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WELCOME

TO
GOETHE UNIVERSITY

01   TODAY’S SESSION
     1. Welcome and introduction
     2. International Office
     3. important dates & contacts
     4. COVID-19 situation
     5. Q&A
     6. first steps in Frankfurt
     7. what‘s next?
     8. Q&A

02   IO: WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

     * application, admission, enrollment as guest student

     * accomodation in student housing

     * problems with the immigration office

     * Certificate of Attendance

     * Transcript of Records

02   IO: WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

     incoming@uni-frankfurt.de

     Guide for visiting students (PDF)
     https://www.uni-
     frankfurt.de/87078419/GuideforVisitingStudents_GU_revisedApril2020.pdf?

02   IO: WHAT WE DO NOT DO

     * questions regarding courses

     * organization of your studies
       (registration for classes, schedule)

     * Learning Agreement

     * exams (certificates - Scheine -, papers, ECTS-points)

03   CONTACT

     * departemental coordinators
     https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/51566438/Erasmus-
     PartnerHS-und-FB-Koord.pdf

     * or academic supervisors

03   DATES 20/21

     start of term:       01.10.2020
     start of lectures:   02.11.2020

     lectures paused:     18.12.2020-04./08.01.2021

     end of lectures:     21.02.2021
     end of term:         31.03.2021

     exams:               usually 21.02.-31.03.

03   DATES 20/21

     DIA-course:      07.09.-02.10. & 05.10.-23.10.2020

     Dr. Kristin Stezano:

          069/798-23867
          stezano@em.uni-frankfurt.de

06   NEED SOME HELP?

     * IO Buddy Team
          buddy@uni-frankfurt.de
          www.facebook.com/bebuddies
          Phone: (+49) 069 798 17291
          [Wed 10:00 - 11:00 Uhr]

     * Internationaler Studientreff

04   COVID-19 and YOUR MOBILITY

     * please inform yourself about the COVID-19-
       situation an safety measures ahead of your
       mobility!

     * Please note that we have researched the information to
       the best of our ability. Nevertheless, the International
       Office reserves the right not to be responsible for the
       topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the
       information provided. Due to the dynamics of the
       pandemic, any information is subject to change!

04   INFORMATION about COVID-19

     * German Federal Foreign Office:
     https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/coronavirus/2317268#content_0

     * State of Hesse:
     https://www.frankfurt-airport.com/en/news/information-on-the-
     coronavirus.html

     * Frankfurt:
     https://frankfurt.de/service-und-rathaus/verwaltung/aemter-und-
     institutionen/gesundheitsamt/information-about-coronavirus-sars-cov-
     2/self-isolation

04   COVID-19 in GERMANY

     * approx. 250.000 infected and 10.000 casualties
       (01.09.2020)

     * Robert-Koch-Institut (RKI) in charge of medical
       risk assessment

     * federal states (Bundesländer) and communities
       decide and enforce measures

04   COVID-19 in GERMANY

     * keep a distance of 1,5 m (5 ft)

     * wash hands regularly, sneeze/cough in elbow-pit

     * wear a mask in closed rooms (also in public
       transport)

04   HEALTH INSURANCE

     * EU-citizens: European Health Insurance Card

     * non-EU-citizens: please get a health insurance for
     Germany

     -> statutory health insurance (AOK, TK etc.)
        appr. 85€ / month                                    more in our
                                                               visiting
                                                            student guide

04   COVID-19 and GOETHE UNIVERSITY

     * preliminary status (subject to change):

     * majority of classes will be held online

     * physical presence only where hygiene-measures
       can be guaranteed

     * departments will inform you about the status of
       classes

04   COVID-19 and YOUR MOBILITY

     * RKI list of COVID-19 „risk areas“:
     https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Ri
     sikogebiete_neu.html

     * if you come from a region deemed „risk area“:
            PCR-test upon arrival mandatory
            (e.g. at the airport)

     * please contact your local health office in Germany
       https://tools.rki.de/PLZTool/en-GB

04   COVID-19 and YOUR MOBILITY

     * if your test result is COVID-19-positive: Go in
      home quarantine straight away!

     * contact us at incoming@uni-frankfurt.de
       we will try to find a buddy to help you during
       your home isolation (go shopping for groceries
       etc.)

06   GOETHE UNI’S DORMS

     * student housing: admission over (30.08.2020)

     * if you have a place at Studentwerk‘s dorm:
       and have signed your lease contract you can go to
       the assigned dorm, where you will get your keys

     * period of tenancy: 01.09.2020 – 28.02.2021

06   OTHER INSTITUTION

     Bauverein Katholische Studentenwohnheime e.V.
     Friedrich-Wilhelm-von-Steuben-Straße 90,
     60488 Frankfurt
     Phone: +49-(0)69-789 882 90

     Alfred Delp-Haus (Campus Westend)                more in our
     www.adh-studentenhaus.de                           visiting
     Siolistraße 7                                   student guide
     60323 Frankfurt

06   PRIVATE ACCOMMODATION

     Wohnrauminitiative Frankfurt e.V.
     Unterweg 12, 60318 Frankfurt
     Phone: +49-(0)69-955 297 76
     E-mail: info@wif-ev.de
     www.wif-ev.de

     www.wg-gesucht.de
                                              more in our
                                                visiting
     Die Jugendherberge Frankfurt            student guide
     Deutschherrenufer 12, 60594 Frankfurt
     www.jugendherberge-frankfurt.de

06   ARRIVAL IN FRANKFURT

     * please keep any travel ticket, in order to
       proove your arrival date in Frankfurt

     * registration at resident‘s registration office
       within a week‘s time after your arrival in
       Frankfurt is mandatory!
     https://tempus-
     termine.com/termine/index.php?sna=T1c1bffe392231d06ec4c76ae843c9c25&anr
     =3&action=open&page=tagesauswahl&tasks=19&kuerzel=&schlangen=67-68-69-
     70-71-72-73&standortrowid=105

06   ARRIVAL IN FRANKFURT

     * if you are not an EU-citizen you have to get your
       resident‘s permit at the Foreigner‘s Registration
       Office within 90 days of your arrival!

06   PUBLIC TRANSPORT in FRANKFURT

     * subway (U-Bahn)

     * tram (Straßenbahn)

     * busses

     * regional trains (S-Bahn)

06   EMERGENCY NUMBERS

     * police:   110

     * ambulance & firefighters: 112

07   GOETHE CARD

     * student-ID

     * public transport ticket

     * library card

     * chip-card for payment in cafeterias etc.

     * entrance ticket to Palmengarten

07   GOETHE CARD

     * remote-learners: you don‘t get a physical card -
       you will get your student account by mail

     * coming to Frankfurt: you will get your card from us,
       we will inform you about the date by mail

     * includes HRZ-Account = the university‘s online system

     * in HisInOne: please add your German address to
       borrow book from the libraries

07   WHAT ELSE?

     * please check your E-Mails and MobilityOnline profile
       regularly

07   WHAT ELSE?

     * for all academic purposes:
       ask the departemental coordinators or professors

07   WHAT ELSE?

       * other zoom-sessions with specific subjects
         will be held by IO in the months to come
         (check your mail!)

08   THANK YOU

                 Thank you for your attendance
                               &
                      enjoy your time at
                     Goethe Universität!