Services
Services offered by the IGSN:
- Initial registration with the university
- Finding your first room / flat
- Making your first rental agreement for the flat / room
- Opening a bank account (standard letter Überweisungsträger)
- Finding health insurance
- Finding your way around Bochum and the University
- Registering with the local authorities
- Helping you with visa problems
- Informing you which visa is appropriate for whom.
- Finding the way to Bochum from the airport.
- Helping you translate letters from the town/university/bank
- Advice on how to use the university's / department's / institute's libraries
Services NOT offered by the IGSN:
- Mobile telephone contracts (most mobile shops have somebody who can speak English)
- Moving house / flat
- Tax matters / claims
- Helping you with your work contract if you are not awarded an IGSN scholarship (your supervisor should help you with this)
- Arranging and / or extending visas if you are not an IGSN scholar (your supervisor should help you with this)
- Translating general letters
- Getting a credit card
- Setting up online banking (most banks have somebody who can speak English)
- Shopping (however we will give you information where to find what)
- Staying registered at the university (this has to be done each term within a certain period)
- Maintaining your health insurance (however there are some standard letters which you can consult)