Organizational matters relating to your studies

Enrollment certificates, certificates acc. § 9 BAföG, certificates for submission to Deutsche Bahn or private railway companies as well as the possibility to change your address can be found at

https://tune.tuhh.de/

You can find information on how to set up your TU account here

1. Enrollment Certificate (with/without standard study period)

Using the Student Self-Service Function you can print out enrollment certificates at any time that can be verified by third parties. The semester documents also include a two-language enrollment certification. Should you nevertheless require a certificate that is stamped and signed, please come to STUDIS during office hours. There is a €6 charge for certificates that you can pay at STUDIS, directly and by ec card only, please. If you cannot attend in person please send us an e-mail to study@tuhh.de stating your student registration number, the semester for which you are requesting a certificate, and whether or not the standard study period should be listed. Please then remit the amount due to the bank account shown below.

2. Deregistration Certificate

Have you deregistered already but need a new printout of your deregistration certificate or pension insurance certificate? Then please come to STUDIS during our office hours where you will be issued with a replacement printout for a fee of €6, payable by ec card only, please. If you cannot attend in person please send us an e-mail to study@tuhh.de stating your student registration number (or, alternatively, your date of birth) and current address.
Please then remit the amount due to the bank account shown below.

NB: The TUHH has only issued electronic pension insurance certificates since 2002. If you completed your studies at the TUHH before 2002 you do not need to pay a fee for a first-time issue of this certificate. In case of doubt, please contact STUDIS.

3. Proof of Payment of Fees

Do you require proof for your tax return, for example, of how much you paid in tuition or semester fees under your student registration number at the TUHH? We will be happy to issue you with a certificate for that too (it costs €6). Please come to STUDIS during our office hours where the fee is payable by ec card only. If you cannot attend in person please send us an e-mail to study@tuhh.de stating your student registration number, your current address and the semesters for which you require a certificate and then remit the amount due to the bank account shown below.

4. Semester Documents

From the summer semester 2024, the semester documents will be made available completely in digital form. Click here here for information.

Bank account for additional or replacement certificates

Recipient: TUHH
IBAN: DE96 2000 0000 0020 1015 12
BIC: MARKDEF1200
Bank: Deutsche Bundesbank
Amount: see Nos. 1-4
Reason for Payment: Please enter your student registration number and add the payment category as follows (examples):
12345678-Immabesch
12345678-Exma
12345678-Imma Beitrag

NB: If you pay by credit transfer it will take around five days to be credited. As a rule we will process you application within two weeks of receiving your payment. And note: It is not possible to pay by cash! Click here for information about fees.

If you no longer want to continue your studies at the TUHH you will need to apply for deregistration.

You will find the application form here.

Please read the instructions below and send the completed and signed application to the Student Services by post or e-mail or drop the application in the letterbox at building E (entrance I). The TUHH will send you the deregistration certificate by post approx. 1-2 weeks after receipt of the application at the TUHH. The exmatriculation certificate serves as proof of your periods of study at TUHH and will be required later for pension insurance. Therefore, keep the original in a safe place.

In principle, exmatriculation is possible on any date within a semester for which the re-registration was made. Backdated deregistration is excluded.

Please note that the TUHH exmatriculates all students automatically who have not re-registered for the next semester, i.e. have not paid the semester fee. Deregestration then takes place on 31.03 for the end of a winter semester or on 30.09 for the end of a summer semester. The official notification of exmatriculation due to lack of re-registration is sent out with a time delay. (Beginning of May for exmatriculations as of 31.03., beginning of November for exmatriculations as of 30.09.).

Exmatriculation upon passing the final examination:
In principle, you do not have to apply for exmatriculation yourself because you have passed your final examination. This is done automatically at the end of the semester in which you received/will receive your certificate. If you need a certificate of deregistration before the end of the semester, you can also exmatriculate yourself at any time using the application form above. The deregistration has no effect on the issuing of the certificate. If you apply for exmatriculation but your degree has not yet been submitted to the Examinations Office, you will automatically receive a corrected form of the exmatriculation certificate with the graduation date entered at a later date.

Exmatriculation in the case of an examination that has been definitively failed:
Exmatriculation takes place ex officio, i.e. you do not have to apply for it separately. As soon as the deadline for appealing the grade decision of the Examination Office with the notification of the final failure has expired, you will be deregistered by the Student Services. If you wish to deregister before then, this is possible upon application.

Note for calling up certificates after de-registration
After deregistration you will have access to the TUHH-Computer Center-account for a maximum period of 6 months. Certificates can be downloaded from the TUNE portal for a period of six months after de-registration. For future use you should print necessary documents like enrolment certificates or transcripts of records within this period. After the expiration of this term confirmations or certificates have to be paid. After this period has expired, please contact the responsible Examination Office for examination matters and the Student Services (STUDIS) for study matters.

You won't be able to continue your studies due to, for example, child education?
In the following instances you are entitled to deregister for a limited period and reregister at a later date:

• Military or alternative civilian service
• Maternity / Paternity leave or home care
• Study abroad

The legal basis is "Satzung über das Studium an der TUHH". But please get in contact with STUDIS before applying for such kind of deregistration.

Study finished. What next?
Click here for information about reregistering after completing your degree course.

You have dropped out of your studies and are not continuing them at another university?

The Student Counceling center of TUHH can help to find new perspectives

International students will find information about support and networking possibilities, concerning for instance accommodation, student grants and contact adresses on the website of the International Office.

Reregistration involves paying the necessary contribution and fees. The periods specified for reregistration are:

• summer semester: February 1 - March 15
• winter semester: August 1 - September 15.

Reregistration for the winter semester 2025/26

Reregistration involves paying your semester contribution on time (!). It means that the contribution must be credited to the TUHH's bank account by the reregistration deadline at the latest.

NB: This deadline and also the sum of the semester contribution do not apply to students registering for the first time at the TUHH. These students please do not pay until they have received the enrolment confirmation with payment information online in their application status!

For information on the composition of the current semester fee of EUR 386,00 and the notification of contributions, please click here. Students who start their studies at the TUHH for the first time in the winter semester 2025/26 will find the confirmation of enrollment including the payment request in your application portal after enrollment. 

The best way to pay is to use an online banking facility. In any case the following information must be included:

Payee: TUHH
Bank: Deutsche Bundesbank
IBAN: DE96 2000 0000 0020 1015 12
BIC: MARKDEF1200
Reference: 20252xxxxx

The "20252" enables the allocation to the winter term 2025/26. Please replace "xxxxx" by your complete immatriculation no. Do not use spaces, hyphens or other characters. Do not shorten your matriculation number. Please be sure to stick to this format, otherwise the money cannot  be allocated.

The address of "Deutsche Bundesbank" is: Willy-Brandt-Straße 73, Postfach 57 03 48, 22772 Hamburg, Germany.

For payments from abroad: If you transfer the money from another country please make sure that the extra transfer fees are covered!

And please note: If you do not reregister you may be exmatriculated.

If you have not received any documents 14 days after the transfer in your self-service-portal TUNE, please check in the self-service-portal TUNE whether the re-registration is possibly blocked or whether the semester fee was actually transferred with the correct intended purpose.

Delayed Reregistration

In case you missed the reregistration deadline, an additional fee of 30 € has to be paid (according to the "Satzung über die Erhebung von Gebühren an der TUHH"). The 30 € have to be paid to:

Payee: TUHH
Bank: Deutsche Bundesbank
IBAN: DE96 2000 0000 0020 1015 12
BIC: MARKDEF1200
Reference: 20252xxxxx

The "20252" enables the allocation to the winter term 2025/26. Please replace "xxxxx" by your complete immatriculation no. (without blank or hyphen).

The address of "Deutsche Bundesbank" is: Willy-Brandt-Straße 73, Postfach 57 03 48, 22772 Hamburg, Germany.

You will receive your semester documents after the fee (and the semester contribution, too) was credited to this bank account.

Taking a sabbatical semester

Please refer to this website.

Change of course of studies

If you are planning to change your course of studies please get in contact with the admissions office as soon as possible. Some information can also be found in the FAQs or here (for Bachelor's programs).

In the Hamburg University of Technology´s Study Regulations the procedures of enrollment, re-registration, leave of absence and removal from the student register are fixed.

• Hamburg University of Technology´s Study Regulations

From the summer semester 2024, we will provide you with the following certificates exclusively digitally in the TUNE self-service portal after transferring the semester fee

• Your student ID card,
• A bilingual enrolment certificate ( German/English)

The former semester ticket will become the so-called Deutschlandsemesterticket from summer semester 2024 and will also only be available digitally.
You can find further information on retrieving the Deutschlandsemesterticket here.

If you are unable to retrieve any documents 14 days after the transfer, please check the TUNE self-service portal to see whether the re-registration has been blocked or whether the semester fee has actually been transferred with the correct purpose.
The Deutschlandsemesterticket can be retrieved at the earliest 14 days before the start of the new semester.

You can print out your enrolment certificates, the certificates according to § 9 BAföG and the certificates for Deutsche Bahn using your access data from the TUHH computer center under the following link: Portal

Additional certificates and duplicates are subject to a fee.

In case of problems please contact TUHH User-Service-Center. Information how to set up your TU account can be found here.
 

Attention:

Before the first use of your account you have to change the initial password. Please read the information.

Change of course of studies

If you are planning to change your course of studies please get in contact with the admissions office as soon as possible. Some information can also be found in the FAQs or here (for Bachelor's programs).

Reregistration involves paying the necessary contribution and fees. The periods specified for reregistration are:

• summer semester: February 1 - March 15
• winter semester: August 1 - September 15.

At the moment under construction. In the meantime please refer to the German version of this website.

Have you completed your studies at the TUHH or completed parts of them here at the TUHH? Would you like to have these periods confirmed for employers or recruiting companies? Or are you a potential employer or acting on behalf of one and want to have a person's study periods verified? Then please proceed as follows:

Please contact the administrator responsible for the degree program at our Student Services department. Please use study@tuhh.de for your inquiry. Please be sure to include a handwritten, signed power of attorney from the person whose degree or study periods are to be verified. Otherwise, we will not be able to provide any information. To ensure prompt and uncomplicated processing, we ask that you also provide at least the following information in your request: first and last name, date of birth, degree program, matriculation number (if available), periods of study, and/or graduation date.

The TUHH offers graduates who would like to continue their academic education after completing their degree course the option of reregistering as a student. Reregistering for further academic education is limited to two semesters. It is also pegged to an earnings limit that you must not exceed. The earnings limit corresponds to the basic scholarship amount of DFG (€1750 per month). 

You must specify on application form your academic interest and further education plans and you have to bring a letter of acceptance of supervision written by a professor of TUHH.

And please note: Further academic education is no regular course of study. It is only an offer of TUHH to acquire further knowledge in the field of engineering sciences. You will get the student status but without having the right to take exams. As a rule there is no right to be under the statutory health insurance plan, too.

Special information for international graduates:
Please note that the times of further academic education will count for the 18 months of a residence permit for job search!

Further information and application forms are available from the Studierendenservice.

The TUHH Career Center helps students and graduates with the transition from university to a career by providing service and consulting offerings and creating communication platforms on which to make contact with companies. Information can be found here.