FAQ for students about the winter semester 2020/21

No. Like the summer semester, the winter semester 2020/2021 will not count towards the individual standard period of study of RUB students, unless students make use of the option of taking a leave of absence.

Yes, the rectorate has decided to reintroduce the blanket provision of an additional examination attempt for failed final module examinations.

We have compiled all regulations for access to the campus in detail for you.

Roules for access to campus

A face mask (mouth-nose cover) has to be worn on campus. Due to the suspension of in-person teaching and examinations and the closure of student workplaces, there are hardly any occasions to enter the campus. These regulations are initially valid until 31 January 2021.

The current regulations for the prohibition of in-person events are valid for the time being until 31 January 2021. We will inform about a possible extension or new regulations here.

The examination regulations at RUB provide for the possibility of an extension of the processing time. For this purpose, students contact the examiner and submit an appropriately justified request for an extension to the examination board.

No. The campus can be entered and then immediately left only in the case of in-person exams with special permission and to pick up books from the UB circulation service.

All of the RUB’s rooms are equipped with either windows or ventilation systems. Even during normal operations, the ventilation systems always use a percentage of fresh air that is adjusted to the number of the rooms’ occupants in order to ensure maximum safety. As a precautionary measure, the building managers have increased the percentage of fresh air in all ventilation systems to 100 per cent, so that no system uses recirculated air at all.
Please take the direct route to your destination and leave the campus by the shortest route. If you arrive in good time, e.g. for an exam, please wait in one of the numerous open spaces on campus to avoid large gathering in front of the exam rooms.

The social insurance contribution for the winter semester 2020/21 for newly enrolled students is 335.09 Euro.

Included in the amount are contributions for:

• the semester ticket (including NRW-Ticket) 206.97 Euro
• the academic services office Akademische Förderungswerk (e.g. for Mensa and student halls) 110 Euro
• the ASTA 18.12 Euro (15.62 Euro for the student union, 1.00 Euro for the theatre Schauspielhaus, 1.50 Euro for access to the bike rental system)

As registered student, if you have already paid a social insurance contribution in the summer semester 2020, your social insurance contribution for the winter semester is only 334.15 Euro (because of the VAT reduction on the VRR ticket price).

The transfer data can only be accessed via eCampus.

As Ruhr-Universität merely passes on the money to ASTA and Akafö, the university can’t decide whether and how these contributions should be potentially reduced. Ruhr-Universität does continuously communicate with the responsible persons and passes on the students’ feedback.

Please check whether you can print out a certificate of enrolment (“Studienbescheinigung”) for the relevant semester via eCampus. If so, everything’s fine.

If not, please read the question “Why wasn’t my rematriculation approved?”

If you are not yet re-registrated, there may be various reasons:

You have not yet paid your social insurance contribution, including late fees, or the money has not yet been credited to the RUB account.

Please note that, depending on your bank, it may take several days before the money is credited to the RUB account. A rapid transfer or online bank transfer doesn’t necessarily speed up the process. Therefore, please transfer your social insurance contribution in good time before 30 September 2020.

If you still can’t retrieve the certificate of enrolment (“Studienbescheinigung”) via eCampus after one week, please check your bank statement and contact the Registrar’s Office for verification by phone or email.

Our records state that you can’t re-registrated at present, which can have various reasons:

• You have successfully completed your degree course after your last exam. If this is the case, you can no longer rematriculate for this course and you must exmatriculate or change your course.
• You have definitively failed your degree and must either exmatriculate or change your course.
• There is a problem with your health insurance status.
• There are other reasons at the faculty, which you need to discuss.

As there may be other reasons, please contact the Registrar’s Office at stud-sekretariat@uv.rub.de.

The deadline for payment of the social insurance contribution always refers to the date of receipt of payment into the Ruhr-Universität account. If you only paid on the last day of the rematriculation deadline or later, the money may not have been credited to Ruhr-Universität in time.

If payment is received late, a late fee of 10 Euro must be paid to complete rematriculation. You will find the relevant information on this page (german website).

Please check whether you can retrieve your certificate of enrolment (“Studienbescheinigung”) for the relevant semester via eCampus. If so, everything’s fine.

If not, the money has not yet been credited to the Ruhr-Universität account.

In order to rematriculate, please submit your certificate of study (“Studienbescheinigung”) for the respective semester from your home university as a PDF file by email to stud-sekretariat@uv.rub.de.

Please note: All non-EU-citizen must apply for all study programs at Ruhr-Universität.

More information on the deadlines is available on this page under “Bewerbungsfristen” (application deadlines).

After enroling online you will receive a control sheet and your enrolment number.

With this number and your date of birth, you can log in to the Infoportal Enrolment, upload the required documents, approve the enrolment application and track the status of your enrolment.

You will receive the link to the Infoportal Enrolment with the confirmation e-mail after your online enrolment.

After you’ve been enrolled, you will receive all further information regarding payment of the social insurance contribution, use of the online services by email.

Due to the current situation, it may take some time to process your application. In the meantime, please don’t send in any further inquiries. We will process all inquiries as soon as possible.

You have applied online for your desired degree programme. After you’ve been admitted, accept your admission via the information portal admission (Infoportal Zulassung)

INFORMATION PORTAL ADMISSION

Then, use the online enrolment system in the admission information portal and complete your information.

After enroling online you will receive a control sheet and your enrolment number.

With this number and your date of birth, you can log in to the Infoportal Enrolment, upload the required documents, approve the enrolment application and track the status of your enrolment.

You will receive the link to the Infoportal Enrolment with the confirmation e-mail after your online

After you’ve been enrolled, you will receive all further information regarding payment of the social insurance contribution, use of the online services by email.

For further information, please refer to your letter of admission/control sheet (“Zulassungsbescheid”), which also contains all important deadlines.

If you have any queries regarding application or deadlines, please contact the admission office by email at zulassungsstelle@uv.rub.de or, as an international applicant, at admission@uv.rub.de

Due to the current situation, it may take some time to process your application. In the meantime, please don’t send in any further inquiries. We will process all inquiries as soon as possible.

First, complete your rematriculation for the winter semester 2020/21 and transfer the social insurance contribution by 30 September 2020.

If you want to change a degree course or enrol in an additional degree course, you have to submit your application to the Ruhr-Univeristäts´ Registrar's Office

• for courses with restricted admission via the information portal admission (Infoportal Zulassung)
• for courses without restricted admission via the Online Enrolment

After enroling online you will receive a control sheet and your enrolment number.

With this number and your date of birth, you can log in to the Infoportal Enrolment, upload the required documents, approve the enrolment application and track the status of your enrolment.

You will receive the link to the Infoportal Enrolment with the confirmation e-mail after your online enrolment.

The application for admission-free courses must be submitted during the rematriculation deadlines (“Rückmeldefristen”), but no later than 30 November 2020, and is only admissible if you have a university entrance qualification (German “Abitur” or an international equivalent).

If you want to change your degree course by enrolling in a course with restricted admission, you must have applied online for the subject by 20 August 2020.. If you are admitted, you will receive information on the deadline for changing your course. Please note that the deadlines stated in your letter of admission are binding if you are changing your course to one with restricted admission.

More information is available on this page

If you haven’t passed your final B.A. exams, a transfer to the Master’s degree is not possible.

If you have passed the exam but have no proof of it yet, for example because the certificate has not yet been issued, the examinations office can issue a provisional certificate confirming that the exam has been passed. With this certificate, the Registrar’s Office can enrol you in the Master’s degree, with the reservation that the missing proof is presented as soon as possible.

If you have any questions, please contact stud-sekretariat@uv.rub.de

The relevant form is available in PDF format.

Please send the completed and signed form, if possible from your Ruhr-Universität email address, to stud-sekretariat@uv.rub.de, stating your matriculation number (“Matrikelnummer”).

Please submit your request by email using a distinctive email address (which includes your name) asking for the certificate of exmatriculation (“Exmatrikulationsbescheinigung”) to stud-sekretariat@uv.rub.de; please state the following: your matriculation number(s) (“Matrikelnummer”) (if possible), last name, first name(s) (birth name, if applicable) and date of birth.

The semester ticket is available for download for the winter semester around mid-September and for the summer semester around mid-March.

If you haven’t transferred your social insurance contribution on time or if you haven’t transferred the late fee in the event of late payment, you won’t be able to print out your NRW-Ticket.

If you haven’t transferred your social insurance contribution on time or if you haven’t transferred the late fee in the event of late payment, you won’t be able to print out your certificate of enrolment.

Please send an email from your Ruhr-Universität email address to immatrikulation@uv.rub.de and report the loss.

Please attach a scanned passport photo and proof of payment of the 15 € fee for the replacement (stating your matriculation number/”Matrikelnummer”). Information on payment details can be found here.

Please also indicate in the email to which postal address the new ID card should be sent.

Our staff will then generate a new ID and send it to you by post. Please note that it currently takes a few days to process your request.

Please send an email from your Ruhr-Universität email account to stud-sekretariat@uv.rub.de by 30 September 2020 and state the reason for your leave of absence. All relevant information is available here.