Info for freshmen

Welcome, dear freshmen!

A large group celebrates their first matriculation on the steps in front of the Audimax. They toss blue-green baseball caps into the air. Everyone is carrying a sugar cone.

First steps at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences

With the document available for download for the first steps at our university, we would like to give you a guideline that will answer your first questions about the organization of your studies at our university. We also recommend that you participate in the introductory study day.

Postal enrollment

Dear first-year students, please use the possibility of contactless enrollment via our new online portal HISinOne.

If you still need to submit additional documents, you are welcome to do so by mail to the university address

Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences
Student Service Center
Weinberghof 4
99734 Nordhausen

 Alternatively, you can send the documents by e-mail (sszhs-nordhausen.de).

Please pay attention to the following information regarding the submission of the membership certificate of the statutory health insurance

  • Membership certificate of the statutory health insurance in the electronic registration procedure
  • Attention: All information about the electronic registration procedure can be found here

It may happen that the technology fails and you do not have the possibility to apply online (digitally). However, this should remain the exception. In this case, please submit your complete application documents by mail or e-mail.

  • If you send your application documents by mail, please include a self-addressed, stamped (1,60 €) envelope size C4 for the enrollment certificate and the temporary student ID.
  • if you send us your application documents by e-mail (in pdf format), please include an online stamp (also as a pdf document - available in the Deutsche Post store ) with your application.

Apply for "StudiumThüringenPlus" start-up aid by September 15

Until September 15, students can apply to the Studierendenwerk Thüringen for "StudiumThüringenPlus" start-up assistance from the state of Thuringia for the coming winter semester. This start-up aid is a one-time support in the amount of 500 euros. It is granted to financially needy first-year students who are admitted to a state or state-recognized Thuringian university for the first time to study in attendance form. With "StudiumThüringenPlus," Thuringia aims to make it easier for students from lower-income families to start their studies by the winter semester of 2023/2024.

The initial study assistance may only be used for necessary expenses directly related to the start of studies (e.g. semester fees without semester ticket, PC hardware and software, study materials, study literature, language courses or introductory events before the start of studies). Financial need must be proven by an application for educational support according to the BAföG or, in the case of foreign first-year students not entitled to BAföG, by a self-disclosure of income and financial circumstances; the relevant provisions of the BAföG serve as a guide when assessing need. In addition, the program is aimed at "first-time students," which means that, for example, master's students and students who were already enrolled before the winter semester cannot be granted study start assistance.

"With the Studienstarthilfe, first-time students in need of support can be helped financially to take up and prepare for a course of study in Thuringia, so that the start into the winter semester 2022/23 can succeed as well as possible," says Sandro Nordmann, head of the social services department at Studierendenwerk Thüringen.

For more information on "StudiumThüringenPlus" and how to apply, visit StudiumThüringenPlus - Studierendenwerk Thüringen (stw-thueringen.de)