Late arrival by visa matter? What do I need to observe?
Students are urged to arrive in Magdeburg prior to the ON-Boarding week. No deferrals can be made for individual students.
We would like to inform you, that we are an in-person university by following strict regulations. For all, especially for international students, it is very important to be present in Magdeburg, on campus. Doesn't matter that we understand your problems to get a student visa in time. Here on campus, we can support you much better with a stable internet connection, library access, study counseling, and no time differences. Our popular SIMP-SON buddy program is offering several in-person networking events. From experience, we can tell that students taking online classes, studying from home, and struggling a lot with their studies because of several issues. We even had students applying for a visa who received a rejection because they could not prove that they were studying.
Arrive by October 1, latest, and take part in our mandatory introduction session and classes during the
ON-BOARDING WEEK. The program can be found online: www.isp.ovgu.de
Students arriving later we have to inform you that your arrival during the semester is causing a lot of stress. Classes will start promptly, and late arrival students will miss important lecture content, information, language registration deadlines, etc. The exam registration is taking place in November, and before you can register you should try out the chosen compulsory elective courses (master's). Furthermore, the workload of modules (courses) is calculated from the start of the semester. Entering classes later is possible but can not be recommended. Courses are fast going, challenging, and must be repeated on own-responsibilty. Arrival in November , Decem,ber can't be recommended because of the difficult accomodation search and on-going studies. Better arrive in February, March and start your studies with the summer term. On an extra semester must be count.
Because of these circumstances, we can not provide a late arrival to OVGU students. In the worst case, you have to reapply for your master's. ORBA and IMME studentns have to take part in the selection procedure again.
However, we hope that you can solve your visa and arrival matters in time and start your studies at OVGU as soon as possible.
All information about studies, schedules, and events will be published on our study program website.
Please check out the “ON-BOARDING" section by the middle of September on www.isp.ovgu.de