Duration: 1 semester [subject to administrative fees].
In addition to the series of events on lifelong learning, interested students have the opportunity to attend lectures at the University of Erfurt as guest students.
What is a guest auditor?
Who can become a guest student?
Access to guest auditors is open in principle. Visiting students are not subject to age restrictions, special admission requirements (e.g. A-levels or vocational education), professional status, a specific place of residence or other personal characteristics. Refugees are also invited as guest students.
What is your status as a guest student?
- You will be enrolled with the status of "guest auditor" and receive a guest auditor's card.
- You take part in the lectures at the university and sit in classes together with the students.
- As a guest auditor, you are not entitled to acquire credits. You are not permitted to take part in examinations.
Please note: The guest student card does not entitle you tofree use of public transport in Erfurt or the German railway system.
How do I become a guest student?
- Choose the lectures that suit your personal interests from the entire range of courses offered by the university. You will receive an overview of these courses in the course catalogue.
- Then transfer the fees. You can find the details of the University of Erfurt's bank account on page 2 of the application for registration as a guest student. You submit your completed application together with proof of the previously paid fee (please bring the payment receipt with you as proof) to Department 1: Registrar's Office of the University of Erfurt by the end of the 2nd week of lectures of the current semester.
- Refugees are requested to present their application in person at Department 1: Registrar's Office.
- You will then receive your guest student card by post. The guest auditor card is valid for one semester (summer or winter semester).
What does the guest auditor cost you?
Who is my contact?
Children's University
Duration: Summer and winter semester [free of charge]
Whether 7 or 14 years old - the events are made for different age groups, participation is free of charge.
lecture series
Duration: 1 semester [free of charge]
The lecture series is a cooperation event between the University of Erfurt and the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt, which takes place on Tuesdays in both the summer and winter semesters on a specific topic.
Further Education Certificate Distance Learning Mathematics
Duration: 4 semesters
The extra-occupational distance learning certificate programme in Mathematics enables students to acquire the professional requirements for applying for a teaching qualification for the subject "Mathematics" at a secondary school or at a vocational school.
Children's University "Around the Book
Duration: one week in March [free of charge]
The Children's University "Around the Book" is embedded in the Erfurt Children's Book Days and aims to make children curious about literature.
Further education with certificate qualification
Duration: 6 semesters
The University of Erfurt offers further education studies with a certificate degree to the extent of a Bachelor's minor (60 credit points/ECTS) as a 6-semester part-time programme.
Catholic Theology
Duration: 1 semester [subject to administrative fees]
The course offerings are aimed at all those who are interested in fundamental philosophical, theological and religious studies issues and who wish to exchange ideas.
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