Study in Berlin

Schedule for today

• Registration as a student and a Berliner
• Public transport in Berlin
• Access to the internet on campus
• Entering the "Virtual Campus"
• Courses

Schedule for today

• Class & Examination rules
• Student card
• Copying and printing
• Student Activities
• Contact us
• Meet up

1. Registration as a student

• Registration as a Berliner with the municipality (Bürgeramt)
• Prove your health insurance

1.1 Registration as a Berliner

• we can do it for you if you hand in:
• completed form "Anmeldung"
• copy of ID or passport
• "Wohnungsgeberbestätigung"
• deadline: Friday 22nd September

1.2 Prove your health insurance

• EU-citizens? EHIC (European Health Insurance Card)
• non-EU-citizen? letter of proof
• possible: German health insurance

2.1 Berlin's public transport

• RE, S-Bahn, U-Bahn, Bus, MBus, Ferries
• week days: 4.30 - 0.30
• night-line system
• 24h service on weekends
• Always have a ticket => 60€ fine

2.2 Public Transport Ticket

• tarif zones ABC
• best option if you stay only until December: Azubi-Ticket, if you stay until January or longer : Semesterticket (193,50,- EUR, valid October to March)

3.1 WiFi on campus

• mainly for academic use
• private use possible within limits - please just one device!
• please respect copyrights
• unacceptable are websites with racist, pornografic, or any content that violates the constitution

3.2 WiFi on campus

• Network: EBC-Hochschule
• Password: EkB289vh2z54Kia3ko

4. Entering the "Virtual Campus"

• enter at bottom of German or English website
• schedule, course material
• other participants
• grades
• your profile (address, phone etc.)

5. Course start

• Study Abroad courses Monday 18/09/2017 end: before Christmas
• regular courses: 02/10/2017 end: January

6. Rules

• to pass your courses sucessfully, you need to follow the class & examination rules.

6. 1 Class rules

• Attendance is mandatory! You can´t miss more than 3 sessions (á 90 min).
• Don´t be late! More than 15 minutes late will be counted as absence
• if you miss an exam and cannot provide a doctor´s note, it´ll be counted as failed

6. 2 Examination rules

• The examination dates will be published at the latest two weeks before the examination
• The re-exams will usually take place in the following semester. There cannot be made any exceptions.

7. EBC student card

• your door opener
• your copy card
• your identification as a student
• your public transport ticket
• important: matriculation number!

8. Copying and printing

• black&white: 4 cents
• colour: 80 cents
• duplex: 4 cents
• located in room 4.12

9. Student Activities

• Orientation Week / Welcome to Germany
• Buddy Club
• Campus Life

9.1 Orientation Week

• social, organisational and "Welcome to Germany" activities - please check your Orientation Week planner (in folder) for details

10. Contact us

• internationaloffice@ebc-hochschule.de
• Kirsten: matthes.kirsten@ebc-hochschule.de
• Emmi: brunel.emmi@ebc-hochschule.de
• Eva: kasova.eva@ebc-hochschule.de
• Jérôme: rickmann.jerome@ebc-hochschule.de
• Maria: internationaloffice@ebc-hochschule.de

Opening hours

• International Students´ Office (4.14): Mon-Thu10.00-13.00
• Friday closed
• International Office (5.12): Mon-Fri 10.00-14.00

Opening hours EBC

• Mon - Fri: 8.00-18.00

Meet up