Practical Stuff

Practical Information

The Euroculture orientation days for the winter term 2022/23 will take place October 11-14, 2022 @ Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3 (Main Campus).

Here you can find information from the International Office on the organisation of your studies and on orientation in Göttingen

For current information on Studying under COVID-19 Pandemic Conditions please refer to this page

Please see our websites for further details on the online application procedure, admission requirements, tuition fees and available grants:

Euroculture Consortium: http://www.euroculturemaster.eu
Euroculture Göttingen: http://www.uni-goettingen.de/euroculture

Studying at the University of Göttingen	Before arrival and during your stay
Orientation in Göttingen	Göttingen Online City Map Bus connections Semester Ticket
Career Opportunities:	University Job Center Career Service Universität Göttingen Göttingen Job Center GoinGlobal - Jobs here, there, everywhere
Language Courses:	Lectorate for German as a Foreign Language (free of charge) Center for Languages and Key Competences (free of charge) IKK Intensive German Courses (fee required; scholarships available) Integration German Courses Goethe-Institut Göttingen
Medical Services:	Göttingen provides high-quality health care services through public and private medical facilities. For example, here you can drop by without an appointment. For more information on medical care in Göttingen, plese check the Medical Care and Emergencies - Information and safety instructions for international students or the following website. The Psychological Counseling Center (PSB) can provide temporarily psychological counselling and can assist in identifying established psychotherapists who can treat in foreign languages. See also search portal of the Medical Association (filtering by foreign languages possible). In case of emergency, call 112 (life emergency).

By train:	Getting to Göttingen by train is very easy from Hannover (about 1 ½ hours) or from Hamburg (about 2 hours) and also from Frankfurt (about 2 hours). All trains run once an hour and cost between 20 and 60 Euro. Further information about travelling by train can be found online: www.bahn.de (Deutsche Bahn).
By plane:	The nearest international airport to Göttingen is located in Hannover. Hannover Airport has regular train connections to Göttingen (with transfer at Hannover central train station). It will take you around one hour to reach Göttingen. The second nearest airports are Frankfurt/Main and Hamburg; from there you can reach Göttingen within 2 hours by train.
Getting around Göttingen:	Göttingen has a good transportation network. With your student card you can travel through most parts of the city by bus for free, although riding a bike is normally quicker. It does not cost much to rent a bike in Göttingen for a day (11 Euros for renting a bike for 24 hours). Buying a bicycle in Göttingen is no problem either. There are several bicycle shops in Göttingen, but you can also buy bikes second hand or rent a bike for a whole month through Swapfiets
Getting around Germany:	Apart from taking the train, you can use the carpooling service BlaBlaCar or take a Bus.
Getting to the University:	You can find a description on how to walk from the train station to the central campus in three minutes here. Our office is located here, you can use this link to search for all University builidings.