Application

Exchange Students

If you are a student at one of our partner universities and want to experience one semester or an academic year abroad, you are welcome to apply at NGU Nuertingen-Geislingen University.

NGU has agreements with many different partner universities in the world. Please apply at your home university for one of the slots at NGU. Kindly note that you can only be accepted as an Erasmus or exchange student provided that your university has an agreement with us (see list of partner universities).

Deadlines for spring/summer term:
Nomination deadline: November 15^th
Application deadline: December 1^st

Deadlines for fall/winter term:
Nomination deadline: June 15^th
Application deadline: July 1^st

Once you have been nominated by your home university, you will receive an email with further instructions on how to complete the online application and enrolment. All student exchanges are coordinated through NGU's International Office.

Language Pre-requisites

A level of B2/Upper intermediate in English according to CEFR is required.

Contact us:

Exchange

Andrea Heißler-Keinath

andrea.heissler@spam.hfwu.de

International Office, Incoming Students, Community Engagement

+49 7022 201436

Campus: CI7 407

Heiligkreuzstr. 3
72622 Nürtingen

Fees

Erasmus/Exchange
Degree Seeking
Part-time Master's Degree

If you are an Erasmus student or an exchange student of one of our partner universities you have to pay a semester fee amounting to 97,70 EURO each semester.This fee has to be paid in EURO and in advance through your bank account, via bank transfer. Before you send your complete enrolment documents, you should immediately transfer the money as follows:

Beneficiary: Landesoberkasse Baden-Württemberg
IBAN: DE 02600501017495530102
BIC: SOLADEST600
Bank: Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, 70144 Stuttgart
Reference (IMPORTANT): 8675190000011 + Family Name + First Name

Please note that we do not accept check-payments of any sort. Once we have received your payment, your enrolment becomes effective. Please keep in mind that payments can take up to 4 weeks and that your bank might charge you an extra service fee. The semester fee includes

a contribution to the Studentenwerk (Student Services)
a contribution to the Student Association and
for the Greater Stuttgart Transport Association what allows you to use buses and trains free of charge from Monday - Friday from 6 p.m. and at the weekends within the Verkehrsverbund Stuttgart region *. You just need to present your StudiCard.

Semester contribution

All students have to pay the semester contribution of currently € 188.10 within a certain period each semester.

Tuition fees

Starting from the winter semester 2017/18 there will be additional tuition fees for non EU-citizens (€ 1,500.00) and people who want to start a second degree study (€ 650.00).

All information about the semester contribution and tuition fees can be found on Financial Issues.

For participants of the part-time master's degree programs "Finance and Management", "Business Process Management" and "Traffic-, Criminal- and Insurance Law" there are special regulations and payment conditions. Please contact the relevant school for details.

Degree Seeking Students

Bachelor's and Master's Degree Programs
Language

The application for a full bachelor's or master's degree program takes place completely online and has certain deadlines.

Before submitting your application, please inform yourself about the criteria for the admission and selection procedure. If you have any questions regarding the content or subject of your study or the bonus, please get in touch with the contact person of the respective study degree program.

All information (e.g. applicants with a foreign Higher Education Entrance Qualification (HEEQ)/Secondary Education) can be found on www.hfwu.de/sao-application.

Bachelor's degree programs

At the moment, we do not offer any bachelor's degree programs that are completely taught in English. You do need to submit a German language certificate with your application. However, in some study programs, certain courses are taught in English.

Please find more information about the language requirements on our website: www.hfwu.de/sao-application under the category "Important for all applicants".

Master's degree programs

We offer four master's degree programs that are taught completely in English:

International Finance (M.Sc.)
International Management (MBA)
International Master of Landscape Architecture (M.Eng.) (A1 German is required after begin of the study)
Sustainable Mobilities (M.Sc.)

All other master's degree programs are taught in German. A couple of courses are taught in English. However, this depends on the degree study program.

Student Administration Office NGU

studierendensekretariat-nt@spam.hfwu.de

Useful Links

Links for Studying in Germany:

DAAD
Study-in-Germany
Just Landed
Study Guide Baden-Württemberg
Welcome Center Germany

Links for learning German:

TestDaF
DAAD: Study and Research in Germany)
Center for International Students applying at universities in Baden-Wuerttemberg
Sprachnachweis.de