This is about you!
Welcome Days
FOR FRESHERS – WINTER SEMESTER 2024/25
What can you expect?
ENJOY AN EASY START INTO EVERYDAY UNIVERSITY LIFE
The Welcome Days provide you with all you need to know about starting your degree programme. We will show you how to manage your studies in an efficient and focused manner, while also enjoying your time as a student. The Welcome Days are an opportunity for us to give you individually tailored information about your chosen degree programme, as well as general information that will simplify your daily life as a student.
The Welcome Days will offer interactive lectures on Moodle, degree-specific sessions, campus and library tours, and opportunities to meet people and mingle. There will also be information stands in the Aula area providing information about key service facilities at the university.
The Welcome Days count as a course – after your successful participation you will receive 1 ECTS credit!
HOW DO I SUCCESSFULLY PARTICIPATE IN THE WELCOME DAYS?
To successfully participate, you must complete all interactive lectures on the Moodle learning platform and attend the programme on campus on the 1st or 2nd of October 2024. To ensure you receive the ECTS credit for your participation, you must sign the attendance list at the Welcome Days (registration starts at 9 a.m. in lecture hall A – arrive on time!) to confirm your presence. Later registration is not possible! Your signature is mandatory in order to complete the course successfully. From early December, you can assign this course credit in the section “Open electives” (Freie Wahlfächer) of your electronic examination book.
You can find more information on our website.
On the 1st and 2nd of October 2024, the following events will take place on campus:
- Introduction & mandatory registration
- PopUp store
- Breakfast with socializing
- Information stands
- Degree-specific sessions
- Campus & library tours
The programme will be offered in German on the 1st of October and in English on the 2nd of October. Attendance on one of these days is mandatory.
On the 1st and 2nd of October 2024, programme directors, teaching assistants and student union representatives will provide you with essential information about your degree programme. The respective sessions will be offered on the 1st/2nd of October 2024 in the language of instruction of the respective degree programme (German or English). Attend the session that matches your degree programme.
Attendance is mandatory to ensure that you receive your first ECTS credit.
Click on the Moodle icon to access the Moodle learning platform. Here you will find all of the mandatory interactive lectures.
These lectures are available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024.
In order to receive your first ECTS credit, both attending in person on the 1st or 2nd of October 2024 on campus and completing all eight interactive lectures are mandatory.
More information is available on this web page.
Degree-Specific Sessions
Programme directors, teaching assistants and student union representatives will provide you with essential information about your programme. The respective sessions will be offered on the 1st/2nd of October 2024 in the language of instruction of the respective degree programme (German or English). Attend the session that matches your degree programme.
| 1st/2nd October | 11 a.m. |
12 noon | 1 p.m. | 2 p.m. | 3 p.m. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture Hall A |
Teacher training programme in secondary general education with a focus on the foundations of educational science and pedagogical-practical studies |
BSc Business Administration MSc Business Administration |
BA Educational Science MA Adult & Vocational EducationMA Diversity Education in School and SocietyMA Social Education and Social Inclusion |
BA Media & Communications
MA Media, Communications & Culture |
BSc Psychology
MSc Psychology |
| Lecture Hall B |
BA Liberal Arts – Understanding and Shaping the World of Tomorrow | BSc Business and Law
MSc Business and Law LLM Business Law |
BA History
MA History History, Social Studies and Political Education as a secondary school subject |
BA Geography
MA Geography and Regional Research: Regional Transformations Geography |
BA Worlds of English
MA Worlds of English English as a secondary school subject |
| Lecture Hall C |
BA German Studies
MA German Studies MA German Studies in the Intercultural Context German as a secondary school subject |
1 p.m.: BSc Applied Informatics Informatics as a secondary school subject 1.30 p.m.: MSc Informatics |
BA Slavonic Studies
Slovene as a secondary school subject MA Cross-Border Studies |
BA Applied Cultural Studies
MA Applied Cultural Analysis and Transcultural Studies |
|
| Lecture Hall 1 |
12 noon: BSc Technical Mathematics Mathematics as a secondary school subject 12.45 p.m.: Dipl-Ing. / DI Mathematics |
BA Romance Studies
MA Romance Studies French, Italian and Spanish as secondary school subjects |
MA Visual Culture | MSc Media and Convergence Management | |
| Lecture Hall 2 |
BSc Robotics and Artificial Intelligence | 1 p.m.: BSc Information and Communications Engineering 1.30 p.m.: Dipl-Ing. / DI Information and Communications Engineering |
MSc Artificial Intelligence & Cybersecurity | ||
| Lecture Hall 3 |
11 a.m.: BSc Management Information Systems 11.30 a.m.: MSc Information Management |
BA Philosophy
MA Philosophy |
MA / MSc Game Studies and Engineering | Ethics as a secondary school subject | Movement and sports as a secondary school subject |
| Lecture Hall 4 |
MA Creative Writing and Cultures of Writing | MSc International Management | MSc Management, Economics, and Data Science | MA Science, Technology & Society | BSc International Business and Economics |
Interactive Lectures
You will find the eight interactive lectures on the Moodle learning platform. They are mandatory and available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024. Participation is mandatory. To successfully participate, you must complete all interactive lectures on the Moodle learning platform (achieving over 70 points) and attend the programme on campus on the 1st or 2nd of October 2024. To ensure you receive the ECTS credit for your participation, you must sign the attendance list at the Welcome Days (registration starts at 9 a.m. in lecture hall A – arrive on time!) to confirm your presence. Later registration is not possible! Your signature is mandatory in order to complete the course successfully.
Register for the course LV 000.100 Welcome Days at campus.aau.at (Campus System)
Click on the Moodle icon to access the Moodle learning platform. Here you will find the eight mandatory interactive lectures.
Welcome Information
(available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024)
Here you can get information about the University of Klagenfurt. We give you tips on how to plan your studies efficiently. We also provide the ultimate check list for freshers. You get infos about: AAU card, student union fee, registration for courses and campus system.
Legal Regulations
(available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024)
Here we inform you about terms, abbreviations and the culture of the University of Klagenfurt. Furthermore, we address the question of what studying really means and what a curriculum is. In addition, we offer information about the Universities Act, university statutes, rights and duties of students & teaching staff (e.g. What are the deadlines?).
ZID
(available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024)
At the University of Klagenfurt, you will be supported in learning, teaching and research by one of the best IT service providers. The Central IT Service (ZID) helps you to achieve your scientific and administrative goals with a comprehensive selection of user-oriented IT services.
Moodle
(available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024)
Moodle is our learning platform at the University of Klagenfurt and corresponds to a virtual course space. Here, for example, working materials and learning activities are provided by teaching staff for our students.
Library Tour
(available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024)
The University Library is the scientific information centre of the University of Klagenfurt and ensures the provision of literature and information carriers for study, research, teaching and further education. We show you how to use our books and databases for your studies and tell you where you can find which information.
Writing Centre
(available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024)
The Writing Centre at the University of Klagenfurt offers students writing courses, writing groups, writing advice, text coaching and writing workshops on academic writing, and also on job-related or creative writing.
Campus Tour
(available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024)
Our campus tour will take you to the most important places around the university as well as showing you the general facilities of the University of Klagenfurt that you need to study successfully.
Actively taking exams
(available online from the 16th of September to the 30th of November 2024)
In this interactive video, you’ll get all the information you need to help you to be an active taker of exams. We explain why this topic is important for you and for the university.
Video clips | Information stands
The video clips are available online throughout the whole semester and they are optional.
Here, you will get additional information about many of the university’s services:
English video clips:
- International Office
- Student union
- USI sports
- Introduction to the Campus system
All German video clips can be found here.
Topics: Introduction to the Campus System, Green Campus, Studying Sustainably, International Office (study trips abroad), Mentoring Programme BeFirst!, Student Union (ÖH), Student Counseling Service, USI sports, Scholarship Office, and Career Service. We recommend that you start with the clip “Introduction to the Campus System”.
On the 1st and 2nd of October 2024, key university services will also be presented at information stands in the main hall (Aula).
Introduction to the campus system
What is meant by course feedback at the University of Klagenfurt?
Conducting student surveys. Why is it important?
International Office
USI Sports
Student Union (ÖH)
USEFUL SERVICE POINTS
OFFICE HOURS of the
ADMISSIONS AND EXAMINATIONS OFFICE
The Admissions and Examinations Office can be visited by appointment for personal enrolment and for important matters that cannot be postponed.
Students can make appointments via the student portal (campus.aau.at). Applicants without access to the registration portal may book an appointment via the general booking page at campus.aau.at/appointments/public/.
You can reach the university’s Admissions and Examinations Office by telephone during the times listed below: +43 463 2700 9111.
Monday: 9 a.m. – 12 noon & 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday: 9 a.m. – 12 noon
Thursday: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
FEEDBACK
We would be pleased if you could give us feedback on the orientation course. You can find the feedback questionnaire for this course in your student portal.
