Orientation Week
On this page you will find all important information about the orientation week in the winter semester 2024/25.
When does the orientation week take place?
This year, the orientation week will take place in the week from October 14 to 17, 2024.
We strongly recommend that you have your own student ID and a bicycle with you for the orientation week.
Planning is already underway and now all that’s missing is you! Take 3 minutes and fill out the short survey that will help us get an idea of how many people are coming and what we can look out for so that we can have a great orientation week for everyone: https://survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/979383?lang=en
There are now a few messenger groups for first semester networking, where you can ask questions and see who you are studying with.
Go to the messenger groups!
What is the orientation week?
To give you a good start to your studies, the Student Council (FSR) and the three subject groups (FGs), together with many volunteers, organize the so-called orientation week, or O-Phase for short, for all first-semester students every year. We show you which places you need to know in Göttingen, what the university has to offer and provide you with important information about your future studies.
But the main thing is: you get to know your fellow students! An elementary part of studying is working independently on exercise sheets, so you can already start to find study groups here, which will help almost all students enormously.
We wish you a good start in Göttingen and an unforgettable orientation week!
If you have any questions, you can contact us by e-mail.
Where do I go if I study mathematics?
We meet on Monday at the Mathematical Institute in Bunsenstraße 3-5.
You can find more detailed information in the mathematics orientation week section.
If you have any questions, please contact the Mathematics Group by e-mail.
Where do I go if I study computer science?
We will meet on Monday behind the Institute of Computer Science at the north campus. Please be there at 10:00 am.
You can also find more information about the procedure and organization on the computer science orientation week page.
If you have any questions, just send an e-mail to fachgruppe 0x40 informatik.uni-goettingen.de. (Not sure what we mean by that? Look it up here ) Especially if you need information about your courses in the first semester before the orientation week for specific reasons, please get in touch.
Where do I go if I study Data Science?
If you are studying Applied Data Science, most of your orientation week will take place at the north campus. Meet behind the Institute of Computer Science at 10 am.
For all Mathematical Data Science students, it’s off to the south: We’ll be waiting for you at the Institute of Mathematics at 10 am.
You can find more detailed information in the data science orientation week section.
If you have any questions, please contact us by mail.
Where do I go if I am a 2-subject Bachelor?
The orientation week is designed so that you can attend all the important courses in both subjects. For all teacher training students, the orientation week for the Teacher Training Profile takes place on Tuesday morning in addition to our orientation week.
The next day, the Wednesday of the orientation week, is an all-day „crossover day“, on which events of your second subject take place at the respective faculty (when and where can be found on the respective homepage). So if you are otherwise attending the orientation week of your other subject or are not with us on Tuesday for other reasons, you can attend the Mathematics or Computer Science study counseling on Wednesday morning, especially for 2-subject bachelor’s degrees. The study counseling takes place online at this link at 10 am.
If you are studying mathematics and computer science in the 2-subject Bachelor’s program, you can choose which orientation week you go to. Many activities, such as the Göttingen rally or the games evening, take place together. However, due to the much smaller number of computer science teaching students, we recommend that student teachers with this subject combination first go to computer science on Monday.
Where do I go if I am in master?
On monday we plan to meet in the NAM.
Disscussing the plan for the week with the master students and welcoming them to the Göttingen university.
For further coordination (precise times and places to meet) please join this telegram channel
Notes on accessibility
If the orientation week poses a special challenge for you, e.g. because you have a chronic impairment or disability, you are welcome to write to us in advance and ask. We will be happy to support you!
Contact by email: fsr@math-cs.uni-goettingen.de
Unfortunately, we cannot provide telephone contact details here due to spam.
Other
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