Offers around the study programme
University life at the HSNR

Hochschule Niederrhein. Your way.

University life

The university also has a lot to offer beyond the lecture theatre. Whether it's language courses, inexpensive lunches or a large leisure programme, the Hochschule Niederrhein offers a wide range of opportunities to meet, exchange ideas and continue your education.

Students have access to modern libraries at all three campuses in Krefeld (Campus South and Campus West) and Mönchengladbach. Students who would like to learn a foreign language or deepen their knowledge are offered a wide selection at the Language Centre. There is a canteen at all three campuses, where students receive discounted prices. In addition to two main courses and side dishes, there is a large selection at the salad bar, a Green Corner and a cafeteria in the morning.

University sports, the choir and the commitment of the AStA and the student councils provide plenty of variety after lectures. University sports has a large programme and offers over 20 different sports, from badminton to quidditch, volleyball and yoga. The university's AStA organises quiz nights, lectures, lecture theatre cinema and games evenings.

The AStA
The General Students' Committee

The AStA is the university-wide representative body of the student body and represents it as a managing executive body.

Its responsibilities include advising students on social and financial issues, university, environmental, gender and anti-discrimination policy, and involvement in cultural activities and student sports. More detailed information about the work and programmes of the AStA can be found on the AStA website. The latest news is also communicated via the AStA's Instagram channel.

The work and offers of the AStA are financed from the student body budget, which is administered by the AStA and fed from the student body fees each semester. The AStA uses these funds to finance projects, purchases and to pay the speakers a contribution towards expenses for their commitment.

The AStA consists of the chairperson, their deputy and a number of speakers and employees.
In principle, students can come to the AStA with any concerns. The AStA team, which consists almost exclusively of students from the university, is always open to students who want to get involved in the AStA and give it a face with their ideas, visions and actions.

With offices in Mönchengladbach and Krefeld, the AStA is represented in both locations of the university.

 

The offers of the AStA

Counselling for students

The AStA helps with anxieties, problems and worries. It mediates between offices, insurance companies or landlords and provides support in dealing with the authorities and finding accommodation or a job. For international students, the AStA can also help with translations. It is available to answer questions about financing your living expenses during your studies, e.g: Questions about BAföG, or about credits and loans. In case of financial emergencies, there is the possibility of an interest-free loan. The AStA supports victims of discrimination and is available to answer questions about LGBTQIA+ issues.

 

Leisure activities

The AStA organises concerts, film evenings, parties, readings, art and culture in the AStA basement and in the Waldhausen Astoria, the student event location. You can find out what's on at the moment on the Instagram pages of the AStA, the AStA-Keller, the Waldhausen Astoria and Beers 4 Queers.

Together with the university, the AStA organises a wide range of sports activities that students can take part in at no extra cost.

Thanks to a cooperation between the AStA and the Krefeld and Mönchengladbach theatres, students can attend all regular performances and the symphony concerts of the Niederrheinische Sinfoniker free of charge. Further information and performance schedules can be found on the theatre's website.

With the student e-mail, the first hour of each hire is free with Nextbike, as well as other discounts.

Check Mönchengladbach: check-mg.de

With Check-mg.de, Marketing Gesellschaft Mönchengladbach has created a new municipal website for young people, which was developed as part of a project idea with students and the university. Getting young people interested in our city is more important than ever against the backdrop of demographic change. As a university location and a city undergoing structural change, Mönchengladbach has a lot of potential - especially for the students in our city and those who can still decide to come here.

check-mg.de is intended to be the "appetiser" for students, trainees and young people for our city - whether they have just arrived or have outgrown their local parental home. Designed as a platform, the new website is intended to do one thing above all: give young adults an orientation as to why Mönchengladbach is or should be their "place to be". It is well known that this discerning target group attaches great importance to a city as a place to live and work that not only provides the ideal conditions for studying or working, but also fits in with their personal lifestyle. This approach is the common thread that runs through the website and presents the city's wide range of offers for young people - as easily digestible snack content with plenty of room for personal discoveries. Check your lifestyle, check Mönchengladbach!

To make you feel right at home in your new university city, there are lots of vouchers, discounts and offers to get to know Mönchengladbach: https: //check-mg.de/studentenrabatte/

The university ensemble

The university has a mixed choir consisting of soprano, alto, tenor and bass voices. The members come from all areas of campus life - but "external choir members are also welcome.

Exciting choral literature is developed together, supplemented by voice and ear training. As a rule, there are fixed semester programmes that invite participation and which are presented at concerts at the end of each semester. The repertoire includes both sacred and secular pieces.

Rehearsals usually take place on *Wednesdays*, 6 to 7 pm in the *Audimax - Campus Krefeld Süd*. Our programme is aimed at students and staff of our university as well as their friends and families and those outside the university who are interested in exciting choral music. To get to know us: just drop by - to join in: please contact the choirmaster Karlheinz Schüffler (email karlheinz.schueffler(at)hs-niederrhein.de). After the summer break, we will start again at the beginning of the winter semester 24/25 - if ensemble work is possible.

Choirmaster

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Karlheinz Schüffler

Formula Student at the HSNR

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As part of the Formula Student racing series, international universities compete against each other with self-built racing cars on professional race tracks.

Founded in September 2011, the interdisciplinary team of students has regularly taken part in races since 2012.

Even though the team has grown considerably in the meantime, motivated students who want to take part in this exciting project are always being sought.

In addition to the technical tasks relating to the design and construction of the vehicle, there are also opportunities for students from other departments to get involved in the organisation.

Contact person

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Julia Kessler
Additive manufacturing

The LAKUM at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences

The LAKUM is a meeting place for everyone at the university, primarily students of course, but lecturers and all other employees are just as welcome! LAKUM is represented at both university campuses. LAKUM means 'to stand up'. The word comes from Hebrew. It's a language rich in imagery and it's not just about getting out of bed in the morning, but also about finding your footing and starting point, coming alive, (re)starting, getting going.

PrideProgress@HSNR

As a trailblazer, the Hochschule Niederrhein offers many paths and opportunities for its members. With "PrideProgress@HSNR", the university creates space for all employees and students who feel part of the LGBTQIA+ community.

The "PrideProgress@HSNR" network connects employees and students across the university. It offers a platform and safe space for sharing experiences and mutual support. The initiative aims to represent the LGBTQIA+ community inside and outside the university and sees itself as a mouthpiece for queer issues. The name "PrideProgress" also stands for the representation of the queer BIPOC community.

All employees and students who feel addressed by this offer are invited to join the network via the contact form and help shape it.
We, the project group consisting of employees and students, have created the network. We are where the threads come together. We also see ourselves as contact persons for this network.

Room of silence

The room is intended to be a place of individual retreat for all students and employees of the Hochschule Niederrhein; a place of prayer, meditation and personal devotion, accessible to members of all religious communities and world views.

Rooms of silence in Mönchengladbach
Q-building, rooms Q E08 and Q E11

Room of Silence in Krefeld (Campus KR-Süd)
I-Building, Room I K 10

 

Entrance to Building R in Mönchengladbach

Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences continues to qual

The Summer Academy / Winter Academy offers the opportunity to strengthen and optimise personal skills in order to continue your education and be up to date in your studies and career tomorrow. A variety of seminars from very different areas of the so-called key competences invite you to acquire methodical, communicative and social skills. Experienced speakers, small seminar groups and participant-activating methods guarantee personal added value.

Tutoring programme

Tutors support teaching in all faculties at the university and accompany students as they embark on their studies. In order to avoid "jumping in at the deep end", they are methodically and didactically prepared for their work in the university-wide tutor programme. This qualification also offers the opportunity to acquire the certificate for tutors.

The individual seminars in the tutor programme are tailored to the relevant target groups. For example, first-semester tutors are trained to ensure a successful induction week; subject tutors receive valuable methodological and didactic tips on how to organise their subject tutorials. Revision tutors acquire important tools for counselling and guiding learning groups. An exchange of experiences is guaranteed in every seminar.

Events@HSNR

Regular events are held at the university throughout the year.

There is always the big campus festival in Krefeld South on the day before Ascension Day, the first-year student festival at the Mönchengladbach campus in September and various other formats, such as award ceremonies, AStA parties, the scholarship award ceremony and much more. Stay up to date via niuswoche and our social media channels!

If you would like to organise something yourself, e.g. with your student council, get in touch with us - we will be happy to help!

Contact person

Maike Eufinger, Dipl.-Des.
Event Management Deputy Head of University Communications Head of Third Mission Team

Living during your studies

Here you will find an overview of student halls of residence and housing associations in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach as well as private providers. If you have the opportunity to look around the campus locations before you start your studies, it is always worth taking a look at the notice boards at the info points and the canteens. Free rooms are also regularly posted on the ASTA website.

Residences of the Studierendenwerk Düsseldorf

...in Düsseldorf

Residences of the Studierendenwerk Düsseldorf AÖR
The Studierendenwerk Düsseldorf rents out accommodation in four residences in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach.

Studierendenwerk Düsseldorf
Universitätsstr.1
40225 Düsseldorf
Tel. +49 211 81-15777
E-mail: info(at)studentenwerk-duesseldorf.de
www.stw-d.de

...in Krefeld

Vennfelder Straße 10
47805 Krefeld
www.stw-d.de/studentisches-wohnen

...in Mönchengladbach

Rheydter Straße 254 a
41065 Mönchengladbach

Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 233
41236 Mönchengladbach
www.stw-d.de/studentisches-wohnen

Private accommodation and shared flats

...in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach

Shared flats
It is possible to find a room in a shared flat (WG for short) with other students. Please refer to the notice boards at the university.

Private accommodation
The AStA of the Hochschule Niederrhein provides addresses of private accommodation:

AStA of the Hochschule Niederrhein in Krefeld
Adlerstraße 35
47798 Krefeld
Phone: +49 2151-822-3660 / +49 2151-822-3661
www.asta.hn

AStA of the Hochschule Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach
Webschulstraße 20
41065 Mönchengladbach
Phone: +49 2161 - 23552
www.asta.hn

Privately run halls of residence

...in Krefeld

Leyentalstr. 103
47799 Krefeld

Provider: Leyental 103 Immobilien GmbH
Phone: +49 176 75882908
immobilien(at)fnmanagement.de

...in Mönchengladbach

Nicodemstr.2
41068 Mönchengladbach

Provider: Dr Dipl.-Ing. Annette Jansen-Winkeln
Winkeln 66
41068 Mönchengladbach
Phone: +49 2161 - 952767
www.studentenwohnheim-nicodemstrasse.de
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Webschulstr.84-90
41065 Mönchengladbach
and
Mühlenstr.33
41236 Mönchengladbach

Provider: Gemeinnützige Kreisbau AG
Nellessenweg 10
41238 Mönchengladbach
Phone: +49 2166 - 98510
www.kreisbau-ag.de/

Housing counselling from the ASTA

The ASTA of the HSNR supports students in their search for accommodation.

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