Student Health Insurance
NEW! Electronic student registration procedure
Every student at the University of Cologne is obliged to prove that they have sufficient health insurance cover when enrolling and to maintain this cover during their studies.
Exception: Doctoral students, participants in preparatory German courses and participants of the pre-semester Studienstart International of the University of Cologne are exempt from the public health insurance obligation as well as students from the age of 30.
Since 01.12.2021, the new electronic student registration procedure of the public health insurance companies has been in effect at the University of Cologne. This new electronic reporting dialogue between the health insurance companies and the University of Cologne enables paperless communication and sustainable optimisation of the reporting procedure.
What's changing?
Up to and including the winter semester 2021/22, international students had to upload a health insurance document or a copy of their EHIC card to their Klips account or submit it to the International Office in order to enrol at the University of Cologne. In the future, this insurance certificate will be provided digitally to the universities by the health insurance company.
As a student applicant, please contact your chosen German public health insurance company. Always inform the health insurance company that you would like to study at the University of Cologne.
The insurance card (EHIC) or a written membership certificate are not sufficient. You cannot be enrolled without the digital insurance certificate from your health insurance company.
Which insurance company can I contact?
In the following, we give you a selection of the most important public health insurance companies and the substitute health insurance funds in Cologne that you can contact. (You can find an overview of all statutory health insurance funds in Germany here).
Techniker Krankenkasse
University counselling
c/o Campus Universität zu Köln
Universitätstr. 20
50937 Köln
Tel: 040 46065109 360 / 0800 285 85 85 (24h-Hotline)
verena.baer@tk.de
www.tk.de/kontakt/verena.baer
AOK Rheinland | Hamburg
Student Service
c/o Campus Universität zu Köln
(Philosophikum)
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Köln
Tel: 0221 16 18 12 48
elke.demary@rh.aok.de
ass.koeln@rh.aok.de
www.aok.de
Barmer GEK
Köln-Mitte
Neumarkt 1c
50667 Köln
Tel: 0221 2099 170 0 / 0800 33206070 0 (Hotline)
koeln@barmer-gek.de
www.barmer-gek.de
DAK Gesundheit
Neumarkt 41-43
50667 Köln
Tel: 0221 98 54 150 / 040 325325555 (24h-Hotline)
service766900@dak.de
www.dak.de
HEK Hanseatische Krankenkasse
Neumarkt 41-43
50667 Köln
Tel: 0221 98 54 150 / 0800 0213213 (24h-Hotline)
kontakt@hek.de
www.hek.de
pronova BKK
Emdender Str. 70
50735 Köln
Tel: 0221 650 59 1000 / 0180 2001313 (24h-Hotline)
service@pronovabkk.de
www.pronovabkk.de
KKH Allianz
Siegburger Str. 229c
50679 Köln
Tel: 0221 57 90 66666 / 0180 355 44 99
koeln@kkh-allianz.de
www.kkh-allianz.de
1. I have an EHIC / GHIC / AT-11. How do I proceed?
Please submit the following documents to your chosen statutory health insurance by e-mail:
- a copy of your EHIC /GHIC / AT 11 (if possible, it should be valid for the entire 1st semester)
- a copy of your identity card / passport
- your German address (alternatively your home address)
- indication of the desired university (University of Cologne)
Your health insurance will now send a notification to the University of Cologne that you fulfil the insurance obligation.
If you want to work in Germany during your studies (mini-job, student job, self-employment, etc.) your EHIC is not sufficient. In this case, you must obtain a public insurance in Germany (point 2).
2. I am not yet covered by a German public insurance. How do I proceed?
Please contact your chosen public insurance by e-mail and submit a membership application. Please inform the health insurance company that you intend to study at the University of Cologne. As soon as you are insured, your health insurance company will send a corresponding notification to the University of Cologne.
3. I have a German public health insurance. How do I proceed?
Please send your membership number to your public health insurance by e-mail. Please be sure to state that you intend to study at the University of Cologne. Your insurance company will now send a corresponding notification to the University of Cologne.
4. I have a private insurance policy. How do I proceed?
Please submit the following documents to your chosen public health insurance by e-mail. They will check whether your private insurance has sufficient coverage to allow you to enrol at the University of Cologne.
- a copy of your private insurance
- a copy of your identity card / passport
- your German address (alternatively your home address)
- indication of the desired university (University of Cologne)
- students from non-EU countries must also submit an application for exemption. (Please have the application sent to you by your chosen insurance company).
The public insurance company you have chosen will inform you accordingly. If the insurance cover is not sufficient, you must take out insurance with a public insurance company in Germany (see point 2).
5. I have travel insurance. How do I proceed?
Travel insurance does not provide sufficient health insurance cover for the duration of your studies in Germany and is not accepted as proof of insurance. Travel health insurance is only valid for your visa and your entry into Germany as long as the semester has not yet begun.
You must take out public insurance (point 2).