Information on Coronavirus for international students

Last updated: September 28, 2022

In the winter semester 2022/23 courses and examinations at Anhalt University are conducted in on-campus/in-person mode for all students matriculated by October 31, 2022 until further notice. This also applies English-taught master-level degree programs.

This does not apply to those classes which are specified as online courses/classes in the respective degree program and examination regulations and to classes which are part of current digital teaching projects (eSALSA/PraxWerk) and in which hybrid teaching formats are being tested.

Students who study in special programs on the basis of international university cooperations and for whom presence at the university in Germany is not required are also exempt from this. This is regulated in the degree program's valid version of the program and examination regulations or through a cooperation agreement in the respective degree program.

Also exempt from this are those international students who are likely to expect a severe disadvantage from enforcing the in-person regulation and for whom special study schedules (Sonderstudienprogramme) for starting the winter semester have been set up in the respective degree programs. This must be coordinated between the degree program advisor/program director and the Head of the Student Service Center (SSC) by October 31, 2022.

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All persons are required to always carry with them a medical mouth and nose covering. There is no obligation to wear a mouth and nose covering in the university buildings. However, it is recommended to wear a mouth and nose covering when the distance between people is less than 1.5 m.

There is no general obligation to wear a mouth and nose covering in teaching rooms. It is, however, within the responsible teaching staff's right to enforce wearing a mouth and nose covering in class. Students are required to abide by this decision for the duration of the class.

This directive on teaching and examination regulations (last revised: September 26, 2022) provides an overview of the regulations that apply at the university during the winter semester 2022/23.

Detailed information and measures taken by the university in dealing with the pandemic are available in the "What you need to know" section of this webpage.

For queries related to entering Germany, please contact the International Office at internationaloffice(at)hs-anhalt.de. For queries related to your application or enrollment, please contact our Student Service Center on studienberatung(at)hs-anhalt.de.

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Please note:

Anyone displaying the typical symptoms of the SARS-CoV-2 infection (fever, cough, shortness of breath) is not permitted to enter any university facilities or take part in any university events/courses.

A person who has tested positive has to follow the instructions mandated by the Public Health Office (Gesundheitsamt). Please inform your degree program advisor (Studienfachberater) and the dean's office of your department by telephone or e-mail.  Close contacts of the last three days are to be informed independently as well.

In order to avoid infection of students and staff, the university management decides on the further procedure in each individual case. For further information also see the "Health related measures"-section on this webpage. 

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We recommend that students and staff at Anhalt University regularly consult the websites of the Federal Ministry of Health, the Saxony-Anhalt State Government and the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for up-to-date information. The Saxony-Anhalt Public Health Offices (Gesundheitsämter) have also set up telephone hotlines. (cf. contact details on the right)

What you need to know:

  • Health related measures

    Anyone displaying the typical symptoms of the SARS-CoV-2 infection (fever, cough, shortness of breath) is not permitted to enter any university facilities or take part in any university events/courses.

    A person who has tested positive has to follow the instructions mandated by the Public Health Office (Gesundheitsamt). Please inform your degree program advisor (Studienfachberater) and the dean's office of your department by telephone or e-mail. Close contacts of the last three days are to be informed independently as well. In order to avoid infection of students and staff, the university management decides on the further procedure in each individual case.  

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    The Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesgesundheitsministerium) describes the first signs of illness and recommends the following:

    "The first signs of illness are cough, runny nose, sore throat and fever. Some affected persons also suffer from diarrhea. If the infection is severe, breathing problems or pneumonia may occur. After becoming infected, symptoms can appear up to 14 days later.If you experience any of the symptoms described above, avoid unnecessary contact with other people and stay at home if possible. Contact your family doctor by phone or call 116117 and discuss the next course of action before you go to the doctor's office. Have you had contact with anyone infected with Covid-19? Contact your local health department."

    (Source: Bundesgesundheitsministerium, September 21, 2020)

    For further information see the website of the Federal Ministry of Health.

     

    Local Public Health Offices (Gesundheitsämter):

    Public Health Office / district office - Anhalt-Bitterfeld

    phone: +49 (0)3496 601234

    e-mail: buergertelefon(at)anhalt-bitterfeld.de

     

    Public Health Office / district office - Salzlandkreis

    phone: +49 (0)3471 684-2684

     

    Public Health Office / district office - Dessau-Roßlau

    phone: +49 (0)340 2041753

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    List of pharmacies that perform Corona rapid tests

  • Academic calendar & teaching

    In compliance with the regulations issued by the Saxony-Anhalt state government, the house rules of Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and until further notice, courses and examinations of the winter semester 2022/23 are conducted in the on-campus/in-person mode for all students matriculated by October 31, 2022. This also applies to the English-taught master-level degree programs.

    This does not apply to those classes which are specified as online courses/classes in the respective degree program and examination regulations and to classes which are part of current digital teaching projects (eSALSA/PraxWerk) and in which hybrid teaching formats are being tested.

    Students who study in special programs on the basis of international university cooperations and for whom presence at the university in Germany is not required are also exempt from this. This is regulated in the degree program's valid version of the program and examination regulations or through a cooperation agreement in the respective degree program.

    Also exempt from this are those international students who are likely to expect a severe disadvantage from enforcing the in-person regulation and for whom special study schedules (Sonderstudienprogramme) for starting the winter semester have been set up in the respective degree programs. This must be coordinated between the degree program advisor / program director and the Head of the Student Service Center (SSC) by October 31, 2022.

    Detailed information can be found in the directive on teaching and examination regulations in the winter semester 2022/23 (last revised: September 26, 2022).

    This directive may be amended/altered by the university management in the event of changes in the legal requirements.

    Changes affecting university operations ordered by a public health authority (Gesundheitsamt) or the responsible Saxony-Anhalt state ministry will be announced by the university management.

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    Students are required to always carry with them a medical mouth and nose covering. There is no obligation to wear a mouth and nose covering in the university buildings. However, it is recommended to wear a mouth and nose covering when the distance between people is less than 1.5 m.

    There is no general obligation to wear a mouth and nose covering in teaching rooms. It is, however, within the responsible teaching staff's right to enforce wearing a mouth and nose covering in class. Students are required to abide by this decision for the duration of the class.

    Persons with a medical certificate exempting them from wearing a medical mouth and nose covering are not required to wear a mouth and nose covering. The person must have such medical certificates with them and present them to the instructor/teaching staff upon request.

    Anyone displaying the typical symptoms of the SARS-CoV-2 infection (fever, cough, shortness of breath) is not permitted to enter any university facilities or take part in any university events/courses.

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    For queries related to entering Germany, please contact the International Office at internationaloffice(at)hs-anhalt.de. For queries related to your application or enrollment, please contact our Student Service Center on studienberatung(at)hs-anhalt.de.

  • Enrollment procedures

    Please note that enrollment can only take place if Anhalt University has received all of the required documents. For an enrollment for the winter semester documents have to be submitted until September 30. For an enrollment for the summer semester documents have to be submitted by March 31. If you have any questions please get in touch the with Student Service Center.

    Required enrollment documentation:

    • Signed application form
    • Copy of identity card or passport (if not yet submitted; ID number may be blacked out)
    • Passport-sized photo (35 x 45mm, 300 dpi)
  • Entering Germany

    On this webpage international students find up-to-date information on entering Germany provided by the International Office of Anhalt University: Information on entering Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic

    For entry specific queries please contact the International Office at internationaloffice@hs-anhalt.de.

    If you have any questions regarding student applications, please contact our Student Service Center at studienberatung@hs-anhalt.de.

  • Health insurance

    International students enrolled in degree programs, which are held completely as online programs and those students who follow their classes from outside Germany are generally not subject to Germany's mandatory statutory health insurance scheme.

    If you

    • have not yet arrived in Germany,
    • intend to do so before March 31, 2023,
    • have not yet taken out health insurance for Germany,
    • or are covered by statutory health insurance, but your contribution payments have been temporarily suspended,

    you may be required - should you indeed arrive before March 31, 2023 - to pay a substantial additional contribution to your health insurance backdated to the date of your enrollment.

  • Examinations & required coursework

    For examinations in the winter semester 2022/23, this directive on teaching and examination regulations applies (last revised: September 26, 2022).

    The academic calendar stipulates winter semester examination schedules. Examination types are laid down in the respective degree program and examination regulations. Winter semester examinations are to follow these specifications. Students are required to declare their consent to any changes to the type of examination and to the participation in examinations to which changes of examination types have been made. This consent needs to be declared in writing using the respective form (see link to form on HIS-QIS examination portal).

    Every online written examination (Online-Klausur) offered may only be scheduled in addition to an in-person examination for that same examination. Furthermore, the provisions of the Saxony-Anhalt Ordinance on the Testing of Electronic Distance Examinations at Universities (EFPrVO-LSA) of January 28, 2021 apply.

    For oral examinations, including colloquia as part of final Bachelor's or Master's examinations, the student may be given the choice of taking the examination in person or via videoconferencing tools (remote oral examination).

  • Landesstudienkolleg/Preparatory College

    For classes at the Preparatory College (Studienkolleg) the regulations specified in the directive on teaching and examination regulations apply (last revised: September 26, 2022).

  • SSC, IO, WZA, ISC

    Visits to the Student Service Center (SSC), the International Office (IO), the Anhalt Center for Continuing Education (WZA) or the IT Service Centre (ISC) are possible when the matter cannot be dealt with through an email, a telephone call or any other way not requiring face-to-face contact.

    A minimum distance of 1.5 meters to others is to be kept at all times and a mask must be worn covering the nose and mouth.

  • Computer pools and student workrooms

    Computer pools and workrooms are open. Please observe the regulations specified in the directive on teaching and examination regulations for the winter semester 2022/23 (last revised: September 26, 2022). 

  • University libraries

    The University Library is open to students, staff and other visitors on all campuses.

    For more information see the university's campus libraries' webpage.

  • University sports

    The university's sports facilities are open for face-to-face courses.

    Further information is available here.

  • Mensa/Student cafeterias

    With regards to the student cafeterias, the regulations of the Studentenwerk Halle must be observed. Please find further information on this website.

  • Travelling for private reasons/outside Germany

    When travelling privately, the regulations of the German Federal Government, the state governments of the Länder as well as the statements issued by the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and the Robert Koch Institute must be observed.

    Returning from an international high-risk area:

    Anyone who has stayed in a high-risk area outside the Federal Republic of Germany within 10 days prior to entering Germany must go directly to his or her own residence or another suitable accommodation immediately after entering Germany and remain there under quarantine for a period of 10 days. You must contact the relevant Public Health Office (Gesundheitsamt).

    In order for the health authorities to be able to control the observance of the quarantine, those entering the country must fill out a digital entry form: www.einreiseanmeldung.de. The travel and contact information is forwarded to the relevant Public Health Office (Gesundheitsamt), which can then contact the person entering the country.

    Please also inform your degree program advisor and the dean's office of your department as well.

    Your period of quarantine/seclusion may end at the earliest on the fifth day after you have entered Germany, only if you have a negative test result confirming that you are not infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus (coronavirus). This test result (either in paper form or as an an electronic document) must be written in German, English or French and immediately presented to the relevant Public Health Office (Gesundheitsamt) on request within ten days after entry.

    The coronavirus test result will only be accepted if the test was taken no earlier than five days after entering the Federal Republic of Germany. The test must meet the requirements of the Robert Koch Institute, which are published on this website.

    You must keep the medical certificate stating your coronavirus test result for at least ten days after entering the Federal Republic of Germany.

    Quarantine/seclusion is suspended for the time necessary to have a coronavirus test taken.

    If you have symptoms (which indicate a COVID-19 infection according to the current criteria of the Robert Koch Institute), the responsible Public Health Office (Gesundheitsamt) must be informed. Please also inform your degree program advisor and the dean's office of your department. See a doctor immediately in cases of unclear symptoms - even if your test result was negative. The Robert Koch Institute provides this orientation guide.

  • Financial Support

    Please visit this webpage for options to finance your studies.

Protection against infection

1. Anyone who displays the typical symptoms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (fever, cough, shortness of breath) is not permitted to enter any university facilities or take part in any university events/courses.
2. Persons are required to always carry with them a medical mouth and nose covering. There is no obligation to wear a mouth and nose covering in the university buildings. However, it is recommend to wear a mouth and nose covering when the distance between people is less than 1.5 m. There is no general obligation to wear a mouth and nose covering in teaching rooms. It is, however, within the responsible teaching staff's right to enfore wearing a mouth and nose covering in class. Students are required to abide by this decision for the duration of the class. Persons with a medical certificate exempting them from wearing a medical mouth and nose covering are not required to wear a mouth and nose covering. The person must have such medical certificates with them and present them to the instructor/teaching staff upon request. A medical mouth and nose covering is a multi-layer disposable mask - in particular EN 14683:2019-10 medical face masks or an equivalent product; ususally referred to as surgical mask (OP-Maske), single-use face mask (Einwegmaske) or single-use protective mask (Einwegschutzmaske) - or a particle-filtering half mask (in particular FFP1, FFP2 or FFP3 masks).
3. After entering a university building, wash/disinfect your hands thoroughly. Wash your hands several times a day (at least for 30 seconds with soap and water).
4. Maintain appropriate cough and sneeze etiquette. During personal contact, avoid physical contact (e.g. shaking hands). Hands should be kept away from the face.