Welcome Week for international students
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Welcome Week for international students in winter term 2024/25: October, 7th-12th.
We would like to welcome you to the University of Kassel, bring you in contact with your fellow students, and introduce you to important service facilities. Please do not miss the introductory events for your department.
Program overview
Further offers at the beginning of studies
Participation in the semester preparation course German for international and Erasmus students (level A1-B1) costs 85-95 euros. Details at: www.uni-kassel.de/einrichtung/isz-/-sprachenzentrum/sprach-und-schluesselqualifikationskurse/deutsch-lernen/semestervorbereitungskurs-deutsch-fuer-internationale-und-erasmus-studierende
The library is indispensable on the way to a successful degree course. For this reason, the library offers face-to-face training. Registration is requested.
In this event, you will get to know the Career Service, an important service facility that provides support in finding an internship and starting a job and offers application portfolio checks, among other things. The event will take place via Zoom in German and English. You can register here.
The dates of the introductory events in your faculty will be available on the respective course page.
You can also subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Instagram
Instagram.com/unikassel_internationals, to keep up to date with current campus activities.
Keeping track
Whether by bus, train, bicycle, or on foot, you have many possibilities to come to the university:
- Parking spaces: Around the Campus Holländischer Platz there are very few parking spaces in the surrounding streets (Hentschelstraße, Mönchebergstraße). You must pay for parking. You might be able to find free parking spaces on the surrounding streets.
- Train connections: The long-distance railway station is Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe. You can also reach Kassel main station via regional transport. You can find all train connections at www.bahn.de.
- Bicycle: Kassel has around 400 rental bicycles available at 56 stations, including locations near Holländischer Platz, Menzelstraße, Heinrich-Plett-Straße and Wilhelmshöher Allee. The first 60 minutes are free for students of the University of Kassel. Further information at: https://www.nextbike.de/de/kassel/campusbike/
- Long-distance buses: Long-distance buses stop in Kassel at the Wilhelmshöhe bus/train station and at the P + R car park in Kassel-Ost.
- Airports: The closest airports are Kassel-Calden, Frankfurt, Hannover, and Paderborn. From Kassel-Calden, you can take a taxi or bus 130 to Kassel city center. The exact timetable is available onthe Kasseler Verkehrsgesellschaft website . There are train connections to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe from Frankfurt, Hanover and Paderborn.
- You cannot only use your semester ticket to attend pre-courses, but also to travel free of charge in Kassel and to get to a few cities nearby by regular trains (Not ICE – fast trains). The AStA has put together some information for you.
- Did you not receive your semester ticket on time? If not, you can ask for reimbursement.
- In Kassel, the central locations are Holländischer Platz, Wilhelmshöher Allee, Heinrich-Plett-Strasse, Menzelstraße (Arts faculty) and Aueparkhalle. There are two locations in Witzenhausen: Steinstraße and Nordbahnhofstraße. Further information
- Information desk "Information Studium: If you have any questions or problems concerning the beginning of your studies, the student assistants of the General Counseling Office will be pleased to help and advise you: Infotheke Studium, Moritzstr. 18 (Campus Center) on the 3rd floor.
- IT Service Centre: Support with creating a Uni Account, Internet connection at halls, etc. Mönchebergstr. 11, room 1740A
- Useful link: http://www.uni-kassel.de/its/neu-hier.html
- overview of all service facilities
As a rule, you arrange your timetable yourself according to the requirements of your module examination regulations. Information and support are available at the subject-specific introductory events. Example lesson plans can also be found in the module handbook of your examination regulations.
You can also access the course catalog via this page.
"Wie belege ich Veranstaltungen?"
You can find a lot of inportant information about exams here: Prüfungen - Hinweise, Rechte und Pflichten
The examination regulations are listed here: www.uni-kassel.de/go/pruefungsordnungen
The library offers a wide range of support to help you get started with uni work. In addition to courses on databases, research or literature management, self-study videos are also available.
Dates and videos can be found here: http://www.uni-kassel.de/ub/benutzung-service/schulungen-fuehrungen.html
Moodle is a web-based open-source learning platform where students and teachers can collaboratively post, edit, annotate and discuss materials. https://moodle.uni-kassel.de/moodle/
Every student is advised to own a Campus Card. It can be used both as a means of payment at the canteens and cafeterias on Holländischer Platz and Heinrich-Plett-Straße as well as for printing and copying documents on campus. It also serves as an identity card for the university's library locations. An increasing number of student dormitory tenants are using the card as a payment method for washing machines and dryers.
More information about the Campus Card.
The uni account is the central access to the services of the University of Kassel. There is an email account and personal password associated with the uni account. Students need the uni account to create timetables or to register for exams. You need a uni account to log in to the internet at the dormitories and on campus. It is essential to create a uni account immediately upon your arrival. More information can be found here: userapp.its.uni-kassel.de/sspr/public/activate
On campus you can access the net via Wi-Fi, as long as you have your uni account activated. http://www.uni-kassel.de/its-handbuch/?id=37194
AStA (Der Allgemeine Studierendenausschuss) is the general student committee. It represents student interests on a political level and contributes to student life through further education, counseling and cultural activities.
University elections
Every year, all members of the university elect their interest groups. Students choose the student parliament, student members of the senate, student councils, and the student representatives on the faculty councils.
The student council
The student council consists of volunteer working students and represents the student interests in the department. As a selected student council member, you will be involved in the university committees, help organise student introductions and, in addition, learn a great deal about the university: