Becoming a student assistant I Paleontology

How to become student helper (HiWi)?

Please read all the information on this page. Providing complete documentation helps ensure that the hiring process goes smoothly and quickly.

The following list contains the documents that students have to take with when they are first employed as student helper at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg:

  • Curriculum vitae (tabular or detailed, please include date and signature)
  • Certificate of matriculation
  • Bachelor certificate (if available)
  • Certificate for income tax deduction
  • Foreign students from non-EU countries: valid residence permit
  • Foreign students from EU countries: Certificate of freedom of movement (available at the town hall or residents’ registration office of the place of residence)
  • Social insurance Card (copy)
  • Current membership certificate of the health insurance company

In addition, following forms are required and need to be sent to the responsible person (e-mail)

  1. Application EN Version
  2. Pension insurance contributions EN Version
  3. Loyalty EN Version
  4. Scientology EN Version
  5. Payment procedure

! Foreign students from non-EU countries: valid residence permit. The contract duration can not be longer than the residence permit.

!Foreign students from non-EU countries: valid residence permit. The contract duration can not be longer than the residence permit.

Every student assistant is required to document their working hours and provide proof of these hours if necessary.

  • Student assistants enter their working hours in a list.
  • At the end of their contract period, students send their time sheets to the responsible person without being asked to do so.
  • Student assistants ensure that their supervisor is informed of their working hours and that the time sheets are archived accordingly.
  • Time recording spreadsheet example