Guide for International Students in Pictures
Additional Information to the Check List
Guide for International Students in Pictures
Additional Information to the Check List
The following document contains additional information to the Check List, i.e. detailed descriptions of the
most important offices as well as the campus. You can download the Check List following this link:
https://www.tu-chemnitz.de/international/incoming/patenprogramm/downloads.php.en
Index
HOW TO GET TO THE CAMPUS REICHENHAINER STRASSE ............................................................ 2
STUDENTENWERK ............................................................................................................................ 3
RESIDENTS´ REGISTRATION OFFICE and FOREIGNERS’ OFFICE “Am Wall” .................................... 3
RESIDENTS´ REGISTRATION OFFICE “Sachsen Allee” ...................................................................... 4
HEALTH INSURANCE ........................................................................................................................ 4
BANK................................................................................................................................................. 5
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 5
Following this link you find a map the Student Buddy Program prepared for you. It holds important places in
Chemnitz for your first steps: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zK0R1rOm4qJI.koZ6b0PfPqdM
Guide for International Students in Pictures
Additional Information to the Check List
HOW TO GET TO CAMPUS REICHENHAINER STRASSE
… from the main train station:
Students living in the dorms Vettersstraße 52/54,
66/64 or 70/72:
1) Tram Nr. 4 (Direction Hutholz)  bus stop
Zentralhaltestelle (Central Interchange Point)
2) Tram 2 (Direction Bernsdorf)  bus stop
Gutenberg Straße
Picture 1: View from Main Train Station to TU Chemnitz
(you can see campus part 1 of TU Chemnitz - Reichenhainer Straße)
Students living in the dorms Reichenhainer Str.
35/37 or 51:
1) 2-minutes-walk until bus stop Omnibusbahnhof
2) Bus Nr. 51/E51 (Direction Reichenhain/
Altchemnitz)  bus stop TU Reichenhainer Str.
Picture 2: Omnibusbahnhof Georgstraße, about 2-minuteswalk from Train Station
Picture 3: View on Omnibusbahnhof and bus stop for Bus 51
How can I get to my apartment, which is not on campus?
Please, use the following link to find the route to your apartment following this link: http://cvag.de/
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STUDENTENWERK
(Step 1 in the Check List)
The Studentenwerk runs the students’ residence.
In the office of their dorm department at Thüringer
Weg 3, ground floor (right hand side), you can sign
your lease contract for accommodation and pay
your deposit.
From Zentralhaltestelle (Central Interchange Point):
Bus 51 (Direction Reichenhain/ Altchemnitz)  bus
stop TU Campus.
Picture 4: Frontview of the Studentenwerk
RESIDENTS´ REGISTRATION OFFICE and FOREIGNERS’ OFFICE “Am Wall”
(Bürgerhaus “Am Wall”: Meldebehörde (2nd floor) and Ausländerbehörde (3rd floor) - Step 3 in the Check List)
To get there from Campus Reichenhainer Straße:
1) Bus 51 (Direction Zeissigwald/Yorkgebiet)  bus
stop Roter Turm
2) Go along the street till the sign “Am Wall” (left
hand side)
Picture 5: View on the street „Am Wall“
Picture 6: Sign at the entrance of the Residents’
Registration Office
2nd floor - the Residets’ Registration Office (Meldebehörde)
Press the button to get a ticket and wait till your
number appears on one of the screens in the hall.
Be prepared to answer questions about:
- your previous stay(s) in Germany,
- your marital status,
- your city of residence in your home country.
Please, check all the data!
Picture 7: Press this button in order to receive your ticket
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RESIDENTS´ REGISTRATION OFFICE “Sachsen Allee”
How to get there:
1) Bus 51 (Direction Zeissigwald/Yorkgebiet)  bus stop ”Thomas Mann Platz / Sachsen Allee”
2) Cross the street and follow the path toward the shopping Mall “Sachsen Allee”
Picture 8: The path you are walking through.
Picture 9: View on the building of the Registration Office
HEALTH INSURANCE
(e.g. Techniker Krankenkasse as one example of the various German health insurances, Step 6 in CHECK LIST)
The address is „Am Rathaus 2“ - How to get there from
Zentralhaltestelle (Central Interchange Point):
1) Cross the street, as shown on the picture, and take
the first turn to the right to the street „Am Rathaus“.
Picture 11: The way from Zentralhaltestelle (Central Interchange Point) to the street “Am Rathaus”
2) Go down the street and you will see the sign of Techniker
Krankenkasse on your left hand side
Picure 12: The Street „Am Rathaus“
Picture 13: Sign of Techniker Krankenkasse at the main entrance
with the “TK”-logo
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BANK
(e.g. Deutsche Bank as one example of the various German Banks, Step 4 in CHECK LIST)
The address is Falkeplatz 2 - How to get there from
the city center:
1) Walk the same direction as to Techniker
Krankenkasse, but go straight down the street
Bahnhofstraße. You will then see the large building.
Pict.Nr.10: The view on the building of Deutsche Bank
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SEMESTER FEE
Can be paid:
 by bank transfer from your home country (best option if done 3 weeks prior to arrival in Chemnitz)
 using a German debit card at the Student Service (if you do not have an own debit card maybe you
can ask your friends if they could help you)
 by bank transfer from a German bank account (Note: if your German bank account is still not
activated, you might ask a friend for help). Bank transfers might take several days.
 Directly at a shelter in Sparkasse (another German bank). Such transactions cost 5 € and you need:
o a special form (if you have not received it with your admission letter, please ask at the
Student Service)
o your passport
o the confirmation sheet you received at the Residents’ Registration
INTERNET/WiFi
You get internet in the dorm around 1-3 days after you have been officially enrolled. First, you will get your
login and password, then you can register online for internet in the dorm.
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