You should plan your return home in time. Be prepared that even a "reverse culture shock" can occur.

Before you return to your homeland you should do the following:

• Deregister from the students' register
• Deregister at your place of residence
• Cancel your health care
• Close your bank account

Please note! When you deregister from students' register (Exmatrikulation), your recidence permit expires. For more information, contact the Aliens Departement.

Students from developing countries can sometimes claim repatriation grants. These differ widely: there are grants for setting up a business, transport subsidies, time limited financial support and the like.

Promotion Measures for Returning Experts World University Service on repatriation and reintegration