Comfort Start: Your benefits.
Start as early as today
Easily submit your documents in parallel
Access all learning materials & receive a free iPad
Your Comfort Start: Begin easily and right away, organise the rest later.
The Comfort Start gives you the chance to dive straight into learning, without getting caught up in paperwork. It’s perfect if you already know exactly what you want to study.
Here’s how you benefit with Comfort Start:
You start as an Auditor (Gasthörer:in)—either immediately (from today) or on your preferred starting date.
You have full access to all your learning materials and receive your free iPad.
You can conveniently submit your documents in parallel
Once we’ve successfully checked your documents, you gain full student status and the chance to take exams.
This is how you stay flexible:
You start with your trial month and can test us for free for one month. You only pay fees if you decide to continue.
As an Auditor (Gasthörer:in) you can cancel on a monthly basis.
Your status as an Auditor (Gasthörer:in) lasts for up to 12 months, with the option to extend.
A special benefit: All fees you pay as an Auditor (Gasthörer:in) will count towards your degree later. So, you’re investing in your graduation from day one—and your total study costs stay the same.
Your Comfort Start: Here’s how it works.
Apply online
Choose your study model, degree programme, and Comfort Start, to start as an Auditor (Gasthörer:in).
Access learning materials & your iPad
Start immediately (or on your chosen date): You get instant access to course materials, USP services, and your free iPad. ou can only take exams once you have switched to student status.
Submit documents
Send us your documents in parallel. We’re happy to support you and will check your documents as quickly as possible so you can enrol successfully.
Gain full student status
Once enrolled, you receive your official student status — and you can now take exams and earn ECTS credits.
Use Comfort Start and begin today—or on your preferred starting date — as an Auditor (Gasthörer:in). You can submit your documents in parallel, whenever suits you.
*Fees only apply if you decide to stay with us.
MiCampus: Your digital study platform.
With Comfort Start, you get access to MiCampus—the central platform for learning. Here you can
manage your courses,
access all learning materials,
book Study Coaching appointments,
and use further USP services.
Comfort Start and Classic Start compared.
The Comfort Start allows you to begin learning comfortably and directly, while the Classic Start requires all your documents to be submitted before you can get going. The overview below shows you at a glance the differences and advantages of both options:
Comfort Start | Classic Start | |
Start date | Possible from today | Earliest possible in 10 days |
Documents | Can be submitted in parellel | Must be submitted in advance |
Learning content & iPad | Available immediately | Available after document check and enrollment |
Exams | Available after document check and enrollment | Available from the start date |
Status | Initially: Auditor (Gasthörer:in) After enrollment: Enrolled student | Enrolled student |
Make the most of your trial month.
With Comfort Start, you gain a real advantage with our trial month: you can try us out for one month with no obligations—no need to sort out your documents first. Fees for this period only apply if you choose to continue with us.
We are here for you
Do you need help with your decision? Your personal study advisor is happy to help you!
The most important questions about Comfort Start.
Comfort Start: With Comfort Start, you can begin immediately (from today) or choose your preferred starting date flexibly. At this point, you start your learning experience as an Auditor (Gasthörer:in) – without student status and without the option to take exams. You submit your documents in parallel. As soon as your documents have been fully reviewed and your university entrance qualification (HZB) is verified, you will become an officially enrolled student.
Classic Start: With Classic Start, you select a starting date in the future—and can start in as little as 10 days. Your (certified) documents must be submitted fully and checked successfully before your studies can begin.
Comfort Start: You join as an Auditor (Gasthörer:in). This means you have instant access to your learning materials, but can’t take exams just yet. Once your documents are submitted and successfully checked, you get your official student status and can take exams.
Classic Start: Since you only begin your studies once your documents are submitted and checked, with Classic Start you start day one as a full student and can immediately register for and take exams.
As a Auditor (Gasthörer:in), you pay the regular fees for your chosen degree programme (based on your study model).
When you change to student status, the last regular invoices are reduced by the amount you paid as a guest student. Your total study costs stay the same.
While you have Auditor (Gasthörer:in) status, traditional financial options such as Beca, USP student loans, etc. cannot yet be applied for. This becomes possible as soon as you gain full student status. If this type of financing is important to you, be sure to start with the Classic Start so you can access these options right away.
After Comfort Start you can study as a guest student for up to 12 months—with the option to extend.
As soon as you’ve submitted all your documents and they’ve been checked successfully - especially your university entrance qualification (HZB), you’ll receive full student status.
Note: If you are unsure about your university entrance qualification (HZB), we recommend choosing the Classic Start.
As an Auditor (Gasthörer:in), you can cancel on a monthly basis.
Comfort Start – flexible and convenient
You begin your learning experience straight away and submit your documents comfortably in parallel.
You have access to all learning materials but no exam access and no official student status.
Ideal if:
You want to start immediately.
Not all your documents are available yet.
You want to start learning while your enrolment is being processed.
Classic Start – traditional and secure
Your documents (including HZB) must be fully reviewed in advance. From day one, you receive student status and have access to exams.
Suitable if you:
Want to have all formalities sorted right from the start (for example, for Beca, your employer, or other funding requirements)
Want maximum certainty about your university entrance qualification (HZB).
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