Ready to get started

Your enrolment is on its way to the University and perhaps you already have your student certificate? Great! Here are a couple of tips that you should bear in mind before you start your studies.

The Stuttgart Students Union runs student accommodation in both Esslingen and Goeppingen. Application forms and information on individual students’ flats can be found on the Website of the Stuttgart Students Union. The Stuttgart Students Union can be contacted at their branch office Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, between 9.00 and 11.00 a.m.

Studierendenwerk Stuttgart
Mettingerstraße 127 – Westpoint
Erdgeschoss
73728 Esslingen
Tel: 0711/203731-101 oder 0711/203731-102
Office hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9 - 11 a.m.

Further Accommodation:

Contacts in Esslingen
Student flats and shared accommodation in Esslingen
Offers of accommodation via AStA (Students Union Executive Committee). You can find information at the AStA office at the Univeristy, Esslingen, building 5, room 5.013, tel: 0711/397-3150, office hours: Monday to wednesdays and fridays from 09.00 to 11.30 a.m.

Adverts for rooms can be posted in local newspapers: for Esslingen, in the Esslinger Zeitung or for Goeppingen in the  Neuen Wuerttembergischen Zeitung (NWZ).

You can order your StudiTicket conveniently online and print it out yourself. If you have an online StudiTicket, you don’t need another pass. But you can only buy a StudiTicket online if you are already enrolled and know your enrolment number (Matrikelnummer).

TIP: free travel from 18.00 with your student ID

Your student ID functions as a ticket for the local public transport networks VVS (Stuttgart/Esslingen area) and Filsland Mobilitätsverbund - FMV (Goeppingen area) from Mondays to Fridays from 18.00 and all day at weekends and on public holidays.

Buying your bus and train ticket (VVS)

Parking space is very limited at all three campuses. We therefore recommend that you use public transport.

In Esslingen, there are covered parking spaces available. They are run by PBW Parkraumgesellschaft Baden-Wuerttemberg mbH. You can find further information about the PBW here.

Parking space is available for a fee in Goeppingen in the nearby multi-storey carpark in Jahnstrasse. Students can obtain long-term parking tickets at reduced rates.

Parking permits for student parking spaces on the GoeppingenCampus can be applied for online on the University’s Intranet as soon as you have access. Spaces are limited.

The introductory maths course takes place two weeks before the semester begins and is designed especially for new students on technical and management courses at Esslingen University. The course enables you to brush up your mathematical knowledge and skills and obtain a sound foundation.

Introducing courses

Advice on finances, looking for a practical placement/internship and personal orientation

You can get advice about your studies from a number of different sources at the University.

• Student Advice Centre
  Esslingen University’s Student Advice Centre offers information and advice for personal as well as study-related matters. You can talk to us about your situation openly in a personal talk. All conversations are treated absolutely confidentially.
• Practical placements/internships, work & career
  Support, for example, when looking for a practical placement/internship.
• Finances
  BAFöG, grants & Co.: What possibilities are there to finance your studies?