Once you have been admitted, you will be asked in your heiCO account to accept the study place within the deadline indicated there. If you do not accept the study place by the deadline, your entitlement to the study place will expire.
You then apply for enrolment online and by submitting documents by post to the Student Administration Office within the enrolment period specified in the letter of admission.

Please proceed as follows for enrollment:

• Have your health insurance details ready and complete them in your heiCO portal.
  Your insurance status is generally transmitted electronically. In addition to entering your data in heiCO, you must always contact a statutory German health insurance company - even if you are privately insured or have a European Health Insurance Card, for example. Please request the “Notification reason M10 for Heidelberg University” from the statutory health insurance company under the university number H0003588. The transmission of your insurance status to Heidelberg University takes up to 5 working days, so please request this notification reason M10 in good time. Enrollment cannot take place without this proof. 
  In return, the University will notify the health insurance companies of the start and - later - the end of your studies. 
• print out the enrollment application provided in your heiCO account, sign it and upload the signed enrollment application to the heiCO portal.

Please also have the following documents ready to upload as a PDF file for your enrollment:

• University entrance qualification (e.g. Abitur, Baccalauréat, Attestat, Bachiller, High School Diploma etc. and, if applicable, additional certificates of passed university entrance examinations, assessment tests, ...) in officially certified form and, if applicable, with an officially certified translation.
  Please refer to the information on educational certificates below 
• for proof of German language proficiency (usually at DSH 2 level), unless this has already been submitted as part of the application.
  Detailed information on the language requirements can be found at  

  Language requirements for international students

• 1 Passport photo
• Personal ID/passport
• Proof of participation in the study orientation procedure (certificate of participation) e.g. orientation test 

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• Any further documents and certificates mentioned in your letter of admission/ your heiCO account

If you have previously enrolled at another German university, you must also submit online:

• Detailed exmatriculation certificates from the last university attended.
  Detailed certificate of exmatriculation means that the period of enrolment (start/end of your studies) and the degree program (subject/subject semester/degree, if applicable) are documented - if one or more of these details are not included on the certificate of exmatriculation, you can provide this information in addition to the certificate of exmatriculation by providing other relevant evidence from the university, e.g. e.g. certificate of study progress/certificate of enrolment, etc.
• All examination certificates relating to previous enrolments
• Proof of leave of absence and semesters abroad
  In the case of a leave of absence, we require proof from the university of the semester in which you were on leave (certificate of enrolment, etc.) - In the case of a semester abroad (semesters in which you were only enrolled abroad), please submit proof of the period (start and end) of your studies abroad.
• In the case of a change of subject from or after the 3rd semester: 

  Proof of academic advising

Once you have entered your data and uploaded the required documents to heiCO, please also submit the following documents by post:

• Printout of the enrolment application with original signature
• All certificate documents submitted as an upload (e.g. Abitur certificate, any university degree, ...) in officially certified form and, if applicable, with an officially certified translation. 
• Any other documents and certificates mentioned in the letter of admission / in your heiCO account

Please send these to the following address:
Heidelberg University
Student Administration
Seminarstr. 2
69117 Heidelberg

and please note that the documents to be submitted by post for your enrollment must also be received by Heidelberg University by the deadline stated in your letter of admission.

Collecting your student ID card

Once you are enrolled, you will receive an e-mail informing you that you can collect your student ID card from the University Administration Office at the earliest five working days after receiving and activating your Uni-ID, but only in person and on presentation of an official photo ID (e.g. identity card or passport). Please note that the Uni-ID is allocated at the earliest from 1 February for the summer semester and at the earliest from 1 August for the winter semester. 

Notes on the educational certificates

If your certificate is issued in a name other than your current name, you must provide official proof of your name change.
Certificates must always be submitted in the original language of the country of origin and, if necessary, additionally in English or German translation. If certificates in a non-English-speaking country of origin are issued in English in addition to the original language, this English-language version is deemed to be the original language certificate. The same applies to certificate versions in German. Translations must also be notarized. Translators are not allowed to certify original-language documents, only the translations they have produced themselves. Only if the original stamp of the translator is on the submitted translation is additional certification not required.
Further information on certifications and translations can be found on the Heidelberg University website at Notarization of documents 

Groups Information on the semester fees to be paid as part of enrollment can be found on the homepage under: Fees for study

You can find the tuition fee applying to you, your personal reason for payment as well as the status of your tuition fees in your heiCO account by clicking on “Semester/tuition fees”. 

If you are already enrolled at Heidelberg University, you are not required to re-register in the case of a change of subject. Instead, please change your degree programme prior to expiry of the deadline stated in the letter of admission.
 

Change of degree programme