Re-registration and Semester Contribution

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Each semester students have to pay a semester contribution in full and on time. In general, you will be informed of the amounts and account details with the registration documents or the reminder to re-register. Under the link below, you will also find all the information about the bank account, the composition and the use of the semester contribution:

Composition and use of the semester contribution and bank details summer semester 2025

Alert to re-register

Before the beginning of the next semester you – as a registered student – will be notified to re-register for the next semester. You can view the payment information in the CampusPortal in the “Payments” area. The date of receipt of the money on the TU Dortmund University account is decisive for meeting the re-registration deadline.

Please note that cross-registered students additionally must submit the certificate of enrollment of their first university for the upcoming semester.

The current (re-registration) deadlines can be found under Dates & Deadlines.

Newly enrolled students receive their first request with the provisional certificate of enrollment.

If you have a credit balance and would like to have it offset, please send us an e-mail with your matriculation number.

Refund / Reduction

If you would like to take a leave of absence in the coming semester, you may be able to pay a reduced semester fee, depending on the reason for the leave of absence. Further information can be found under Leave of Absence.

In the case of official university withdrawal, the semester fee is refundable up to the last day before the beginning of the lecture period. After the start of lectures, the Student Registration Office cannot reimburse the semester fee. Under certain circumstances, however, the semester ticket can be refunded proportionately by the General Student Committee (AStA). Further information can be found under Refund and Exmatriculation.

Information of the AStA

In certain exceptional social circumstances, it is possible to be partially exempted from the semester fee obligation. Detailed information and deadlines can be found on the pages of the AStA of TU Dortmund University.

Re-registration or official university withdrawal?

In the re-registration notification, you will be given a deadline for payment of the amount, which will allow you to register for the following semester and continue your studies at TU Dortmund University. If you have successfully completed your studies or for other reasons decided to end your studies at TU Dortmund University, please apply for official university withdrawal.

Payments after the re-registration deadline

The time of receipt of the money is decisive for compliance with the re-registration period. In the case of transfer/receipt of money after this deadline, a late submission fee of 3.40 euros is to be added to the amount. After the deadline, re-registration cannot take place unless this late fee is paid.

What amount should be transferred?

As a rule, the semester fee must be paid in full to re-register.

The composition and the current amount of the fees: Composition of the summer semester 2025.

In the case of a leave of absence, the semester fee may be reduced depending on the reason for the leave of absence. The respective amounts can be found in the application for leave of absence.

What happens then?

After the payment has been assigned to your registration number, ...

students automatically receive the semester ticket via the TU app. From this point on, it will be possible to request current study certificates via the online services.
students simultaneously enrolled at another university can retrieve their certificate of enrollment online after submitting the certificate of enrollment from the first university.
guest auditors will receive a certificate of admission as guest auditor by post.

Amount and composition of the semester contribution in past semesters

Do I have to re-register even though I have completed my academic performance?

No. If you have already completed the academic performance of our degree program, you do not have to re-register. You no longer need to be enrolled for the assessment of the achievements and the issuance of the graduation documents. You can therefore apply for the removal from the register of students.

What do I do if I still don’t know whether I have passed or completed all my coursework?

If you do not yet know conclusively whether you have completed your studies, you can also re-register for your own safety. If you then are removed from the register of students before the start of lectures at the latest and submit an application for a refund, you can get a full refund for the semester contribution. If you are removed from the register of students later, you can have the costs for the semester ticket refunded proportionally by the AStA. Information about the start of lectures and other dates and deadlines can be found here.