Freshers' Day Summer Semester 2025
21 March 2025
Welcome at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences!
This year’s Freshers’ Day will take place on 21st of March 2025. It offers you a great opportunity to get to know your faculty, your degree programme as well as Rhine-Waal University in general.
Please note that there may still be changes! So check back here regularly to stay up to date. All general events are predominantly held in English, in some cases also bilingually in German. Program-specific courses are held in the language of the respective degree program.
In addition to Freshers' Day, you will have the opportunity to get to know exciting companies from the region at the career event “Companies, Campus, Careers: Speed Dating and Networking” on April 9 in the Mensa Campus Kamp-Lintfort (Building 4) between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. and conduct short interviews directly on site.
Further information on networking events.
Programme and further information
Information for Freshers faculty Life Sciences
Gesundheitswissenschaften und -management: The orientation event “What exactly is your degree programme about?” will NOT take place on Freshers' Day, but as part of the security briefing on 25.03.2025 at 12:00 noon in room 12 00 006.
Faculty Technology and Bionics
There will be no individual course introductions during Freshers' Day. Students will receive more detailed information during the lectures from 24.03.2025.
Faculty Society and Economics
The Faculty's Student Body is offering a "Welcome Back Brunch" on Wednesday, 26.03.2025. Further information can be obtained from the Faculty's Student Body.
Faculty Communication and Environment
Design & Interaction, M.A.: A separate introductory week will take place from 24.03.2025. Newly enrolled students will receive information about this via e-mail.
Friday, 21.03.2025
09:30-10:00
Welcome
KLE 20 00
KAM 04 01 310
10:00-12:00
Breakfast & Get to know the service departments at HSRW
KLE 20 00
KAM 04 01 310
10:30
Campus tours, including Library tours
KLE 20 00
KAM 04 01 310
11:00-12:15
Technology & Bionics (all degree programmes of this faculty): Get the Basics
KLE 20 03 007
12:30-13:00
Quick input: How to survive in Germany
KLE 02 01 017
Webex Stream
12:30-14:00
Life Sciences: Eingeschrieben - und wie geht's weiter? (GERMAN only for Lebensmittelwissenschaften/Gesundheitswissenschaften und -management)
KLE 01 00 005
13:00-14:00
Guideline: Intercultural competence - working in Germany
KAM 04 01 310
13:15-14:30
Technology & Bionics/Communication & Environment (all degree programmes of these faculties): Get the Basics (digital)
Webex
14:00-15:00 Welcome -Sustainable Development Management- KLE 02 00 012 |
14:00-15:30 Life Sciences: Enrolled - and what‘s next? (only for Biological Resources) KLE 01 00 005 |
14:00 Environment & Energy KAM 02 01 310 |
14:00 Usability Engineering KAM 02 02 105 (PC Pool 5) |
14:00 Information Engineering and Computer Science KAM 03 02 110 (Cloud Resilience Lab) |
14:30
Einführungsveranstaltung: Worum geht's in deinem Studiengang? LEBENSMITTELWISSENSCHAFTEN (GERMAN)
KLE 12 00 008
15:00-16:00
Welcome
-Economics and Finance-
KLE 02 00 012
15:30-16:45
Communication & Environment (all degree programmes of this faculty): Get the Basics
KAM 04 01 310
15:30
International Management & Psychology
KAM 02 02 335
16:00
Orientation: What exactly is your study programme about?
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
KLE 12 00 010
18:00
Trivia Night*
KLE 5A 00 001
*An evening in Kamp-Lintfort will be offered at a later point in time during the semester.