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Table of contents
I.1
I.2
I.3
Welcome to Deggendorf
International Office Staff
Orientation Week
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II.1
II.2
II.3
II.4
II.5
II.6
Arrival in Deggendorf
Things to do before travelling to Germany
Residence Permit: Non-EU students
Resident Registration
Health Insurance
Bank Account
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III.
III.1
III.2
III.3
III.4
Living in Deggendorf
Student Residences
Private Accommodation
Recreational Activities and Sport in Deggendorf
Sport Facilities
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IV.
IV.1
IV.2
IV.3
IV.4
IV.5
IV.6
IV.7
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V.1
V.2
V.3
AKI
Bavaria and the Bavarian Language for Beginners
Important Semester Dates
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Welcome to Deggendorf
Dear Students,
We welcome you most warmly here in Deggendorf. We are glad to see that you have
decided to spend your semester abroad in Germany in our nice city with its scenic
landscape.
You wont regret your choice in coming here!
This brochure should help you to get the information you need about living and studying in Deggendorf. Here you will find out, for example, where to buy food, how to
register with the County Registration Office and where you can go in your free time
or what I-learn is. If there are still any questions, feel free to get in contact with us.
Send us an e-mail or come to our Office in B 210. We will always try to help you and
give you advice.
Find us on Facebook!
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I.2 International Office Staff
Dr. Elise von Randow - Director, Institute for International and Academic Affairs
ERASMUS - University Coordination
Cooperations with Partner Universities
International Marketing
Room: B 217
+49 (0)991 3615-202
evr@th-deg.de
Iris Reul - Assistant to the Director of the Institute for International and Academic
Affairs
Room: B 214
+49 (0)991 3615-488
anita.huebsch@th-deg.de
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I.3 Orientation Week
The Orientation Week always starts one week before the semester begins. It is organized by the International Office. During the Orientation Week you receive help with
bureaucratic and administrative matters, such as registration and visa procedures,
opening a bank account, etc.. DIT students will accompany you and introduce you to
both the city and to the DIT.
The student club AKI organizes the social programme during the Orientation Week with
a Bavarian evening, parties and short excursions in the area.
Your participation in the Orientation Week is compulsory.
Wherever you come from, all directions lead to Deggendorf; this is a fact!
Here are the most common requested transfer routes:
In case, however, you are not able to participate in the Orientation Week,
you will find all of the necessary information in this handbook.
3. Purchase a Bayern-Ticket at the train station! The ticket is convenient and costs
23,- for one person. The Bayern-Ticket can be used for up to 5 persons. For every additional guest the price increases by 4,-. (For 5 persons the price is 40,-).
1. After your arrival at Munich Airport (MUC), exit the airport and wait for the
arrival of bus #635 to Freising, it arrives approximately every 20 minutes. You
must purchase a ticket from the driver.
2. Once you have boarded the correct bus, remain on it until Freising train station
(this is the last stop for bus #635). The train station in Freising is located very
close to the bus stop, approximately 30 metres. Then...
4. In the train station look at the display panels for current train information such
as departure times and platforms. You must take the train to Passau.
5. At this point you should be in the wagon to Passau. Your stop is Plattling (approx.
1 hour from Freising and 1.25 hours from Munich train station). At Plattling, you
transfer to Bayrische Waldbahn, a green train which usually departs from platform
5 or 8. It takes you directly to Deggendorf (only 2 stops, roughly 10 minutes).
Prague
E50
CZ
Nuremberg
E53
A3
Deggendorf
A92
Vienna
A1
Munich
Salzburg
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25km
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II.2 Things to do before travelling to Germany
Passport or ID card
3 passport-sized photographs
Proof of health insurance
Enrolment certificate (Immatrikulationsbescheinigung)
Proof of financial support or enough funds
IMPORTANT:
You must have about 660,- per month available for living costs
You should be able to show the Immigration Office that you or your parents have
585 * 5 = 2925,- in your bank account.
Dont worry if you are unable to show the Immigration Office that you have
enough money every month from your parents; there wont be any problems!
Registration will cost about 100,-.
Contact:
Landratsamt Deggendorf
Auslnderamt or Foreigner`s Office
Herrenstrae 18
94469 Deggendorf
Telephone +49 (0)991 3100-227
Fax +49 (0)991 3100-41-228
auslaenderwesen@lra-deg.bayern.de
The application for your residence permit will be organized during the Orientation Week.
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II.4 Resident Registration: for all students
Germany has compulsory registration for everybody who lives here. If you stay longer
than three months, registration should be done within the first two weeks after moving
to Germany.
Registration will be organized during the Orientation Week.
Address:
Rathaus Deggendorf
Brgeramt
Franz-Josef-Strauss-Strae 3
94469 Deggendorf
Telephone +49 (0)991-2960-333
If you are from an EU-country and are already covered by public health insu
rance in your home country, you are entitled to use public medical care in
Germany. Your health insurance will cover all occurring costs for medical
treatment.
If you come from an EU country and are privately insured, you
need a certificate from your health insurance company showing that
your health insurance fulfils the requirements from 7 Abs. 2 of the
Freizugigkeitsverordnung/EG.
These requirements are:
The insurance has to cover costs for medical care for all possible treatments
(dentist, hospital, rehabilitation treatment), medicine, drugs, bandages, other
medical aid, pregnancy and birth.
It is required that your insurance agrees to the fact that there is no limitation on
occurring costs.
Of course, initially, you have to cover the occurring costs yourself. Due to the fact that
these costs can increase very fast, we would like to recommend that you arrange for
a contract with a German health insurance company. This would cost you around 79
euros per month. In this way, occurring costs are fully paid by the German health insurance company.
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If you are not a citizen of the European Union:
You need to take out health insurance in Germany. The monthly cost is around 70.
If you have health insurance in your home country, you have to bring a
certificate from your company, which shows that your health insurance will fulfill
the requirements stated in 7 Abs.2 of the Freizgigkeitsverordnung/EG.
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The insurance has to cover costs for medical care for all possible treatments
(dentist, hospital, rehabilitation treatment), medicine, drugs, bandages, other
medical aid, pregnancy and birth.
It is required that your insurance agrees to the fact that there is no limitation on
the occurring costs.
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You have the possibility of joining a German health insurance company during your
stay in Deggendorf. During the Orientation Week students of the DIT will accompany you and help you sign up for insurance.
Address
Website
Telephone
Pricerange
/Month
(June 2014)
sv
Schachinger
Weg 10
94469 Deggendorf
verwaltung@
deggendorfer-studentenviertel.de
www.
deggendorfer-studentenviertel.de
0049 (0)991
32090421
243,-
fh
Detterstrae 21
94469 Deggendorf
poeschl@
stwno.de
www.stwno.
de/joomla/
de/wohnen
0049 (0)991
9912 127
231 - 285,-
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Studentenpark 1/2
Deggendorf Dobak IMMOPartner
e.K.
Haupt-Bro im
ITC2
Edlmairstrae 9
94469 Deggendorf
mail@
dobak-immopartner.
de
www.studpark.de
0049 (0)991
250 335 0
300 - 540,-
sd
Studentendomizil im
City-Center A+R Planungs- und
Verwaltungs-GmbH
stlicher Stadtgraben 30
94469 Deggendorf
you have to
fill in a form
www.mrellok.de
0049 (0)991
344 7560
265 - 405,-
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Bahnhofstrae
55-55a
94469 Deggendorf
info@
deggendorfer-studentenzentrum.
de
www.
deggendorfer-studentenzentrum.
de
0049 (0)991
344 78 990
240 -285,-
Official payments are made through bank transfers, e.g. rent to your landlord
> Therefore it is useful to open a bank account
It will usually take about 30 minutes to open an account. Please bring the
following items:
Passport or ID-card including visa
Proof of enrolment at DIT (if you do not have it yet, you can submit it later)
It is important to mention that you are a student because opening an account and bank
transactions are free of charge for students. If you do not let the bank know about your
student status, there will be a fee.
The bank will automatically give you an info card with your account number, bank
code, phone number and contact person. You also get a cash card, which you can use
in Germany and abroad.
The opening of your bank account will be organized during the Orientation
Week.
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Address
Website
Telephone
Pricerange
/Month
(June 2014)
d3
Mettener Strae 7
94469 Deggendorf
info@
wagnerwohnbau.de
www.d3wohnen.de
0049 (0)991
8092
275 - 305,-
hb
Studentenwohnanlage
Gterstrae Ms. Maria Berndl
Hofmann &
Berndl
Gterstrae 10
94469 Deggendorf
info@
hofmannberndl.de
www.erlbau.
de/eigentum/studentenappartementsdeggendorf.
de
0049 (0)991
383 1750
325 - 345,-
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IV. The Deggendorf Institute of Technology
IV.1 Map of the University
These sports are provided by the DIT. The instructors are students and the courses are offered for free. You just need to bring appropriate clothing and shoes,
e.g. in the winter, football practice takes place in an indoor gymnasium, so you
need shoes for indoor sports and not regular street shoes.
If you want to do competitive sports, feel free to join a sports club in Deggendorf.
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IV.2 International Office
The International Office is the central facility for all international students at the DIT. It
supports you in all matters before and after your arrival as well as during your stay in
Deggendorf. It helps you with questions concerning your studies and gives you information regarding accommodation, financing, visas as well as further counselling and
other services.
Furthermore, the International Office organizes various events such as the Orientation
Week, Erzhlcaf, meetings with exchange students and the International Week. The
International Week takes place in May and is a special event both for you and for regular DIT students. The varied program includes a movie night, informative presentations
about our partner universities or about studying in different cultural areas, international dancing and game events and Taste the world, where international students
prepare typical food and drinks from their home countries.
In addition, the International Office coordinates the Host Family Programme. Its idea
is, that you, as international students, are in contact with residents from Deggendorf
or its surroundings, who can show you arround and introduce you to the culture. Hosts
can be single persons, families and sometimes regular students, too. You can arrange
several meetings, cook together, go on an excursion or just meet in a caf.
Join us on Facebook:
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IV.6 Online services of DIT
Every DIT student has his/her own e-mail account
where you will receive information about lectures,
events, internship opportunities, etc.. Please check
the Flyer First steps in the IT (see link below) for
your login data, as well as useful instruction and
information concerning the online services of DIT.
Moreover the flyer describes how to get your Certificate of Enrolment in the HIS-portal where you can
also register for exams at DIT. The registering period for exams is usually announced via e-mail and
lasts one or two weeks. During this period there
is a special service web page at the HIS-portal for
your online exam applications. The registration
steps will be explained in the e-mail sent out to all
students, but it is different for exchange students.
Therefore please wait for the instructions from the
International Office.
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
Assistant
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V.1 AKI
AKI Club International e.V.
Technische Hochschule Deggendorf
Edlmairstr. 6 und 8
94469 Deggendorf
http://www.aki-deggendorf.de
The AKI Club organizes trips, events and parties. In AKI there are students from a
variety of programmes and countries and from all over the world to help new students
arriving at DIT to enjoy their stay in Deggendorf.
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Bavarian
English
Gmiatlichkeit
coziness;
A very important word to know and an
important element of Bavarian mentality: Bavarians generally always try to
feel comfortable. To feel exactly what
this means try to participate in a Bavarian event. (Not Oktoberfest)
Lebakassemmi
an sian Sempft
Schtoabizal
Dusl
fesch
Mannsbuid / Weibsbuid
Kreizbianbamhollaschtaun
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Wiaschdlfinga
Zwiedawuazn
Erdepfe
Pferdeepf
abbussln
Bassd scho!
It`s okay!
bsuffa
drunk
Fagids God!
Let`s go!
Hello
J/ Na
Yes/ No!
Oa
one
Oa Hoibe!
A Ma!
Sibbzenna
Minga
hadschn
Goodbye
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Notes
Summer Semester
March 15th - September 30th
-Christmas break:
December 24th until January 6th
- Orientation Week:
September 22nd until October 10th
Holidays
1 January (New Year)
Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Monday
1 May (Labor Day)
Whitmonday (usually end of May, begin of June)
3 October (National Day)
25 and 26 December (Christmas)
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Ambulance
Police
Emergency: 110
Emergency: 110
Police station
Deggendorf: +49
(0)991-3896-0
Fire service
Emergency: 112
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Publishing Information
Editor
DIT
International Office
Edlmairstr. 6 und 8
96649 Deggendorf
www.th-deg.de/io
Editor-in-Chief
Lisa Werner
Editorial Staff and Texts
Gloria Braun
Marina Belfi
Simona Richter