First semester 2017 - Impressions
Welcoming Speech
On Wednesday, October 4,2017,8:30 a. m., the first semester 2017 starts the adventure course of studies. Welcomed in the foyer by the older students - it goes directly into the large lecture hall W201, which quickly fills up with excited and curious students.
Dean Prof. Jäkel greets the "newcomers" personally. Then student life begins, rather unspectacularly - with instructions. First the schedule of the first week and then the safety briefing, which is very important for the many laboratories in our house. This is followed by the user guideline for IT systems and initial IT tips. The student council will then introduce itself, followed by other student groups: the Stura, the VDI, the VDE-Hochschulgruppe and the LeoBots. This means that the joint part for all Bachelor's students is now complete. Now the members of the seminar groups get to know each other better in the seminar rooms....
The Master's students, on the other hand, have their own programme. They will also be greeted personally by Prof. Jäkel at around 10 am. A tour of the house follows. Prof. Reinhold accompanies the masters first of all to the IT laboratory. After the most important IT questions have been clarified, we continue with the security briefing. Before noon there are some more stations in the house Wächterstraße.
Project Day
It's Thursday, 5.10.2017,9:00 a. m. - today it's going to be practical. Sixteen groups are formed, which receive a practical task. In addition, there is a budget of twenty euros and support for the laboratories in the house. Until 2.30 pm it is time to create an original and creative product.
In the W201, the unique specimens will then be presented to the jury led by Prof. Geser. Besides the technical properties, it is also important to have a good presentation. All groups present their results and now it is up to the jury to make decisions. Four o' clock, that's done. In the cafeteria, the winning teams will be announced in the different categories and the prizes will be handed over. The following small "starter barbecue party" is a lot of fun after this exhausting day.
Faculty Caching
It's already Friday, October 6,2017.8:30 a. m. it's about maths, physics and electrical engineering. An hour later, the faculty caching begins. The groups walk from station to station and get to know a lot of interesting things in the faculty. Small tasks have to be solved and lots of questions can be asked. By noon it is done - every group has visited every station.
In the cafeteria, everyone meets for the final meeting of the introductory week and in the afternoon, there are a number of Bafög and StuRa events.
We wish our freshmen a successful course of study and a wonderful time!