Senior connect

Talk to people who've done it — safely

The safest way to meet students who already study at your university is the university itself: 133 of 165 public universities in Setu run an official buddy programme that matches you with a current student.

Official support at each university

133 public universities offer buddy programme

Bremen University of Applied Sciences
Bremen · 12 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Coburg · 3 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences
Darmstadt · 3 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
Cham · 15 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Europa-Universität Flensburg
Flensburg · 6 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Hamburg University of Technology
Hamburg · 14 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Magdeburg · 21 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Lemgo · 5 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau
Kaiserslautern · 22 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Saarland University
Saarbrücken · 22 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Technische Hochschule Lübeck
Lübeck · 5 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Freiberg · 15 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
TU Dortmund University
Dortmund · 17 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Ulm University
Ulm · 16 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
University of Applied Sciences Jena
Jena · 2 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
University of Bayreuth
Bayreuth · 24 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
University of Göttingen
Göttingen · 36 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart · 16 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
University of Tübingen
Tübingen · 36 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Jena · 17 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Fulda · 7 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpVisa helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg · 14 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Hochschule Geisenheim University
Geisenheim · 2 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences
Berlin · 7 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Berlin · 14 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences
Zweibrücken · 6 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe · 16 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Kiel University of Applied Sciences
Kiel · 4 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Leipzig University
Leipzig · 17 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
München · 20 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Offenburg University of Applied Sciences
Gengenbach · 7 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventPick-up serviceAccommodation helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Bochum · 28 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen · 45 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS)
Würzburg · 6 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Technical University of Darmstadt
Darmstadt · 14 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Technical University of Munich
Garching b. München · 65 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Ilmenau · 12 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer
Emden · 6 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
Erfurt · 2 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling
University of Bonn
Bonn · 44 international Master's programmes
University website
Buddy programmeWelcome eventAccommodation helpVisa helpRegistration helpTutorsAccompanying programmeLanguage & cultureCounselling

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Source:DAAD International Programmes database· checked 18 Oct 2026

After your admission, write to the university's international office and ask to join the buddy programme. Mention your programme and intake.

Joining WhatsApp or Telegram groups? Five rules

1Never pay anyone for admission or a visa.Admission is decided by the university and visas by the German missions. 'Agents' in groups who promise either for money are scamming you.
2Check that a 'senior' is real.A real student can tell you their programme, show their university email domain or a public profile, and won't push you to pay for anything.
3Never share OTPs, passwords, passport scans or bank details in a group.Send documents only to official portals (APS, uni-assist, the university, the consulate portal).
4Flats: never pay before you have verified the flat and signed a contract.Most housing scams start in student groups.
5Group advice is not official information.Rules change. Check anything important against the official source — Setu shows the source for every rule.

Found a flat in a group? Check it first with the scam checker.

Questions worth asking a senior

How did you find your first room, and how long did it take?
How difficult are the first-semester exams, and how many re-sits are allowed?
Which courses are really taught in English?
How easy is it to find a working-student job in this city without German?
Which documents did the foreigners' office ask you for, and how long was the wait?
Where do you buy Indian groceries, and what does food cost per month?
What do you wish you had known before you came?