In principle, you can use all public transport in NRW (the underground trains, trams, suspension railways or the normal Deutsche Bahn trains (RE, NRW, NRW-Express etc.)). Of course, this also applies to all buses and other means of public transport.

Important: The use of IC, EC and ICE trains and travel in 1st class are generally not possible with the SemesterTicket.

Here you can find the NRW route network.

This map shows a detailed route overview of the whole of North Rhine-Westphalia. However, especially in the peripheral areas, there are also routes on this map that are not allowed to be travelled with the NRW ticket. For all those who move on the edge of NRW, this Graphic specifically depicts the transition areas.

Basically, it should be said that the SemesterTicket is financed by the solidarity community of all students and that the ticket can only be reimbursed under certain conditions.

Further information and the reimbursement form can be found at Campus Office Online.

We refer to the decision of the Federal Administrative Court of May 12, 1999:

The Federal Administrative Court ruled on May 12, 1999 (BVerwG 6 C 14.98 and 6 C 10.98) that a student body constituted as a corporation under public law with compulsory membership has the authority to introduce a SemesterTicket by voting in a ballot. Constitutional complaints against these judgments were not accepted for decision by the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG, 1 BvR 1510/99 and 1 BvR 1410/99). In view of the students’ “financial need for training” and the high travel costs, the SemesterTicket serves to improve the social situation of the students. The suitability of the SemesterTicket is to be measured by the advantages for all students. The compulsory participation of all students contributes significantly to the extent of the discount achieved. The Federal Constitutional Court expressly acknowledges that “the improvement of the environmental conditions, the relaxation of the parking situation and the possibility of using the ticket for leisure purposes in principle benefit all students”.

HSHL students can use metropolradruhr / nextbike bikes free of charge for 60 minutes on each trip. If the trip takes longer than 60 minutes, € 0.50 per half hour (maximum € 5 for a 24-hour trip) will be charged. The whole thing can be conveniently controlled with the “nextbike” app, which you can download to any device. In addition to our locations in Hamm and Lippstadt, the bikes are also available in cities like Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Mühlheim, Oberhausen, Bottrop, Gelsenkirchen, Herne and Dortmund. If you are specifically interested in the locations of the rental stations, just take a look at their websites (metropolradruhr-locations / nextbike-locations).

HSHL students have to register once at www.metrolpolradruhr.de. To do this, fill out the registration form in full, enter your university email address and select HSHL as your partner as preset.

Finally click on the button “order with obligation to pay”. Payable? (If the free hour is exceeded, the customer account is automatically deactivated. A text message informs you respectively. The payment method must now be stored so that the amount that has exceeded the 60 free minutes can be debited. Once this has happened, the customer account will be activated again .)

A link will be sent to the previously stored university email address – please confirm this. After successful registration, an SMS with the individual PIN code will be sent to you. With this you can log into your customer account and activate the app the first time you use it.