• In general, we only admit participants aged 18 years or older when the course starts. The project manager shall decide on any exceptions.
• When participants have to apply for a course, a jury selects the participants. Applicants have no automatic right to participation.
  Only complete and correctly named applications will be considered if they were submitted by 01 November of the year or any other deadline set by the Bauhaus Spring School, in which the course takes place.
• Applicants have no automatic right to financial support.

Registration & Course Fees

• Enrolment for a course is binding once the application form has been completed in full, or in the case of a specialist course, once admission has been granted, and once the course fee has been paid into the Bauhaus Spring School account within 10 days of receipt of the invoice.
• All bank charges and transfer fees are the responsibility of the participant.
• ERASMUS BIP scholarship holders and students of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar are exempt from course fees. All participants must choose between booking a Service Package and a refundable course deposit. The Service Package costs €70 and includes participation in excursions and the social programme, free admission to museums, dinner at the opening ceremony, travel by public transport and lunch in the refectory. Students who do not take up the Service Package are automatically required to pay a course deposit of €100. This is to protect us against costs incurred by non-participation. Since in this case, the universities will not receive any funding from the European Commission. The deposit will be refunded as soon as the participants start the course in Weimar.
• If a participant cancels his/her enrolment less than 4 weeks before the start of the online study phase, neither the deposit, the service package nor the course fees will be refunded. In the event of force majeure, the amount will be reimbursed upon presentation of adequate proof. All cases of force majeure must be approved by the National Agency.

Housing

• Upon request, the Bauhaus Spring School will reserve accommodations as capacity allows.
• If the participant cannot be placed in the room category of his/her choice, additional fees and refunds have to be paid in the Course Office in the first week of the course.
• The accommodation fee and the key deposit must be paid together with the course fee.
• If the participant cancels his or her reservation less than 4 weeks prior to the course start, the Bauhaus Spring School reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee of 100% of the accommodation fee.

• The applicable house rules of the accommodation must be observed.
• The accommodation is only to be used by the registered participant to whom the room was allocated. It is not allowed to host overnight guests.
• The accommodation must be left in an orderly and clean state. The participant is liable for all damage occurred through his/her tenancy. Any damage must be reported immediately to the contact person (landlord/subletter or authorised person).

Additional Excursions

• Registration for excursions is binding.
• In the event of cancellation up to four weeks before additional excursions takes place, the Bauhaus Spring School will retain a processing fee of 50% of the amount. Afterwards the full excursion fee will be retained.
• In the event of an insufficient number of participants for an excursion, the Bauhaus Spring School reserves the right to cancel the excursion up to two weeks before the excursion takes place. In such cases, advance payments will be reimbursed in full. No other claims can be made against the Bauhaus Spring School.
• The Bauhaus Spring School cannot provide any compensation for the cancellation of agreed services due to force majeure.

Insurance & Confidentiality

• The course participation does not include insurance coverage for participants.
• The participant is liable for any damages that he or she incurs.
• The Bauhaus Spring School cannot provide any compensation for the cancellation of agreed services due to force majeure.
• The participant agrees that the Bauhaus Spring School records and handles his or her data for purposes of application, accounting and correspondence. The Bauhaus Spring School does not transfer data to a third party, except for purposes of visa application.
• The participant is responsible for communicating any change in personal data, in particular postal and e-mail addresses.
• The participant is responsible for obtainig all legal documents necessary for his or her stay in Germany. The Bauhaus Spring School assumes that the participant has entry clearance and a residence permit.
• The participant consents to receiving e-mail from the Bauhaus Spring School.
• For purposes of public relations the participant permits the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar to publish photos (both in print media and on the Internet), taken of him or her while participating at the Bauhaus Spring School.

Online learning

• The participant learning online acknowledges that the services may enable or assist the access of, interact with from supported platforms and other third parties via third-party websites or resources on the internet (collectively, the “Third-Party Services”). When the participant accesses the Third-Party Services, he will do so at his own risk. Any use of Third-Party Services is governed solely by the terms and conditions of such Third-Party Services, and any contract entered into, or any transaction completed via any Third-Party Services, is between the participant and the relevant third party, and not Bauhaus Spring School. Bauhaus Spring School makes no representation and shall have no liability or obligation whatsoever in relation to the content or use of, or correspondence with, any such Third-Party Services or any transactions completed and any contract entered into by the participant with any such third party.
• Participants are responsible for a stable internet connection and technical equipment.
• Personal data of the participant that is processed in connection with the use of video call software will not be passed on to third parties.  
• The participant is not permitted to make sound or video recordings of the online meeting.
• If it is necessary to record online meetings, the participants are informed transparently in advance and the consent will be asked.

Miscellaneous

• Every participant agrees to use the information infrastructure of the Bauhaus-Unversität Weimar according to the Acceptable Use Policy.
• The programme is explicitly subject to alterations.
• The court of jurisdiction is in Weimar.

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