Corona – Information on how to deal with the pandemic

Should you be exhibiting typical symptoms associated with a coronavirus infection such as fever, a dry cough, an impaired sense of taste or smell, the following applies:

• ban of entry to all University buildings and/or an immediate existing of the grounds
• call your physician; in the event that is not possible, call patient services at 116117 or go to https://www.116117.de for more information. The doctors in the testing centers or doctors’ offices will determine whether a test is appropriate for you.
• For staff: supervisor’s information.
• Students have no obligation to inform the University. However, we would be grateful if students would also voluntarily inform the Corona Coordination Office (via the contact form) about a positive corona test result, about the occurrence of typical symptoms of a coronavirus infection – namely fever, dry cough, an impaired sense of taste or smell – and about University events that you visited 48 hours before the onset of symptoms. In this way we hope to prevent larger herds of infection or to discover them early.
• Until the test result is available: Stay at home, use rooms separately or at different times if possible, avoid close contact; if possible, wear a mouth and-nose covering when in contact with others, pay attention to good hand hygiene.
• It is mandatory that those who suspect infection immediately quarantine themselves. Persons with typical symptoms of a coronavirus infection, in particular dry cough, fever and an impaired sense of smell and/or taste, and for whom a PCR test has already been ordered or carried out, are suspected to be ill. Details can be found in the CoronaVO Absonderung (German only).

For further information from the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald County District Office: https://www.breisgau-hochschwarzwald.de/pb/Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald/Start/Service+_+Verwaltung/Corona-Virus.html

You must be placed in quarantine, even if the Health Department’s order is not available immediately after the test result is available. The duration of the quarantine is determined by the authorities. The measure does not end automatically, but only when it has been lifted again by the competent authority.

Students have no obligation to inform the University. However, we would be grateful if students would also voluntarily inform the Corona Coordination Office (via the contact form) about a positive corona test result, about the occurrence of typical symptoms of a coronavirus infection – namely fever, dry cough, an impaired sense of taste or smell –, and about University events/institutions that you visited 48 hours before the onset of symptoms. In this way we hope to prevent larger herds of infection or to discover them early.

As an employee of the university, please inform your office (i.e. your supervisor, the coordination office (koordinierungsstelle@zv.uni-freiburg.de) and the responsible personnel department (InfoD3@zv.uni-freiburg.de)) immediately so that necessary protective measures can be taken for the other employees. Against this background there is also a legitimate interest of the office in the case of incapacity to work to be informed of a COVID-19 illness. Please consider with whom you have had close contact within your workplace (within the 48 hours before the onset of the first symptoms – see also contact person category 1), so that you can provide this data upon request by the health authorities. Please also inform your office about these professional contacts.

For further information from the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald County District Office: https://www.breisgau-hochschwarzwald.de/pb/Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald/Start/Service+_+Verwaltung/Corona-Virus.html

Even if the quarantine ends prematurely, the regular ban on entry and participation still applies.

If you have previously been placed in official quarantine, the Health Department (or the local police for people returning from a trip) alone decides whether a negative test result alone will lift the quarantine. If the authorities lift the quarantine, and provided you have not had contact with a person infected with the coronavirus in the last 14 days (see CoronaVO Absonderung, German only), do not show typical symptoms and wear a medical mouth-and-nose covering, you can enter the University (see University hygiene regulations, 10. Ban on entry and participation).

If you have had the test performed without a special reason (i.e. you are not a contact person) or because of unclear cold symptoms, the decision about your ability to work or whether you can participate in the study in presence again lies with your doctor who ordered the test.

• Send the student home immediately.
• Tell the student to contact his or her doctor.
• In the case of a suspected case of student infection, it is the sole responsibility of the public health department to follow up the contacts and inform those affected
• There is no obligation for students to inform the University. However, we would be grateful if students also voluntarily inform the Corona Coordination Office (via the contact form) about a positive corona test result, about the occurrence of typical symptoms of an infection with coronavirus – namely fever, dry cough, impaired sense of taste or smell – as well as about university events that you attended about 48 hours before the onset of the first symptoms. In this way, we hope to be able to jointly prevent or detect larger foci of infection at an early stage.
• If you have any further questions, especially if a corona case occurs in an event that is to be continued, please contact the coordination office.

You sequester immediately in the following cases:

• if you have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2,
• if you are waiting for your test result (applies only to people who have been tested because of symptoms),
• if a household member tells you that he or she has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2,
• if the competent authority has informed you that you are a Category I contact person,
• if the competent authority notifies you that one of your household members is a category I contact person or a cluster student contact person in relation to a person who has been identified as having a variant virus of concern

There is no official request for sequestering for this purpose. In the above cases, you must sequester on your own based on the CoronaVO Sequestering.

Mandatory sequestering does not apply to vaccinated and recovered persons (exceptions to this exemption exist in the case of virus variants and after entry from an area of variants of concern, see SchAusnahmV, German only).

If persons in your close environment (e.g. child, partner or flatmates) are ill, there is only a duty to quarantine after a positive diagnosis has been confirmed. However, until the test result is announced, it is recommended that you reduce your own contacts if possible, e.g. postponing meetings or home office. It is imperative that you adhere to the rules of distance and hygiene and pay increased attention to the occurrence of your own symptoms. Further details can be found in the CoronaVO Absonderung

You must sequester immediately upon learning of your household member’s positive test result. This does not require an official order.

Further details can be found in the CoronaVO Absonderung.

Mandatory sequestering does not apply to vaccinated and recovered persons (exceptions to this exemption exist in the case of virus variants and after entry from an area of variants of concern, see SchAusnahmV, German only).

If you have been living in the same household as the person tested positive within the 14 days prior to testing or the onset of symptoms (household members can also be roommates in a shared apartment or a partner with whom you do not share an apartment), you must go into seclusion. If possible, this should be done where you are currently staying. If this is not possible, you should go directly home by car, if possible.

A shared apartment or a regular visit to a partner with whom you do not share an apartment can also be considered a household.

Mandatory sequestering does not apply to vaccinated and recovered persons (exceptions to this exemption exist in the case of virus variants and after entry from an area of variants of concern, see SchAusnahmV, German only).

Yes. Vaccination prioritization in Baden-Württemberg has been completely lifted as of Monday, June 7, 2021. This means that everyone is also eligible to be vaccinated at the vaccination centers, and proof of vaccination eligibility is no longer required.

A high vaccination rate among students and employees offers the prospect of an open university with more normalcy. University members are asked to take advantage of existing vaccination services. You can visit the Freiburg Vaccination Center spontaneously and without booking an appointment for a vaccination in advance: https://www.corona-impfzentrum-freiburg.de/. 

The University aims to offer as much classroom instruction as possible as part of a hybrid course offering for the 2021/22 winter semester. The general conditions outlined here are based on the CoronaVO study operations dated June 30, 2021 and, compared to the past three semesters, provide for a significantly condensed use of room capacity depending on the incidence level.

We would therefore like to ask our students to return to Freiburg in good time before the start of the semester and to be on site in the winter semester to help shape university life and classroom instruction.

The highest possible vaccination rate among all University members is the decisive prerequisite for finally being able to experience a semester in which more encounters and exchanges in studying and teaching are possible again. We therefore ask everyone, students and teachers alike, to make use of the numerous free vaccination opportunities.

When the CoronaVO study operations is once again changed – most likely in mid-September – we will adjust this framework.

Classroom instruction is once again possible.

The limiting factor is the occupancy of lecture halls, as it still cannot be assumed that they can be occupied in every case as they were before the pandemic.

Lecturers can also still choose to deliver their teaching in a hybrid format or completely digitally.

In a separate document, we provide information on how the 3G status can be checked within the framework of the current requirements: https://uni-freiburg.link/3g-guidance.

Since it is not yet foreseeable whether there will still be a need for approvals for on-site courses in October, corresponding applications are not currently being processed, but are being collected. The other plans for the WS remain unaffected.

Lecture hall occupancy

Groups of up to 35 students will be able to occupy rooms without having to comply with spacing requirements. We are also planning on 75% lecture hall occupancy, which will be possible in incidence levels 1 – 3. In the case of incidence level 4, the lecture hall may only be used with 60% occupancy.

In the case of consolidated lecture hall occupancy, all participants must provide 3G proof.

With an incidence of over 100, only necessary practical courses would be possible, as we know from the past semesters. For these events, then, the occupancy options of incidence level 4 or for groups of up to 35 students apply.

Contact data collection

As things stand today, it can be assumed that it will still be necessary to collect contact data.

The hygiene measures of the hygiene regulations apply.

More detailed information can be found in the letter from the Vice-President “General Conditions for Planning the Winter Semester WS 2021/2022.”

For events with a group size of up to 35 students, deviations from the distance requirement are already possible if a test, vaccination certificate or certificate of recovery (3G) is available from all attendees. In the WS, events with a lecture hall occupancy of 75% are also possible (up to and including incidence level 3). Again, 3G proof must be provided by all.

In a separate document, we provide guidance on how to verify 3G status under the current guidelines: https://uni-freiburg.link/3g-guidance.

Hybrid teaching describes the interplay of traditional face-to-face and online teaching. Scenarios are conceivable, for example, in which some of the students are present on site in the lecture hall/seminar room and some are connected live from home.

Such offers make sense and are necessary if not all students can or are allowed to be on site (e.g. due to quarantine, risk groups, etc.).

Here you can find detailed information from the e-learning division on the possible design of hybrid teaching scenarios:.: https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/goto.php?target=wiki_1229029_Hybride_Lehrszenarien_gestalten.

• Classroom study operations are possible under certain conditions. The following on-site formats are allowed:
  • Practical events, in particular those requiring special laboratories or work rooms, including sports facilities, in particular laboratory practicals, practical training components with patient contact in compliance with the specifications of the clinics and teaching hospitals, dissection courses and events with predominantly practical teaching components, insofar as these are absolutely necessary,
  • Written and oral examinations, in particular final examinations, insofar as these are absolutely necessary,
  • Entry and admission procedures, insofar as these are absolutely necessary,
  • Events for students in their first semester, for students who have started their studies in the first semester in the 2020 summer semester or 2020/2021 winter semester, and for students who are about to complete their studies or are about to take partial examinations relevant to their degree,
  • other in person events and formats of the study program outdoors up to an incidence level of 165 and indoors up to an incidence level of 100.

AHA-L rules continue to apply to events with a group size of more than 35 students.

• The obligation to wear a medical mask does not apply if the distance of 1.5 meters from other persons can be safely maintained. This exception applies up to an inci-dence of 35 in the city district of Freiburg.
• Presenters are not required to wear a medical mask if a distance of 2 meters from other persons can be safely maintained. Presentation of proof of testing, vaccination or recovery is not required.

For events up to a group size of 35 students, deviations from the distance requirement are possible if a test, vaccination certificate or certificate of recovery is presented by all those present.

• The respective event directors are responsible for check-ing the proof of testing, vaccination or recovery. Further information: https://uni-freiburg.link/3g-guidance.

• Presenters are not required to wear a medical mask if a distance of 2 meters from other persons can be safely maintained.

Participation in overnight excursions lasting several days is subject to the presentation of a daily test or proof of vaccination or recovery immediately before departure and a supervised self-admnistered test every 48 hours during the event. The self-administered tests can be requested from the Office of Safety, Environment and Sustainability.

On-site exam viewings can be conducted individually and by appointment. For groups, an in-person session requires the approval of the Rector. Contact details must be collected.

Consultation hours in presence are only possible after prior registration and with contact data collection.

A large number of students will not be able to move their entire lives to Freiburg on an ad-hoc basis. Therefore, we ask you to continue to show consideration for those students who cannot be on site and to continue to offer them opportunities to complete a course digitally.

Notes on exception requests for on-site events and examinations:

All in person events of the study program (i.e. courses, oral and written examinations as well as entry and admission procedures) must be approved by the Rectorate. Applications, in the form of this completed template (see also document no 18 under “Fact sheets and application”), must be sent to the following e-mail address, praxisveranstaltungen@zv.uni-freiburg.de, at least seven days before the start.

• France and Switzerland are no longer listed as risk areas. (Special regulations generally apply to areas in which many infections or mutations of the coronavirus have been detected recently.
• For all other entering students, whether German or international, whether for a move or after a (weekend) vacation, the current entry and quarantine rules apply (see also this website for travellers by the Federal Ministry of Health).
• International students (and researchers) might not receive an entry visa to Germany unless it is confirmed that their studies or research stay includes elements of classroom attendance. The forms (German and English) for students entering Germany can be found below.
• The status of the off-campus student will be maintained. If you want to admit off-campus students, you have to make sure that the entire course including the final examination is carried out online, as it cannot be expected that these students will be able to enter Germany later in the semester. Off-campus students can re-register without having to enter Germany. However, this does not mean that international students from non-EU/EEA countries are exempt from tuition fees. At the same time, there is no possibility any more to take a leave of absence (and thus save tuition fees) and still attend digital courses like in the summer semester 2020. This also applies to German and EU students.

On-site exam viewings are available individually and by appointment. For groups, approval for an on-site class is required by the Rectorate. Contact details will need to be collected.

• All in person events of the study program (i.e. courses, oral and written examinations as well as entry and admission procedures) must be approved by the Rectorate. Applications, in the form of this completed template (see also document no 18 under “Fact sheets and application”), must be sent to the following e-mail address, praxisveranstaltungen@zv.uni-freiburg.de, at least seven days before the start.
• If you have not already occupied a room, it is advisable to check in advance whether rooms would be available before submitting an application.

Commonly used rooms, including seminar rooms and lecture halls, must be ventilated at least every 20 minutes and sufficiently via wide open windows for at least 3 minutes. Clothing must be adapted as necessary.

This also applies to rooms that only have a stationary air circulation system or equipment. These cool or warm the indoor air, but there is no exchange with fresh air.

In rooms that have a technical supply and exhaust air system, no additional individual ventilation is usually required. If you have any questions about the existing ventilation systems, please contact Department 4. Rooms in which additional manual ventilation by opening the windows is indispensable are marked accordingly at the entrance.

Starting October 15, 2020, a simplified procedure has been available for events with registration via HISinOne:

This is an alternative to the previous paper-based procedure via an electronic pre-registration of address and telephone number, which the students can enter themselves, and attendance lists via HISinOne. Detailed descriptions (in German and English) can be found under contact data according to Corona Ordinance for on-site courses.

We therefore ask all students to deposit their contact data according to Corona Ordinance in HISinOne. This is important because currently telephone numbers of students, doctoral candidates and guest students are not always available and the address data may not be current. The more students have entered their data in advance, the faster the check of the attendance list including data collection can be completed before/at the beginning of the on-site event.

This procedure can also be used for on-site exams.

Where this procedure is not possible, contact data can still be collected using the familiar paper form for data collection.

Participation in overnight excursions lasting several days is subject to the presentation of a daily test or proof of vaccination or recovery immediately before departure and a supervised self-admnistered test every 48 hours during the event. The self-administered tests can be requested from the Office of Safety, Environment and Sustainability.

All in person events of the study program including excursions must be approved by the Rectorate. Applications, in the form of this completed template (see also document no 18 under “Fact sheets and application”), must be sent to the following e-mail address, praxisveranstaltungen@zv.uni-freiburg.de, at least seven days before the start.

No. This special regulation for the summer semester 2020 is no longer in place.

The e-learning department provides information here with help and webinars (the webinar is now also available in English!) https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/login.php?target=crs_1546286

The e-learning department provides information here with help and webinars (the webinar is now also available in English!) https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/login.php?target=crs_1546286

I am a lecturer and would like to teach my course digitally. How can I do this? – As of: 08/03/2021

The e-learning department provides information about the basic possibilities and scenarios of digital teaching with instructions, templates and much more under the following link: https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/loslegen.

If you would like to be regularly informed about changes and innovations in the e-learning systems, please register in the following information room: https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/goto.php?target=crs_1492956.

Guidelines on the use of Zoom at the University of Freiburg (German only)

Starting August 25, 2021, the Department of University Didactics has again been offering (several) consultation appointments daily during its online consultation hours where you can discuss your questions about digital teaching. Regardless as to whether you are in the planning phase or during the semester, from lectures and seminars to excursions and examinations – your questions can be neither too big nor too specific!

In addition, a daily hotline (for short consultations) will be set as of September 20, 2021 from 2pm to 3pm. More info.

Is attendance to digital seminars compulsory?

Yes, the examination regulations for regular attendance will apply accordingly.

Yes, the examination regulations for regular attendance will apply accordingly.

Seating plans with numbering of the lecture halls of the Central Lecture Hall Allocation Office can be found under the following link in the intranet (updated in November 2020).
For further information on centrally managed rooms you can also contact the colleagues of the Central Lecture Hall Allocation Office (D4.4).

According to the University’s hygiene regulations, the University of Freiburg has a ban on entry and participation for persons, among others,

1. who are subject to a mandatory sequestering requirement in connection with the coronavirus, or

2. who exhibit typical symptoms of infection with coronavirus, namely shortness of breath, new-onset cough, fever, impaired sense of smell or taste.

If you are unable to take an exam for the above reasons, please exercise your right to withdraw from the exam. In accordance with the regulations in the study and examination regulations, the application for permission to withdraw from an examination must be submitted to the responsible office without delay and with appropriate evidence of the reason for the ban on entry and participation.

With the current amendments to the University’s corona statute, dated January 27, 2021, we are expanding the possibilities for subjects to deviate from the specified type of examination, to make it easier to withdraw from examinations, to extend examination deadlines and to introduce a free attempt regulation. We ask you, dear students, to inform yourself about the subject-specific requirements at your respective examination office.

According to the University’s hygiene regulations, the University of Freiburg has a ban on entry and participation for persons, among others,

1. who are subject to a mandatory sequestering requirement in connection with the coronavirus, or

2. who exhibit typical symptoms of infection with coronavirus, namely shortness of breath, new-onset cough, fever, impaired sense of smell or taste.

If, for the above-mentioned reasons, you are unable to attend courses for which attendance is compulsory as stipulated in the study and examination regulations or in the module description, please contact the office responsible in accordance with the regulations of the study and examination regulations immediately for any possibilities of compensation and indemnification.

Yes, digital solutions can be used for each type of oral examination.

Online exams are all exams in which the examinee and examiner are not in the same room, but communicate electronically. The Corona Statutes provide for the possibility of connecting the examinee from home (see § 3 Corona Statutes) and from within the University (see § 4 Corona Statutes).

For planning and implementation, please refer to the fact sheets and application forms of the Legal Department under “Fact sheets and applications”.

Information page of the E-Learning Department: https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/goto.php?target=wiki_wpage_18147.

Please note that, in principle, there is no legal entitlement to the use of electronic information and communication technologies for coursework and examination purposes.

Yes. As of June 11, 2021, oral examinations can also take place in person once again.

All in person events of the study program (i.e. courses, oral and written examinations as well as entry and admission procedures) must be approved by the Rectorate.

Applications, in the form of this completed template (see also document no 18 under “Fact sheets and application”), must be sent to the following e-mail address, praxisveranstaltungen@zv.uni-freiburg.de, at least seven days before the start.

We are implementing the regulations on online examinations that have been newly included in the Baden-Württemberg Higher Education Act. Special requirements apply to online examinations under video supervision. Please also note the regulations as set out in the University’s corona statute.

Online information event: The e-learning department of the University’s IT Services, the teaching task force and the data protection officer informed all interested teachers and staff about the technical and legal aspects in an online information event on Friday, January 29, 2021, from 1 to 3 p.m.. The event has been recorded and can be accessed on the learning platform ILIAS.

Yes, since on-site study operations are currently possible on a limited basis, on-site written examinations are also possible.

• All in person events of the study program (i.e. courses, oral and written examinations as well as entry and admission procedures) must be approved by the Rectorate.
• Applications, in the form of this completed template (see also document no 18 under “Fact sheets and application”), must be sent to the following e-mail address, praxisveranstaltungen@zv.uni-freiburg.de, at least seven days before the start.

Yes. Please note the new options and regulations as set out in the University’s corona statute.

Standard regulations (as of: 04/24/2020):

Insofar as stipulated in the applicable examination regulations, it is already possible to deviate from the type of examination or the examination format stipulated in the respective subject-specific regulations.
Reference can be made here to § 14 paragraph 3 B.Sc. regulations as an example. “Deviations from the type of examination specified in the relevant subject-specific provisions in Annex B to these examination regulations or the examination format provided therein shall only be permitted if, due to a circumstance for which the examiner is not responsible and the consequences of which cannot be compensated for in any other way, the examination in the form provided would not be suitable or would be disproportionate to the effort required. The decision as to whether and in what form the examination may be carried out instead shall be made by the Special Examination Committee upon application to be made by the examiner without delay. The professional requirements of the examination performance must be observed. If the subject examination board approves the application, the students shall be informed immediately. Students who have already been admitted to the examination at the time of the decision of the subject examination board may withdraw from the examination upon application.” (non-binding courtesy translation)
The module manuals must be modified accordingly.
In addition, on April 17, 2020, the University of Freiburg adopted a supplementary and temporary ‘Corona Statute’ that regulates the courses of study and teaching for the 2020 summer semester.

In this case, the relevant examination deadlines must be extended at your request.
In this case, the requirements of the regulations for exam withdrawal for an important reason apply (see e.g. § 23 B.Sc. Examination Regulations).
The same also applies to requested extensions of the deadline for processing times as well as examinations scheduled for the summer semester which cannot be taken by students staying abroad for the reasons stated here. Please submit the application to the board of examiners, stating the reason for withdrawal and enclosing suitable evidence.

Filing at the University of Freiburg is not done electronically, so that the evaluated Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis has to be submitted in paper form for the examination file.

Click here for the latest information in Wiki for the Department of Campus Management.

LHG, §32 Section 5a, Clause 1:

“For students, the deadlines for the completion of semester-specific coursework and examinations in a degree program are extended by one semester for each semester if they are enrolled in this degree program in the summer semester 2020 or the winter semester 2020/2021.”

This is stored centrally in HISinOne. If you have any questions, please contact your examination office.

The MWK has also announced an extension of the deadline for the 2021 summer semester. However, the amended legal framework is not yet available.

Yes, on September 14, 2020 a new version of the Corona pandemic exam regulation (German only) came into force. Among other things, it states (Article 5, §3): “For students who were or are enrolled in a teaching degree program in the 2020 summer semester or the 2020/2021 winter semester , an individual standard period of study that deviates from the standard period of study and is extended by one semester for each of these semesters shall apply.” This may also affect your ability to split the oral examination into two consecutive semesters.

Further information can also be found on the website of the Ministry of Culture (German only).

The regulation also regulates the transitional provisions of the framework VO-KM, so that GymPO I is now applicable until March 31, 2022. The last regular examination date according to GymPO I (2009) is now the spring date 2022 (for subject combinations with fine arts or music, the spring date is 2023). Accordingly, the last possible registration date is October 2021 (or October 2022 for subject combinations with fine arts or music).

Further information can also be found on the website of the Ministry of Culture (German only).

Matriculations, de-registrations and leave of absence are currently not carried out in person on site, but by post. All information can be found on the website of the Student Service Center: https://www.studium.uni-freiburg.de/en/current-corona-info-from-the-scs?set_language=en

All in person events of the study program (i.e. courses, oral and written examinations as well as entry and admission procedures) must be approved by the Rectorate.
Applications, in the form of this completed template (see also document no 18 under “Fact sheets and application”), must be sent to the following e-mail address, praxisveranstaltungen@zv.uni-freiburg.de, at least seven days before the start.

If you have not already booked a room, it is advisable to check in advance whether rooms are available before submitting an application.

Please refer to the Website for current travel regulations

If required, a confirmation of the necessity of your presence in Germany for the purpose of study/doctoral studies (§ 16b AufenthG) can be issued (see below under Information Sheets and Applications).

For international students who cannot enter Germany due to Corona restrictions, an off-campus enrollment can be done by e-mail. The completed application for enrollment, the notification of admission, and the payments of the semester fee of 161 Euros and of tuition fees for international students of 1.500 Euros are required.

The proof of health insurance, the original documents noted on the acceptance letter, and the residence permit must be presented as soon as the students enter Germany. Enrollment is subject to a re-registration block for the winter semester 2021/22, which will be lifted as soon as these documents are available.

For further questions please contact us:  http://www.studium.uni-freiburg.de/en/student-services/matriculation?set_language=en

On the part of the university, it is possible to take leave of absence to care for sick relatives. You can find the application form and the necessary documents (medical certificate) here.

The University cashier’s desk will remain closed until further notice.

Please transfer your student payments (re-enrollment fees, tuition fees) to the bank account indicated:

• Matriculation: https://www.studium.uni-freiburg.de/en/student-services/matriculation?set_language=en
• Registration: https://www.studium.uni-freiburg.de/en/student-services/registration?set_language=en

If this is absolutely not possible, please contact the office via the e-mail address zahlungsverkehr@zv.uni-freiburg.de.

Students who can be admitted provisionally. The regulations can be found in § 45 and §46 of the Corona Statutes.
If you have any questions regarding admission, please contact the relevant department.

If your visa, probationary permit or residence permit expires while the Immigration Office is closed, write an e-mail to the Immigration Office. They will explain the further procedure to you: auslaenderbehoerde@stadt.freiburg.de or 0761 201 6470.

You can find answers from the EU Office to frequently asked questions for Incoming ERASMUS students here.

You can find answers from the EU Office to frequently asked questions for Outgoing ERASMUS students here.

The following recommendations are currently being made within the framework of the interdisciplinary overseas student exchange coordinated by the International Office (“Freiburg Global Exchange”):

Outgoing students

• Freiburg students who are currently spending a semester abroad: Recommendation to follow the guidelines and hygiene measures in the host country and the host university.
• Freiburg students who have been nominated for an exchange: Please get in touch with your contact person at the International Office.

Incoming students

• International exchange students from partner universities who are currently in Freiburg: Recommendation: Follow the instructions from your home university and home country (embassy)
• International students from partner universities who are interested in studying abroad and/or who would like to apply to such a program: Request information as per usual from the partner university’s international office

The contact persons for the “Freiburg Global Exchange” can be found at: https://www.international.uni-freiburg.de/en/contacts-by-function?set_language=en

If you do not pay tuition fees during a leave of absence, you will not receive any further vouchers. Even if you have submitted an application for tuition fee waiver and this has been approved, you will not receive any further vouchers. Nevertheless, you can use the vouchers you have not used so far and which do not lose their validity. Please send an e-mail to voucher@service.uni-freiburg.de to check how many vouchers you currently have available.

Information about the vouchers and the course offerings

Individual research internships, research-relevant theses, research traineeships and other work or internships in which students are integrated in a working group are permitted, subject to the provisions of the hygiene regulations.

• All in person events of the study program including research internships etc. must be approved by the Rectorate.
• Applications, in the form of this completed template (see also document no 18 under “Fact sheets and application”), must be sent to the following e-mail address, praxisveranstaltungen@zv.uni-freiburg.de, at least seven days before the start.

The Federal Ministry of Education has clarified by decree that BAföG funding will continue to be granted to the same extent as before and that you will not suffer any disadvantages with regard to the duration of funding.

Further information

For students who are enrolled in a degree program in the summer semester 2020 or in the winter semester 2020/2021 and have not yet reached the maximum funding duration, an individual standard period of study extended by one semester applies for each of these semesters. These students can thus receive a BAföG grant for a correspondingly longer period of time if the personal eligibility requirements continue to apply (see LHG §29 section 3a).

The MWK has also announced an extension of the deadline for the 2021 summer semester. However, the amended legal framework is not yet available.

For questions in individual cases, please contact the responsible BAföG offices.

Get in touch with the Studierendenwerk to use the available possibilities for financial aid, job placement, contact to further contact persons: https://www.swfr.de/geld/corona-nothilfe/, https://www.swfr.de, under the headings “Geld” (money) and “Beratung und Soziales” (counselling and social services) as well as https://www.unicross.uni-freiburg.de/2020/06/finanzielle-hilfen-fuer-studierende/.

Due to increased home office activity, capacity bottlenecks currently occur when using VPN. Therefore the computer center is asking that you use it sparingly. In addition, a new VPN client is available for Windows users.
By the way, for some applications you do not need to be connected to the VPN, e.g. to work on publicly accessible web platforms such as ILIAS, HISinOne, Adobe Connect, video server.
Detailed information

Since May 10, 2021 Students, auditors and PhD candidates are allowed to use the seminar rooms the Breisacher Tor for independenty study according to prior event booking and space allocation.

To avoid uncontrollable crowds and for contact data collection, it is necessary to book the workstations. This is done via HISinOne. If you are interested in a workstation, please note the information at https://campus.uni-freiburg.de/qisserver/pages/cs/sys/portal/linkedPortlet.faces?portletGuid=6866c50b-fd2f-4059-b33a-cbe86d8e5961&sig=a29a5fb974931cd430de02e057a986df

It is possible to reserve a room two days in advance starting at 8 a.m. Depending on the room’s capacity, either “immediate admission 2 days in advance” or “reservation requests + lottery procedure” is used as the reservation procedure: Depending on the booking procedure, you are either admitted immediately or you submit a booking request, which is then fulfilled/rejected at 2 p.m. via the lottery procedure (if there are still free places after 2 p.m., you can book them with immediate admission). For Monday, the occupancy runs from Friday (or Thursday in case of immediate admission).

When using the rooms for independent study, please note the following:

• Please keep your distance.
• Always wear a medical mask that meets the requirements of the FFP2, KN95, N95 or comparable standard, including at your workplace.
• Use only the marked workstations. We must periodically review the restriction to these workstations.
• The rooms will be cleaned regularly by the University according to the current situation as well as occupancy. You will be provided with supplementary cleaning agents in order to be able to clean surfaces additionally if required.

Since the beginning of June 2021, the UB has also been offering individual workstations so that students can actively participate in digital courses using their own mobile devices: https://www.ub.uni-freiburg.de/ihre-ub/aktuelle-nachrichten/

No mandatory testing is required for the use of the library or study spaces at this time.

1. Information according to Art. 13/14 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the use of the video conferencing system ZOOM at the University of Freiburg – as of: 04/23/2021
2. Information on the processing of personal data for conducting online examinations under video supervision (§ 32 LHG, Art. 13 GDPR) – as of: 05/28/2021
3. Affidavit on the independent provision of an oral doctoral examination in a video conference – as of: 05/07/2020
4. Instruction sheet for the conduct of oral examinations in video conference format outside the University or other institutions – as of: 05/07/2020
5. Declaration on the independent performance of an oral examination in a video conference examination – as of: 05/07/2020
6. Nur für lehramtsbezogene Staatsprüfungen als Teil-Videokonferenz: Zustimmung zur Durchführung einer mündlichen Prüfung in Form einer Teil-Videokonferenz (will be handed out by the Landeslehrerprüfungsamt) – as of 02/10/2021
7. General SARS-CoV-2 hygiene regulations from the University of Freiburg – as of 01/29/2021
8. Form on data collection pursuant to the Corona Ordinance – as of 08/09/2021
9. Instructions for the use of the form on data collection pursuant to the CoronaVO – as of 08/09/2021
10. Seating plans with numbering of the lecture halls of the Central Lecture Hall Assignment Office can be found on the intranet: Filter: Messages from the Rectorate (access only for university employees. Login with the university account)
11. Confirmation of the necessity to be present in Germany for the purpose of studies/doctoral studies (§ 16b Residence Act): summer semester 2021 German / English; winter semester 2021/22 German / English – as of: 05/28/2021
12. Contact data gathering pursuant to § 7 Corona Ordinance for on-site events using HISinOne – as of 10/20/2020
13. Information in accordance with Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for voluntary information on the occurrence of typical symptoms of a coronavirus infection or a positive corona test result – as of 10/23/2020
14. Corona Phased Plan for the University of Freiburg – as of 10/21/2020 – (Note: 08/03/2021 – not in effect at the moment)
15. Attestation de déplacement dérogatoire: PDF / Online – Stand: 03.11.2020
16. Bescheinigung über die Teilnahme an unaufschiebbarer akademischer Ausbildung (German only; i.e. in the case of curfews at night) – As of: 01/29/2021
17. Bescheinigung für Studierende gemäß Corona-Verordnung Einreise-Quarantäne for commuting students from risk or high incidence areas (German only) – As of: 03/30/2021 – (Note 08/03/2021: According to the most current ordinances, this document is no longer necessary.)
18. Vorlage zur Beantragung von notwendigen Praxisveranstaltungen und schriftlichen Prüfungen (German only) – As of: 06/18/2021
19. General Conditions for Planning the Winter Semester 2021/2022 – As of: 07/29/2021
20. Guidance about classroom instruction requiring “3G” proof (tested, recovered, vaccinated) at the University of Freiburg – As of: 07/29/2021
21. Violation record sheet against § 6 Para. 1 Section 1 CoronaVO Study Operations – As of: 10/13/2021
22. PPT template: Rules for on-site events in the 21/22 WS – As of: 10/18/2021