Frequently asked questions from participants

All students and members of staff at the University of Greifswald and University Medicine Greifswald can take part in the courses. If there are enough places available, external participants, e.g. former employees and alumni, can also take part in the University Sport courses.

Status group 1: Students of the University of Greifswald, doctoral candidates

Status group 2: Members of staff at the University of Greifswald and University Medicine Greifswald

Status group 3: External persons: persons who do not belong to any of the above status groups – referred to below as external persons. This includes students from other universities, employees of external partner institutions of the University of Greifswald, employees of affiliated institutes, employees of the Greifswald Student Services, employees of universities in other federal states, and guest students at the University of Greifswald.

To register online, you will need:

• Name
• Address
• Student ID number or work telephone number
• email address
• Telephone number
• IBAN

Students and employees are insured through the Unfallkasse M-V accident insurance fund when taking part in instructed sports courses offered by University Sport. However, there is no insurance cover through the Unfallkasse M-V for competitive formats such as university leagues, courses with free play and the flat rates, e.g. for the gym or sports hall. Those who are not members of staff at the university and civil servants are not covered by this general insurance cover.

External participants are not insured by the Unfallkasse M-V, even if they are properly enrolled in a course being provided by University Sport. In this case, statutory or private accident insurance should be taken out. All participants are advised to ensure that they have adequate accident, health and liability insurance.

Accident briefing for participants in courses provided by University Sport in Greifswald

1. Insurance cover for University Sport's offers

a) Accident insurance is provided for all students and employees (except civil servants) participating in advertised courses and events organised by the University of Greifswald's University Sport. Participants in the university leagues or other competitions are not insured by the Unfallkasse M-V accident insurance fund M-V due to the competitive nature of these events.

b) External participants are not insured.

All participants are advised to ensure that they have adequate accident, health and liability insurance.

c) The insurance provider for University Sport at the University of Greifswald is the Unfallkasse M-V accident insurance fund.

d) Accident victims are personally responsible for reporting the accident to the University Sport's office. The report must be made within three working days. You can find a report form [de] on our website.

2. Smoking and alcohol are prohibited in all sports facilities and on all sports grounds.
Glass bottles are also prohibited. Sports facilities must be used with appropriate and clean footwear and equipment.

3. Liability disclaimer

Participation in courses provided by University Sport does not give rise to any liability claims against the University or its employees beyond the scope of statutory liability. Use of all facilities used for University Sport's courses is at your own risk. Neither the State nor the University is liable for accidents or damage of any kind, theft, etc.

No. For organisational reasons, trial training sessions or try-out lessons are not possible. Only registered participants can take part in University Sport's courses.

A short-term cancellation of course lessons (e.g. due to illness of the course instructor) does not oblige University Sport to make up for the course session or refund a proportionate amount of the course fees. Course fees will only be refunded if the whole course does not take place.

There is no legal entitlement to the actual holding of the advertised courses.

If individual course dates are cancelled, for example due to illness of the instructor, a substitute may hold the session or the instructor will attempt to offer make-up dates in consultation with University Sport. There is no legal entitlement to make-up dates.

Cancellation of individual sessions of sports courses without entitlement to compensation:

• if the course day falls on a public holiday
• if the course instructor is unable to attend and no qualified substitute is available
• in the event of disruptions to regular operations (due to building work, repairs, etc.)
• if the respective sports facility is occupied by competitions, tournaments, training courses or other events
• due to weather conditions, and
• in cases of force majeure.

If a course is fully booked, you can add your email address to the waiting list and register for University Sport's notification service. As soon as a place becomes available in the desired course, everyone on the waiting list will be notified by email at the same time. The first person to register will receive the place in the course.

• See waiting list
• Remaining places can be found in the course programme under the link ‘Remaining places [de]’. The available places can be booked online. (See also ‘Which information do I need for online registration?’).

You can send an email to the course instructor using the contact form. To do so, click on the name of the course instructor for the respective course. For data protection reasons, the email addresses of course instructors cannot be disclosed to participants.

If the contact form does not work, please send an email to hochschulsportuni-greifswaldde. It will then be forwarded to the respective instructor.

Our courses do not meet the standards required by health insurance companies in terms of the number of sessions and course duration. Therefore, it is not possible to apply for payment contributions. This does not apply to certain courses that specifically indicate the possibility of such contributions.

The confirmation of participation will be displayed as an HTML page, i.e. a website. This format can be saved, printed and sent from any computer and does not require any additional software. If you no longer have the confirmation, you can contact University Sport's office via email. They will send you a new confirmation of participation.

You can also show the registration confirmation to the instructor on your mobile phone.

This decision is up to you and does not constitute grounds for a refund.

University Sport Greifswald processes participants' personal data only to the extent necessary for the respective contract and in compliance with data protection regulations.

Bank account details are stored until payment has been received. These must be re-entered when booking courses for a new period.

If you have any questions, please contact University Sport's office staff (hochschulsportuni-greifswaldde).

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