Info meetings for international exchange students

The International Office offers a multitude of information meetings held in English every semester for all international students of the University of Konstanz on different current topics.

Summer Semester 2023

The International Office offers a couple of information meetings held in English every semester for all international students of the University of Konstanz on different current topics.
Please be sure to have the listed documents / things at hand as indicated in the respective event description.
All information meetings will be held twice and on campus this semester to make sure, that it suits your class schedule. Some info meetings will be additionally streamed live and also recorded.
The dates and times indicated below refer to Konstanz local time, which you can view here: https://bit.ly/Konstanz-Time


All info meetings from SuSe 2023

Important!

Please be sure to have the listed documents / things at hand as indicated in the respective event description.

X1) Uni-Liga Konstanz: Mixed Outdoor-Cup (Soccer/Streetball/Beach Volleyball): Introduction and teaming up
on
Wed, 12.04.2023; 17.00─approx.18.00 in G300 and
Thu, 13.04.2023; 17.00─approx.18.00 in G300


Topics of the event

After the indoor winter season, the university's mixed summer season will take place outdoors again every Wednesday afternoon at the beloved "Old Mainau Road" (Starts: 3.5.: End preliminary round: 31.5.; Final: 5.7.2023).
Erasmus/International teams would add more excitement to the advanced and high level mixed leagues, so join in if you can play soccer (6-a-side; max. 12 players), streetball (3-a-side, max. 5 players) or beach volleyball (2-a-side, max 4 players)! Bring all your friends and fellow students to team up (every team needs a team captain)!
Information on the league’s rules and regulations and the possibility to team up.
Join our international teams "Global Players", "Erasmus United" or “World Wide Winners” which are already registered in the tournament in all three disciplines and need to be filled up with players and lead them to glory!
This meeting will not be streamed nor recorded!

X2) Information on the German mandatory license fee (Rundfunkbeitrag)
on
Wed, 19.04.2023; 17.00─18.30 and
Thu, 20.04.2023, 17.00─18.30 in G300


Topics of the event

Every adult (18 years and older) registered in Germany is obliged to register for the license fee for the public-service broadcasting. Every household has to pay the fee (18,36 Euro per month).
You have received a letter from ARD, ZDF, Deutschlandradio Beitragsservice? Your flatmate is collecting a share of the license fee from you? One flatmate even claims to not having to pay the fees? What is it all about? All answers to these and more questions can be found here.

Please bring/have at hand:
o
all letters you have so far received from the Beitragsservice
o if a flatmate is paying the fees for your household:
Full name and "Beitragsnummer" of flatmate (in header of last letter)

X3) Assisted registration for examinations/assessments via ZEuS and creation of TAN-list
on
Wed, 03.05.2023; 17.00─18.30 and
Thu, 04.05.2023; 17.00─18.30 in G300


Topics of the event

If you’d like to receive ECTS (credits) or grades in courses of the department/section of Economics, History, Language Institute, Law, Literature and Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics and Public Administration, Sociology, SportScience and Transferrable Skills, then you have to register for examinations/assessments via ZEuS now (Economics: 28.6.-4.7.2023)!
Please check this website for all examination registration periods: https://bit.ly/UniKN-ExamReg
In order to be able to do so, we will all first create a TAN-list (TAN=transaction number) for those who haven’t created one yet.
The staff of the Writing Centre will introduce the writing tutoring service and we will then register for examinations/assessments together.

Please bring/have at hand:
o
laptop (if applicable) and access codes for campus WiFi/WLAN
o TAN list (if applicable) or data sheet of SuSe 2023
("Datenkontrollblatt" - data sheet with blue stamp for student ID card)

X4) COMPULSORY: To-do's and important information before your return home
on
Wed, 14.06.2023; 17.00─18.30 and
Thu, 15.06.2023; 17.00─18.30 in G300


Topics of the event

For all international students who will leave Konstanz at the end of the summer semester 2023!
You will receive all important information regarding the formalities that have to be dealt with before you return back home (e.g. important information for non-EU/EEA students regarding the residence permit and its expiry, how to request the Transcript of Records, your municipal de-registration and exmatriculation, etc.).

Please have at hand:
o your (Seezeit) tenancy contract
o non-EU/EEA: your passport and residence permit card/visa