Semester Information for Exchange Students

The semester ticket is valid as Deutschlandticket and allows you to use the following means of transport throughout Germany free of charge:

• Local public transport (tram, city bus, commuter train, metro)
• Regional trains operated by Deutsche Bahn and most private railway companies
• Intercity and regional buses

Not included in the Deutschlandticket are long-distance trains (IC/ICE), long-distance buses (e.g. Flixbus) and taxis.

To download the Deutschlandsemesterticket, you must first install the MeinJena app on your smartphone and register in the app. You can find detailed instructions for downloading the Deutschlandticket here: 

• Deutschlandticket - https://www.eah-jena.de
• Germany semester ticket - Jena public transport

The culture ticket is part of the semester fee and provides free entrance to the following cultural institution:

• Theatre in Jena („Theaterhaus Jena“)
• Jena’s philharmonic orchestra („Jenaer Philharmonie”)
• Museums in Jena

Please note: Before visiting the cultural institutions, you will need to get an entry ticket first. The entry ticket can be obtained in the corresponding shops (e.g. Jena’s tourist office). The ticket will be free of charges if you present your THOSKA.

• Read more: Kulturticket Jena (Englisch) - Studierendenwerk Thüringen (stw-thueringen.de)

Moodle is a teaching and learning platform where online seminars take place and where you can find teaching material for your courses. Some lecturers also use Moodle for course enrolment, others do not. This depends on the respective lecturer. To register for Moodle, please use your login data, which you will find on the document "Account data".

Go to Moodle

You are allowed to amend your Learning Agreement once after the start of lectures. This means that you may add or deselect courses from your original Learning Agreement. Please use the template "Amendment of the Learning Agreement". Changes are possible until the end of the 1 week of lectures. Please send your amended Learning Agreement to Robert Schaef by email by 6 April 2025 at the latest. If you do not wish to amend your existing Learning Agreement, you do not need to submit an amendment.

• Amendment of the Learning Agreement

Note: Students in the double degree programme cannot change your courses as you are studying according to a special study plan prepared by the relevant department.

If you continue studying at the EAH Jena in Summer Semester 2025 (April to September 2025), you must re-register by 17 February 2025 at the latest. To re-register, please transfer the semester fee for the Summer Semester 2025 in the amount of € 273.65 to the following account:

Note on the reference line: Please replace the word "student number" with your own student number and "Name, Vorname" with your own surname, first name.

What happens if I do not transfer the semester fee on time?

If we do not receive the semester fee by 17 February 2025, we will charge you an additional late fee of € 25. If you have not re-registered by the end of the semester on 31 March 2025, you will automatically be de-registered from the EAH Jena.

Hint: If you are unsure that you can make the transfer of the semester fee by 17 February 2025, please inform Mr Robert Schaef in good time. You will then get more time for the transfer.

At the beginning of your studies, you have enrolled yourself at the EAH Jena. At the end of your studies, you need to the opposite: you de-register yourself. The corresponding German term is “Exmatrikulation”. You may determine the date on which the de-registration is to take place yourself. This can be, for example, the day of your departure from Jena or the day on which you would like to move out of the hall of residence. The certificate of de-registration (“Exmatrikulationsbescheinigung”) can already be issued before the actual date of de-registration.

The certificate of de-registration is important. You will need it for the following purposes:

• Termination of the rental agreement with Studierendenwerk
• Termination of health insurance contract in Germany
• Termination of bank account in Germany
• Termination of further existing contracts (e.g. phone, internet)

De-registration procedure

In order to de-register, you will need to fill in the application for de-registration (“Antrag auf Exmatrikulation”). 

Apply for de-registration now

1. Fill in the application for de-registration (“Antrag auf Exmatrikulation”) and undersign the form. Please enter “Hochschulwechsel” as the reason for de-registration. Please leave the field “Tag der Abschlussprüfung” blank.
2. Subsequently, send the form by email to: studierendensekretariat@eah-jena.de
3. Consequently, the certificate of de-registration (“Exmatrikulationsbescheinigung”) will be issued and returned to you by email.

Just as you registered with the City Office ("Bürgerservice") in Jena at the beginning of your stay, you must also de-register before returning to your home country. You can de-register at the earliest 1 week before the date of moving out.

You will need the following documents for de-registration:

• Application for de-registration
• Passport

Please send the required documents as scans by email to: bs-antrag@jena.de

Address: 

Team Bürgerservice
Löbdergraben 12
07743 Jena
Deutschland

As long as you are enrolled at the EAH Jena, you can view and download your grades as pdf file in the university's self-service portal. After de-registration from the university, you will no longer have access to the self-service portal.

In the following table, you will find an overview of who you will receive your grades or your transcript from after exmatriculation.