Exemption from Semester Ticket

The "Deutschlandsemesterticket (DST)" is your ticket to use the public transportation in Berlin and neighboring regions of the Transport Association Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB), tariff zone A, B, and C and within Germany. The purchase of a semester ticket is mandatory for all students of HTW Berlin.

You can apply for exemption for mandatory semesterticket fees for the current semester when certain reasons justify a dispensation.

Valid reasons for an exemption from the mandatory payment of the Semesterticket fees include:

  • Students who are ill or disabled, and therefore cannot use public transport
  • Students absent from the German transport area for study reasons for at least three consecutive months (for example if you spend a semester abroad*)
  • Students of further Masters courses (ZbWS) (no authorization to purchase DST)
  • Leave of Absence (no authorization to purchase DST)

    *students who spend a confirmed semester abroad are not authorized to purchase the DST

In case of exemption from the semester ticket your ticket will be devaluated and cannot be used anymore for the public tranportation.

The requirements for exemption from the semester ticket are regulated in the "Vertrag zum Erwerb des Deutschlandsemestertickets".

Application

The Request of Exemption from mandatory Semesterticket Fees and the HTW StudentCard (HSC) for the current semester need to be submitted as originals, further proofs (confirmation letters, medical records etc.) in copies.

You will find the request form in LSF.

Devaluation of the semesterticket

In case of exemption from the semester ticket your ticket will be devaluated and cannot be used anymore for the public tranportation.