Health insured status

Prospective students for study programs,
which are to be assigned to the degree studies, such as

• Bachelor courses
• Master courses

have to prove their insured status to the university according to § 199a SGB V Sentence 2 by participating in the electronic reporting procedure before enroling as a student

• until they have reached the age of 30 years

Prospective students for study programs,
which are not to be assigned to the degree studies, such as

• Studienkolleg
• Academic Preparation Course
• PhD studies
• Guest auditor

do not participate in the electronic reporting procedure, as proof of insured status is not required for this group of persons according to § 199a SGB V Sentence 2.

The prospective student requests the health insurance company to check his insured status and to report his insured status to the university electronically (see Separate sender number of the TU Ilmenau).

§ 199a SGB V sentence 2 also regulates which health insurance fund is responsible for submitting the electronic notification of insurance status.

At the same time, the health insurance fund informs the prospective student that the notification of the insured status has been made to the university.

The health insurance company requires the separate sender number of the university for the transmission of the report.

For the TU Ilmenau this is H0001836

Should international students not be able to enter Germany, e.g. due to the pandemic, the following applies.

International students from third countries who do not stay in Germany during their studies are exempt from compulsory insurance in analogy to students at distance learning universities.

These prospective international students also request that the health insurance company (see Contact person of the health insurance companies) electronically report proof of their insured status to the university (see Separate sender number of the TU Ilmenau).

They can be enroled as regular students with the status "No insurance existent", provided that the electronic notification of the insured status is available.

It should be noted that according to the current status (SS 2021), the health insurance obligation comes into effect when the student enters Germany at a later date.

If the student enters Germany during the current semester, the health insurance obligation is retroactive to the beginning of the semester, so that contributions must also be paid retroactively.

If students change health insurance companies, the university again requires electronic notification of the student's insured status.

For this purpose, the student requests the new health insurance company to electronically report the proof of his insured status to the university.

The health insurance company also electronically reports a student's late payment to the university.

Institutions of higher education shall refuse to re-register a student if he fails to meet the obligation imposed on him to pay health
and nursing care insurance contributions.

If the university, for its part, has already electronically reported the student's de-registration to the health insurance fund, the student must again instruct the health insurance fund to submit an electronic report on the insured status to the university after the contribution debt to the health insurance fund has been settled.