If you wish to apply for TK, just follow this link:

Become a member - students

Please fill in your personal data to process with your membership application. In case you will apply for TK please submit your TK application number (you will receive this number after having submitted your TK online application) for enrollment.

More information about TK can also be found here: TK website in English.

Kindly note that you can only become a member as of your first day of enrollment (BSC/MSC students: Sept 01). This is the start of the academic year; an earlier start is not possible due to German law. Please be aware that you need full medical travel insurance for your interim period of travel until enrollment day.

In case of any further questions please have a look at our FAQs first. If you have any more questions, just ask us: studentservices@the-klu.org. 

Monthly contributions
Currently, the monthly contribution for students for TK is like all statutory health insurance companies about € 120. 

After your membership at TK becomes valid you will be asked by TK if you would like to submit a SEPA mandate direct debit to agree for monthly payments. To do so you need a German bank account, so you need to wait with the decision until you will be in Germany. The other possibility is to pay in advance for one semester= 6 months. In this case you would receive an invoice from TK.

You will be informed by TK about the exact process during the Welcome Week and at the same time you will also receive your health insurance documents. We will have several sessions during the Welcome Week to finalize your membership.

TK Services
KLU offers regularly TK support hours on campus where you can discuss open issues with a contact person. Moreover, the Techniker Krankenkasse provides a 24 hours, 7 days a week customer advice hotline (Tel. +49 800 - 285 85 85) as well as an AppointmentService (Tel. +49 40 - 46 06 61 92 20, Mon - Fri 7 AM - 10 PM). TK supports you to find an English-speaking doctor/specialist in time. If you require medical advice you may contact TK-MediCall (Tel. +49 40 - 46 06 61 91 40).

Please find more information about TK's services on TK's website.

How can I get in touch with TK?
Once you are on campus you will meet our contact person from TK in person. During the Welcome Week we will have several support hours from TK where you will be informed about TK's services and the health care system in Germany in general.  You will receive your health insurance documents from TK and can ask all questions you may have.

As soon as you have a German address, please let TK know about it. TK will send all postal documents to you directly. Up to this date kindly use the address in your home country when applying for TK. 

Of course you always have the possibility to get in touch with our contact person from TK directly in case you have any questions in details concerning your health insurance at TK.

Please find the contact details here:

Jurij Visnakov from TK:

Phone: + 49 40 460 65 10 16 16
Email: jurij.visnakov@tk.de

TK Info Sessions for all future students

Getting started in Germany can be very difficult, especially when it comes to health insurance. Therefore, we would like to invite you to our Welcome Session.

We will talk about:

• Essential documents for your studies
• The German health care system
• Difference between statutory and private health insurance
• Benefits and services of statutory health care system

After the session, you will be an expert and can calmy begin with your studies.

Please register via the link below:

Click here to register for Welcome-Session 2024

Important: You will get an email to confirm your registration for the Welcome-Session including a link to your event.

Dates and Time:

Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 from 2pm to 3pm

Thursday, March 14th, 2024 from 3pm to 4pm

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 from 4pm to 5pm

Please Note: All times are in the Central European Time

Onlinetool: MS Teams

Speaker: Dustin Hustede & Jurij Visnakov

Sign up under: Welcome-Session 2024