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Welcome to your university!

A new phase of life is now beginning for you. You will be studying at Esslingen University
of Applied Sciences either in a bachelor’s program for the next three or four years, in an
international student exchange program for half a year, or in an international master’s
program for 18 months. We wish you every success with your studies and hope that you
feel at home here in Esslingen.

Alongside your studies, there are a great many activities that are intended to make
studying easier, to help you attain additional qualifications, and to help you maintain a
balance between studies and recreation. We have compiled these activities in a “USB-
Stick”.

Take the time to inform yourself about these opportunities. In the following pages, we
have listed a few links that will take you to the relevant areas of our university website.
You can access this USB-Stick again and again - not only to find out more but also to
save the information that is relevant to your studies.

We wish you a good time throughout your studies!

Prof. Dr. Christian Maercker Prof. Dr. Wilhelm-August Buckermann

President Vice President for Quality Management and
Communication

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Czarnetzki Prof. Dr. Peter Väterlein

Vice President for Research and Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Transfer Advanced Training
Important links for your studies
These links lead you to the German sites: you can reach the English translation by
clicking on the word “English” at the upper right- hand corner of the page.

Your access portal to the university intranet

Many areas are accessible only to students and are not visible to external visitors. To
reach the intranet, you must log in to the university portal (HE-Portal).

Access to the portal is via your personal log-in code. In the portal, there is information
about your lecture timetables (LSF), teaching platform, university administration, your
student union representative at AStA, important dates and much more.

www.hs-esslingen.de/he-portal

The university net keeps you in touch

During your first week, the computer centre will give you an introduction to the
university data processing infrastructure. The computer centre can also help you to
connect your mobile data processing devices to the mobile net in a follow-on “WLAN
workshop”. You can find more information under:

http://www.hs-esslingen.de/rechenzentrum

Representing your interests at the university: the student body and the Student
Union (AStA)!
We represent your interests at the university, at the management level and in public. Get
involved and become part of the decision-making process!

www.hs-esslingen.de/asta

CampusLeben e.V. stands for the cultural life of the university.

www.hs-esslingen.de/de/hochschule/service/campusleben

You’d like to be more than just another student?

Then take part and support us, join our team! Simply send us an email or visit us in your
breaks in our cafés: CampusLeben@hs-esslingen.de

Fit for the world

Are you planning a semester abroad? Then you should start organizing it straight away:

www.hs-esslingen.de/akademisches-auslandsamt

Become a world citizen – learn or improve a foreign language at the Institute for Foreign
Languages:

www.hs-esslingen.de/fremdsprache
Formal aspects of your studies
Link to the Study and Examination Regulations (SPO): the SPO contains details about the
study and examination requirements of your programme:

www.hs-esslingen.de/spo

Link to the Student Office website, in which you can find out what to watch out for and
what to do during your studies:

www.hs-esslingen.de/infos-und-formulare

Study the right way - right from the start!

Do you need help in maths or physics? Are you interested in additional, free courses in
self-management, Power-Point, learning how to learn, dealing with exam anxiety, public
speaking, facilitation, presentation techniques, or time management? This link will help:

www.hs-esslingen.de/de/schulen/richtig-studieren-von-anfang-an

Problems?
The Student Advice Centre gives you:
• Information (e.g. courses of study, financing your studies, studying with a child),
advice (personal matters, orientation, exam anxiety, crises in motivation and coping)
and coaching (time management, study techniques, dealing with stress)
• Mentoring (students from higher semesters help you find your way at the beginning of
your studies)
• Competence courses (free seminars on study techniques, public speaking, Excel,
applications, etc.)
• Online Advice (from students for students: a forum for sharing information and
experiences between students) online advice (for advice on personal matters please
contact the Students Advice Centre and for organisational questions, the Student
Office).

www.hs-esslingen.de/zentralestudienberatung

Advice on how to combine studying with children or when pregnant; problems with the
opposite sex; courses such as conflict management, job applications and developing
competences:

www.hs-esslingen.de/gleichstellung

Let’s design the sustainable development of our university together!

www.hs-esslingen.de/nachhaltigkeit

“Sustainable Cinema” – Be ready to be surprised and to think about sustainability.

Ecofriendly mobility

No matter where you go, sustainable mobility is not a big deal today/www.neue-
mobilitaet-bw.de

www.neue-mobilitaet-bw.de
Music in the air

Esslingen University is always looking for musicians who enjoy making music – whether
in the university orchestra, the Pep Band or in the choir. www.hs-esslingen.de/musik/en

Do sports, keep fit! Sports help against homesickness!

A varied sports programme is available here. It’s free, too! See:

www.hs-esslingen.de/de/hochschule/service/hochschulsport.html

Lifelong Learning
The Institute for Continuing Education at Esslingen University offers preparatory and
compact courses, further academic qualifications and part-time master’s programs in a
variety of fields. Whether you are a student, alumnus / alumna or a company seeking to
further qualify its employees, there is something for you here! http://www.iwhe.de

Your career is important to us!

Application services (checking your applications, giving you feedback, making the first
contact for a practical semester, helping you with topics for your thesis, your student
trainee program and first job), online career centre, career fairs, company visits,
company presentations, career preparation workshops…
www.hs-esslingen.de/careercenter

About scholarships and mentoring programs

Information about the promotion of gifted and talented students, the
“Deutschlandstipendium” (Scholarship of Germany) and about “CrossMentES,” the
mentoring program for students of Esslingen University with external professional
mentors can be found at: www.hs-esslingen.de/Deutschlandstipendium and
www.hs-esslingen.de/crossmentes

Technology as a hobby
What‘s your dream? To build a racing car and go on tour with it? With an electric motor?
To go gliding? You can take part - whichever faculty you are in!

Esslingen Rennstall, the Formula Student Combustion Team at Esslingen University of

Applied Sciences, offers you this chance: www.rennstall-esslingen.de

The E.Stall Esslingen, the Formula Student Electric Team at Esslingen University of
Applied Sciences: www.estall-esslingen.de

Flugtechnische Arbeitsgemeinschaft at Esslingen – the gliding association at Esslingen

University of Applied Sciences! www.ftag-esslingen.de

Religion and belief

Interesting events on the topics of religion and belief as well as support in different life
situations can be found here:

www.hs-esslingen.de/de/hochschule/service/hochschulseelsorge.html
Alumni support new students
In the Association of Friends of Esslingen University of Applied Sciences (VDF) and in
other fraternities / sororities, former students have come together with the aim of
helping students both financially and in non-financial ways.

VDF: www.vdf-he.de

Fraternities / sororities: www.hs-esslingen.de/de/alumni/verbindungen.html

After finishing your studies, you can register as an alumnus / alumna and thus always
remain in contact with your fellow students and with the university. You are also given
information about life-long learning and other possibilities that are important for your
career.

Alumni portal: www.hs-esslingen.de/de/alumni/alumni-netzwerk.html

Eating and accommodation, student loans (BAföG), child care and advice
The Stuttgart Student Union supports you during your studies with its diverse services
and can also help with legal, social and personal problems. To this end, the Student
Union offers a range of advisory services, rooms and apartments in 31 accommodation
complexes as well as a variety of meals and drinks in 17 restaurants and cafeterias.
Moreover, the Student Union has seven child care centres and can process your BAföG
applications.

www.studierendenwerk-stuttgart.de

And even more opportunities

Interested in looking further than the university to find new people to talk to? How about
trying an adult education course at the local community college (vhs)? Whether you are
interested in dancing, art, languages, career skills or excursions to visit companies: for
students there is a 10% discount! Find out more:

www.vhs-esslingen.de
Parents Visiting? Bored? No Problem …
If you would like to offer your parents a great programme for their visit…
Find out information on guided city tours, events and much more at:

www.esslingen.de
www.esslingen-tourist.de
www.goeppingen.de
www.goeppinger-city.de/
www.esslinger-zeitung.de or www.swp.de/goeppingen

Everything to do with copying, printing, laminating and bookbinding

The university print shop is there for you:

www.hs-esslingen.de/hausdruckerei

Very important: health and safety at work

The presentation “General Health and Safety Procedures” can save lives. See:

http://www.hs-esslingen.de/de/he-portal/meine-hochschule/arbeitssicherheit-
gesundheit-umwelt/arbeitssicherheit.html

Where is my lecture room?

Room numbers at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences are organised according to the
following system:

Example: S 1.204
S/F/G = the letter refers to the campus
(S = City Centre, F= Hilltop Campus, Flandernstrasse, G = Goeppingen)
Number before the point: refers to the building number
Numbers after the point: refer to the room number, whereby the first number gives the
floor within the building. If the first number has a minus sign, this means that the room
is in the basement.

So our example S 1.204 is

• on the City Centre Campus
• in building 1
• on the 2nd floor and has the
• room number 204.

Maps of the different campuses can be found under Anfahrt.

Phew…. looking for something in particular?

Our electronic student guide (Hochschule A – Z) is sure to have the answer:

www.hs-esslingen.de/studienfuehrer