We are happy to provide help and support if you are a refugee and ...
would like to know how to prepare (with regard to language and other skills) for your studies in advance.
would like to start your studies at the Hochschule Niederrhein (HSNR).
would like to continue your studies at the HSNR.
Up-to-date information on preparatory courses, study options and guidance you will find on this website.
Should you need further personal advice, please feel free to contact our refugees team.
National Academic Contact Point UkraineThe German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has launched the website "National Academic Contact Point Ukraine" with the support of the Federal Ministry of Education.
This website bundles information and offers of help for researchers and students from Ukraine on the following topics
Німецька служба академічних обмінів (DAAD) за підтримки Федерального міністерства освіти запустила веб-сайт "Національний академічний контактний пункт в Україні".
На цьому веб-сайті зібрана інформація та пропозиції допомоги для дослідників та студентів з України за наступними темами:
German language coursesThe HSNR offers German language courses to refugees who have a higher education entrance qualification so that they can pursue German-taught degree programmes.
Depending on the applicants' average language proficiency, courses start at level B1, B2 and/or C1 and are designed to prepare students for the DSH examination (German language test for university admission).
The DSH exam is offered by the HSNR in cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen.
New courses are expected to start in March 2024.
To participate in the German courses you need:
German language skills at level A2;
a higher education entrance qualification for the HSNR.
Our German courses:
prepare you for the DSH exam - you will be able to take the exam at the end of the course;
help you prepare for studies in Germany
With a DSH certificate (level 2) you fulfill the language requirements to pursue German-taught degree programmes at the HSNR.
Full-time intensive courses
Duration: March to December
Course location: Mönchengladbach
Scope: 35 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Structure: 5 hours/day; plus self-study phase, e-learning
There is a mandatory additional programme consisting of advice sessions, workshops and study preparation courses:
Studies in Germany (structure, procedure, etc).
Recognition of educational and professional qualifications
Studies and career advice
Financial support
Student shadowing
Intercultural training
Currently, all German course participants take part in our programme as so-called guest students.
This means that they are not enrolled, have no student status and no semester ticket.
The costs for the guest student programme - and therefore also for the German course - are 125,- € per semester.
Please note that you will also have to pay for any additional teaching material (e.g. books) as well.
Please complete this application form and send it together with your other application documents by e-mail to deutschkurs(at)hs-niederrhein.de.
For more information on the application process, please refer to the following frequently asked questions (FAQ):
Advice and supportRefugee students receive advice, guidance and support on campus from our orientation tutors (O-Tutors), who are part of the GLOBUS community.
Services include:
advice sessions via Zoom: please arrange an appointment directly with the tutors.
initial advice in German, English, Ukrainian or Russian
content-related advice on the programmes as well as on language and preparatory study courses offered by the HSNR
help with the application via uni-assist or with filling out a Bafög (financial support for students) application form
answering e-mail inquiries
guidance during the introductory phase of studies
Please contact our tutors using this e-mail address: refugees(at)hs-niederrhein.de
Age:
Country of Origin: Germany
Language Skills: German, English
Degree programme:
Age: 33
Country of Origin: Germany
Language Skills: German, English
Degree programme: MA International Migration and Intercultural Relations
Email: tanja.luyten(at)hs-niederrhein.de
Hello everyone and welcome to GLOBUS and the Hochschule Niederrhein!
My name is Tanja, I graduated from the Hochschule Niederrhein in February 2022 with a Bachelor's degree in Social Work. Currently, I am studying my Master International Migration and Intercultural Relations at the University of Osnabrück and joined the GLOBUS team as an orientation tutor in 2019.
Through my stays abroad, as well as social and cultural projects, I really enjoy working with people from different cultures and planning activities together. I am looking forward to the time together, in which I can get to know you, guide and support you.
This project is sponsored by:
Welcome - Students get involved with refugees
HSNR offers refugee academics opportunities to continue their academic or professional careers as part of the DAAD-funded PROFI project .
The "Welcome to NRW" app combines general and basic information and is designed to help people find their way around in North Rhine-Westphalia.
You have a professional or academic degree in your home country? The recognition of this qualification can be important to find work in Germany. The app provides relevant information and provides orientation.
You have questions about asylum, apprenticeship and work issues? You would like to get started in the German language? The "Ankommen App" provides answers to many practical everyday questions.
The Integreat app supports people arriving in Germany.
In the city of Krefeld, the InteGreat app has now been introduced to support newly arrived immigrants.
Study options and orientationIf you have already decided on a degree programme, we will inform you about the admission requirements and the application procedure on our website for prospective international students.
You can also find a lot of information about programmes for refugees on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
If you do not yet know what you would like to study at HSNR, there are several ways to get to know our degree programmes better.
Below we will introduce you to three orientation programmes at HSNR, on which we are happy to provide further personal advice if required.
Student shadowing
Student shadowing allows you to experience student life at the HSNR for one day.
You will accompany a student from your chosen degree programme and attend lectures with her or him. In this way you will get to know the facilities of the university (such as the library or the refectory) and can ask many questions.
For more information, please refer to this leaflet on student shadowing.
Guest student
As a guest student at HSNR you can attend selected courses for one semester.
While being a guest student you can decide whether this particular degree programme is the right one for you.
At the same time, you can get used to the academic language and evaluate whether your language proficiency is sufficient.
As a guest student, you will receive a guest student ID card, which also allows you to use the library free of charge.
To be a guest student you:
Since almost all courses are taught in German, you should have a good basic knowledge of the German language.
Only for the Bachelor's degree programmes Textile and Clothing Management as well as Sales and Marketing and the Master's degree programmes Textile Trade and Technology and International Management no knowledge of German is required, as lectures are held in English only.
In most circumstances the guest student fee of 100€ is waived because asylum seekers are considered in need.
If you would like to apply for guest student status at HSNR, you would need to enclose the following documents:
Please complete the guest student application and return it to Nicole Blankenhagel.
Open lectures
Of course you can also attend our regular open first-semester lectures.
Attending these lectures will give you a good first impression of the degree programme, you will get to know lecturers and students and experience the atmosphere on campus.
Detailed information about the lectures and registration you will find here:
Open lectures - Registration
Financial support and scholarshipsFrom 2023 to 2027, the HSNR can award scholarships to refugees as part of the NRWege ins Studium programme, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Scholarships are awarded refugee students who are highly motivated and very likely to thrive in their studies.
Students who would like to apply for a scholarship need to be enrolled as a regular student at HSNR and have a refugee status.
The amount of funding depends on the type of scholarship and the funding period and is limited to a maximum of 934,- € per month.
Partial scholarships can be awarded, too. A partial scholarship amounts to a maximum of 300,- €.
Applicants for a full-time scholarship will have to prove that they have applied for BAföG (student funding) and that the application has been rejected or not yet approved. BAföG recipients can receive a scholarship of 300,- €.
Two types of scholarships:
(*receipt of application documents by email)
Full/Partial Scholarships:
1) Proof of enrolment as regular student at HSNR.
2) Proof of a refugee background (e.g. ID/passport copy, residence title, see information sheet "approved residence titles").
3) Proof of higher education entrance qualification abroad.
4) Proof of German language skills (copy of certificate).
5) Written confirmation by the applicant that he/she is unable to finance his/her studies in any other way, as well as a confirmation that additional benefits (BAföG) have been applied for and that the results of the application will be communicated as soon as possible.
6) Letter of motivation which clearly states the interest to pursue further studies to build on the previous educational background and the necessity for support (at least one DIN A4 page, see information sheet "Information on the Letter of Motivation").
7) It is important for applicants to be willing to provide required data/information throughout the funding period to the university and to participate in surveys/studies.
8) It is vital that based on previous educational background, a successful course of studying is foreseeable.
9) For a follow-up scholarship or in the case of an initial application from the 4th semester onwards, a positive report from a university lecturer confirming the personal and professional suitability of the applicant is to be submitted.
10) In the case of follow-up scholarships or in the case of an initial application from the 4th semester onwards, proof of study results from the previous period have to be submitted.
11) Applicants have to submit a written statement that they are willing to make use of counselling services on a regular basis.
12) For a follow-up scholarship it is also required that applicants made use of counselling services and, in addition, that they are willing to continue to use counselling services as well as to help voluntarily in the program / the university counselling services.
13) Optional: Proof of social commitment.
Applications are evaluated and candidates chosen by a selection committee on the basis of their performance, the level of their German language skills, the quality of their letter of motivation (in the case of studies and graduation scholarships, the quality of the expert opinion) and their financial situation. Successful applicants are subsequently notified in writing.
There is no entitlement to a scholarship.
Other scholarships will be counted towards the scholarship. The total amount may not exceed 861,- €, i.e. scholarship rate is reduced by this.
BAföG recipients can receive - if selected - 300,- €.
Applications without financial support will be selected preferentially in case of equal suitability.
Only complete and timely submitted documents will be considered.
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