Welcome to the Faculty of Computer Science!
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The introductory week (Intro Week) is organised by the student council of the Faculty of Computer Science (FaRaFIN) to help you get started with your studies.
Questions? Contact us at post@farafin.de or speak to your mentors during the week.
- When: Monday, 05.10. to Friday, 09.10.2026
- Where: Faculty of Computer Science, Building 29, Universitätsplatz 2
- Audience: All new Bachelor and Master students of the FIN (German and English)
- Key events: Course planning, campus rally, city rally, games evening, Instaparty and closing barbecue
Events without specific degree labels are open to all students. Presentation slides and orientation materials will be provided online afterwards.
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What to bring
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Intro Week Schedule as PDF 2 Pages DIN A4 The full intro week schedule for download or printing. |
The Week at a Glance
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• Welcome |
• Course Planning |
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• Master Planning |
• Online Sessions |
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• Master Brunch |
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Subscribe to Event Calendars: All Intro Week sessions and upcoming campus events directly in your smartphone or desktop calendar, with automatic updates.
Important: The FaRaFIN calendar contains the events of the faculty and the student council. The OVGU calendar contains the campus and IKUS events, e.g. LSF workshops, matriculation ceremony and Ersti Party. In the future, we plan to add all events from Magdeburg and the university there. To get all Intro Week events, subscribe to both calendars.
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Tip: Subscribing does not come with an automatic reminder. Best to set your own reminder for the whole subscribed calendar directly in your calendar app, usually just a few clicks in the calendar settings.
All general key orientation dates at OVGU: Orientation Dates on the OVGU website.
More on starting your studies in the Freshman Survival Guide and on the campus map (PDF).
Connect with other freshers now on Discord FINEmporium.
The Academic International Office and IKUS also offer their own intercultural events.
Before it starts
Open a bank account: From 22.09. to 12.11.2026 you can open a checking account at the Campus Welcome Center. Appointments are booked via the app "Welcome to OVGU".
Citizens' Registration Office: From 28.09. to 17.10.2026 there are special consultation hours at Leiterstraße 2A. Book an appointment: servicecenter.ovgu.de.
Just arrived from abroad? Free Pre-Arrival Info Sessions help you get started. All dates & Zoom links: here.
Library tour: 06. to 09.10.2026, daily at 09:30 (German) and 10:00 (English), meeting point library foyer. About 30 minutes, no registration needed.
For bus and tram in Magdeburg you also need the MVB app as a mobile ticket, see mvbnet.de/fahrkarten/handyticket.
Late-Arrival:
Arriving in Magdeburg later because of your visa or the late admission procedure? Our FaRaFIN office (G29-103) and Christin Gebauer (Late Arrival: arrival@ovgu.de) are your main points of contact.
The marker IKUS Registration marks events by IKUS that require registration, exclusively via the app "Welcome to OVGU".
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The Schedule
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Mon 05.10. Tue 06.10. Wed 07.10. Thu 08.10. Fri 09.10.
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| 10:30 to 11:30 | Opera House, Universitätspl. 9 | Official Matriculation Ceremony of the OvGU Registration via the OvGU website. Alternative: live stream in Lecture Hall 1 and in the Studierendenhaus (student union building). |
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| 12:00 to 13:30 | Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307 | Hello, Students! Important Bilingual DE/EN Your student council (FaRaFIN) and the dean's office give you a warm welcome, including important information and a safety briefing for everyone. Afterwards you'll meet your new mentors and get your legendary freshman bag, packed with textbooks, vouchers, snacks and surprises from our partners! |
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| 13:30 to 15:00 | Mensa UniCampus | Bits & Bites Bilingual DE/EN Please bring your student ID and money! First you validate your cards, then you head to the canteen together with your mentors. |
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| 15:00 to 18:00 | Meeting point in front of the FIN/G29 | Campus Rally Important Bilingual DE/EN Explore the campus with your mentors, with exciting games and tricky riddles. On board: UMD Racing, Studentenwerk, DAAD FIT booth, E-Sports, FaRaFIN, Experimentelle Fabrik and the StuRa. To win: high-quality water bottles from SelectLine as well as free drinks for the Insta Party. Missed it? Here's the virtual campus rally, created by DAAD FIT (Magdeburg version) and among others Darija Grisanova. |
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| 17:00 to 23:00 | Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307 | Game Night Bilingual DE/EN Get to know your fellow students at a legendary computer science game night! Snacks and drinks are provided, you can also order pizza, so bring cash. There are lots of board and digital games, feel free to bring your own Switch (controllers etc.) too. |
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| 10:00 to 11:00 | Zoom | LSF Workshop English IKUS Registration Organised by IKUS. |
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| 11:00 to 12:50 | Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307 | Understanding Magdeburg Important English
New to Magdeburg? |
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| 12:50 to 13:45 | Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307 | Short Presentations I English
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| 13:45 to 19:00 | Meeting point Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307
Zoom links for the remaining programmes will follow shortly. |
Bachelor Course Planning.exe Important Bilingual DE/EN Laptop/tablet including LSF/university login required! Programme introduction, LSF and eLearning introduction, help with building your timetable, SPO crash course. Only the programme introduction may run via Zoom, everything else is fully in person. Especially for BiBa: The programme introduction is hybrid, the timetable planning afterwards is in person. An online LSF introduction for BiBa takes place on Thursday. A short Q&A session for everyone else also takes place on Thursday. Questions? Your mentors, post@farafin.de or OSCAR on the FIN-Emporium server. |
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| 16:00 to 19:00 | G29-301 | Di.Day (Digital Independence Day) Tip Bilingual DE/EN Casual get-together with free food and drinks! We assist you with device and account setup, passwords, campus Wi-Fi (eduroam), free open-source alternatives to Microsoft and Co., and great digital tools provided by OVGU. |
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| 19:00 to open end | Meeting point in front of the FIN/G29, then downtown/Hasselbachplatz | Pub Crawl & Bar Night Bilingual DE/EN Join us through Magdeburg's pub scene and meet other faculties. Tip: The Unitheke already has happy hour Monday to Friday from 16:00 to 17:00. |
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| 10:00 to 12:00 | Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307 & seminar rooms
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Master Study Planning Session Important Master English Laptop/tablet including LSF/university login required! Only the programme introduction runs via Zoom. LSF introduction, timetable planning and SPO crash course are fully in person afterwards. For Data Science (MDKE), Digital Engineering (MDE) and Visual Computing (VC): individual module choice, credit transfer and English-language support. Questions? Your mentors, post@farafin.de or OSCAR on the FIN-Emporium server. |
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| 13:00 to 13:45 | Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307 | Short Presentations II English
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| 13:45 to 18:30 | Meeting point Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307 | City Rally Bilingual DE/EN Discover Magdeburg with your mentors: riddles, shortcuts and real insider tips about the city. With its own rally checkpoint by regiocom. To win: high-quality backpacks from regiocom. 15:00 to 16:00: Visit to regiocom (Marienstraße 1) for one registered group of max. 15 people. Building tour including the data centre and a chat with the IT team. On site you sign a privacy statement. Tour in German or English. Register via email to emin.girimhanov@farafin.de. |
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| 19:00 to open end | Courtyard of the FIN/G29 |
Legendary Insta Party Bilingual DE/EN With kind support from Plasmaservice Europe. |
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| 22:00 to open end | Festung Mark |
Official Ersti Party Tickets online Admission and start: 22:00. Buy your ticket online from Festung Mark. |
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| 09:00 to 10:00 | Zoom | Information Session "Living in the Dormitories" Bilingual DE/EN Organised by IKUS. |
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| 10:00 to 11:00 | Zoom | BiBa Online Schedule Session Important Bachelor English Laptop/tablet including LSF/university login required! Organised and moderated by SI@FIN & DAAD FIT (Magdeburg version) |
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| 11:00 to 12:00 | Zoom | Open Q&A Session German Grab a tea or mate, this is your space for any open questions. |
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| 11:00 to 15:00 | Courtyard of G22 | Market of Opportunities of the OvGU Discover exciting student initiatives and find out what you can do alongside your studies. |
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| 10:00 to 14:00 | Lecture Hall of the FIN, G29-307 | Master Brunch English Feel free to bring something along, let's have breakfast together, chat and enjoy the start of your Master's studies. We'll order pizza (free of charge) and drinks for you. |
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| 15:00 to open end | Studierendenhaus, Universitätsplatz 2 | Closing Barbecue with the Faculty of Mathematics (FMA) Bilingual DE/EN Enjoy the finale with outdoor games and great food. Vegetarian and vegan options are available too. |
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Our Partners
This year we talked to many companies and student initiatives to give you the best Intro Week ever. Without them there would be neither your packed freshman bag nor the prizes at the campus and city rally or the Insta Party. Get ready for funny riddles, great surprises and prizes. A quick look at what's in it for you:
| Finanztip | The financial education guide “Finanzen ganz einfach” for the freshman bag. |  |
| regiocom SE | Backpacks for rally winners, goodies, a keynote on Tuesday and its own city rally station. |  |
| Techniker Krankenkasse | Notepads and info material for the freshman bag. |  |
| Plasmaservice Europe GmbH | Goodies, info material and support for the Insta Party. |  |
| SelectLine Software | Notepads, keyrings and water bottles as campus rally prizes. |  |
| Studentenwerk Magdeburg | Info flyers, a talk and its own rally station at the Lerncafé. |  |
| ArbeiterKind.de | A presentation on scholarships and study financing. |  |
| IBM CIC Germany | Goodies and information material. |  |
| e-fellows.net | Career guides for the freshman bag. |  |
| Studo | 1,000 Studo Pro voucher codes for all FIN freshmen: Free Pro access for timetable, canteen menu and campus news. Find your voucher code directly in your freshman bag. |  |
| Student Health Management (SGM) | Postcards for the freshman bag introducing sports, mental health and wellbeing activities across OVGU. | sgm.ovgu.de |
Once again, a heartfelt thank you to all participating student clubs, initiatives and partners:
Information for Companies: Become a Partner & Media Kit
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