FYI - for your integration

Support with questions about:

• Admission requirements
• Information on how to apply for a Bachelor's or Master's degree program
• Counselling on financial issues
• Counselling on residence and social law

If required, you can contact Ina Holzenbecher.

• Advice on starting a career
• Lecture series “Working in Germany”
• Job Talks
  • International Ostfalia alumni talk about their personal entry into working life in Germany and students exchange ideas with them. ..
     
• Matching Days
• Career fairs
• Excursions

If required, please contact Alexandra Block .

• German placement test
• DSH preparation course and exam
• German language course A2, B1 and B2, as well as German C1.2
• Writing and presentation course for international students
• German for the workplace language course

Further information on the language courses on offer can be found on the Language Centre website .

The language tandem program offers the placement of a tandem partner every semester. They meet regularly to improve their language skills. In each case, the first language of one person, e.g. German, is the target language of the other. If you are interested, please contact Akiko Watanabe. You can register here (external link, opens in a new window).

The mentoring program creates a supportive link between experienced professionals (mentors) from various regional companies and international students (mentees). The program helps to facilitate the transition into the professional world, especially the regional labour market, in a new cultural context and to further develop personal and professional skills. If you are interested, please contact us using the Mentoring form.

Companies where international students are particularly welcome are honoured with the "International Students Welcome" label. If you are interested, employers are welcome to contact Katharina Beckurts.
 

The Study Buddies are student assistants from a higher semester who lead study groups for international students. They assist them with their 'first steps', e.g. registering their place of residence or opening a bank account, and provide support with language and cultural issues. During the first semester, the Study Buddies organise social activities together with the study group.

This offer is primarily for students at the Salzgitter campus. On request, students from other university locations can also contact Nadine Anumba (opens your email program).

In addition to the general support programs at Ostfalia, student assistants are employed as tutors for courses and specialist subjects. They support international students in understanding the subject matter. If you are interested, please contact Katharina Beckurts.

The international regulars' table is an offer to promote personal contact and exchange between students and members of the university. Anyone who would like to talk to international or internationally interested people is welcome. For example, you can get to know a counsellor from International Career Services, a particular professor or the AIESEC board in a relaxed atmosphere. The regulars' table is offered at the Salzgitter campus and is labelled "Internationaler Stammtisch" in the canteen. If you are interested, please contact Nadine Anumba (opens your email program).

A certificate is issued to provide international students and potential employers or companies with meaningful proof of the skills they have acquired. This is linked to a certain number of participations in measures or activities from the various FYI events.