A warm welcome
The Hochschule Niederrhein. Your way.

We would like to celebrate the start of your studies with you and are organising a campus party in Mönchengladbach. Numerous university facilities will be on site, such as the Asta, the HSNR racing team, Student Degree Programme Counselling, Equal Opportunities and University Sports.

Of course, you will also have the opportunity to chat to your new fellow students over snacks and drinks.

The date is 24 September 2025 from 2 to 9 pm.

If you are looking for counselling, our HSNR counselling navigator will help you. Here you can easily filter the university's counselling services according to your needs and find the right contact person.

A button for the counselling navigator is permanently located at the edge of your screen when you visit the university's homepage.

All first-year students receive a study package during their faculties' induction week. Our small welcome pack contains small welcome gifts and information for a successful start to your studies.

Our app offers you many useful tools and is constantly being developed further.

Particularly interesting: The app offers you the opportunity to retrieve the semester ticket for NRW-wide public transport as an eTicket directly on your smartphone.
The student ID card can also be displayed via the app, as well as the barcode for the library and pay machines .

You can also conveniently check the daily specials at your canteen, check the next bus and train departure times or call up job offers in your faculties.

Once you have completed your registration/re-registration, you can retrieve and print out your student and library cards and other documents via the online portal

The semester ticket, student and library cards can also be accessed via our iHN app. You can use the following instructions to set this up in the app.

At the beginning of your studies, you naturally don't know your way around. The Hochschule Niederrhein makes it easier for all first-year students to find their way into their studies, their faculties and their university location. The first semester tutors make a significant contribution to this. They are students in higher semesters and are on hand to offer advice and support - usually recognisable by their blue T-shirts. They are specially prepared and qualified for their work by the tutor programme.

The university offers you numerous opportunities to organise your university life. In addition to interesting offers that support you in your day-to-day studies and help you advance your subject, such as our MakerSpace, maths courses, summer and winter academies, there is also a lot on offer for your student life away from the lecture halls, such as events, sports activities, theatre subscriptions, cinema or games evenings and much more.

We have compiled information on this for you on the page "Offers for your studies"

In addition to the four locations in Mönchengladbach and Krefeld, there is a cool new learning location in the centre of Krefeld (Petersstraße 122, opposite the Jazzkeller): the Future Work Lab (FWL). Come along to learn, network and work! There's also coffee for free :)

We look forward to seeing you!

Our MakerSpace is the best place to demonstrate that The Hochschule Niederrhein stands for applied science and that teaching education is not an end in itself. Students from all faculties can test their knowledge from lectures here with professional support and put it directly into practical application.

From the very beginning, students from the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science in particular, but also the Faculties of Industrial Engineering, Design and Health Care, have made use of the modern equipment in the high-tech workshop.

It's not easy to find your way around campus, especially at the beginning. The signposting on site and our site and building plans will help you here.

Would you like to get an idea in advance? You can find our virtual tours here:

• Krefeld South Campus
• Krefeld-West Campus
• Mönchengladbach campus

We use various channels to keep you regularly informed about news from the university, upcoming events and interesting offers.

You are welcome to follow our social media channels
Youtube | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn.

Once a week, you will also receive Niuswoche, HSNR's student newsletter, directly to your student email address.

Every semester we publish "WEGE", the HSNR's university magazine, which offers you exciting insights into research, your faculties and people at the university.