Welcome Center – Your first point of contact at KU

We are very happy that you are interested in staying and teaching at the KU in the context of an Erasmus+ short program. We provide help and support when it comes to finding a suitable visiting chair and planning your stay. Please send your application to welcome(at)ku.de and include the following documents and information:

• Résumé
• Teaching program for 4 - 8 course hours
• Desired period of your stay

1. Please check with the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany in due time, whether you require a visa for your research stay. 
2. Please also make sure that you are sufficiently covered with health insurance protection. If you carry out research at the KU under an employment agreement, you are generally covered by statutory health insurance. If this is not the case, we recommend that you conclude an insurance scheme via the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). More detailed information is available on the DAAD website.
3. Please ensure that you start looking for accommodation in Eichstätt or Ingolstadt in due time. The KU International Office is happy to help. 
4. Are you accompanied by your family? Please bear in mind to arrange for a place in kindergarten or school in time. The International Office also offers help and support in this respect. 

1. Please register yourself and, if applicable, your family members at the residents’ registration office (Einwohnermeldeamt) in Eichstätt or the citizens registration office (Bürgeramt) in Ingolstadt. 
2. Please do not hesitate to contact the KU International Office if you require more practical information. The team at the International Office will also give you access to the University Library and Computer Center. 
3. Please contact your responsible academic supervisor on campus. 
4. If required, please open a bank account and set up standing orders for regular payments (rent etc.). 

1. Please de-register yourself and, if applicable, your family members at the residents’ registration office (Einwohnermeldeamt) in Eichstätt or the citizens registration office (Bürgeramt) in Ingolstadt. 
2. Close your bank account. 
3. Make an appointment with your landlord for handing over the apartment in due time.

• Make it in Germany
• Visa information for researchers
• FAQs - Tips for your research stay in Germany 
• Residents’ registration office Eichstätt
• Citizens registration office Ingolstadt
• Federal Foreign Office: Visa information

Since June 2022, visiting scholars can stay in the KU guest house. Further information is available here.

If you are accompanied by your family, please take your family members into account when applying for the visa. If you children accompany you, please bear in mind to bring the children’s birth certificates when traveling to Germany. You also have to ensure that your family members are sufficiently covered by health insurance. If you are covered by statutory health insurance in Germany and your spouse does not work, he/she can be included in your insurance scheme. The same applies for your children. If you have to take out private health insurance, please make sure that insurance cover extends to all your family members. 

More information on insurance cover is available here. 

School attendance is compulsory in Germany, so please bear in mind to register your school-age children with the responsible school in due time. Younger children (from the age of three) can go to kindergarten. Enrolled doctoral candidates at the KU have the possibility to register their children aged between one and three at the University’s own crèche. In order to be able to do so, they must become a member of the sponsoring association. The International Office is happy to help if you require support in finding suitable childcare offers. 

Useful websites: 

• KU crèche ‘Kinderhaus’
• Schools in Eichstätt

• Schools in Ingolstadt