Frequently asked questions from participants

All students and employees of the University of Greifswald and Greifswald University Medicine are eligible to participate. If there are enough places available, external participants, e.g. former employees and alumni, can also take part in university sports.

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

Status group 2: Employees of the University of Greifswald and Greifswald University Medicine

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 cooperating non-university 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
• Matriculation number or work telephone number
• Email address
• Telephone number
• IBAN

Students and employees are insured through the Unfallkasse M-V [M-V accident insurance fund] when participating in supervised sports courses offered by the University Sports Centre. However, there is no insurance cover through the Unfallkasse M-V for competitive events such as university leagues, free play courses and flat rates, e.g. for the gym or sports hall. Non-employees 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 university sports course. In this case, statutory or private accident insurance should be taken out. All participants are advised to ensure that they have adequate accident and health insurance and liability insurance.

Accident instruction for participants in university sports in Greifswald

1. Insurance cover for university sports

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 sports programme. Participants in the university league or other competitions are not insured by the M-V accident insurance fund 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 and health insurance and liability insurance.

c) The insurance provider for University Sports 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 Sports office. The report must be made within three working days. You can find a report form 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. Disclaimer

Participation in university sports does not give rise to any liability claims against the university or its employees beyond the scope of statutory liability. Use of all facilities designated for university sports 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 sports activities.

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

There is no legal entitlement to the advertised courses being held.

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

Cancellation 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 operations (due to construction 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 the university sports 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 book will receive the place in the course.

• See waiting list
• Remaining places can be found in the sports course programme under the link ‘Remaining places’. The free places can be booked online. (See also ‘What 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 hochschulsport@uni-greifswald.de. It will then be forwarded to the respective trainer.

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 a subsidy. Courses that are specifically indicated are excluded from this.

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 the University Sports Office by email. They will send you a new confirmation of participation.

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

This is a personal responsibility and does not constitute grounds for a refund.

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

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

If you have any questions, please contact the Greifswald University Sports Office (hochschulsport@uni-greifswald.de).

Then ask us directly.