Enroll as PhD (Getting the student benefits)

If you like to receive all the student benefits, the process is as follows:

• In the TuCAN application go to "Statistical data on PhD". There select "yes" for "PhD with enrolment* ". When selecting "yes", you'll get ALL the student benefits (Deutschlandticket, Athena Card with Student Discount, Student-ID to get student discount everywhere)
• Once, you sent your application, it takes some time (up to few weeks) until your application is fully processed (including all the documents you have to hand in). In the end, the application should state "immatrikuliert" (see Photo):
• You'll be asked to pay the semester fee
• How to get all the benefits after you successfully enrolled:
  • Student-ID Card (Studienausweis): You'll receive this one per post to your address
  • Deutschlandticket: Follow https://www.asta.tu-darmstadt.de/de/angebote/deutschland-semesterticket#Handyticket. This will be one ticket for the entire semester (also the past and current months)
  • Athena Card: If you already printed a athena card, you won't automatically get the student discount. Instead you have to print a new card at HRZ. For this, go to the HRZ and ask to print a new card for you. They'll destroy your current card (cut it) to invalidate it and print a new card that should say "Student" on it. If they say you're still an "employee" as first affiliation and that must be changed to "student", that's not correct. They just have to print the card a second time.
• Questions? Ask Claudius