Usually you are entitled to family insurance up to the age of 25 or if you are married, provided a certain income limit is not exceeded. In this case, please select the "compulsorily insured" option when enrolling and enter your health insurance and insurance number. If you do not yet have these, please select "no insurance".

If you do not belong to a family insurance, you can take out student health insurance yourself. You can choose your own statutory health insurance provider. Student health insurance is generally valid until you reach the age of 30 and provided you do not work more than 20 hours per week during the lecture period. In this case, please select the "compulsorily insured" option when enrolling and enter your health insurance and insurance number. If you do not have these yet, please select "no insurance".

If you reach the age of 30 while studying in Germany, you can continue to be covered by your statutory insurance policy but at a higher rate. Please consult your health insurance provider for their terms and conditions. Students over the age of 30 are not required to provide proof of health insurance to the university.

You can take out private health insurance or be privately insured through your parents. In this case, you must be exempted from the statutory insurance obligation and contact a German statutory health insurance provider for this purpose so that they can report your insurance status to us electronically. In this case, please select the option "no insurance" when enrolling. This exemption is valid for the entire duration of your studies in Germany and cannot be revoked.

Foreign students are generally required to take out health insurance in Germany. For this purpose, a student insurance contract can be concluded with any statutory health insurance provider in Germany. If you already have your insurance number, select "compulsorily insured" when enrolling.

If you do not yet have a health insurance number, select "no insurance" when enrolling and take out health insurance as soon as possible! The health insurance company will then send us a notification of your insurance status.

Please note that travel insurance does not provide sufficient health insurance cover for the duration of your studies in Germany and cannot be accepted as proof of insurance. Travel health insurance is only valid for the duration of your visa and your entry into Germany as long as the semester has not yet begun.

The EHIC, GHIC or the AT11 form must be issued by the insurance company in the home country and must be presented to one of the statutory health insurance providers in Germany in order to obtain an exemption certificate. This exemption is valid for the entire duration of your studies in Germany and cannot be revoked. Please contact a German statutory health insurance provider as soon as possible. The health insurance provider will then send us a notification of your insurance status. In this case, please select "No insurance" during enrollment.

Students who were already enrolled at Freie Universität Berlin before January 1, 2022, are generally not obliged to take any action as a result of this change. 

This only applies if you switch health insurance providers. If you switch health insurance providers, then we will need your new (statutory) health insurance provider to notify us digitally concerning this change. Please submit our institutional tracking number (Absendernummer: H0000657) to your health insurance provider.

Students over the age of 30 are not required to provide proof of health insurance.

You can find information concerning your health insurance provider’s company number (Betriebsnummer) on its website or by sending an inquiry.

You can find your insurance number (Versicherungsnummer) on the front or back of your health insurance card (Gesundheitskarte). The number must consist of one letter and nine numbers. Example: A123456789

If you did not receive your insurance card yet, please wait to receive a welcome letter from your insurance. The letter will state your insurance number.