First-year students
Get to know the faculty!
Did you know that our faculty consists of 73 departments and over 2,000 first-year students per year?
In our image film we offer you insights into laboratories and different departments.
Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering at UDE!
Dear first-year students,
Welcome to the Faculty of Engineering at UDE!
This page contains the most important information for a successful start to your studies.
The page is updated continuously and provides a general overview. For program-specific information and details, we recommend contacting the respective student councils, academic advisors, or the Support Center SCIES.
Dates - Events- Contacts
Summer semester 2025 Semester dates
| Orientation week | 01.-04.2025 |
| Semester start | 01.04.2025 |
| Lecture start | 07.04.2025 |
| Exam registration (online) | 05.-16.05.2025 |
| Lecture end | 18.07.2025 |
| Start of exam period | 21.07.2025 |
| Semester end | 31.09.2025 |
| Re-enrollment for winter semester 2025/2026 |
23.06. - 22.08.2025 |
Orientation Study start SS 2025
- M.Sc. Logistics Engineering
04.04.2025 um 10 Uhr im Raum SK 010 - M.Sc. Industrial Engineering
02.04.2025 um 08:30 Uhr online - ISE (International Studies in Engineering)
The ISE student council will announce the date on their Instagram channel shortly.
Please refer to the websites of the respective student councils for information about the orientation days. We will also update the dates on this website on an ongoing basis.
Last update: 24.03.2025
Support services Contact person & resources
Roadmap Video
In our roadmap video, we introduce you to our faculty support services that can be useful to you in planning and organizing your studies.
We encourage you to take your first intentional step toward your graduation by benefiting from our services as much as possible.
Check out our study roadmap to see where you are headed.
We wish you a good journey through your studies and a lot of fun with our video!
Videotutorials - Checklist
Moodle, myUDE-App & HisinOne Videotutorials
The University of Duisburg-Essen uses and offers various online portals to provide different services. Here you will find video tutorials to help you find your way around the platforms.
You can also find more tutorials from the ABZ here: Video tutorials about the online tools of the university
MyUDE-App
Moodle
HisinOne
Schedule (Timetable)
For a successful start of your studies Checklist
- Activate university identification
- Submit certificate of enrollment to necessary offices (e.g. for your health insurance)
- Determine dates and deadlines (exam, seminar and course registration periods, lecture times, etc.)
- Determine dates for introductory events during orientation week
- Read module handbook and examination regulations
- Create timetable
- Register for lectures, seminars and courses
- Find contact persons and student representatives for your course of study (student union)
- Apply for online access to internet portals
- Charge your student ID card for payment transactions in the library, cafeterias and photocopying machines
- Download myUDE app and download semester ticket in it
- Arrange student financing (BAföG, parents, part-time jobs, scholarships, etc.)
Get to know us!
Our professors introduce their institutes in a short video.
Department Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Department Mechanical and Process Engineering
Stay networked - stay in touch - exchange ideas - ask for support!
LuDi (learning and discussion centers)
The LuDi are primarily aimed at students in their first two semesters, but they can also be used as learning rooms by students in higher semesters.
Use the opportunity to discuss special questions outside of lectures and to better prepare for the exam phase.
Student councils (Fachschaften)
Your fellow-students from the student council represent students' interests at the university. They organize the orientation week, different activitites and events during the semester and help you in any way they can with your study material, establishing contacts with other students etc.
First semester special: all offers
The Academic Counseling Center has set up a special counseling service for freshmen.
In the freshmen's portal you will find current information on all offers for freshmen of the upcoming semester.
The "Support Center for (International) Engineering Students" (SCIES) serves as a central information point for the students at the Faculty of Engineering.
We not only provide information and consultation on study and organizational questions, but also help get the most out of your studies.