Information for Freshmen

Welcome to the Theological Faculty
The Theological Faculty of Göttingen offers a large variety of courses to give you a proper start into your studies. Having approximately 400 students enrolled at our faculty, it is rather small, while providing an appropriate staff number, which supplies a vast variety of courses and secures individual supervision.

Göttingen’s faculty also has a long tradition and has been keeping up its excellent reputation in scientific theology ever since it was founded about 270 years ago.

Enrollment
All courses of studies at the Theological Faculty are open to everyone and do not require an application. Further information on enrollment without application can be found on the homepage of the center of studies.
Enrollment needs to be completed before the semester starts. Click on the following link to go to the online enrollment form: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/51437.html
Enrollment for the winter term starts on August 1st and ends on September 30th. For the summer term enrollment begins on February 1st and ends March 31st.

Start of studies
An orientation week with introductory courses welcomes all freshmen the week before the winter term starts. Language teachers announce their classes and study advisors provide information on the arrangement of the course of studies, the individual classes and the different types of exams. The dates concerning this week will published on our homepage in time. For further information please contact study advisor Dr. Frank Schleritt .

All freshmen who start in the summer term will receive all necessary information at an orientation meeting on their first day at our faculty.