Semester ticket information

Constructor university is legally bound to the BSAG/VBN semester ticket contract and thus, a dispensation can only be granted for the predetermined reasons, as stated in the contract.

You may apply for semester ticket dispensation only if:

• you are doing an official study abroad/internship semester, outside the semester ticket area (no leave of absence)
• you are required by a company, research facility, etc., to spend more than 120 consecutive calendar days outside the semester ticket area, for mandatory study purposes
• you have a handicap pass (Schwerbehindertenausweis) and are eligible for free transportation

Please note that if your dispensation is granted you will not be charged with a semester fee charge (university fees still apply) and you will not receive a semester ticket. It will not be possible to receive it at a later moment in the semester, even if you had to return to Bremen and need your semester ticket.

To apply for the dispensation, please use this form (link is external).
 

To request a new semester ticket, please use this form (link is external).

Your request will be processed with priority. You will be notified via email once the ticket is ready to collect. You can pick it up during the office hours in RLH 102. You will be asked to pay 20 €. 
 

The semester ticket allows you to use the public transportation system in and around Bremen.

Areas and Means of Transportation

The semester ticket allows you to use the following public transportation means within the VBN area:

• Buses and trams of the BSAG (mainly within Bremen)
• Buses of the VGB in Bremerhaven
• Buses of the VWG in Oldenburg
• Regional buses around Bremen
• All trains of the NordWestBahn (2nd class)
• Trains of the Deutsche Bahn (RegionalExpress, Regionalbahn in the designated area) as well as the Metronom train

You can also travel to Hamburg-Altona with the Metronom trains, however not by S-Train nor by the Hamburg-Hochbahn. Ferries and “Nachteule” (i.e., night buses) are not included.

New: From 15.12.2013 you can use the IC/EC trains between Bremen HBf and Norddeich, Mole/Emden.

The VBN area mainly includes the following cities and villages:
Bremerhaven, Diepholz, Eystrup, Freisdorf, Lemförde, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Rotenburg, Verden, Wildeshausen
Villages between Bremen and the places listed above

The following additional train connections outside the VBN area are included:
Rastede – Wilhelmshaven (KBS 392/R9), Wilhelmshaven – Sande – Esens (Ostfrl.) (KBS 393), Augustfehn – Leer – Emden, Außenhafen – Norddeich, Mole (KBS 390/R7), Leer – Rheine (KBS 395), Ahlhorn – Cloppenburg – Osnabrück Hbf. (KBS 392/R9), Wildeshausen – Vechta – Osnabrück Hbf. (KBS 394/R6), Diepholz – Osnabrück Hbf. (KBS 385/R5), Verden – Eystrup – Hannover Hbf. (KBS 380A/R1), Rotenburg (Wümme) – Hamburg Hbf. (KBS 120/R3), Bremerhaven – Cuxhaven (KBS 125/R2), Bus 495 Wilhelmshaven – Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven – Bremervörde -Buxtehude

Further information (in German)
www.semesterticket-info.de (link is external)

For students holding a valid semester ticket the local transportation association VBN offers the “Upgrade VBN Semesterticket”, which allows students to upgrade to a Deutschlandticket by paying the difference of the cost of the Deutschlandticket. 

The upgrade can be purchased digitally in the “FahrPlaner App” and in the “ABOS IM VBN App”.

More information regarding the “Upgrade VBN Semesterticket” (e.g. the price, validity, etc.) is available on the VBN’s website: https://www.vbn.de/en/tickets/ticket-offer/deutschland-ticket