{"id":7512,"date":"2026-09-20T18:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/?p=7512"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:47:59","slug":"starting-studies-at-a-german-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/2026\/09\/20\/%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b5-%d1%83%d1%87%d1%91%d0%b1%d1%83-%d0%b2-%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%86%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc-%d1%83%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%81%d0%b8%d1%82\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting your studies at a German university this autumn?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few tips that will really help in the first weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"tg:\/\/emoji?id=5255835489675519149&amp;t=1\">\u25b6\ufe0f<\/a>Go to the O-Week, the orientation week for first-year students. They explain where everything is, introduce you to the system, and answer basic questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"tg:\/\/emoji?id=5255835489675519149&amp;t=2\">\u25b6\ufe0f<\/a>Read your Pr\u00fcfungsordnung. This is a document that sets out all the rules for your program: subjects, deadlines, and retakes. Many people find out about important details too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"tg:\/\/emoji?id=5255835489675519149&amp;t=4\">\u25b6\ufe0f<\/a>Studying in English? Don't miss the German course registration deadline; spots are filling up fast, and life and post-graduation will be significantly harder without German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"tg:\/\/emoji?id=5255835489675519149&amp;t=5\">\u25b6\ufe0f<\/a>Find out where the library is and how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"tg:\/\/emoji?id=5255835489675519149&amp;t=6\">\u25b6\ufe0f<\/a>Find out what licenses the university provides. Microsoft Office, Adobe, and much more are often available for free or at a significant discount. Take advantage of discounts outside the university. Student status gives you discounts in museums, cinemas, and many stores (UNiDAYS, Student Beans).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"tg:\/\/emoji?id=5255835489675519149&amp;t=7\">\u25b6\ufe0f<\/a>Meet the Fachschaft. This is your faculty's student council. They often have old exams, advice on professors, and a lively community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"tg:\/\/emoji?id=5260734647200942931&amp;t=8\">\ud83d\udfe2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/uniapplygermany\">UniApply Germany<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few tips that will really help in the first few weeks. \u25b6\ufe0fGo to O-Woche \u2014 an orientation week for first-year students. There they explain where everything is, introduce the system, and answer basic questions. \u25b6\ufe0fRead your Pr\u00fcfungsordnung. This is a document that outlines all the rules of your program: subjects, deadlines, retakes. Many people learn about important details too late. \u25b6\ufe0fAre you studying in English? \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/2026\/09\/20\/%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%87%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b5%d1%82%d0%b5-%d1%83%d1%87%d1%91%d0%b1%d1%83-%d0%b2-%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%b5%d1%86%d0%ba%d0%be%d0%bc-%d1%83%d0%bd%d0%b8%d0%b2%d0%b5%d1%80%d1%81%d0%b8%d1%82\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Starting your studies at a German university this autumn?<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":189993925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","content-type":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[232150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-232150"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcd2VE-1Xa","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189993925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7512"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7513,"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7512\/revisions\/7513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}