Start of studies

To enrol at HHU, please contact the Student and Examination Administration Office. Enrolment takes place online via the enrolment portal: https://digstu.hhu.de/. Shortly afterwards you will receive your HHU Card, which serves as your student ID, Mensa Card, library card and NRW Ticket.

Important: Please make sure that your personal details correspond to those on your identity card / birth certificate (especially second names, name additions etc.).

To be able to use digital services such as W-LAN, portals (HIS-LSF, ILIAS, student portal etc.) and the university e-mail account, you must activate your university ID as soon as possible after enrolment (you will receive the ID by post after your enrolment): http://www.zim.hhu.de/servicekatalog/accounts-und-hilfe/uni-kennung-und-idm. It is very important that you activate your university ID as soon as possible so that you can benefit from digital courses as quickly as possible!

Please note that all study-related e-mail correspondence will be sent exclusively via your HHU e-mail account! To ensure that you can access your mailbox regularly and from any location throughout your studies, the university offers various options for integrating your mailbox into an e-mail program. Corresponding instructions can be found in the HHU Wiki: https://wiki.hhu.de/display/HHU/Anleitungen+to+set+up+the+Uni-Mail+in+various+e-mail+programs.

Online registration, i.e., registering for first-semester medicine courses, which you do yourself, is done via HIS-LSF, the HHU's electronic course catalog: https://lsf.hhu.de

Registration for the first semester of medicine will be open from September 1, 2025. Instructions for online registration for the first semester can be found in the attached information on online registration.

If you were unable to participate in group registration during ESAG, you can come to the open consultation hour for online registration. This will take place on October 15 between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. in the O.A.S.E., floor 3, room 08.

In the first semester study group (ESAG) organised by the medical/dental student council, which lasts several days, you will be welcomed by medical students from higher semesters and introduced to studying and campus life in small groups. This allows you to get a taste of campus life and get to know your fellow students before you start your studies.

The ESAG is expected to take place all day from 08.10. to 10.10.2025. Further information can be found on the AStA website or the Instagram channel of the medical student council (@fsmed_dus). There, the student council shares useful information about barbecues and events related to the degree programme.

Students of the medical student council are also recommended to join the following WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IORMlb2ErEjE0pHISYiHMb

Here you also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with other first-semester students.

If you have any questions about ESAG, you can email esag(at)fsmed.de.

At the Faculty of Medicine's first semester welcome ceremony, we will welcome you as new students to our faculty on Monday, October 13, 2025, starting at 4:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 3A (Building 23.01).

There you will have the opportunity to get to know the Faculty of Medicine and its numerous departments better and to talk to the people who will be relevant to you in the future, as well as your fellow students.

At the start of the semester, the team at the Medical Library offers short library tours. These tours give you the opportunity to get to know the library and learn how to make the most of its facilities and services. You can find the dates in your timetable.

Regular classes begin for you on Tuesday, 14 October 2025.

The timetable will be published on our website before the start of the semester at the end of September, and you can also find further important information on the organisation of the first year of study here: www.medizinstudium.hhu.de/studienorganisation/studienjahre/1-studienjahr

The orientation tutorials provide you with the most important information about starting your studies, prepare you for the organisational side of your studies and offer you the opportunity to get to know your fellow students better. They are integrated into the first two subject blocks.

The Düsseldorf Medical Curriculum has always been all about practical experience. That's why you'll be working with patients right from your first year. Since your protection from infections and patient safety are our top priorities, your schedule will include an appointment with the occupational health service for a check-up right at the start of your studies. Please check your vaccination status with your family doctor before this appointment and have any missing vaccinations administered if necessary. Further information, including on required vaccinations, can be found here: www.medizinstudium.hhu.de/studienorganisation/nachweise/betriebsaerztliche-untersuchung

Successful learning - guided learning. Visit the specialised tutorials for international students (Meditorium) in the first three years of study.

We cordially invite all international students who are interested in the Meditorium's offerings to attend an introductory evening event. The date and further information about the event will be available soon on this page and in the timetable.

You can register for the Meditorium either directly on site or by e-mail: meditorium(at)hhu.de. You can find further information at: www.medizin.hhu.de/meditorium

Information on German courses can be found on the website of the HHU Student Academy: www.studierendenakademie.hhu.de/

As a parent, would you like to be placed in a group with more family-friendly course times? Or would you like to be placed in such a group because you are in another special life situation, for example you are caring for relatives, are seriously/chronically ill or have a disability? If possible, please contact the online booking system by the end of the first booking phase (14.10.2025): belegung.q1.medizin(at)hhu.de

If you have any questions regarding the compatibility of work/study and family, please contact the Faculty's Equal Opportunities Officer: gsb.med(at)med.uni-duesseldorf.de

Further information on this topic can be found here: www.medizin.hhu.de/unterstuetzung-fuer-studierende/besondere-lebenssituationen.

For medical students who have not yet reached the legal age, there are some special features in the safety instructions for the subjects of anatomy and chemistry. You will receive information on this from the respective subjects shortly before the start of the semester.

With the O.A.S.E., we have set up a modern learning and communication centre for students. The O.A.S.E. (place of exchange, study and development) not only creates space for concentrated learning in an attractive environment, but is also a good place to get to know other medical students. The medical library on the upper floors offers plenty of specialised literature. The Röstmeister café on the ground floor provides a little energy boost in between: www.medizin.hhu.de/oase.

P.A.L.M.E. (Place for Exchange, Learning, Medicine, and Development), the new teaching and learning center, is located in the immediate vicinity of O.A.S.E. It combines theoretical medicine, clinical practice, digital learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration on a new level, making it a fundamental component of Düsseldorf's medical curriculum: www.medizin.hhu.de/palme

Covering more than 6,500 square meters, students and teachers will find lecture halls, seminar rooms, and open meeting areas, as well as the training and simulation center, the macro- and microscopic anatomy facilities, and the center for digital teaching, learning, and testing.

Please check this page regularly for news and all important dates relating to the start of your studies.

Information about studying medicine in Düsseldorf (programme, timetables, examination dates, ...) can be found on our websites: www.medizinstudium.hhu.de

If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact the Q1 study organization team at q1.medizin(at)hhu.de.

You can also find further up-to-date information and insights into studying medicine on the Dean's Office's Instagram profile @studium_med_hhu.

Link: https://www.orca.nrw/starker-start-ins-studium/

Note: To prepare optimally for upcoming internships, especially in physics and chemistry, we recommend that you take advantage of the mathematics courses offered to refresh your basic knowledge in a targeted manner.