Bachelor's
Information for first-year students of the bachelor's courses of study "Applied Geosciences" and "Georesource Management"
Bridge Courses prior to commencing your studies
The Teaching Unit Applied Geosciences does strongly recommend its first-year students to participate in the bridge courses in mathematics, physics, and/or chemistry; this is especially imfortant for those students who did not take these through high school, or know that they have knowledge gaps in these skills. Further information on bridge courses can be found here.
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Welcome by the student council |
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Welcome by the Rector of RWTH Aachen University |
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| Wednesday, 4th October 2023 | ||||
| 9 to 10am |
Introduction into the course of study „Angewandte Geowissenschaften“ (AGW)
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Be 326 (Wüllnerstraße 2) |
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| 10:30 to 11:30am | Introduction into the course of study „Georessourcenmanagement“ (GRM) | Be 326 (Wüllnerstraße 2) | ||
| AGW |
Workshops 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.: Lunch/brunch break |
11:30 to 12:45 p.m. in Be 326 (Wüllnerstraße 2) |
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| GRM |
Workshops 11:30 to 13:00: Lunch break |
11:30 to 12:45 p.m. in Be 326 (Wüllnerstraße 2) 13:00 to 13:30 in Be 318c (Wüllnerstraße 2) |
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Thursday, 5th October 2023 |
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| 10 to 5 o'clock |
Freshman Rally subsequent barbecue |
Upper parking lot at the side entrance of the "Bergbau" building (Wüllnerstraße 2) |
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| Friday, 6th October 2023 | ||||
| 10 to 5 o'clock | Geological excursion |
Upper parking lot at the side entrance of the ''Bergbau" building (Wüllnerstraße 2) |
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Time Schedule and Registration for lectures and classes
Based on your curriculum (listed in the short profile of your course of study) your can create your time schedule for your first year at RWTH Aachen University. You can register for lectures and classes via RWTHonline as soon as you are enrolled. If there should be any problems with registrations, please inform the student advisory responsible for your course of study by providing your Matrikelnummer and a short description of the problem at hand.
First-year Mentoring Programme
The Teaching Unit Applied Geosciences offers its first-year bachelor's student a mentoring programme led by an experienced student. Here, important aspects of your first semester at university will be covered: e.g. registration for lectures and exams, field trip reports, or bibliographical research. The mentors are also there to help you with any questions or problems you might have outside the mentoring session.
Here you can come to the introduction of the freshman tutors
Semester Dates
You can find a thourgh listing of all relevant semester dates here. Lectures start at the date given in RWTHonline. Please note that some short courses may commence in the week prior to the first day of lectures.