Mobility Incoming exchange students

Before your study exchange

Entry requirements for EU citizens

If you are a citizen of an EU Member State (or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland), you do not need a visa or authorisation to stay for your study exchange at the University of Luxembourg.

To enter Luxembourg and enrol at the university, you need:

  • ID or passport
  • health insurance (covering the entire period of your study exchange)

Entry requirements for non-EU citizens

If you are a citizen of a third country (i.e. a country which is neither an EU Member State nor a country treated as such – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland), you need the following documents for your study exchange at the University of Luxembourg:

  • temporary authorisation to stay (autorisation de séjour temporaire – AST)
  • visa (depending on the country of citizenship)
  • ID or passport
  • health insurance (covering the entire period of your study exchange)
  • residence permit (apply after your arrival in Luxembourg)

Temporary authorisation to stay (AST)

You have to apply for the Temporary authorisation to stay (autorisation de séjour temporaire – AST) immediately after receiving the Letter of Admission from the University of Luxembourg.

AST deadlines:

  • 15 July

    15 April

    for the winter semester

  • 8 December

    15 October

    for the summer semester

The process to obtain AST may take several months, it is therefore crucial that you meet the deadline for AST application.

! IMPORTANT !
In case you do not submit your AST application before deadline, you will no longer be considered for an exchange semester at the University of Luxembourg!

Visa

Check whether you have to obtain a visa to enter the Schengen area! Visa requirements are depending on your country of citizenship.

Request a type D visa after you obtain the temporary authorisation to stay.

A list of countries subject to visa requirements is available on guichet.public.lu under “Prerequisites”.

Accommodation

Once accepted, you will receive housing application instructions from the accommodation office.

Health insurance

On your arrival at the university, you have to provide proof of your health insurance for the entire period of your study exchange.

You have the following options:

a) provide a valid European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
b) provide a confirmation of a private health insurance that specifies the beginning and the end date of coverage. Travel insurance is not considered.
c) pay for Luxembourg national health insurance on their arrival at the university (see below)

! IMPORTANT!
No student card nor certificate of enrolment will be provided without proof of a valid health insurance in Europe (EHIC or a certificate). The university insists on the obligation that your insurance covers the entire duration of your stay.

National health insurance in Luxembourg:

In case you do not have health insurance on your arrival, you have the possibility to pay for the health insurance directly in the Incoming office (online payment only). You will be affiliated to the national “Centre commun de sécurité sociale“, and you will be required to pay the health insurance fees for the whole semester.

Note: Bear in mind that if you are NOT covered by any health insurance valid in Europe, you will not be reimbursed in case of illness or hospitalisation. All medical costs would be at your own expense.

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