Ludwigshafen is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Rhine river opposite Mannheim; With Mannheim, Heidelberg and the surrounding region, it forms the Rhine Neckar Area -  the center of the metropolitan Rhein-Neckar region, an economic powerhouse with over 134,000 companies, excellent infrastructure, and around 770,000 workers. Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a young city. It was first established in 1853 when the founding fathers laid the foundation of the Rheinchanze bridgehead and the winter harbor. Its growth and wealth were linked to its expansion into becoming the home for one of the world's most important chemical companies – BASF, along with several other rapidly growing chemical companies.

The city centre of Ludwigshafen is comparatively small and dominated by post-war buildings. Its northern and southern boundaries are the Hochstraßen (highways on stilts), the Rhine is in the East and the main station is located in the West of downtown Ludwigshafen, at a walking distance of about 15 minutes from the central pedestrian precinct.

The economic success of the region is closely linked to Ludwigshafen’s superior scientific and research environment. With the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society and the Universities of Mannheim and Heidelberg and numerous external research institutions and educational establishments, the metropolitan Rhein-Neckar region is well known for its distinctive culture of innovation. National and international rankings continually confirm the quality of the local higher educational environment. Regionally rooted and internationally connected, the metropolitan Rhein-Neckar is a popular destination for students from Germany—and the entire world.

Congratulations! You have been selected by your home university to study abroad at the Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society.

Please find all information for your online application HERE.

How can you get accommodation during your semester abroad in Ludwigshafen?

Our institution offers  accommodation for exchange students coming from our partner institutions. You can find the description under following link:

• accommodation description flatsharing

If you would like to apply for accommodation in a flat-sharing community with other exchange students please mark this on the accommodation request and send it to the International Office with the rest of your application forms.

Please note that for winter semester 2026/27 the accommodation in the flatshare will be available from the 14th of September 2026 on.

The accommodation in summer semester 2027 will be available from the 22nd of February 2027 on.

apartment handover form / wohnungsübergabeformular

All students in Germany are required to have a health insurance policy. You will not be enrolled at the university without providing proof of your valid health insurance coverage which covers the whole semester. Please check before your departure to Germany which services are included in your health insurance or look for an additional insurance. Travel insurances are not acceptable for university enrollment!

YOU ARE EU CITIZEN
If you are an EU citizen, you probably have the EHIC (European Health Insurance Card). By presenting this card, you will be exempted from the necessary German health insurance coverage.

YOU ARE NON EU CITIZEN
Now you have two options:

• You take out a public German health insurance  policy, for example through  TK, AOK,  Barmer or DAK.
  It costs around 140 EUR per month.
  A list of all statutory health insurance providers in Germany can be found here (in German only): https://www.gkv-spitzenverband.de/service/krankenkassenliste/krankenkassen.jsp

or

• Issue a private health insurance in your home country (not a travel insurance!). Please note that your insurance must certify you unlimited health coverage for your whole stay in Germany.
  If your private health insurance company doesn´t sign this criteria,  you HAVE to take a German one.

In order to check if the private health insurance is acceptable for university enrollment, you need to send a copy of the health insurance policiy to a German statutory health insurance provider (e.g. TK, AOK, Barmer or DAK).They then will have to  check if you can be exempted from statutory insurance.

If the German statutory health insurance accepts the private insurance and you can be exempted from statutory insurance, the German statutory health insurance will need to send an electronic confirmation (so-called ‘Meldung 10’) to our university. Without this confirmation ‘M10’ can you NOT be enrolled!

In general, please note that if you are private insured, you always have to pay the medical bills in advance and wait then for the reimbursement of your insurance company. Please be aware that hospitalisation can be particulary expensive!

If you are from Turkey, you can also bring an A/T-11 form (TÜRK-ALMAN SOSYAL GÜVENLIK SÖZLESMESI) for Health Insurance.

If you are from Tunesia, you can also bring an A/TN-11form for health insurance.

If you are from Bosnia Herzegovina, you can bring a BH 6 form for health insurance.

The entry requirements into the Federal Republic of Germany are different according to your country of origin. Please enquire as soon as possible as to whether you need a visa or not.

Please note: When it comes to visa matters it is your nationality and not your university that determines the appropriate procedure. Example: If you study in a European country and have a residence permit for this country but your nationality is not European, you need to apply for a student visa in Germany. If this is the case please contact the German Embassy in your country of origin or the German Embassy in your country of studies.

Visa Procedure Exchange students from Non-European Countries

REST Directive 2016/801

If you are Non-EU citizen and you study at a partner university in a EU country, which ratified the REST Directive 2016/801, you can undergo the following procedure to get the permission for your mobility (max. 360 days):

As soon as you received the letter of acceptance, you need to provide us with the following PDF documents collected in ONE email:

• residence permit of the first EU Member State (country of home university)  for the purpose of study – the residence permit need to be valid for your complete stay at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen. Both sides of the card need to be scanned in one PDF file.
• evidence of the participation in the ERASMUS+ programme – please ask your home university for this confirmation. However, it need to be in GERMAN language.
• recognised, valid passport.
• proof of subsistence/ financial resources - currently at least 992 EUR per month - , e.g. by opening a blocked account or by a confirmation of your home univesity that you receive ERASMUS+ scholarship incl. the amount to be received. If you should receive an ERASMUS scholarship for less than 992 EUR monthly, you would only have to guarantee the difference of the full monthly amount.
• valid health insurance, which covers your stay at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen.

The university in Germany must submit these documents to the National Contact Point (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, BAMF) for digital registration for the study period in Germany and its subsequent acceptance by the responsible immigration authority.

More information can be found here.