First Semester & Arriving (FAQ)

For general questions regarding your studies, you can contact your student council (FaRaFEIT). In particular, you may contact their subgroup for supporting international students SI@FEIT.

In the first semester, you should enroll to six technical compulsory modules as specified in your Study and Examination Schedule (Last page of your Program-specific Study and Examination Regulations).

Furthermore, you should enroll to the Non-technical project seminar, which is the first part of your mandatory project.

Course registration should be done before the semester starts using the LSF. Frequently, courses also offer an associated e-learning module where you can access the course material. Depending on the course, you may freely register for the module, you are added by the lecture after registering in LSF or you get a password at the start of the lecture.

See also: How to use the LSF?

The LSF ("Lehre, Studium, Forschung" - "Teaching, Studies, Research") is the central portal for organizing your studies. There you can find and register for the currently available courses, create your personal time table and register for the exams.

There is usually a tutorial on how to use the LSF in the introductory week before the first semester. There are also short tutorial videos available from the Faculty of Computer Science.

In order to fully participate in the first semester, you should be in Magdeburg at the latest at the start of November. If you manage to be in Magdeburg before February, you should participate in the lectures which have hybrid modes in order to be able to write the exam in February. Note that you have to register for the exams using the LSF in November.

If you are not able to participate in any exams for the first semester, it is recommended to reapply for the following winter semester using your previous admission letter. With this, you are eligible for an accelerated process and should receive your new admission letter in a few days.
If this is not an option for you, you can participate in the lectures of the second semester, even if you haven't participated in exams. However, be aware that this requires a lot of effort and generally leads to a significantly prolonged study period.

See also:
Which lectures can I take when I've not arrived in Magdeburg yet?

How do I reapply if I was already admitted for a previous year?

What is the LSF and how do I use it?

Most of the lectures in the first semester can be followed online. For this, you have to register for the courses using the LSF. The exams require you to be present from February, as well as an exam registration in November.

In the lectures Power Electronics, Electronic Circuits, Power Systems Analysis and Digital Information Processing, livestreams of the lecture are available. For Systems and Control and Electromagnetic Field Theory, the lecture material is available online.

For the Non-technical project Seminar, online participation is not possible. However, to mitigate the impact of late arrival, the in-presence lectures start in November.

See also: How do I register for my (hybrid) courses?

The access data for course livestreams is usually provided through the e-learning or after registration in the LSF. If you did not receive access for the courses that provide livestreams in the first week, please contact the respective lecturer.

See also: Which lectures can I take when I've not arrived in Magdeburg yet?

For receiving an official letter please contact your subject advisor by writing a short mail to