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Student Applicant (if different from Student)

Mr. Mrs/Ms. Mr. Mrs/Ms.
First name First name
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Date of Birth Date of Birth
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Address Address

E-Mail E-Mail
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Preparatory Course
W-Course T-Course M-Course M+T-Course G-Kurs-Compact
Arts Preparatory course Music Preparatory course
Pre-Course German B1 Pre-Course German B2
Course Intensive German Course
A1.1 A1.2 A2.1 A2.2 B1.1
B1.2 B2.1 B2.2 C1.1 C1.2
DSH
Preperation Course Preperation Course Premium
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Double Room- Standard Apartment (480€ per month)
Accommodation Single Room- Comfort Apartment (760€ per month)
Double Room- Comfort Apartment (600€ per month)
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Declaration of consent: I agree that GRB Gemeinnütziges Rheinisches Bildungszentrum GmbH will, in the event of cancellation
of a training contract concluded with GRB Gemeinnütziges Rheinisches Bildungszentrum GmbH, inform the German embassy
responsible for issuing the entry visa or the relevant German branch about the cancellation of the training contract and about this
my personal data provided at the conclusion of the training contract, i.e. my name, address and date of birth.

Date, Place ______________________________

By signing this form, I confirm my booking and I accept the following terms and conditions for the
educational contract.

_____________________ ___________________ __________________

Signature Studienkolleg Signature Student Signature Applicant

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Terms of Service of GRB Gemeinnütziges Rheinisches Bildungszentrum GmbH
Preamble
GRB Gemeinnütziges Rheinisches Bildungszentrum GmbH (hereinafter termed “GRB“) is
the operator of Studienkolleg Düsseldorf (hereinafter termed “Studienkolleg“), which
offers Preparatory Courses preparing participants for the “Examination to Assess the
Qualification of Foreign Applicants for Admission to Universities in the Federal Republic of
Germany” as well as German courses intended to prepare participants (hereinafter termed
“students”) for German language examinations according to the purposes and conditions
set out below.
The following contractual terms shall apply to the tuition agreement between students and
GRB:
§1 General Terms and Conditions
The following General Terms and Conditions govern the tuition agreement concluded
between students and GRB. The agreement shall be ruled by the version of the General
Terms and Conditions in force at the time that the agreement is entered into.
Divergent, conflicting or supplemental General Terms and Conditions shall not become part
of the agreement, even if both parties are cognizant of them, unless their validity is
expressly confirmed in writing.
GRB is entitled to alter and/or supplement these General Terms and Conditions with an
adequate notice period. Students shall be apprised of each change via e-mail, using the e-
mail address that they provided at the time they signed the tuition agreement. Unless
students enter an objection within four weeks after the e-mail notifying them has been
sent, the new General Terms and Conditions become valid. If students enter an objection
within the notice period, the changes do not become valid.
§2 Agreement Conclusion
Students register using the registration form provided. The registration form can be
downloaded from the Studienkolleg website www.studienkolleg-duesseldorf.de Students
may register via letter or via e-mail. The completed registration form must be mailed to the
following address: Studienkolleg Düsseldorf, Grafenberger Allee 87, 40237 Düsseldorf;
Germany; or sent as a scanned PDF file via e-mail to: info@stk-duesseldorf.de.
Students can only enrol in the courses on offer.
Registration constitutes a binding offer on the part of students to enter into a tuition
agreement. GRB is entitled to accept said offer within four days after receiving it. Silence
on the part of GRB after receiving the offer never constitutes an acceptance of such offers.
In case GRB should decline the offer, GRB is not required to give any reasons.
Agreements are concluded by GRB expressly accepting the offer by means of an e-mail to
the e-mail address provided by the student. Only through the act of GRB accepting the
offer does the tuition agreement between GRB and the student come into effect.
§3 Subject-Matter of the Agreement
Subject-matter of the agreement is the tuition on offer, intended to prepare students for a
test of their German language proficiency. In the German language courses, students are
taught with the objective of preparing them for an examination of their German-language
proficiency according to the Common European Frame of Reference for Languages at the
desired proficiency level (A1-C1). In the DSH-course, students are taught with the objective
of preparing them for “Die Deutsche Sprachprüfung (DSH)”, i.e. the “German Language
Test for the Admission of Foreign Study Applicants” (DSH).
Another subject-matter of the agreement are the preparatory courses offered. Preparatory
courses prepare students for the external “Examination to Assess the Qualification of
Foreign Applicants for Admission to Universities in the Federal Republic of Germany” of the
German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, administered twice a year by the district
government of Cologne. In the T-, W-, M- and G-courses, the contents of four relevant
examination subjects for each course are taught. The contents of the courses comply with
the stipulations set forth by the district government of Cologne.
Passing the examinations does not form part of the services contractually owed by GRB
and no assurances regarding the passing of these examinations are made.
Students are not entitled to be taught by specific course directors, or at specific times or in
specific premises. GRB is solely responsible for choosing the course contents, the time and
place of the courses. GRB is entitled to change stipulations unilaterally according to clauses
1 and 2. In doing so, GRB will consider the legitimate interests of students.
§4 Time and Place of the Measures
As a rule, tuition takes place from Mondays through to Saturdays. Specific changes
according to the circumstances of each week or according to the roster of teachers
available are possible. The total number of teaching units shall not be affected by these
changes. Duration and contents of the courses depend upon the requirements set out in
the District Government’s decrees and will be communicated to students well in advance
through publications on the website of Studienkolleg Düsseldorf www.studienkolleg-
duesseldorf.de or via e-mail.
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GRB Gemeinnütziges Rheinisches Bildungszentrum GmbH – Geschäftsführer: Jing Ma - Amtsgericht Köln HRB 86941
Finanzamt Aachen Stadt – Steuer-Nr. 201/5963/4674 – USt-Id-Nr. DE305921390
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The lesson plan is to be established between the management and the client, not between
the client and the respective teacher.
Place of fulfillment is the premises of Studienkolleg Düsseldorf, Grafenberger Allee 87,
40237 Düsseldorf.
§5 Duties of GRB
GRB is obligated to implement the measures in a dutiful manner and is bound to take steps
to ensure that:
• the curriculum is adhered to,
• an adequate replacement is available in case a course director is unable to attend,
• knowledge required for attaining the goal of the measures is passed on,
• solely lecturers whose training and professional experience qualify them for the
task are entrusted with implementing the measures,
• the required equipment and rooms for implementing the measures are provided.
Learning success is neither contractually owed nor is any such success assured.
§6 Minimum Number of Course Participants
Each course entails a minimum number of participants. If this number is not reached, the
number of lessons required will be reduced while the payment conditions remain
unaltered.
Intensive language course per month:
From 8 participants on: 80 TU
4-5 Participants: 70 TU
2-3 Participants: 50 TU
1 Participant: Course is rescheduled
§7 Students’ Duties
• Once the tuition agreement has been concluded, students are obliged to pay their
tuition fees in full and in a punctual manner according to § 7.
• Students undertake to participate regularly in classes and constantly strive to
acquire the requisite knowledge and skills, dutifully to fulfil the tasks assigned to
them and to contribute to their own individual success.
• Students undertake to participate in measures intended to assess their learning
progress, whenever such measures are foreseen.
• Students undertake to follow the instructions given by the tutors and the teaching
staff.
• Students undertake to have their school-leaving certificates checked by an official
body authorised to do so (i.e. “Zeugnisanerkennungsstelle”). The Studienkolleg is
not to be held responsible for the refusal of the admission to the
“Feststellungsprüfung” in the case of insufficient qualifications other than those
mandatory for admission.
§8 Tuition Fees
Once the tuition agreement has been concluded according to § 2 Para. 4, students are sent
an invoice for their course fees. The amount due depends upon the Studienkolleg’s current
schedule of fees.
For the Preparatory Courses a registration fee of 495€ will be charged.
For the Language Courses a registration fee of 45€ will be chraged for each language level
booked. If several levels are booked at once, no additional registration fees will be charged.
The course fees are due from the moment onwards that the invoice is sent.
Timely payment of the course fees is a precondition for Studienkolleg offering its services.
Sustaining the operations of Studienkolleg depends upon the punctual payment of the
course fees.
The entire sum owed including any eventual bank charges is to be remitted in Euro (€) to
the German bank account of Studienkolleg Düsseldorf:
Commerzbank
IBAN: DE92 3904 0013 0118 288000
BIC: COBADEFFXXX
§9 Course Discontinuation / Cancellation
After the revocation period as set out in § 12 has expired, students may cancel the tuition
agreement. During the revocation period, § 12 applies. If a cancellation is uttered during
the revocation period, the cancellation shall be treated as a revocation, causing the
stipulations on the consequences of a revocation according to § 12 to be applied. If you
have requested for the service to begin within the revocation period, you will have to pay a
reasonable amount which corresponds to the service used up to that point as well as the
registration fee. Cancellations must be submitted in writing and additional documents,
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such as a notice of rejection from the competent German embassy, may be demanded by
Studienkolleg.
The GRB charges a cancellation fee of 1,500€ for Preparatory Courses if the cancellations
submitted after the end of the revocation period but up to four weeks before the start of
the course or earlier. The cancellation fee for language courses is 150€ per language level.
The same conditions apply.
If the cancellation is submitted after the expiry of the revocation period and later than four
weeks before the date on which the course in question is due to start, no reimbursement
whatsoever of the course fees is possible.
In case students fail to obtain the entry visa necessary for punctually commencing their
courses at the beginning of the semester, the tuition period is moved forward to the next
semester. If entry to Germany should again prove to be impossible at such time, the tuition
period is postponed by another semester. Still, there is no reimbursement of the course
fees.
If a participant is unable to attend a course because the relevant authorities do not issue
the required student visa, the participant will be refunded the course fee minus an
administrative fee of € 495 for Preparatory Courses or € 150 per level of language course
booked. If payment has not yet been received, the participant will receive an invoice for
the administration fee of 495 € for Preparatory Courses and 150 € for language courses
(per booked level) which is due immediately.
This reimbursement possibility is limited exclusively to cases in which visas are not issued
for “study-preparatory purposes” and is therefore not transferable to reasons for refusal
other than those stated. Special services requested by the student which go beyond the
course participation are also not refundable.
In case students cancel their tuition agreements, GRB reserves the right to notify the
German embassy responsible for issuing the entry visa of that circumstance. The student
hereby expressly consents to this procedure.
§10 Extraordinary Termination of the Tuition Agreement
Both parties are entitled to an extraordinary termination of the tuition agreement for
important reasons. An important reason exists especially if:
• there are substantial grounds for suspecting that students have violated or are
violating German law, in particular criminal law or residence regulations;
• there are substantial grounds for suspecting that students are violating ethical
norms in a manner that cannot be tolerated by Studienkolleg, in particular by
engaging in obscene, insulting, defamatory, ethically questionable, violence-
glorifying, pornographic, harassing, racist, inflammatory, xenophobic, extremely
right-wing and/or otherwise reprehensible behaviour;
• students reach an absenteeism rate of more than 30%, where in case of belated
arrival in class solely the teaching unit that has already begun (45 minutes) shall be
counted as having been missed,
• students do not comply with their obligations set forth under § 7.
§11 Data Protection
Through its data protection statement, GRB informs students about the kind, scope,
duration and purpose of gathering, processing and using personal data, about their right to
free-of-charge information on the personal data pertaining to themselves that GRB stores,
as well as about their right to correct, delete and block personal data pertaining to
themselves that GRB stores.
Data Protection Statement
What we store
Access Data
If you visit our site without giving out any information regarding your person, we only store
the access data. These comprise, for example, the date and time of access, the referrer, the
Web browser used and the name of the service provider. No person-related analysis of the
data takes place. We solely analyse the data for statistical purposes.
Person-related Data
Person-related data comprise all information by which a person may be identified directly
or indirectly, e. g., name, address, e-mail-address, date of birth, profession or bank
account. We only gather your person-related data if you voluntarily share those with us
whilst enrolling or whilst registering a customer account. We only use your person-related
data for the duration of the implementation of the agreement. Once the agreement has
been completely fulfilled and implemented, we block your data and delete them once the
statutory data retention periods have expired. Other conditions solely apply if you have
expressly agreed to any further use of the data.
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and assist us in optimizing our offering. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your
hard drive and which can only be read out again by our server once you establish a data
connection to our server. We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. So-called
session cookies are cookies that are deleted from your hard drive after each browser
session. Persistent cookies remain on your hard drive, so that we will recognize your
computer when you next visit. You may set your browser to accept cookies automatically,
to notify you each time about the setting of cookies, or to deny the use of cookies every
time without asking.
Your Right to Information
You have a right to receive free-of-charge information on any data pertaining to you that
we have stored. Moreover, you may demand correction, blocking or deletion of the data.
Passing on of Data for Delivery and Payment
For delivering goods and other items to you, we pass on such personal data as are required
for that purpose to the subcontractor selected by us. For payment processing, we transfer
your payment data to the financial institution that we work with.
Your Point of Contact on Data Protection Matters
Do you have any questions regarding the gathering, processing or use of your person-
related data, or do you desire information on, correction of, blocking or deletion of data or
do you wish to retract your permission? In that case, please contact: info@stk-
duesseldorf.de
§12 Instructions on Revocation Rights
Right of Revocation
You have the right to revoke this agreement within fourteen days without giving reasons.
The revocation period is fourteen days after the agreement was entered into. In order to
exercise our right to revocation, you need to inform us (Studienkolleg Düsseldorf,
Grafenberger Allee 87, 40237 Düsseldorf, Tel.: +49 (0) 211-9421-2207, E-Mail: info@stk-
duesseldorf.de) by means of an unequivocal declaration (e. g., a postal letter or an e-mail)
of your decision to revoke this agreement. You can use the attached sample revocation
form. This is, however, not mandatory.
The timely dispatch of the revocation before the expiry of the revocation period shall be
deemed sufficient for compliance with the revocation time limit.
Consequences of Revocation
If you revoke this agreement, we are obliged to reimburse you without delay for all
payments received from you, at the latest within a period of fourteen days after we
received notice of your revocation of this agreement. For reimbursing you, we shall use the
same means of payment that you used for the original transaction, unless we explicitly
agreed another solution with you. Under no circumstances will any fees be charged to you
due to this reimbursement.
In case you requested that the services rendered should commence while the revocation
period was still running, you are obliged to pay us a reasonable amount corresponding to
the proportion of the services already rendered before you apprised us of your decision to
exercise your revocation right relative to the complete total of the services as stipulated in
the agreement.
§13 Dispute Settlement / Consumer Arbitration Board
The EU Commission provides an online dispute resolution platform, which may be reached
via the following link:
http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/
We are neither obliged nor prepared to participate in a dispute resolution procedure
before a consumer arbitration board.
§14 Severability Clause
The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply. For consumers who do not enter
into this agreement for professional or commercial purposes, this choice of governing law
applies only unless the legal protection granted is nullified through mandatory provisions
of the law of the state in which the consumer has his or her habitual residence. The
provisions of the UN Convention on Agreements for the International Sale of Goods do not
apply here and are expressly excluded.
Should individual terms of this agreement be ineffective or lose their effectiveness due to
later circumstances or should a loophole emerge in this Agreement, the legal effectiveness
of the other provisions is not affected.
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