Welcome to the Univer­sity of Leipzig

-Students of Physics and Meteorology-

Intro­duct­ory Events 2023

Here you can see a list of all relev­ant events for your fresh­ers year. We are the contact for many events, but some are also organ­ised by the Elfer­rat Physik und Geowis­sen­schaf­ten e.V. or the Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences. (Events marked with * require registration!)

As we are still in the middle of planning, this website will be constantly updated. Visit this site regularly to stay up to date!

11 Septem­ber

Online Meet-Up
2 pm

In casual company, we will answer your questions about the upcom­ing Mathem­at­ics Prepar­a­tion Course, the start of your study­ing and anything else you would like to know.

You are welcome to use the oppor­tun­ity to make your first contacts.

The meeting will take place on our Discord server. Just follow the link. Regis­tra­tion is not necessary.

15 Septem­ber

Meet-Up in Presence
2 pm

The same as the Online Meet-Up but in presence and includ­ing a guided tour through the faculty to get to know the most import­ant places for study­ing. After­wards there will be a barbecue.

Meeting point: The large stone stair­case in front of the main entrance, Linnéstraße 5 (OLC: 89GR+MR6 Leipzig).

18 Septem­ber - 29 September

Prepar­a­tion Course*

Brush up on your school knowledge in the Mathem­at­ics Prepar­a­tion Course.

In the morning, content is taught in a lecture, followed by exercises in smaller groups in the afternoon.

Parti­cip­a­tion is voluntary.

Regis­tra­tion: Write a short e-mail using your studserv address to brueckenkurs[a]physik.uni-leipzig.de (the [a] is an @) and state your course of study and wheth­er you would like to attend in person or online.

20 Septem­ber

Handcart Tour
ca. 3 pm

Follow­ing the Prepar­a­tion Course, the Elfer­rat invites you to come to the most import­ant places for students at Leipzig University.

Among other things, they’ll show you which cafet­er­ia serves the best food, where you can have scripts printed at a reason­able price and, of course, where you can find the best parties!

Always with them: the handcart!
They have stored drinks in it for you to buy at low prices, with and without alcohol, of course. So come in large numbers and get to know the city and, in the best case, meet a few new people!

20 Septem­ber

Lectur­ers' Barbe­cue
ca. 5 pm

After the handcart tour, you will get to know your future lectur­ers and fellow students at the lectur­ers’ barbecue.

Meeting point: Inner court­yard between physics and chemistry faculty (OLC: 89GR+XCH Leipzig).

26 Septem­ber

Späti Tour

Well, who of you actually knows what a Späti is?

These small shops, which are essen­tial for students, are open longer than normal super­mar­kets and offer a great solution for all those who have forgot­ten the time and need a beer or something to eat at midnight.

The Elfer­rat will go with you around the Spätis in the south­ern city in groups and enjoy a drink or two along the way. Come and join them, because this Leipzig tradi­tion is a must for every­one who wants to claim that they studied in Leipzig.

27 Septem­ber

Super­vised Module Enrol­ment 3:05 pm

We show you how to enrol in your modules and the associ­ated courses.

We will come to your rooms of the Brück­en­kurs if you study as an IPSP or teach­ing student.

You can also join via Discord!

28 Septem­ber

Games Evening
4 pm

We play various board games. Use the evening to get to know your fellow students better. You are welcome to bring your own games.

The games evening will take place in the semin­ar rooms of the faculty at Linnéstr. 5, 04103 Leipzig. Come to room 219 and borrow some games!

2 October

Canoe Tour*
11 am

We would like to invite you to a canoe trip on the Elster river­bed. Togeth­er we will paddle through Leipzig for three hours, during which you can get to know each other better. Please be at the meeting point about 15 minutes before the start.

3 October

LaTeX Course*
11.30 am

LaTeX is a very popular tool in science for working with formu­las and graph­ics. Many students use it to write their Bachelor’s and Master’s theses. Some even use it for their weekly exercises.

We offer you an intro­duc­tion to LaTeX.

Duration: ca. 1h

3 October

Chess Meeting*
1 pm

We offer you a forum where you can meet and play against other chess enthu­si­asts from the first semester. Come along, wheth­er you have years of exper­i­ence or have just started playing chess.

3 October

Hiking Tour
1 pm

We’re going for a hike. Weather­proof cloth­ing and sturdy shoes are recommended.

We will meet at the large stone stair­case, the main entrance to Linnéstraße 5.

Make sure you bring your Unicard!

4-6 October

Intro­duct­ory Lecture

The faculty will give you a short intro­duc­tion to your study program. You will also receive organ­iz­a­tion­al details about your studies. The events are separ­ated accord­ing to study program: 

4 October

Faculty Tour (new)
12 pm

We offer you again a tour through our faculty to get to know the most import­ant places like lecture halls, semin­ar rooms, the study office and much more.

Meeting point: The large stone stair­case in front of the main entrance, Linnéstraße 5 (OLC: 89GR+MR6 Leipzig).

4 October

Zoo Tour*
2 pm

27 hectares of fascin­at­ing wilder­ness in the middle of Leipzig! At Leipzig Zoo, you will discov­er animals in six authen­t­ic worlds of exper­i­ence in enclos­ures designed to be close to nature.

Please pay in cash at the tour.

5 October

Paint­ing*
ca. 11 am

We want to invite you to a casual paint­ing meetup at our faculty. We’ve got paints, brushes, and canvases. Feel free to bring your own brushes or any other paint­ing mater­i­als you like. We’ll probably gather around 11 am in the semin­ar rooms of the faculty.

Looking forward to seeing you!

5 October

Drink­ing Games Evening

Dive into a world full of fun and excite­ment at the ultimate drink­ing game evening of the Elfer­rat! With an unfor­get­table combin­a­tion of Rage Cage, Flunky­ball, and Beer Pong, you can get to know your fellow students and challenge them to an exhil­ar­at­ing compet­i­tion. Get ready for an evening filled with laughter, compet­i­tion, and great drinks!

And for those who are truly daring, feel free to challenge the Elfer­rat to their unique drink­ing game they’ve created.

6 October

Cycling Tour
2 pm

We’re going cycling with you!

We will meet at the large stone stair­case, the main entrance to Linnéstraße 5.

The tour may be postponed at short notice due to weath­er condi­tions. In that case you will find the inform­a­tion here.

6 October

Gewand­haus Concert*
7 pm

A classic­al music concert at Leipzig’s famous concert hall, the Gewandhaus.

Playing Claude Debussy’s Prélude à l’après midi d’un faune, Sergei Prokofiev’s 3rd concert and Ernest Chausson’s Sinfonie B-Dur op. 20

For IPSP students only!

10 October

Coffee, Cake, Beer

Time for a little coffee chat? On Tuesday, the Elfer­rat will be selling coffee, cake and beer in the assembly hall of the physics faculty. It’s a great oppor­tun­ity to get to know some new people from your studies or just to eat some delicious cake.

12 October

Pub Tour

Have you already found the best bars and pubs in Leipzig? No? Then the Elfer­rat will show you their insider tips this evening!

The tour will be divided into three groups, each of which will tour differ­ent bars and then meet up again at the end to finish the evening togeth­er. You will recog­nize the Elfer­rat by the orange balloons.

17 October

City Tour*
3.30 pm (new time)

Accom­pan­ied by a profes­sion­al city guide, you will have the oppor­tun­ity to get to know Leipzig’s city centre and learn about the history of some of the buildings.

27-29 October

Fresh­ers' Trip*

With the annual fresh­ers’ trip, the Elfer­rat wants to give you the oppor­tun­ity to get to know each other a little better.
They’ve planned various activ­it­ies and invite you to join them for cooking, hiking, playing board games and partying.

6 Novem­ber

Cines­neak Preview - Cinema*
8 pm

We will watch a movie with you at the Cines­neak Preview. The film title is unknown to all of us. Come with us to be surprised.

7 Novem­ber

Semester Kick-Off Party

We want to welcome the new semester and the start of your studies with you – and how? With a terrif­ic semester kick-off party, of course!
The ticket price is 3,30€ for first-year students.

Come by and join the party!

8 Novem­ber

Film Evening

This Wednes­day the Elfer­rat will show you what they actually do: Studentenfasching!

They’ve cut togeth­er their best stage moments and will present them to you in the theor­et­ic­al lecture hall of the physics faculty. As every year, there will be pizza and drinks for little money.

Regis­tra­tion

Intro­duct­ory events 2023

We are currently working on the intro­duct­ory events 2023. Check this website regularly for updates.

In addition, we organ­ise a variety of fresh­ers events where you can get to know the city, the people and the highlights of the region. You can find more inform­a­tion under the heading ‘Local Guides’.

First Semester

Nothing is better than finding out what holds the world togeth­er at its core. No matter for what reason you decided to study physics – you have certainly chosen an infin­itely excit­ing study.

But of course you start with the basics in the first semesters, and patience is required. In the first 3 semesters you will build up your maths basics. In exper­i­ment­al physics you will start with classic­al mechan­ics and thermo­dy­nam­ics and in the lab course you will do your first exper­i­ments yourself.

Especially at the begin­ning of your studies you will be challenged by the amount of work. But exactly then it means not to lose courage. For each module you will have to perform so-called required pre-exam achieve­ments, which are presen­ted in the form of exercises. By the end of the semester, you must have success­fully completed 50% of the tasks in order to be admit­ted to the examin­a­tion. This often requires a period of getting used to. So it is helpful to prepare and follow up lectures. Especially if you get togeth­er in small groups and have the right liter­at­ure at hand (it is worth­while to borrow the special­ist liter­at­ure that the profess­or recom­mends from our library!), the whole thing is defin­itely feasible.

You should also be encour­aged to contact your profess­ors or tutors in case of problems, by e-mail or especially during office hours, because these are exactly there for you! Not least, older students who have struggled with the same problems at the begin­ning will help you as much as possible. The Aula is a popular place to work on exercises. So have a look!


Foto: Chris­ti­an Hüller / Universität Leipzig, SUK

First Semester

Nothing is better than finding out what holds the world togeth­er at its core. No matter for what reason you decided to study physics – you have certainly chosen an infin­itely excit­ing study.

But of course you start with the basics in the first semesters, and patience is required. In the first 3 semesters you will build up your maths basics. In exper­i­ment­al physics you will start with classic­al mechan­ics and thermo­dy­nam­ics and in the lab course you will do your first exper­i­ments yourself.

Especially at the begin­ning of your studies you will be challenged by the amount of work. But exactly then it means not to lose courage. For each module you will have to perform so-called required pre-exam achieve­ments, which are presen­ted in the form of exercises. By the end of the semester, you must have success­fully completed 50% of the tasks in order to be admit­ted to the examin­a­tion. This often requires a period of getting used to. So it is helpful to prepare and follow up lectures. Especially if you get togeth­er in small groups and have the right liter­at­ure at hand (it is worth­while to borrow the special­ist liter­at­ure that the profess­or recom­mends from our library!), the whole thing is defin­itely feasible.

You should also be encour­aged to contact your profess­ors or tutors in case of problems, by e-mail or especially during office hours, because these are exactly there for you! Not least, older students who have struggled with the same problems at the begin­ning will help you as much as possible. The Aula is a popular place to work on exercises. So have a look!

Online office hours

Monday 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Feel free to contact us during our office hours with your questions, wishes and problems – often a solution can easily be found in a direct conversation.

During office hours you can meet us in our office, on our discord server or you can reach us by phone.

Outside office hours you have the possib­il­ity to send us an email or simply contact us personally.

The spectrum of concerns is wide, in the follow­ing a few topics where we can advise and support you:

Teach­ing & studies: enrol­ment, study sched­ule, courses, applic­a­tions to the examin­a­tion board, etc.

Written examin­a­tions: proced­ure and possib­il­ity of objec­tion, discus­sions with lecturers

Finan­cial applic­a­tions: finan­cial support for student projects (more under Project Funding)

Contact

Raum 219
Linnéstraße 5
04103 Leipzig

FaRaPhy Local Guides

Get to know Leipzig and your fellow students

Especially in the first semester network­ing with your fellow students is import­ant and we would like to support you in this!

In order to offer you a wide range of fresh­ers events in spite of all adversit­ies, we have come up with something special.

Our ‘local guides’ are avail­able for various tours and workshops. The exact arrange­ment of the events is entirely up to you. Place, time and activ­ity will be organ­ised accord­ing to your wishes.

The events can there­fore be planned flexibly and in compli­ance with hygiene regulations.

It is planned that most of the tours will take place between 12 and 31 October.

Sign up now!

Regis­tra­tion

FaRaPhy Local Guides

Get to know Leipzig and your fellow students

Especially in the first semester network­ing with your fellow students is import­ant and we would like to support you in this!

In order to offer you a wide range of fresh­ers events in spite of all adversit­ies, we have come up with something special.

Our ‘local guides’ are avail­able for various tours and workshops. The exact arrange­ment of the events is entirely up to you. Place, time and activ­ity will be organ­ised accord­ing to your wishes.

The events can there­fore be planned flexibly and in compli­ance with hygiene regulations.

It is planned that most of the tours will take place between 12 and 31 October.

Sign up now!

Regis­tra­tion

Fresh­ers-Newslet­ter

Here you can subscribe to our Fresh­ers newslet­ter. It contains inform­a­tion about study­ing physics and your lectur­ers as well as helpful tips and event inform­a­tion relev­ant for your first semester at the Univer­sity of Leipzig.

The mailing of the newslet­ter ends automat­ic­ally at the end of the winter semester.

Useful links

leipzig-studieren.de
Almaweb
Unimail
Univer­sity Library

Facebook Groups

Here you can find all Facebook groups of the matric­u­la­tion 2020. Further­more, Whats­App groups have been created for all study programmes. You will be informed about the access links to the first events.

Erstsemester Meteor­o­lo­gie 2020/21
IPSP Fresh­ers 2020/21
Erstsemester Lehramt Physik 2020/21
Erstsemester Physik 2020/21

Die Studi­er­enden deiner Fachschaft

~ 700
Fachschaft Physik & Meteo
120
Neuim­mat­rikulierte
40
Davon Physik
35
Davon Meteor­o­lo­gie