Advising and Service

Source: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service Parent: https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service/student-registry/deregistration

The University of Bonn offers a wide range of advising opportunities and services for you to use at all stages of university studies. Our advising and service network is here to help you with everything related to academic orientation, application and enrollment, degree progression, academic problems, personal challenges, stays abroad and career counseling. These services are supplemented by various student-run advisory bodies and the services of Studierendenwerk Bonn in the areas of funding, housing and social affairs.

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Student orientation

Academic orientation and choosing a degree program

• Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service1
• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service2

Student application

• Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service1
• Student Registry 3(undergraduate degree programs)
• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service 4(postgraduate degree programs)
• INCLUSIVE Studying5 (accessibility accommodations, hardship cases)
• International Office: DSH-courses6

Selection & admission

• Student Registry 3(undergraduate degree programs)
• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service 4(postgraduate degree programs)

Starting your studies

Enrollment

• Student Registry3 (undergraduate & postgraduate degree programs)

Student orientation and settling in

• Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service1
• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service 4
• Student councils7
• General Students' Committee (AStA)8

Funding and housing

• Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service1
• Studierendenwerk (financing)9
• Studierendenwerk (accommodation)10
• General Students' Committee 8(AStA)8

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Bonn Study Support Program “Be strong!”

“Be strong!”, the first structured study support program to be offered at the University of Bonn, launches in winter semester 2025/26. The “Be strong!” program is highly diverse, covers all phases of a degree program and will help you to find your way around your studies, acquire and consolidate specialist and methodological skills, and build up your own personal resources.

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During your studies

Planning your studies

• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service4
• Examination Authorities12

Additional qualifications & study skills

• Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service1
• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service4
• Sprachlernzentrum (SLZ)13
• International office (International Affairs Department)14
• Writing consultation15

Study and internships abroad

• International office (International Affairs Department)16

Transferring to another academic discipline or university

• Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service1
• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service4

Career orientation during your studies

• Career Service17
• Transfer Center enaCom (business start-ups)18
• iStart (for international students)19

Doubts about your studies/withdrawing from university

• Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service1
• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service4

Psychological counseling/mental health

• Psychological counseling at the Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service20
• Psychological counseling centre of the Studierendenwerk21
• Psychosocial counseling of the General Students' Committee22
• Healthy Campus for students23

Anti-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity

• INCLUSIVE Studying5
• Studying with impairments (Studierendenwerk)24
• Equal Opportunity and Diversity Unit25
• Counseling regarding racism26
• Equal opportunities department27
• Protection against Discrimination/Discrimination reporting system (anonymous)28
• Anti-Discrimination Office29
• Lecturers of trust against antisemitism30
• General Students' Committee (AStA)22

Child resposibilities and caring for family members

• Office of Family Services31
• General Students' Committee (AStA)8

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Graduation

Advice on the transition to the bachelor’s/master’s system

• Central Study Advisory and Counseling Service1
• Career Service32
• Subject-specific Study Advisory Service4

Advice and support about choosing your career

• Career Service33
• Transfer Center enaCom (start up)34
• iStart career program (for international students)35

Advice and support about applying for jobs

• Career Service33

Doctoral students and postdocs

• Bonn Graduate Center36
• Ombudsperson Office for Early-Career Researchers37

Links

1. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service/central-study-advisory-and-counseling-service/central-study-advisory-and-counseling-service
2. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service/subject-specific-study-advisory-service
3. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service/student-registry/student-registry?set_language=en
4. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service/subject-specific-study-advisory-service?set_language=en
5. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service/inclusive-studying
6. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/international-students/learning-german/dsh-vk/dsh-preparatory-courses?set_language=en
7. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/organisation-and-institutions/student-representative-bodies-and-other-organizations/student-representation?set_language=en
8. https://www.asta-bonn.de/AStA
9. https://www.studierendenwerk-bonn.de/en/financing/
10. https://www.studierendenwerk-bonn.de/en/accommodation/
11. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/during-your-studies/bonn-study-support-program-be-strong
12. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service/examination-authorities?set_language=en
13. https://www.ikm.uni-bonn.de/sprachlernzentrum/
14. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/international/campus-international/campus-international?set_language=en
15. https://www.studierendenwerk-bonn.de/en/counselling-social-affairs/writing-consultation/
16. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/study-and-internship-abroad/study-and-internships-abroad?set_language=en
17. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/during-your-studies/graduation-and-transition-to-a-professional-career/career-service/career-service-homepage
18. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/transfer/transfer-center-enacom/transfercenter-enacom
19. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/during-your-studies/graduation-and-transition-to-a-professional-career/istart-career-program-for-international-students
20. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/consultation-and-service/psychological-and-social-counseling/psychological-counseling?set_language=en
21. https://www.studierendenwerk-bonn.de/en/counselling-social-affairs/psychological-counselling-centre/
22. https://www.asta-bonn.de/Consultations
23. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/about-the-university/healthy-campus-bonn/healthy-study-practices/healthy_study_practices?set_language=en
24. https://www.studierendenwerk-bonn.de/en/counselling-social-affairs/studying-with-impairments/
25. https://www.chancengerechtigkeit.uni-bonn.de/en/equal-opportunity-and-diversity-unit?set_language=en
26. https://www.chancengerechtigkeit.uni-bonn.de/en/inclusion-and-protection-against-discrimination/counseling/counseling-regarding-racism
27. https://www.gleichstellung.uni-bonn.de/
28. https://www.gleichstellung.uni-bonn.de/angebote-und-beratung/beratungsangebote/diskriminierungsmelder-des-zentralen-gleichstellungsbueros-der-universitaet-bonn
29. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/organisation-and-institutions/university-administration/academic-and-legal-affairs/diskriminierungsschutz/anti-discrimination
30. https://www.chancengerechtigkeit.uni-bonn.de/en/inclusion-and-protection-against-discrimination/counseling/lecturers-of-trust-against-antisemitism
31. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/university/equal-opportunity/family-friendly-university/family-friendly-university?set_language=en
32. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/during-your-studies/graduation-and-transition-to-a-professional-career/career-service/consulting-services/karriere-sprechstunde
33. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/studying/organizing-your-studies/graduation-and-transition-to-a-professional-career/career-service/career-service-homepage?set_language=en
34. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/transfer-center-enacom/transfercenter-enacom?set_language=en
35. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/international/campus-international/istart-career-program/istart
36. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/ecrs/contactpoints-argelander/bonn-graduate-center
37. https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/research-and-teaching/quality-assurance-in-research-and-teaching/good-research-practice/ombudsstelle-fuer-den-wiss-nachwuchs