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Student Info Sessions

Site: myKLU Learning platform
Course: Student Services - Orientation for New Students
Book: Student Info Sessions
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Date: Friday, 4 April 2025, 11:01 PM

Description

Here we will upload the presentations after each session, so you can have a look at them again.

Table of contents

1. Introduction

This format supports you on your way from admission over enrollment to your arrival in Hamburg with sessions on different topics relevant to your preparations for your studies.

With the Student Info Sessions, KLU offers guidance even in the early stages before you start at KLU in September and helps you in staying on top of things before it gets hectic in the days before the Welcome Week.
 
You will be sent a link to sign up in due time before the sessions. Should you not have received one, please write to studentservices@klu.org.

2. Visa and Health Insurance

Please find the presentation + recording for the session from April 25. 2024 here.

You can view the presentation here or by clicking on the image below.


Please find a recoding of the session here.

More information on these topics can be found here on Moodle:

  1. Visa
  2. Blocked Account
  3. Health Insurance

3. Accommodation

Please find the presentation for the intake 2024/2025 of the session on accommodation here.

You can view the presentation here or by clicking on the image below.



Please find a recording of the session here.

More information on these topics can be found here on Moodle:

4. Enrollment

Please find the slides and recording of the session for the 2024/2025 intake here.

We have added some more detailed information on the differences in enrollment for exchange students on a separate slide. You can view the presentation here or by clicking on the image below.

The recording can be viewed through this link (video might be muted at first).

You can find the enrollment check lists for the different programs here:

5. Welcome to KLU

In this session, we covered a short outlook on what you can expect once you arrive in September as well as a few topics that become important once you have finished the enrollment process and come to Hamburg.

You can view the presentation here or by clicking on the image below.

The first slide of the presentation for the last Student Info Session of the year.

Below you will find a few links with further information on the topics that were discussed during the session:

6. Exchange Students

Please find here the slides from June 4's presentation or click on the image below.

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You can find a recording of the session here.

More information on Accommodation can be found here on Moodle:

Where to look for accommodation in Hamburg:

The city of Hamburg provides some comprehensive information and links on this site If you scroll down, they also have an integrated map, by clicking on “Karte vergrößern” (enlarge map) you can enter the address of KLU (Großer Grasbrook 17, 20457 Hamburg) into the search field and will see that KLU really is quite in the center of Hamburg.

Popular among students are the areas of Altona/Ottensen, Sternschanze, or Eimsbüttel, all more to the west of Hamburg. Flats/Flatshares are quite popular and competition and rent prices can be quite high. Areas like Barmbek, Wandsbek, more to the north of Hamburg, or Hamm to the east, can be a bit easier to find something and a little cheaper. 

Although currently finding something in Hamburg anywhere is unfortunately quite a challenge, both for Germans and people from abroad. Rent in the areas south of the river Elbe, Wilhelmsburg and Harburg, is a bit lower as well and with the “S-Bahn” it is also not a long commute to KLU. They are not among the most popular areas of Hamburg, yet, but more and more people move there as well nowadays.

 Depending on your budget, it can be advisable to look for alternatives outside the city center. Hamburg has a safe, reliable and well-connected public transportation system, so that every district can be reached easily. A 30-45 min ride (or longer) from home to university is not unusual. As you will receive a transportation ticket valid for the whole area of Hamburg, you might want to search in less popular areas as well. Of course, we recommend looking for an apartment with a good connection to KLU, e.g. near underground stations of “U-Bahn” lines that allow switching to the U4 line. You can also find more information about districts in Hamburg here.

 When looking for private offers, we advise some caution especially with offers that sound almost too good to be true. We have listed a few “red flags” in the presentation above.

As always, you can contact us with questions directly at studentservices@klu.org.