Enrollment

After you have entered your data in the online enrollment, you need to print and sign the request for enrollment. You can either print, sign, and scan the request for enrollment, or you can sign the generated PDF file digitally.

Please upload the signed request in the online application portal in the section for the enrollment documents in the field “Request for enrollment“.

Please transfer the semester fee to the account of the University of Mannheim and make sure to indicate „student ID number, last name, first name“ as payment reference. Your student ID number will be displayed once you have completed online enrollment. You may also need to pay tuition fees for international students or for a second degree, which are then added to the semester fee.

If you are already enrolled in another program of study at the University of Mannheim and change the field of study or the degree, you need not transfer the semester fee and, if applicable, tuition fees again, provided that you have already re-registered for your former program.

If you have to pay tuition fees for international students, please make sure to observe the information in the “Semester and tuition fees” section in Portal².

If you have any questions, please contact the bursar’s office at tuitionfeesmail-uni-mannheim.de, stating your name and application ID.

We need either a membership confirmation of your health insurance provider or a certificate from any statutory health insurance provider confirming that you have been exempted from compulsory insurance. This information is electronically forwarded to us by the statutory health insurance provider. Uploading a PDF file is not possible.

You are under a statutory health insurance scheme? Please request that your statutory health insurance provider reports your insurance status via the reporting reason M10 for the University of Mannheim (“Meldegrund 10 für die Universität Mannheim”), referencing the sender number H0002079. This confirmation is used by the health insurance provider to inform the university whether you have compulsory insurance as a member or whether you are covered by family insurance through a statutorily insured parent, spouse, or life partner.

You are insured in a private health insurance scheme? You need to submit a request for exemption from compulsory statutory health insurance to a statutory health insurance provider. Please request that the statutory health insurance provider reports your exemption from compulsory insurance via the reporting reason M10 for the University of Mannheim (“Meldegrund 10 für die Universität Mannheim”), referencing the sender number H0002079. If you have been previously insured under a statutory health insurance scheme, please contact your previous health insurance provider. Otherwise, you may contact a statutory health insurance provider of your choice.

Please request the reporting reason M10 immediately after you have been admitted to the University of Mannheim in order to ensure that we receive the certificate as soon as possible. Please note that you cannot enroll without this proof. However, you may already request to be enrolled. To check whether we have already received your reporting reason M10, please visit Portal² (seeinstructions).

Please note:

• Please do not request reporting reason M10 if you are already enrolled at the University of Mannheim or were disenrolled with effect from 31 July 2024 and are now continuing your studies in another degree program. In this case, you do not have to prove your insurance status again.
• It is not sufficient to submit your health insurance card/EHIC.

International first-year students, who are covered by statutory health insurance in their home country, may request an exemption from compulsory health insurance in Germany provided that they have adequate insurance coverage. Please contact any statutory health insurance provider in Germany and request reporting reason M10 for the University of Mannheim (“Meldegrund 10 für die Universität Mannheim”), referencing the sender number H0002079. Details can be found on Portal².

If you enroll in a bachelor’s program, you need to submit  proof of an orientation test (aptitude test / Career Counselling for Teachers). On our website on aptitude tests, you will find more information on the test you need to take.

Please upload the confirmation of participation (not the test result) in the section for the enrollment documents in the field “Aptitude test“, “Career Counselling for Teachers“ or ”OSA-Psych“.

You need a copy of your ID card or passport showing your name and your date of birth.

Please upload the copy in the online application portal in the section for the enrollment documents in the field “ID card/passport“.

Some bachelor's and master's programs require a certain level of English language proficiency. For more information about the level of language proficiency required, if tests from previous years are accepted and by which date the proof has to be submitted, please refer to the overview of foreign language skills required for bachelor's programs or foreign language skills required for master’s programs and/or the Selection Statutes.

You only need to submit a proof of language proficiency if a corresponding requirement is noted on your official letter of admission.

Please upload a copy of your certificate in the online application portal in the section for the enrollment documents in the field “Proof of language proficiency” as soon as possible after receiving the official letter of admission but by the deadline specified on the letter, at the latest. You can also ask your test center to send your test results to us electronically.

If you have already been enrolled at a German university, we need a confirmation of eligibility to take exams from the previous higher education institution confirming that you are still eligible to take exams in the respective degree program.

You only need to submit a confirmation of eligibility to take exams if a corresponding requirement is noted on your official letter of admission.

Please upload this confirmation in the online application portal in the section for the enrollment documents in the field “Confirmation of eligibility to take exams”.

If you were enrolled at a higher education institution in Germany in the previous semester, we need a confirmation of disenrollment from the higher education institution you attended last.

In addition, we need proof of the semesters you have been enrolled at a higher education institution, proof of the number of subject-specific semesters you have completed and, if applicable, proof of any academic leaves of absence lasting a semester. Proofs may be submitted in the form of an enrollment record (Studienverlaufsbescheinigung) or an enrollment certificate, for example.

Please note: If you have been enrolled at several higher education institutions in Germany, you need to submit corresponding proofs of all higher education institutions you have attended to date.

Please upload the corresponding proofs in the online application portal in the section for the enrollment documents in the field “Enrollment certificate / confirmation of disenrollment“.

If you are already enrolled in another degree program at the University of Mannheim, you do not need to upload this/these document(s) of proof.

If you are planning to enroll in two or more degree programs at the University of Mannheim or are already enrolled at another university and would like to enroll at the University of Mannheim at the same time, you will find important information here. Please remember to submit your application soon enough so that your enrollment won’t be delayed.

Please upload the approval for parallel studies in the section the enrollment documents in the field ”Parallel studies“.

Please note in case of enrollenment in a master’s program:
It is not considered parallel studies, if, at the moment, you are still completing your bachelor's degree and are therefore enrolled at another university until the end of the semester.