International
Planning your stay
After you have arranged the conditions of your stay with your host faculty, the Services for International Scholars and Staff (SISS) can help you organize the rest of your stay.
In order to give you the best support possible before and during your stay, SISS needs important information from you. Your host will forward your information to SISS via a Check-in form .
You have several options to finance your stay as visiting scholar or staff at Hochschule RheinMain if you are not financed by your host faculty.
ERASMUS
ERASMUS+ is the European Union's program for education, youth and sport. If you are employed at one of the partner universities of Hochschule RheinMain, you can apply for Erasmus+ funding at your own institution.
With Erasmus+ International Dimension, funding can now go to partner universities outside the EU. The program primarily promotes non-EU students and staff visiting German universities.
DAAD guest lecturer program
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) funds foreign scholars to teach at German universities. The minimum duration of the stays is three months. Hochschule RheinMain can apply for funding with you. Please contact siss@hs-rm.de.
Other sponsors may include the DFG or the Humboldt Foundation.
The SISS team will be happy to help you find accomodation.
For short-term stays, we recommend a hotel or guest house. For long-term stays, the private housing market is more appropriate. Prior to your stay, SISS can send you a list of current hotels and available apartments and can provide general information on rent agreements and electricity/gas registration.
Visiting scholars from an EU member state or the European Economic Area do not need a visa to enter Germany.
Short stays (less than 90 days)
Visiting scholars from non-European states must apply for an entry visa at the German embassy or consulate in their home country. For stays shorter than 90 days, some countries are exempt from this rule. The Federal Foreign Office provides information on which countries are excempt and which are not.
Detailed information on visa and entry regulations can be found on the websites of the German embassy for your home country. Processing a visa application can take two months or more and varies from embassy to embassy. Please make sure to apply in due time.
Longer stays (more than 90 days)
Non-EU nationals who want to stay in Germany for longer than three months and teach, work or conduct research at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, require a work visa. You must apply for this visa at the German embassy in your home country. Detailed information on visa and entry regulations can be found on the websites of the German embassy for your home country. Processing a visa application can take three months or more and varies from embassy to embassy. Please make sure to apply in due time.
The Federal Foreign Office provides information on the visa you need to enter and stay in Germany.
Please note the German customs regulations before you enter the country.
For the duration of your stay in Germany, you will need health insurance.
EU citizens can keep using the health insurance from their home countries.
With non-EU nationals, regulations depend on the duration of your stay. Short stays (less than 90 days) require a travel health insurance. Longer stays without an employment contract with Hochschule RheinMain may require a private health insurance. Researchers with scholarship should be able to apply for state health insurance. If you have an employment contract during your stay, you will automatically be covered by state health insurance.
SISS can provide you with information on insurance providers.
Additionally, it is recommended to get a personal liability insurance. The personal liability insurance covers the costs in case of accidents and is one of the most important insurances in Germany.
Further information on research and teaching stays in Germany
Find out more about the network for mobile researchers.
Information on scholarships and funding options
