The image is a montage of Greifswald students on a bench in front of the University Main Building with a superimposed map of Greifswald's location on the shores of the Baltic.

Studierende fahren mit dem Fahrrad und winken fröhlich in die Kamera. Im Hintergrund ist die Zentrale Universitätsbibliothek zu sehen.

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Welcome to Summer Semester 2025!

We have created this page to help our freshers get to know the university and learn more about the start of studies in Greifswald - welcome aboard!

Freshers' Forum

All of the infos about the events in Freshers' Week.

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Housing in Greifswald

Find out more about finding housing in Greifswald here.

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Digital tools for your Studies

These tools are sure to help you kick off your first study semester.

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Heimathafen Greifswald

Make the most of registering Greifswald as your main place of residence!

Have You Activated Your Uni email Address [de]?

You receive important news and information from and about the University at your university email address. In order to be able to check the inbox regularly it is important that you activate your university email account.

Libraries

Find out more about the locations, search tools, how to borrow media and the collections here.

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University Gift Shop

Whether it’s a hoody, t-shirt or uni mug - the University of Greifswald’s Gift Shop has (nearly) everything you desire.

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Learn a Language

From Arabic to Spanish - the Language Centre offers a wide range of courses.

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Sustainable University

Here you will find information on our sustainability goals and initiatives.

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Problems & concerns?

The Student Services support and advise students with social, financial, personal and study-related problems.

Sport at the Uni

University Sport plans and organises sports courses for all of the University of Greifswald’s students and members of staff. The offers comprise more than 80 kinds of sport and exercise.

Discover our Campuses [de]

Our campus specialists present the different university locations in short videos.

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UNI-FIT Student Guide [de]

How does studying at the university actually work? The UNI-FIT! video modules provide answers and offer a quick introduction to studying.

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Introduction to digital platforms for internationals

The International Office is providing two introductory events for international students on the use of digital platforms at the University of Greifswald on 7 and 14 April.

Where Can I Find my Timetable?

Detailed course timetables are available on our online self-service portal. There you can also put your timetable together.

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Wi-Fi & other issues

The University Computer Centre is the contact for the university's campus-wide Wi-Fi and all other IT matters.

International Office

The International Office is the central point of contact for all exchange students and those of you who gained your educational qualifications abroad.

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Greifswald Voucher

This year, every student who registers Greifswald as their main place of residence will receive a € 200 contribution towards their moving costs in the form of Greifswald vouchers. To collect your vouchers, present your confirmation of registration at the Tourist Information on the Market Square (where you will also find the University Gift Shop ;-) ). This is accompanied by an original waterproof Heimathafen seabag or Heimathafen mug (as long as stocks last).

A uni with centuries of tradition

The University of Greifswald has drawn students to the Hanseatic town ever since 1456. All of the interesting historical highlights and facts can be found in our chronicle.

The shortlink to this page is: www.uni-greifswald.de/en/welcome