Incoming Buddy

Most of the students who take part in the Buddy Program also spent a year abroad or once came to Hamburg from abroad and know which issues you might encounter during your stay in Hamburg. Here are some examples of how a Welcome Buddy can support you:

• correspondence prior to your arrival via Email
• pick you up from the airport/train station on you arrival
• help you to find your ways around Hamburg (city tour) and the Campus (e.g. where is the regional computer center, the library or the refectory, the Academic Office)
• help you move in a dorm/room in flat, sign a rental contract, open a bank account, take out insurance, buy a phone, etc.
• help you with administrative paper work, e.g. to register your address at the registration office, but also the exchange of culture and international experience

Please keep in mind that a Welcome Buddy should not help you with

• finding accommodation for you
• supporting your visa application process
• providing information on application and matriculation processes or on UHH study programs

PIASTA: Whenever you need information on the topics mentioned above, please get in touch with this Intercultural Living and Learning program.

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Who can register as an Incoming Buddy?

The Buddy Program of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences (MIN Faculty) focuses on the target group "exchange students” from abroad within the scope of an exchange program at MIN faculty, e.g. ERASMUS, ISAP, Rise Worldwide, Fulbright Commission, central exchange programs, etc. or "program students"  from abroad who complete a study phase (one semester or two) at MIN faculty.

International guest students or "freemovers" who plan to study for up to two semesters  without being part of a specific exchange program may also register for the Buddy Program of MIN Faculty  and will be assigned a Welcome Buddy if available.

How can I register as an Incoming Buddy?

International students registration: For when you are searching for a Buddy to support you. We will contact you as soon as we have found a Buddy for you. If you have any queries regarding the program, please contact us at: buddy.min@uni-hamburg.de

Doctoral researchers can sign up for our separate Buddy Program for doctoral researchers.