Service Package for international Students

Service Package for international students

Studying in Freiburg with the Studierendenwerk’s Service Package for international students.

Especially for international students, Freiburg has a lot to offer: its position in the tri-national triangle of Germany, France and Switzerland, the Black Forest and the Vosges Mountains right outside the door, 28,000 students from all over the world, prestigious academic institutions and the Studierendenwerk’s Service Package, including a room, health insurance, and the aid of friendly dormitory assistants.

The Service Package can be ordered one semester at a time. It includes:

  • a furnished room in a residential group (shared use of kitchen and shower/bathroom) or a furnished single apartment (own shower/WC and kitchen) in a Studierendenwerk-operated residence,
  • student health insurance,
  • intensive personal support by international residence tutors from the Studierendenwerk Freiburg as well as the opportunity to participate at the international semester program of the student dormitories,
  • membership and club card for the International Club,
  • a welcome package with lots of useful Information,
  • MensaCard with starting credit,
  • a coupon for a Studierendenwerk-led excursion (Studitours)
  • our virtual information package for international students

Moreover for the dormitories in Freiburg a digisafe service against a fee is optionally available for those who arrive in the evening or on week-ends.

Price of the Service Package for one semester:

starting at 3.178,00 € with health insurance
starting at 2.453,00 € without health insurance

Applications for the winter semester must be submitted by 31 July of the respective year, summer semester applications are due by 31 January.

Your social contribution payment has to be payed to your institution upon matriculating. It entitles you to make use of all services of the Studierendenwerk: canteens, cafeterias, accident-, liability-, bicycle- and wardrobe-theft insurance, social counseling, psychotherapeutic counseling, childcare, loans and job service.

FAQs for Servicepackages

In the following, you find the most important questions and answers about the Service packege for international students.