresden

• dresden.de
• PRINZ Dresden
• DD-inside
• Dresden Nightlife

Shopping Dresden

• Remember- shops in Germany are closed on Sundays! If you are in a grocery shopping emergency on a Sunday you'll have to go to the Lidl supermarkt at the Hauptbahnhof or Bahnhof Neustadt (main station or Dresden Neustadt train station).

In cases of emergency or urgent/life-threatening illnesses call: