For enrolment, an electronic notification from your health insurance company must be sent to TUBAF. If you are a member of a German public health insurance or if you are co-insured within the scope of family insurance at a public health insurance, please contact the company stating your name, your insurance number and the sender number "H0000669" of TUBAF. The health insurance company can then make the electronic notification to TUBAF. You do not need to submit any further documents.

If you have taken out private health insurance for your studies, the TUBAF Admissions Office requires you to provide "proof of exemption from the statutory health insurance obligation". Proof of insurance from a private health insurance company alone is not sufficient.

You can obtain proof of exemption from the statutory health insurance obligation from any statutory health insurance company by presenting your private health insurance contract and stating the dispatch number of TU Bergakademie Freiberg "H0000669". The statutory health insurance company (e.g. TK or AOK) will check your documents and then inform TUBAF of your insurance status electronically. The exemption from the statutory health insurance obligation is generally valid for the entire duration of your studies and can only be applied for at the beginning of your studies. It is not possible to revoke the exemption.

International students:

To apply for an “exemption from compulsory health insurance” with a statutory health insurance company, you will need these documents and details:

• Letter of admission from TUBAF
• Dispatch number “H0000669” from TUBAF
• Copy of your passport or residence permit
• Contractual documents of a sufficient private health insurance (a pure travel health insurance is usually not sufficient)

You can submit the application online to the statutory health insurance company “Techniker Krankenkasse”. 

Professional soldiers are covered by the so-called "Freie Heilfürsorge" health insurance during their period of service.

Until enrolment, we must have the electronic notification of a statutory health insurance fund that you are not subject to compulsory insurance. You must apply for this notification yourself from a statutory health insurance fund.

There are social security agreements with the member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area. Among other things, these are intended to ensure that health insurance from a student's home country is valid in Germany. Tip: If possible, obtain the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from your statutory health insurance provider.

International students with an EHIC must go through a registration procedure with a German statutory health insurance company of their choice. The following data and documents are required for this:

   Copy of your admission from TUBAF
   Transmission number of the TUBAF: “H0000669”
   Surname, first name, date of birth, address (in Germany or home address)
   Copy of your passport or residence permit
   Copy of your EHIC

You can only be enrolled after you have sent the documents to a statutory health insurance company, which has checked your documents and then confirmed to the TUBAF admissions office that you have sufficient insurance cover for your studies.

You can apply for your EHIC to be checked online at the statutory health insurance company “Techniker Krankenkasse”.

All changes relating to personal health insurance that take place during your studies must be reported to the Student Office by the health insurance provider (e.g. change of health insurance provider).