What can the international Visiting Scholar expect?
Most of the local MIN doctoral students taking part in the MIN Buddy Program to support new international doctoral visiting scholars of the MIN faculty also spent a year abroad and know which issues you might encounter during your stay in Hamburg. A MIN Welcome Buddy can support you for example in the following ways:
- Correspondence via email prior to your arrival in Hamburg
- Pick you up from the airport/train station on your arrival
- Help you to find your ways around Hamburg (city tour) and the UHH Campus (Regional Computer Center, library, cafeteria, etc.)
- Support you with the necessary administrative paper work (e.g. registering at the Registration Office, signing a rental contract, opening a bank account)
- Support you with settling in Hamburg (e.g. shopping facilities, getting around with the Hamburg Public Transport Association HVV or with the CityBike), but also the exchange of culture and experience abroad
Depending on the availability of our MIN Welcome Buddies in the Welcome Buddy Database, the Welcome Buddy Team of the MIN faculty is doing the best it can to match you with a local (doctoral) student from your own MIN Department who shares one of your hobbies and interests.
Please keep in mind that our doctoral researchers are volunteers within the framework of the MIN Welcome Service program and cannot assist you with finding accommodation or visa application process. The UHH Welcome Service for International Researchers takes care of this.
The Guide for international visiting Scholars offers comprehensive information on your first steps and to-dos in Hamburg.