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Welcome and Onboarding Days for new Design Students
The Welcome Days will help you get started with your studies and are offered all day from the 1st to the 9th of October. Together with your new fellow students, you will get to know the professors of your degree programme and their subject areas in various formats. You will find out what you can expect from the degree programme and the region around Potsdam and what career prospects the degree programme will open up for you.
All information about starting your studies at the Design Department can be found here.
30/09/2024, 11.30 am – 6.00 pm
First Instruction & Matriculation Ceremony Department of Design
Following the central matriculation ceremony for all degree programmes at the FH Potsdam, the first instruction and matriculation ceremony of the Department of Design will take place.
9.00 am – 11.00 am Central enrolment ceremony of the FHP
On Monday, the 30th of September 2024, all new students of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam will be welcomed centrally by our President Eva Schmitt-Rodermund. Information on the enrolment ceremony can be found here. This will be followed by the welcome and information event for the first semester students (BA/MA) and for our international students at the Department of Design.
11.30 am – 1.30 pm Initial instruction for all new students (compulsory)
Large lecture theatre in the main building (Main Building/Room 108)
The briefing is compulsory for all first-year students on Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes and for our national and international guest students and provides a binding overview of the required rules of conduct in the workshop and campus area. If you are unable to attend, please contact Anne Boenisch at anne.boenisch@fh-potsdam.de.
2.00 pm – 6.00 pm Matriculation ceremony Faculty of Design
Lecture Hall (House D/Room 011)
2.00 pm Welcome by the Dean Prof. Wiebke Loeper and the Student Council (StuRa).
You are now embarking on a new phase of your life, which will hopefully enrich you both professionally and privately. To help you quickly find your way through the "university jungle", we will provide you with important information about starting your studies and introduce you to the Dean's Office as part of our first semester introduction:
- general information about studying, dates and the semester programme
- Information about the semester programmes and project weeks
- Information about the introductions to the degree programmes and the welcome days (onboarding)
- Access to the MAC/PC labs and the library
- Presentation of the Student Council (StuRa) of the Department of Design
3.00 pm – 6.00 pm Campus tour, workshop tour & photo shoot for first-semester students
Meeting point in the foyer House D/Room 080
01/10/2024, 10.00 am – 6.00 pm
Introduction to the individual degree programmes
- Communication Design (KD) Room 011 / 10.00 am – 12.00 pm / all KD students, then 12.00 pm – 6.00 pm Division into Room 307 / 308/ 310 / 311 / 323
- Product Design (PD) / 10.00 am – 6.00 pm, room 119
- Interface Design (ID) / 10.00 am – 6.00 pm, Room 226
- Master (MA) / 10.00 am – 6.00 pm, Room 108
02/10/2024, 10.00 am – 6.00 pm
Presentation of the semester course and project week topics; online via Zoom
The Zoom rooms will be announced shortly in the 0. workspace (moderation: StuRa): There will be a Zoom room for the project week presentation + basic study courses + explanation of the course selection procedure & a separate Zoom room for the main study and master courses.
10.00 am – 4.00 pm Course presentations for undergraduate and graduate programmes, Bachelor's and Master's courses
4.00 pm Explanation of the course selection process; online via Zoom
Zoom room from the 1st study section of the semester presentations (Moderation: Prof. Boris Müller).
07–10/10/2024
Course selection/project week dates
Monday, 07/10/2024
Deadline for course selection registration + project week participation registration by 8.00 pm.
Information will be announced in the workspace as soon as possible.
Tuesday, 08/10/24
From 8.00 am Announcement of the results for course enrolment; notification of individual programme information by the lecturers.
Wednesday, 09/10/24
Until 8.00 am Deadline for course confirmation by students.
10.00 am – 6.00 pm Emergency Room (StuRa) Support with course selection; notification of individual programme information by lecturers
Thursday, 10/10/24
10.00 am – 6.00 pm Emergency Room (StuRa) & if support from the ER is not sufficient
10.00 am – 6.00 pm (In planning and only if required) Help desk for course selection, via help desk online form