Practical Modalities Trier

Courses

In Trier, second term (Summer term) starts on April and ends on August (anticipated sessions are possible for exchange students).
Some courses are taught in English (max. 40 credits) and other courses are in German (max. 30 credits)

Organizing your stay

To facilitate the organization of your stay in Trier, we have put together lists of what you need to do before and after getting to Trier. Furthermore, the lists include the most important dates and deadlines as well as your direct point of contact at Trier University.

Please organize your stay at Trier University as early as possible.

Dates and Deadlines
A list of application deadlines as well as semester dates

To do before entering Germany
It is important to not only organize your study place at Trier University but also your visa, funding of your stay, accommodation as well as your arrival and all necessary documents as early as possible.

To do upon arrival
Here you’ll find information on enrolment at Trier University, on registering in Trier, on the residents’ permit, on health insurance and on opening a direct deposit account as well as emergency numbers for medical assistance.

Contact
Your point of contact at Trier University: Ms. Janina Kröner & Jan-Patrick Proost (Incoming Students Coordinators)

Housing

Trier University has several housing facilities itself (in German, they are called “Wohnheim”). Please contact the International Student Office for further information. Furthermore, there are certain possibilities to find privately rented apartments via posters or via the internet. Popular homepages that display vacant housing options are :

http://www.wg-gesucht.de/
http://www.hunderttausend.de/annoncen#k=
http://volksfreund.immowelt.de/

Extracurricular activities

The International Office provides services for international students. The orientation programs are an opportunity many incoming students take advantage of. Before the beginning of the lecture time the International Office organizes an orientation program (3.5 weeks) or a short one-week-orientation seminar. These two programs provide network opportunities and room for plenty of questions. For detailed information, please refer to the website of the International Office.

Moreover, Trier University has many student clubs, such as “IZ – Internationales Zentrum”, “Refugee Law Clinic” or “Trier Model United Nations (TriMUN)”. Particularly the international association “IZ – Internationales Zentrum e.V” (in English : International Center), offers events for international students. They regularly feature country evenings with food and some informal talks. Occasionally the IZ offers field trips, for example to Munich. For detailed information, please refer to the website of the International Center.
International students can, of course, participate in all regular student activities and make use of all regular leisure facilities of Trier University. One excellent example are sport classes offered by the institute “Hochschulsport”. Starting from 10€ per semester students can take as many sport classes as they would like (for example soccer, Aerobic, Volleyball).