Health insurance
Health insurance
Health insurance is compulsory for all University students under 28 years (France) or 30 years (Germany). No residence permit can be issued without it. You may bring a private health insurance from your home country making sure that the coverage is sufficient for Germany/France.
Older students must bring sufficient health insurance coverage from their home county or take out a private health insurance in France or Germany after their arrival.
If you already live in Germany/France/EU-country and have a corresponding health insurance, ask your company to issue you a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). You will need your admission letter for this. You will not have to pay the compulsory health insurance for students.
If you have home university Freiburg, and have no health insurance, you must take out a health insurance for students. You can contact any statutory health insurance company and provide your admission letter. You will be issued a certificate from the German health insurance compnany. You will not have to pay the French health insurance upon enrolment in Strasbourg.
If you have home university Strasbourg and hold a French visa, you will have to register yourself here (CVEC) and additionally for international students here or here for the health insurance (AMELI) once you have your visa/residence permit. You will be issued a certificate. You must then send a copy of this certificate to a German statutory health insurance company which will issue you the exemption certificate needed for the enrollment in Freiburg. This certificate means that you are sufficiently covered by the French health insurance and you must not pay for one in Germany.
Important note: student’s health insurance coverage starts from the time of university enrolment only – we strongly recommend students to take out extra insurance coverage at home for the journey to Germany/France and for the period between arrival and enrolment / the start of the semester.