I come from an EU or EEA country, from Switzerland, from the United Kingdom or from a country with a social insurance agreement with Germany. Do I have to take out insurance with a German statutory health insurance provider?

No, because you are usually already insured in your home country. For your registration at HSBI, you still need an electronic confirmation from a German statutory health insurance provider. You must thus also contact a German statutory health insurance provider in this case to arrange for the digital confirmation. Techniker Krankenkasse also has an online form on this website.

If you decide to take up employment in Germany alongside your studies, you will have to take out health insurance in Germany.