Basic information for exchange students
Summer semester 2026:
Term dates: 01.03.2026 - 31.08.2026
Lecture time: 27.04.2026 - 31.07.2026
Winter semester 2025/26:
Term dates: 01.09.2025 - 28.02.2026
Lecture time: 22.09.2025 - 06.02.2026
Each department has its own examination periods. (Klausurphasen)
Please contact your departmental coordinatorat Bochum University of Applied Sciences for more detailed information.
Before the semester start exchange students must select courses, which they plan to take at Bochum University of Applied Sciences.
The course offer can be as a rule found on the webpages of the relevant faculties. With questions regarding courses please contact the departmental coordinators.
- Department of Business and Management: https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/fbw/international/incoming-students/
- Department of Architecture: https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/fba/studium-und-weiterbildung/ (Modulhandbücher)
- Department of Civil Engineering: https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/bauingenieurwesen/ (Studienverlauf, Modulhandbuch, Prüfungsordnung 2018)
- Department of Mechatronics: https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/fbm/studieren-im-fachbereich/bachelor/mechatronik-studienbeginn-ws-2019/ (Modulübersicht, Studienverlauf)
- and Mechanical Engineering: https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/fbm/studieren-im-fachbereich/bachelor/maschinenbau-studienbeginn-ws-2019/ (Modulübersicht, Studienverlauf)
- Department of Electrical Engineering: https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/elektrotechnik/ (Studienverlauf, Modulhandbuch)
- and Computer Science: https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/informatik/ (Studienverlauf, Modulhandbuch)
- Department of Geodesy: https://www.hochschule-bochum.de/fbg/studieren-im-fachbereich/fuer-studierende/ (Studienverlaufspläne, Modulhandbücher)
Semester fee
There are no tuition fees at Bochum University of Applied Sciences. However, all students have to pay a semester fee. For the winter semester 2025/26 it amounts to 354,80 €. The semester fee includes for example a ticket for public transportation in Germany and the reduced price in the canteen of Bochum University.
As a student you get benefits in Germany. For example in free time activities a discounted entry.
Most courses at Bochum University of Applied Sciences are taught in German. Exchange students must therefore demonstrate German language proficiency at a minimum of level B1.
Students from the Department of Business and Management who wish to take ONLY courses offered in English must provide confirmation of their English language skills (at least level B1).
No specific certificates are required; a confirmation issued by the home university is sufficient. Please note that online placement tests are not accepted as proof of language proficiency.
Contact person for your Learning Agreement:
- Responsible person at the receiving institution: the relevant departmental coordinator
- Administrative contact: Ms. Andrea Claes, incoming(at)hs-bochum.de
Certificate of Arrival / Stay:
can be filled out by the International Office: incoming(at)hs-bochum.de
If you do not have a form for the Certificate of Arrival/Stay, please contact your home university.
