Arrival

Before you book your flight please consider the following:

• Take out a travel insurance valid until the beginning of the semester. Your mandatory health insurance starts only with the beginning of the semester.
   
• The housing agencies have a lot of move-ins and move-outs as you are not the only student arriving in Darmstadt. You can only move-in with a move-in appointment. Therefore follow the process:
   
• Our arrival process starts in August. All arrivals which come before September 10 will follow the process as described in the message you received 01. August.
• Important: please update us if you receive your visa. Fill-in the form once again. We coordinate the move-in and pick-up on the bases of arrivals with a valid visa.
   
• If you come after September 15 please inform the faculty additionally via email about your arrival to master.fbe@h-da.de. We have a special process then. If you will live in Darmstadt, please fill-in the arrival form and the visa form even if you did not take housing with us.
   
• If you arrive early September (before September 15), you will be contacted either by the faculty or the housing agency directly to get a move-in appointment. If you are coming  later, please contact your housing agency and book a move-in appointment by yourself.
   
• Please respect the business hours of your respective housing agency. Late arrivals can only move-in the next possible weekday. Please consider approx. 3 hours to get from the baggage claim, through customs until your residence. We usually tell students: if you come at 9am you are safe to move-in. Later than 9am is already difficult. Later than 11am is not feasable. Please inform your housing agency in case you cannot keep your appointment. In this case please book a room with the youth hostel in Darmstadt or Frankfurt. Please note that you need to make your reservation well in advance as you are not the only late arrival.

Upon your Arrival:

• You will sign the original housing contract at the move-in date. Your keys will be issued and you will get a hand-over checklist which has to be signed by you.
   
• The most move-outs and move-ins take place on the same day. There is possibility that there are damages in the room. With the key issuing you will receive a handover-checklist. Damages have to be reported and the report has to be signed and sent within the next few days to your housing agency. Please include pictures of the damages. Otherwise the amount of the damage will be deducted from your deposit after your moving out. Make sure to make an appointment with the housing agency to have the damages repaired in due time. Therefore you have to submit your mobile number to the housing agency.

In September our student guides will fetch you from the airport provided that you inserted your data in the arrival form and in the visa form in time.

We check the lists regularly. You will be contacted about the pick-up and the move-in shortly before your arrival.

If you did not pay the housing fee please check, if the student guides are at the airport to help you. Otherwise follow the description below:

Take the AirLiner airport shuttle bus to Darmstadt central station which runs every 30 to 60 minutes from 4am to 11pm. Darmstadt is only 30 minutes away from Frankfurt/Main airport. The schedule is available on the website of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund.

You will find AirLiner bus stops at Terminal 1 and 2.

Terminal 1:

• Pick up your luggage on the arrivals level (downstairs)
• The AirLiner stop is located outside across the street (arrival area B), gate 14

Terminal 2:

• Pick up your luggage on the arrivals level
• You will find the AirLiner stop on the street level, arrivals area D & E

Please be aware that you can only purchase the ticket from the bus driver and you have to pay in cash (about 10 €).

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/A3wAYy92gbBdztV58

Multimedia:

Film from our student guides WS 2019/2020 to get from Frankfurt to Darmstadt

The department is situated in Birkenweg 8, Building D16, 64295 Darmstadt, which is 1,5 km from the central station in Darmstadt.

Google Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/sQrVBZ6Qo8wGfgym9

Please find below the link to our Pre-Semester Planning for the Winter Semester 2023/2024 starting in September.

Pre-Semester Planning of the Winter Semester 2023/2024

We will stream our Welcome Event. Here you will be informed about all necessary details for the next month. Please note that the event is in German Time.

https://eu01web.zoom.us/j/83238862572?pwd=V2U1UHYvSjdHellLUktvK2t1UWNUQT09

First Steps in Germany

From Abroad:

All international students from non-EU countries are required to meet their own living costs while studying in Germany. You may use a blocked account to finance your studies in Germany. The money on this account cannot be withdrawn until you have arrived in Germany. This kind of account is necessary for obtaining/extending your student visa. To apply please make sure that you begin well in advance either with Deutsche Bank or Fintiba.

On your arrival:

To pay invoices or your rent you will need an account with a German bank institution.

You may open a bank account with any German bank. Please inquire about possible account maintenance charges before opening an account.  

Get more information from:

Sparkasse Darmstadt
Rheinstraße 10-12
64283 Darmstadt
Tel: +49.6151.2816-0

All citizens have must register their place of residence at the registration office (Einwohnermeldeamt or Bürgerbüro) usually in the town hall.

Once you moved in to your room you must register at the registration office within one week. This applies every time you move. You should keep a copy of the registration confirmation with you at all times. This serves as proof of address and you will need it, when you open a bank account or when you want to become a member of a library.

To register you need your passport or identification card and your tenancy agreement because you have to give details of your housing agency or landlord.

We have organised several group consultations to the city registration in Darmstadt in October.  You will be informed about your meeting in September. A student guide will accompany you to the registration appointment.

Students who move to Dieburg may contact the Kreishaus in Dieburg to register.

Register in Darmstadt
Luisencenter Darmstadt
4th floor
Luisenplatz
64283 Darmstadt

Register in Dieburg
Einwohnermeldeamt Dieburg
Markt 4
64807 Darmstadt

www.ladadi.de

Book an appointment:  https://www.terminland.de/stadt-dieburg/