Note for the enrollment process summer semester 2023:
You enroll online via the campus management system C@MPUS. Please send any documents that can’t be uploaded to C@MPUS by post to the Application, Admission, Enrollment Department.
Foreigners and EU nationals without German high school certificate: Please send any documents that cannot be uploaded in C@MPUS by post. If this is not possible, in exceptional cases the documents can be submitted as a scan (PDF) via the contact form (please specify "enrollment" as the subject in the contact form). In this case, you must then submit the required certified copies immediately after arriving.
For both cases: please read the information on health insurance.
The department Application, Admission, Enrollment (e-mail and postal address)
Once you have succeeded in being admitted to study, the next step is to enroll. You enroll online via the Campus Management System C@MPUS where you have to fill in your missing data and then submit your application for enrollment. Until you complete the enrollment process you are not yet officially signed up as a student at the University of Stuttgart.
Make sure to complete your enrollment by the deadline stated in your letter of acceptance!
The enrollment process will be completed when we have received your application - together with the required documents - within the specified timeframe, and once we have received notification of your health insurance, and you have paid your fees. You will be able to download your Certificate of Enrollment from your student account on C@MPUS. You will receive your student ID card by post as soon as you have entered a German address in C@MPUS.
If you have additional questions, be sure to check our enrollment FAQs (below) for answers.
Information on enrollment
Sign on to the Campus Management System C@MPUS. After having accepted your study place, please continue as follows:
- Fill in the blank fields with your data.
- Upload your passport photo and the other specified documents.
- Transfer your tuition fee payments.
- Print the application for enrollment, sign it, attach any still missing documentation and mail the package to the Application, Admission, Enrollment Department so that we receive it by the deadline stated in your letter of acceptance.
- International applicants: Please send all documents, that can't be uploaded, by post to the Application, Admission, Enrollment Department. If this is not possible, in exceptional cases the documents can be submitted as a scan (PDF) via the contact form (please specify "enrollment" as the subject in the contact form). In this case, you must then submit the required certified copies immediately after arriving.
- Applicants who want to enroll for their doctoral studies program: please see detailed information on the page for doctoral student enrollment.
A detailed step-by-step pdf-format enrollment guide is also available for download here: How To C@MPUS - Enrollment Process.
The enrollment countdown begins from the date of your acceptance and ends on the date indicated in your Letter of Acceptance. Please be sure to observe the following:
- We must have received the application for enrollment with the required documentation by the deadline stated in your Letter of Acceptance (the date of receipt by the Application, Admission, Enrollment Department is decisive, not the postmarked date).
- If we do not receive the application for enrollment by the stated deadline, the Letter of Acceptance will be void. The study place will be allotted to the next-highest ranked applicant. You must inform the Application, Admission, Enrollment Department if for some important reason you think you will miss the deadline so that we can assign you an alternate date. This will only in justified exceptional cases be possible and only before the start of classes!
- You can have a third party complete the enrollment process on your behalf with your written authorization.
- Enrollment deadlines as stipulated in the Letters of Acceptance for Master’s programs must also be observed. In most cases, the deadlines will be May 15 for the spring semester and November 15 for the fall semester.
The exact documents you are required to upload for your degree program is shown at the bottom of your application for enrollment. The same list of documents is posted in your C@MPUS account. Here we provide a general overview; however, be aware that the documentation required varies by degree program.
Documents you will upload in C@MPUS:
- A current passport photo (approx. 45 x 35 mm) for your student ID
- Application for a Bachelor's degree program (1st semester): proof of study orientation
- For Bachelor's programs that require you to complete a mandatory pre-study internship: certificates of approval for pre-study internships issued by the relevant internship office at the University of Stuttgart (providing this exists). Further information on how to proof the pre-study internship is published in the application guideline for German and EU citizens.
- When changing degree programs in the third or higher university semester: Verification of having received subject-specific information and advice on the intended degree program.
Documents that you must attach to your application for enrollment (unless already enrolled at the University of Stuttgart) and send in by postal mail or use the post box in the House of Students (see also FAQs) (foreign applicants please also by post; permitted only in exceptional cases as PDF file via contact form):
- Undergraduate degrees (Bachelor's and Teaching Bachelor's): notarized transcript or notarized copy of a certificate of eligibility for university entrance or other higher education entrance qualification (diploma)
- Master’s programs: notarized transcript or notarized copy of the first university degree
- When changing universities:
- a transcript with average grades and designated ECTS points per module, confirmed by the issuing University.
- verification of de-registration from the last attended German university with an overview of the previous study period.
- additionally all international applicants withouth German high school diploma:
- Evidence of sufficient knowledge of the German language (German as a foreign language test/DaF Test). For more information on proving language proficiency or a waiver thereof, see the Knowledge of the German Language page
- additionally all applicants from non-EU countries:
- Passport copy with visa or residence permit (for help with this, see the Information on Visa Regulations by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.)
- Original certificate by the Academic Examination Office (APS) (China, India, Vietnam)
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Official notarized photocopies of your university entrance qualification and your university diplomas
Important when submitting foreign language documents:
Please note that all documents you enclose with the application for enrollment must be a) officially notarized, and b) translated into German or English by a certified sworn translator.
Students must have health insurance. Your insurance status will be transmitted electronically. On our health insurance webpage, we will explain what data we require from you so that this process can take place. You can enter the data in C@MPUS during the enrollment process.
If you already possess a conditional admission to a master's study program, (that is, an acceptance conditioned on, for example, achieving a specific study performance) and you want to enroll in the program, do the following:
Please follow the instruction corresponding to your start of the enrollment.
The following applies for both enrollment periods: As long as the conditional admission is still valid (application semester of the admission notice and two further subsequent semesters) and you can provide proof of your Bachelor's degree for enrollment, no new examination is required and you are guaranteed a place at the university.
A) Enrollment till January, 15th or July 15th:
- To enroll, you must create a new application in C@MPUS, select your degree program, and upload the admission letter from the University of Stuttgart.
- Then the Application-Admission-Enrollment Department processes your application. Afterwards you must accept the place and download a new admission letter.
- Next, proceed with the enrollment by sending us the application for enrollment together with the required documentation by the deadline indicated in your acceptance letter (May 15 or November 15 – these are the respective dates by which the application for enrollment must reach the Application, Admission, Enrollment Department; postmarked dates do not count).
Applicants attending the University of Stuttgart whose bachelor’s degree has already been registered by the Examination Office are not required to upload the bachelor's degree certificate to C@MPUS.
B) From January, 16th or July 16th:
- To enroll, you must create a new application in C@MPUS.
- Under program type, choose “Master’s with existing conditional admission" and upload the admission letter from the University of Stuttgart.
- Then the Application-Admission-Enrollment Department processes your application. Afterwards you must accept the place and download a new admission letter.
- Next, proceed with the enrollment by sending us the application for enrollment together with the required documentation by the deadline indicated in your acceptance letter (May 15 or November 15 – these are the respective dates by which the application for enrollment must reach the Application, Admission, Enrollment Department; postmarked dates do not count.)
Applicants attending the University of Stuttgart whose bachelor’s degree has already been registered by the Examination Office are not required to upload the bachelor's degree certificate to C@MPUS.
Instruction: Application with existing conditional admission
You can decline your place and / or cancel your enrolment by 30 September (winter semester) or 31 March (summer semester), even if you have already paid your fees.
Your enrolment cannot be cancelled after 30 September or 31 March, respectively. However, under certain circumstances, it is still possible to de-register with immediate effect.
More information about how to decline your place, how to cancel your enrolment, and about reimbursement of fees can be found on the page:
To enroll in a scientific field of study in combination with music or arts you will need proof of enrolment (enrolment letter) for the arts teacher training program at an arts or music college. Please be sure to attach this enrollment certificate to your application for enrollment.
Combination with arts or music in the teacher training program
Admissions and Matriculation Regulations
Starting with the application procedure for the winter semester 2023/24, a new admission and matriculation regulation will apply.
The University of Stuttgart Admissions and Enrollment Regulations consist of said regulations together with the following amendments:
- Admissions and Matriculation Regulation of the University of Stuttgart [de] (June 11, 2008)
- First statutory amendment to the Admissions and Matriculation Regulation of the University of Stuttgart [de] (July 21, 2009)
- Second statutory amendment to the Admissions and Matriculation Regulation [de] (June 30, 2011)
- Third statutory amendment to the Admissions and Matriculation Regulation [de] (May 16, 2012)
- Fourth statutory amendment to the Admissions and Matriculation Regulation [de] (December 18, 2014)
- Satzung zur Änderung der Wahlordnung und der Zulassungs- und Immatrikulationsordnung der Universität Stuttgart [de] (12. Mai 2017)
- Fifth statutory amendment to the Admissions and Matriculation Regulation [de] (3. August 2017)
- Sixth statutory amendment to the Admissions and Matriculation Regulation [de] (12. December 2019)
Frequently asked questions
The enrollment deadline is included in your letter of admission which you can find in your personal account in C@MPUS.
You will be enrolled after your application for enrollment reached the Application, Admission, Enrollment Department in time and your fees were paid. A processing period of approximately 14 days from receiving mail to actual enrollment is to be expected. Please download your Confirmation of Enrollment and your study certifications with your student account from C@MPUS. We will mail your ecus student ID chipcard to you.
If you already received a conditional admission for a Master’s study program and want to enroll for this study program, please follow the instructions on the Enrollment web page.
Please send your application for enrollment and any supporting documents that cannot be uploaded in C@MPUS to the following address:
Universität Stuttgart
Abteilung Bewerbung, Zulassung, Einschreibung
Haus der Studierenden
Pfaffenwaldring 5c
70569 Stuttgart
The application for enrollment can also be placed in the postbox of the House of Students, Pfaffenwaldring 5c, 70569 Stuttgart (university campus Vaihingen).
Some Bachelor of Science study programs call for pre-study internships. Detailed information on how to prove it is published in the application guideline.
Every public sector entity that has an official seal, such as public authorities, is allowed to produce an authorized certification. Certifications from lawyers, associations, banks, health insurance fund, or similar institutions will not be accepted.
An official certification has to include:
1) A certification code which attests that the copy matches the original document.
2) The signature of the attestor
3) An imprint of the official seal (Official seals usually contain an emblem, a simple writing seal wil not be accepted.)
Additional rules:
- If the copy consists of several single sheets, it needs to be attested that all sheets belong to the same document. It is sufficient to sign and place the certification code on only one sheet if all sheets are put on top of each other, stapled, and sealed in a way that every sheet contains a part of the official seal.
- Every single sheet may also be authorized individually. In that case please pay attention that every sheet of the original document contains your name. If not, your name has to be included in the certification code together with an indication of the type of document.
- If the front and back of a sheet contain a copy with relevant content, the certification code has to refer to both front and back. If not, front and back of the sheet have to be authorized individually.
- If the original document contains a seal minted in paper this is usually not visible in the copy. In that case the certification code needs to be expanded and refer to the minted seal in the original document.
Please refer to the Enrollment for doctoral degree web page.
Contact
Points of contact for any questions about studying
- Further information
- Contact form for questions about studying.
Application, Admission, Enrollment
- Further information
- Your points of contact for application, admission and enrollment on Bachelor's and Master's study programs.