Semester ticket
When you pay the semester fee, you also pay a fee for the semester ticket.
Deutschlandsemesterticket
Students at the following universities can access the Deutschlandsemesterticket (DST) via the website of the Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT):
- Universität Erfurt
- Fachhochschule Erfurt
- Duale Hochschule Gera-Eisenach (campus Gera)
- Technische Universität Ilmenau
- Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
- Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena
- Hochschule Nordhausen
- Hochschule Schmalkalden
- Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
- Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar
The DST is provided via an app, which serves as a ticket.
The DST is valid nationwide and allows travel throughout Germany on public transport and regional rail services. Long-distance trains cannot be used with the DST. A separate ticket is required for this. The exception in Thuringia is the IC connection from Erfurt via Weimar and Jena to Gera. This can also be used in both directions between these cities with the DST.
FAQs
The DST can be accessed before the start of the semester.
Current students will be asked whether they want to access the current or the next semester. It is not necessary to access the current semester again, as the tickets are already available in the transport companies' systems until March or September inclusive.
After requesting the ticket, all students will be shown a subscription number and sent an email with the number that is valid for the DST in the new semester. The previous subscription number remains unchanged for the current semester.
When requesting the ticket on the VMT website, please ensure that you select the correct semester and enter the correct subscription number when loading the DST into the respective app.
The DST is a personalised ticket.
Children under the age of six travel free of charge and do not require a ticket. Children aged six and over require their own ticket.
In the VMT, children under the age of eight travel free of charge until they start school (first day of school) and only when accompanied by an adult. These children do not require their own Deutschlandticket. Children over the age of eight require their own ticket.
Bicycles can be transported free of charge on local trains in Thuringia. Outside Thuringia, the regulations of the respective transport providers apply.
Students who have obtained their DST are not eligible for a refund of the semester fee.