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The Hochschule RheinMain – University of Applied Sciences and Arts website features a self-study module that provides you with the most important information about starting your studies and life in Germany.
As part of the enrollment process at Hochschule RheinMain – University of Applied Sciences and Arts, compliance with the language requirements will be examined. You can download a general confirmation of the language requirements here. Together with your certificate of enrollment, it serves as proof that you meet the language requirements.
You can download a confirmation of enrollment and a place at university for visa purposes here. Please review the contents of the document.
Hochschule RheinMain – University of Applied Sciences and Arts provides you with an overview of important information to help you organize your stay in the Rhine-Main region.
You can find helpful information about financing your studies on the university's website.
First of all: HSRM does NOT arrange accomodation for you, this is your responsibility! Please also be aware that in the Rhein-Main-Area around Frankfurt, finding (affordable) accomodation is challenging and you should try to arrange your housing as early as possible! Keep in mind that your enrollment comes with the “Deutschlandticket”, i.e. the usage of all local public transport is included in your fees, so a commute to a more affordable housing option only costs you travel time, but not additional money.
You can find some general information on our central website. The most affordable options are generally
student accommodation (“Studierendenwohnheime”), usually arranged as one-room studios or as flatshares with one private room for you while you share a kitchen and the bathroom/shower. Some landlords may allow you to share your room with a fellow student to be able to share the rent, while this is usually prohibited. Some local accomodations are:
Studierendenwerk Frankfurt am Main
Gemeinnütziges Siedlungswerk GmbH Frankfurt am Main
In most cases, there will be waiting lists, and it might take several months before a place will be offered to you - so register your interest as early as possible, in some cases you might need your enrollment confirmation, though. Other options are to look for flatshares (“WG-Zimmer”):
or single rooms (“Gästezimmer”, “Monteurzimmer”) on the private housing market, it’s often helpful to check for new housing listings regularly. Your chances of success are often higher if you respond to a listing promptly:
If you find yourself in need of housing for the same day, your best options are AirBnB (filter for “immediate booking”), a dedicated Google search:
or hotel portals like like booking.com. There are several hotels within walking distance to our campus, e.g.
Hochschule RheinMain – University of Applied Sciences and Arts has several campuses. The Faculty of Engineering is located at Am Brückweg 26, 65428 Rüsselsheim am Main. This is where courses are held, and the faculty’s administration offices are located here. You can find a map and various directions on how to get to our campus on the Locations and Campus Maps page. You can get a glimpse of the campus through our virtual campus tour.
To find detailed bus or train schedules in the Wiesbaden/Frankfurt area, visit RMV or Deutsche Bahn. Deutsche Bahn also offers long-distance train connections throughout Germany and Europe.
In the Faculty of Engineering, you can email the Internationalization Coordinator at any time. In addition, the university’s International Office will provide you with all the information you need to get started at the university. To help you connect with fellow students, the university offers a buddy program where you can meet a fellow student who will support you. You can find detailed information on the Buddy Program’s website. You can also contact the teaching assistant from your faculty.
In addition, the student union (AStA) and the Faculty Student Committee address the concerns of students at Hochschule RheinMain – University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Other points of contact include:
The members of staff at the Student Affairs Office process applications and enrollments and are responsible for many academic administrative matters, including disenrollment. They answer questions about higher education entrance qualifications and handle the admission procedure for degree programs with restricted admission.
As part of the peer mentoring program, our mentors—students from higher semesters—guide you through your first semester (and beyond) and provide insights into what matters most for your degree program and for your studies in general.
You can find the Degree Program Heads in the information for each respective degree program. They are your points of contact for questions regarding the content of your specific degree program.
Degree Program Administrative Assistant
You can also find the program assistants for each degree program in the program information. This is where master’s theses are registered and submitted. Academic transcripts and program-related certificates are issued, and certificates of ineligibility to take exams are accepted.
On the university's website, you'll find an overview of important dates and deadlines related to your studies — from preparatory courses to exam periods.
Master’s degree in AI and Advanced Information Technologies and master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering
You may arrive up to about four weeks after the first day of classes (mid-October), as most courses are held online during the first few weeks of the semester. However, you must be on campus by mid-November at the latest, as attendance is mandatory for some courses starting at that time. If you arrive later, you may still remain enrolled and—to the extent possible—make up any missed courses or begin your studies with the courses offered in the summer semester. Courses from the winter semester that you did not attend can be made up in the following winter semester.
Please note that you are required to have health insurance as soon as you become a student. Even if you are still in your home country, health insurance premiums are due starting from the beginning of the semester for which you are enrolled.
It is not possible to defer admission to the next semester, as this is a degree program with admission cap (exception: the Applied Physics degree program).
The following applies to the Master of Applied Physics degree program:
Your letter of admission is valid for one semester only, but you can use it to apply directly via the university’s application portal (compass.hs-rm.de) for a future semester. During the application process, you should upload your letter of admission along with the other documents required for your application. Provided the admission requirements have not changed, you will receive a new letter of admission within a few days. Applications for the winter semester can be submitted from late May/early June, and for the summer semester from late November/early December. Please note: your old login details will be deleted once the application period has ended, so you will need to register again.
Since we like to keep our groups small and have a lot of personal interaction in our courses in Master Applied Physics, we require that students are present. Therefore, unfortunately, following the courses online is not possible.
Late arrival is possible up to four weeks after the start of lectures, which would be mid-November in winter semester and mid-May in summer semester.
If you can’t make it by then, we recommend starting in the next semester. Teaching in the next semester will start in April (summer semester) and in October (winter semester).
If students of Master Applied Physics want to start in the next semester then, for administrative reasons, you will formally have to apply again. However, that will just be a formality. If you upload your admission letter for the current semester then you will automatically be admitted for the next semester, without another interview.
For more information about the enrolment process, please write to studienbuero@hs-rm.de.
Please understand that a determination of your eligibility for the program can only be made during the application process, as HSRM has too many enquiries concerning the program.
Once your application is considered as formally valid, uni-assist will forward it to Hochschule RheinMain. In the course of the application process, your file will be sent to the admission’s board for the master’s degree program you chose. The admission’s board then decides after checking the application documents about eligibility and admission of the candidates. For NC programs like the one you wish to study, there is an allocation process for the study places available.
The winter semester runs from October through March, and the summer semester from April through September. Courses are generally held from mid-October through the end of February (winter semester) and from mid-April through mid-August (summer semester). An official confirmation of these dates can be downloaded here.
Online Week takes place shortly before the Christmas holidays. To allow students to travel to see relatives and friends in time, all courses during this period will be held exclusively online. In addition, there will be a self-study period at the beginning of the new year, which is intended for independent study. No courses will be held during this time either. You can find the dates on the university’s website.
Using your HDS login – which you will receive after enrollment but before the beginning of the semester – you can log in to your StudIP account. On the student platform StudIP, you will find information and announcements about you degree program and lectures, such as “Professor X’s lecture is canceled today.”
Use Stud IP to register for courses shortly before the semester begins so you can access all course notes and relevant materials.
Most professors post the lecture materials on Stud IP, while others hand them out during the first lecture. As a general rule, you should assume that all lecture materials are relevant to the exam! If you have trouble accessing the course materials, please contact your peer mentors.
The TeachingLearningCenter offers a UNIcert II program every semester. The certificate awarded attests to a B2+ level. For more information, please visit the TeachingLearningCenter (LLZ) website; registration is done via Stud.IP (button: LLZ). If you have any further questions, please contact LLZ@hs-rm.de
UNIcert II Language Program:
Advance Your English Part 1: Level B1+ (from B1+ to B2) – 4 SWS/5 CP (concurrent with the semester)
Advance Your English Part 2: Level B2 (Consolidating B2) – 4SWS/5CP (as an intensive course during the semester break)
Students who can already provide proof of (lower) B2 language skills on the placement test may begin directly with Part 2.
The B2 final examination takes place at the end of the Part 2 course. Successful participants receive the UNIcert II certificate (cost of issuing the certificate: €25. Participation in the courses and the examination is free for HSRM students.)
Yes, there's a guide to help you get started with StudIP.
Currently, you can only switch StudIP to English after logging in. The option to change the language on the registration screen does not work at this time. After logging in, click on your profile picture in the upper right corner. Then select “Einstellungen.” In the window that appears, you can use the dropdown menu to change the language from “Deutsch” to “English.”