frisch! an der FAU – a magazine for new students

 

Congratulations! You’ve decided to study at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg. That’s a great choice! Plus, you’ve just found the perfect companion to show you around: Our magazine frisch! an der FAU can tell you (nearly) everything you need to know about our university.

 

You can find articles from the frisch! on this website.

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Here is an overview of all the links in the magazine

Getting the right advice from the very start

• Student Advice and Career Service: www.ibz.fau.eu
• Faculty-specific information: www.fau.info/ssc-english
• Examinations Offices: www.fau.info/examination

What you need to know at the start of the semester

• … you’ll find at fau.eu in the section ‘Programme start’
• How to create your study plan: fau.info/studyplan
• Welcome event for first-year students: www.fau.info/welcome-event

Ready, steady, uni!

• Overview of introduction events: www.fau.info/introduction-events

Almost as good as home

• Student Services can help with (nearly) any problem: www.werkswelt.de (German)

Online services and internet portals

• The first step – using our IdM portal: www.idm.fau.eu
• The FAUcard – your FAU access card: www.fau.info/faucard-english
• The ‘Mein Campus’ portal: www.campus.fau.de (German)
• The ‘Studon’ portal: www.studon.fau.de (German)
• Get to know how to use your PC: www.kurse.rrze.fau.de (German)
• Watch lectures online: www.fau.tv (German)
• Students’ blog ‘meineFAU’: www.blogs.fau.de/meinefau (partially available in English)
• FAU on Facebook: www.facebook.com/fauenglish (English) and www.facebook.de/Uni.Erlangen.Nuernberg(German)
• FAU on Instagram: www.instagram.com/uni_fau
• FAU on Twitter: www.twitter.com/FAU_Germany (English) and www.twitter.com/UniFAU (German)
• FAU on YouTube: www.youtube.com/unifau
• FAU on LinkedIn
• FAU on Xing
• FAU Community: www.community.fau.de
• The FAU app: www.fau.info/app
• Always well-informed: www.fau.eu
• Study plans: www.univis.fau.de (German)
• Software: software.rrze.fau.de(German)
• Stay safe in the uni cloud: www.faubox.rrze.fau.de (German)

All about the money – financing your degree programme

• Student Advice and Career Service: www.ibz.fau.eu
• Information on BAföG (federal training assistance): www.das-neue-bafoeg.de (German)
• Federal Training Assistance Office: www.werkswelt.de (German)
• Deutschlandstipendium scholarships: www.fau.info/fau-germany-scholarship

The Uni Library: space for ideas

• University Library website: www.ub.fau.eu
• Virtual library: www.studon.fau.de/cat360.html (German)
• Study rooms navigator: www.fau.info/learning-room-navigator

Fit for the world

• Learning languages at FAU: www.sz.fau.de
  • Erlangen
  • Nuremberg
• Register for language courses: www.sprachkurse.fau.de (German)

Studying abroad

• Central Office for International Affairs (RIA): www.fau.eu/international
• International Relations Office at WiSo
• Buddy programme and FAU volunteers for internationals: www.fau.info/buddy-programme

First steps for international students:

• fau.info/fvi
• facebook.com/FVIerl
• fau.info/first-steps

Life after uni

• The best career advice:
  • www.career.fau.eu
  • www.career.rw.fau.de/welcome/
• Find out from those who’ve been there: Career talks with alumni
• Job site for students: www.stellenwerkfau.de (German)
• The way to a doctoral degree: FAU Graduate School: www.fau.eu/graduate-centre

The frisch! crash course in university policymaking

• Students’ Representatives (Stuve): www.stuve.fau.de (German)
• Student Associations (Fachschaftsinitiativen) (German)

Removing obstacles

• Equal opportunities at FAU: www.gender-und-diversity.fau.de (German)

• Family service: https://www.familienservice.fau.eu/

Maps

• karte.fau.de (German)

Student Initiatives

• stuve.fau.de/gruppen (German)
• Kitaso: www.facebook.com/kitasofau (German)
• Reflex: www.reflexmagazin.de  (German)
• FAUMUN: www.faumun.org (German)
• FabLab: www.fablab.fau.de/en
• Junior Consulting Team: www.jct.de (German)
• Teddybärkrankenhaus: www.blogs.fau.de/tbkh (German)
• Octanes: www.octanes.de
• V – the student magazine: www.v-magazin.studierende.fau.de (German)
• Refugee Law Clinic: www.facebook.com/RLCErlangenNuremberg

University Sports

• Sports courses at FAU: www.hochschulsport.fau.de (German)

Universitätsmusik

• Music at FAU: www.musik.fau.de (German) and www.musik.ewf.fau.de (German)
• Universitätsorchester: https://www.musik.fau.de/ensembles/uni-orchester/ (German)

… and more:

• Student concerts: www.musik.ewf.fau.de (German)
• Schlossgartenfest: www.fau.info/schlossgartenfest-english

Gone but not forgotten?

• Services for Alumni at FAU: www.fau.eu/alumni
• FAU Community: https://community.fau.de/en/login/

SkillsLabs

• www.med.fau.de/skills-lab-perle/ (German)

FAU Moot Network

• www.facebook.com/FAU.Moot.Network (German)

FAU’s start-up ecosystem

• Digital Tech Academy: www.dta.fau.de
• FAU start-up consulting service: fau.info/gruenderberatung (German)

funklust

• funklust.de (German)

Sneep

• Nuremberg: www.facebook.com/sneepNuernberg (German)
• Erlangen: http://www.sneep-erlangen.de/index.php/main/  (German)

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