Insurances during the semester abroad
Students who spend a semester abroad must make sure that they have sufficient insurance coverage.
During your semester abroad, you are not covered by our university's accident insurance, and health insurance coverage also requires closer examination.
Health insurance
EU incl. Turkey
During your semester abroad within the EU (incl. Turkey), you are automatically covered by health insurance in these countries via the European health card of your health insurance fund, the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). You will receive the benefits customary in these countries. Please contact your health insurance company to find out what these are and whether additional private health insurance abroad is advisable.
The EHIC does not include repatriation to your home country and/or treatment abroad in the event of a coronavirus-related illness.
Outside the EU and Turkey
You must take out private international health insurance for all countries outside this region.
At some partner universities, health insurance is mandatory on site, e.g. in Australia or Japan. In these cases, however, repatriation to your home country is not included, so we recommend that you also take out private international health insurance in this case.
DAAD Group Insurance
Students who are funded by an Erasmus scholarship, a Promos scholarship or a DAAD scholarship can take out combined health, accident and personal liability insurance through the DAAD.
You can find more information here
