Getting started in Tübingen

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Welcome to Tübingen This page is an informal collection of tips to help you get started in Tübingen. Maybe you just arrived here for a research project or a degree in biochemistry or a related life science. Accommodation, accounts, and paper work need to be sorted out. A little German will surely come in handy and you have to set up your life in a new city. Welcome and please add your comments and tips here.

Tübingen Wikipedia entry, official city pages, lonely planet: Black Forrest & Stuttgart add a info/link	Accommodation & Transport If you want to go for student housing, apply as early as possible. You can apply before you have received an offer! add a tip/link	Transport add a tip/link
Banking Local banks like Sparkasse are often more accessible than international ones like Deutsche Bank. add a tip/link	Communication the best English-German online dictionary add a tip/link	Student matters You currently need to pay your registration fees from a German bank account on in cash. Keep that in mind. You will receive your student card, log in details in several letters by traditional mail. Also the text is currently still in German. add a tip/problem