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Click&Meet offers of the Campus Welcome Center
The Campus Welcome Center offer now office hours in person.
Services can only be used by booking an appointment in advance.
Appointment booking for ServicePoint: International Students' Office - Special topics for international prospective students and students |
| Questions about Application and enrolment |
| Questions about changing degree programmes at OVGU |
| Questions about studying a second degree at the OVGU |
Appointment booking for ServicePoint: Students' Office |
| Submission of application or enrollment materials |
| Application for change of study program |
| Request for leave of absence |
| Application for De-Registration |
| New student ID card (lost or malfunction) |
| Official enrolment certificate |
| Proof of student status |
| Subsequent submission of Bachelor's certificate |
| Advice for first semester students |
| Application for Studies |
| Other applications |
| Submission of other documents |
Appointment booking for Alumni and Academic Exam Services |
| Transcript of Records |
| Confirmation of Graduation Letter |
| Officially certified copies (only OVGU documents) |
| Advice on pre-certifying OVGU documents for apostille or legalization ready for future use abroad |
Appointment booking for International Student Advising |
| Appointment with Alexandra Gottschalk: in person | via Zoom |
To book an appointment, visit www.termine.ovgu.de
In addition to the Click&Meet services at the Campus Welcome Center, contact persons are, of course, still available by phone and e-mail.
Cooperation between Otto-von-Guericke-University (OVGU) and the Citizens' Office of the City of Magdeburg
The Magdeburg Citizens' Office is offering exclusive appointments at two counters in the Citizens' Office "Mitte" (Bürgerbüro Mitte, Leiterstraße 2A, 39104 Magdeburg) for OVGU students at the start of the winter semester 2026/2027. These appointments are available for booking between Septembre 28, 2026, and October 17, 2026
PLEASE NOTE: You need an appointment for the city registration.
You can book an appointment online: |
| Moving to Magdeburg from abroad |
| Moving to Magdeburg within Germany |
| Moving within the city of Magdeburg |
Services include the registration of newly arrived students.
If you are not able to use this registration service for students from the city of Magdeburg, you can make an appointment directly with "Bürgerbüro" online at www.magdeburg.de/Start/BürgerService
Thesis and Document Submission outside the office hours
If the thesis submission is not available in person at the examination offices, in the Campus Welcome Center or to the information and security service office of the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (in building 09) we prefer to to receive all study documents, thesis and dissertation via post.
Please address it clearly to the responsible department (a.e. examination office in your faculty)
If it is not possible for you to submit your study documents, thesis, and dissertation via post, it will be possible to submit them in the red post box in front of building 09. All documents will be forwarded to the relevant department by internal post.
Counselling offered in cooperation with the Magdeburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts - consulting of potential drop-outs
Anyone who is thinking about dropping out of university is by no means in a hopeless situation, but has the best prerequisites for starting vocational training. The Chamber of Skilled Crafts in Magdeburg (Handwerkskammer Magdeburg) advises those who doubt their studies about their career opportunities in the skilled crafts.
Find out more now: Dropping out of studies - What now?
The Chamber of Skilled Crafts Magdeburg offers consultation hours for potential dropouts.
The appointments will be held at Otto-von-Guericke-University, Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg in Bld. 01 - Atrium. Please register in advance and for those who do not wish to be advised in person, we will continue to offer the consultation hours in parallel by telephone:
Thursday, 11.12.2025, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 29.01.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 26.02.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 26.03.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 23.04.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 04.06.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 25.06.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 23.07.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 27.08.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 24.09.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 15.10.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 19.11.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon,
Thursday, 17.12.2026, 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Contact:
Silke Handschuck
Training advisor at the Chamber of Skilled Crafts Magdeburg
Tel. 0391 6268-181
Fax 0391 6268-110
shandschuck@hwk-magdeburg.de
Different Office Hours in 2026
We would like to inform you that the Campus Service Center will be closed on the following bridge days in 2024.
- 10th of May 2024 - Day After Ascension Day
- 01st of November 2024 - Day after "Reformation Day" (public holiday in the state of saxony-anhalt).
- Christmas break closure 2024/2025 - 23rd of December 2024 until 01st of January 2025
We would ask you to take this into your planning. Please also note that no employees will be available during this time and enquiries cannot be processed. Thank you for your understanding.