Orientation: A good start to your studies
At the beginning of your master's program at the University of Hamburg, orientation takes place in the week before lectures begin. Higher-semester students in the program organize the 4 days with great commitment and help you find your footing at the University. You will receive all the information you need for a successful start to your studies. You can also find answers to burning questions:
Studies:
- What examinations do I have to take before I graduate?
- Which courses must, can, or should be attended?
- What kind of electives are there?
- Which courses build on each other?
- What kind of examinations are there?
Organization:
- What do I have to take care of and where?
- What is STiNE and how does it work?
- What is the academic office and what does it do?
- When do I have to sign up for courses?
- How and when do I register for or withdraw from exams?
- How and when do I create an course schedule?
- Who does the subject advising?
Spatial orientation:
- Where is what?
- Where do I find the professors / lecturers?
- Where is the academic office?
- Where is the Regional Computing Center?
- Where can I eat something?
More information about orientation will be published in the late summer of the respective year.
You can sign up for courses via STiNE during orientation in the first semester registration phase.
Before the lecture period begins in mid-October, there are always 4 orientation days organized and run by experienced students from the previous year.
Topics include:
- getting to know us and each other
- Special features of the Department of Socioeconomics and what interdisciplinary study means
- Program structure: What examinations do I have to take before I graduate? Which courses must, can, or should I attend? What kind of electives are there? Which courses build on each other? What kind of examinations are there?
- Organization: What do I have to take care of and where? What is STiNE and how does it work? What is the academic office and what does it do? When do I have to sign up for courses? How and when do I register for or withdraw from exams? How and when do I create an course schedule? Who does the subject advising?
- Finding your way: Where is what? Where can I find the professors / lecturers? Where is the academic office? Where is the Regional Computing Center? Where can I eat something?
