International Scholar Services
The International Scholar Services (ISS) support researchers and PhD candidates from abroad and help them settle in to university life.
Are you coming to Humboldt-Universität from abroad as a:
- Doctoral candidate?
- Visiting scholar?
- Academic assistant?
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Newly appointed professor?
International Scholar Services would like to ensure that your time at Humboldt-Universität and in Berlin gets off to a good start. We help you take care of legal questions as pertained to residence permit before your arrival and questions with regards to the services offered by HU in the first few weeks after you have arrived. We support during your stay and also advise you on what you need to do before you leave Berlin.
Registration with the International Scholar Services:
Please have a look at the information video to find the most important steps to prepare your stay:

Research at HU

Before Arrival

Upon Arrival

Living and Working in Berlin

Before Departure

For HU Hosts
Events
Please note that International Scholar Services offers assistance only. You must make all decisions on the basis of this assistance independently and you bear the sole responsibility for them. International Scholar Services and its staff cannot accept any liability for the information it provides and the consequences resulting from it.