Updates on the Corona Situation

A new Coronavirus Entry Ordinance (Corona-Einreiseverordnung) has been in force since 30 July 2021, which governs the obligations to register, be tested and provide proof, and the rules on quarantine, for Germany as a whole. Since 1 August 2021 there have been only two categories: high-risk areas and areas of variants of concern. A list with the countries in these categories is published on the RKI website.

Since 1 August 2021, people entering Germany who are not vaccinated nor have recovered from COVID must produce a current coronavirus test. This applies regardless of where they are travelling from and how they arrive in Germany.

People entering from high-risk areas who are fully vaccinated or have recovered from COVID are not required to quarantine on entry, neither do they require a negative test result. People entering from high-risk areas who are not vaccinated require a negative test result and must  quarantine  for ten days on entry. You may be released from quarantine after five days when you then test negative.

When entering from an area of variants of concern, the following applies: Everyone - including those who have recovered or been vaccinated - must present a negative test result and observe a 14-day quarantine. In this case, it is not possible to be released early from the quarantine requirement by virtue of a negative test.

You can find further information in the Coronavirus Entry Ordinance and on the website of the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).

If you are required to quarantine because you are entering or returning to Germany, please observe the following procedure:

• Please do not enter any university buildings and stick to the information and instructions of the health authority responsible.
• Staff and professors should please contact the university by phone and inform the Personnel Management Department.
• Adhere to quarantine rules (even if you have no symptoms), (staff please see the “Employment legislation provisions").

Updated: 11 August 2021

Are there going to be Corona Statutes in the summer semester 2021?

It is likely that there will be Corona Statutes applying to the summer semester 2021 that will define the manner in which the niversity deals with the Corona Pandemic in this time.

These Statutes will be discussed in the coming Senate Meeting and will be posted on this site.

Updated: 04 March 2021

The Corona Health & Safety Protocol describes the practical implementation to control and prevent the further spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 at the Hochschule Esslingen. The basic protective measures taken for operational infection control are described.

Updated Esslingen University Corona Safety Protocols (new version from 03.04.22)

Updated: 4 April 2022

• World Health Organization (WHO)
  Background information and FAQs on the Coronavirus
• Robert Koch Institut
  Current risk areas
• Robert Koch Institut
  Overview on COVID-19
• Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Social Affairs
• Informationen on the Coronavirus
• Baden-Württemberg Public Health Authorities
   Information from the health authorities in Baden-Württemberg
• Federal Office for Health Education
• Important safety measure such as washing hands, manner of sneezing and coughing, distance
• DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
  General information on the Coronavirus from our partner, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Updated: 08 August 2021

It may be possible for students who are in a high-risk group or who can provide proof they live with someone in a high-risk group to access course material online so that these groups can be protected. Again, your faculty will provide you with the information you need.

Please contact your faculty to see if any alternatives are available in such a situation.

It is now possible to be vaccinated at a vaccination centre without having to make an appointment. Your GP and other specialist medical practitioners also now have greater capacity again for giving vaccinations. And Baden-Württemberg is now regularly organising vaccination campaigns. Click here for more information.

Applications for a semester abroad are taking place as usual and are possible for the 2022/2023 academic year. It is, however, clear that student exchanges could be affected by the pandemic. Exchanges could be made difficult or even prevented by travel warnings, cancellations of on-campus events and postponement of semester dates. In addition, restrictions such as mandatory tests and quarantine must be considered.

Should there be a current travel warning for the country travellel to, the University strongly advises the travel be cancelled. In this case, the partner university should be contacted and the possibility of an online start into the semester, and a later travel to the country be discussed. Please see details at Regelungen zum Rücktritt oder möglichen Verschiebung.

All further details should be discussed with the International Office direkt per Mail. The IO has WebEx-Office-Hours Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Updated: 4 April 2022

You are welcome to contact the Student Counselling Service (ZSB) via the online contact form, by email or by phone.

Zentrale Studienberatung
E-Mail: zentralestudienberatung(at)hs-esslingen.de
Tel: 0711 397 3212
Online-Beratung

General office hours - no appointment needed

During the semester, you can come along to our virtual office hours without an appointment at the following times:

• Office hour via video meeting:  Mondays 13:00 - 14:00
  You can find the link at www.hs-esslingen.de/zentralestudienberatung 
• Face-to-face office hours: We hope to start offering general face-to-face office hours again on all our campuses from November 2021 onwards.

When lectures begin again, we intend to offer individual appointments as face-to-face or video meetings

Simply ask for an appointment by email or use the online form. From 27 September onwards, we will provide advice as preferred - either face-to-face in our offices in Building 17.208, or we will arrange a video meeting with you.

Updated: 4 April 2022

The cafeterias on our three campuses - Flandernstrasse, Esslingen City Centre and Göppingen will reopen March 14 2022.

Opening hours at Campus Stadtmitte: Monday - Friday: 07:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Opening hours at Campus Flandernstraße: Monday - Friday: 08:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Opening hours at Campus Göppingen: Monday - Friday: 7:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Further information from the Student Services Organisation Stuttgart

Last updated: 29 March 2022

The Studierendenwerk Stuttgart has put all information about specific questions for the dorms regarding the Corona-Virus on a special page.

Further information of Studierendenwerk Stuttgart

Update: April, 16 2022

All service departments and institutions of the Esslingen University are available vie telephone and E-Mail.

Update: 27 September 2021

Esslingen Graduate School

The application period for the Esslingen Graduate School programmes can be found on their website.

Bachelor's degree programmes

Applications can be submitted from 15 April to 31 July 2021.

Bachelor degree programmes at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences

Updated: 3 March 2021

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (MWK) has decided to extend the standard duration of the individual degree programmes for each “coronavirus” semester (summer semester 2020, winter semester 2020/2021 and summer semester 2021). When you were enrolled for all or part of this period, your individual maximum period of BAföG funding will increase accordingly. 

Students at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences should contact the Student Support Office at the Student Services Organisation Stuttgart directly with any specific questions they may have.

The Student Counselling Service at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences will be happy to provide help and support in relation to any financial worries you may have, or you can also contact the Social Counselling Service at the Student Services Organisation Stuttgart.

Updated: 23 September 2021

As the University buildings are closed due to the Corona pandemic, students do not have the opportunity to validate their student ID cards. They are therefore unable to prove their student status in the case of public transport ticket checks.

The Studierendenwerk Stuttgart has reached a solution with the Stuttgart Transit Office (VVS) and the NALDO. Until further notice:

Students can use public transport as needed. For travel between Monday and Friday, 6 pm to 5 am on the following day, as well as all day on weekends and holidays, students can use their ID cards in combination with their matriculation certificate for the summer semester 2020. With this, students are also able to purchase a VVS-Student ticket.  

Further information from the Studierendenwerk Stuttgart

Updated: 1 December 2020

According to information from Studierenwerk Stuttgart, a flexible validity start date for StudiTicket and Anschluss-StudiTicket will generally apply from August 1, 2020. This means that these tickets will be valid from the first of each month for a period of six months. They are no longer bound to the term of the semester.

Further information of the Studierendenwerk Stuttgart

Updated: 06 August 2021

The Student Counselling Service will be happy to support you when you need help or advice to resolve a difficult situation and plan your next steps. The service is confidential!

Contact
E-Mail: zentralestudienberatung(at)hs-esslingen.de
Telefon: 0711 397 3212 
Online Councelling

Further points of contact for students experiencing financial difficulties and worries

• Social Counselling Service at the Student Services Organisation Stuttgart

• Federal bridging aid
  Students who find themselves in financial difficulties because of the coronavirus pandemic may apply for financial assistance until the end of the summer semester 2021 (applications may be submitted on a month-by-month basis).
• KfW student loan
  In the current coronavirus situation, KfW student loan disbursements for May 2020 to the end of 2021 are interest free.
• Information relating to BAföG student grants is available by clicking the question: Which special regulations apply to BAföG (student grant) recipients?

Personal matters and issues

• Psychotherapeutic counselling provided by the Student Services Organisation Stuttgart: Counselling per video call
• University chaplaincy

Last updated: 23 September 2021 

An effective statewide test and trace system during the coronavirus pandemic can only be achieved if the public health departments have sufficient staff. The Baden-Württemberg Ministry for Social Affairs and Integration has therefore issued an urgent appeal for people to support the staff in the public health departments who are engaged on test and trace.

The spread of the infection demands our concerted action, which is why Esslingen University is passing on this important request for help to you.
The hours of work will amount to at least 50% and remuneration will be paid.

Further information about the opportunity to work in the public health departments is available via the “Studis4GÖD” platform.

Updated: 23 March 2021

All information on the current employment legislation provisions and the organisation of work can be found in the intranet.

Last updated: 4 August 2021