1. Enrollment for the semester of application
To begin your studies at TU Ilmenau, you must be enrolled (= matriculated) in a degree program. Enrollment takes place via the Campus Portal. However, there are differences depending on the type of admission you have received.
a) For students with direct admission (with and without requirements):
Log in to the Campus Portal. Go to the application for which you received direct admission. The online enrollment should now be activated there.
Click on "Apply for enrollment" and enter all required data in the online form. Then submit the enrollment application online.
Shortly afterward, you can download a confirmation of your provisional enrollment in the portal.
Next, contact a statutory health insurance provider in Germany and ask them to report your health insurance status to TU Ilmenau ("M10 notification"). Use the sender number H0001836.
Important: Even if you have private health insurance, you must still contact a statutory provider so they can report your status to TU Ilmenau. It does not matter which provider you choose.
After some time you will receive a PDF in the Campus Portal requesting payment of the semester fee. You will be notified by email once it is available.
Depending on when you enroll, this may take several months. Until then, you remain provisionally enrolled and will receive regular updates by email. Transfer the semester fee exactly as specified in the PDF, including the correct payment reference. Otherwise, your payment cannot be assigned.
Once your insurance status has been successfully verified and the semester fee has been received, you will get an email confirming your enrollment, along with information on how to access your enrollment certificate. Your enrollment is then complete.
b) For international students with an admission subject to a language requirement who wish to enroll in the APC program:
If you do not yethave the appropriate language certificate to enroll in your degree program, you may enroll online as a collegiate (APC) student.
Send an e-mail to info@tu-ilmenau-service.de or check the TU Ilmenau Service GmbH webpage for available language courses, tests, and dates. You must then conclude a learning agreement with TU Ilmenau Service GmbH. This is required for enrollment and is issued after you complete the placement test.
Once you have received the learning agreement, log in to the Campus Portal and create a new application forthe “Academic Preparation Course” (degree: certificate) by clicking on "Add application". Upload your conditional admission letter and the booking confirmation for the language course, then submit the application online.
After review, you will receive an e-mail as soon as online enrollment is activated for you.
Log in again, go to your APC application, and click “Apply for enrollment.” Enter all required data and submit the form. Shortly afterward, you can download confirmation of provisional enrollment.
After some time, you will receive a PDF requesting payment of the semester contribution. You will be notified by email. Transfer the fee exactly as specified, including the correct payment reference.
Once the semester fee has been received, you will receive confirmation of successful enrollment and information on accessing your enrollment certificate. Your enrollment as an APC student is then complete
Note: If your admission includes a language condition (C1), you may also take a language course elsewhere, as long as you obtain arecognized language certificate. Send the certificate by email to registration@tu-ilmenau.de . You will then be granted direct enrollment via the Campus Portal (see a). Enrollment as an APC student is not possible in this case.
c) For students with an admission with condition "Feststellungsprüfung" (assessment test).
School-leaving certificates from some countries are not equivalent tothe GermanAbitur. If this applies to you, you will be referred to the Thüringer Studienkolleg in Nordhausen. This institution prepares international applicants for university studies. You will complete a preparatory program (maximum of 2 semesters; each semester may be repeated once under certain conditions), which ends with the assessment test consisting of written and oral exams.
After passing the test, you will receive a certificate. Send this by email to You will then send this confirmation by e-mail to the enrollment office.
You will then be granted access to online enrollment directly into your degree program.
All further steps are the same as described under a).
d) For incoming exchange/double degree seeking students:
Please contact the incoming coordination team at incoming@tu-ilmenau.de.
2. Enrollment in a later semester
If you are unable to enroll in the intended semester, TU Ilmenau allows enrollment in a later semester, as admissions remain valid for several semesters (see section “Validity”).
Log in at the Campus Portal and start a so-called "short application".
Do not worry, this is not a real new application, but simply re-entering your data. Your admission remains valid.
Click “Add application” and select the degree program for which you have a valid admission. Upload your admission letter and a few additional documents, then submit the application online.
The Academic Service Center will review your eligibility. If everything is correct, online enrollment will be activated.
Then continue as described in section a).
Important: You will only have access to the courses after compleing full enrollment.
