# Welcome events for international students

**Source**: https://www.fau.eu/studying/international-students/everything-you-need-to-know-about-coming-to-fau/networking-opportunities-for-students/welcome-events-for-international-students/
**Parent**: https://www.fau.eu/

This page provides information on orientation events offered by International Affairs in collaboration with the faculties and other institutions at FAU for international students. Scroll down for faculty and subject-specific events.

## Central welcome week for international students

International Affairs offers welcome weeks for international students at the beginning of the semester in order to provide assistance with legal formalities in Germany and with settling in at FAU. The program is open to all international students. If you have any questions on the program, please contact: [welcome-students@fau.de](mailto:welcome-students@fau.de).

The welcome weeks are held twice a semester:

### Summer semester 2026

**Summer semester 2026**

**February 24**: **Pre-Arrival Session** for all international students. Useful information before starting to study at FAU in Germany.\
Time: 2 pm-4 pm (CET) via [Zoom link](https://fau.zoom-x.de/j/69070911915?pwd=RENwhdaTEnitRUWyJjSKaXapkUK0fY.1)\
**Sign up [here](http://tweedback.de/2rxk)**.\

**March 4**: **Welcome Day** for students taking part in the preparatory language course ([FIT course](https://sz.fau.de/abteilung-deutsch-als-fremdsprache/kursangebot/daf-ferienintensivkurs/)). City tours available afterwards.\

**April 2 to 10**: **Welcome Week** for all international students. City tours available during the Easter weekend.

### Winter semester 2026/2027

**October 5 to 9**: **Welcome week** for all international students

## Welcome week program

Here is the program for the current welcome weeks. The program may be updated at times, and this will be indicated in the file name.

[Welcome Week\_Program](https://www.fau.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2026/03/Welcome-Week_Program.pdf)

File Name
:   Welcome Week\_Program

File Size
:   1 MB

File Type
:   PDF

## Welcome week presentations

The presentations of the most important formalities.

Video recordingsYou can find many videos from our program on FAU.TV.

[Watch the Videos on fau.tv](https://www.fau.tv/series/welcome-day-s25?sortField=episode)

| Welcome Week Presentations | File size |
| --- | --- |
| [Working as an international student in Germany.pdf](https://www.doc.zuv.fau.de//S-INTERNATIONAL/Aus_dem_Ausland/Welcome_Week_Presentations/Working as an international student in Germany.pdf) | 1.10 MB |
| [Introduction to Campo.pdf](https://www.doc.zuv.fau.de//S-INTERNATIONAL/Aus_dem_Ausland/Welcome_Week_Presentations/Introduction to Campo.pdf) | 1.78 MB |
| [IdM and FAUcard.pdf](https://www.doc.zuv.fau.de//S-INTERNATIONAL/Aus_dem_Ausland/Welcome_Week_Presentations/IdM and FAUcard.pdf) | 1.51 MB |
| [Health Insurance in Germany.pdf](https://www.doc.zuv.fau.de//S-INTERNATIONAL/Aus_dem_Ausland/Welcome_Week_Presentations/Health Insurance_in Germany.pdf) | 473 KB |
| [Formalities 3.pdf](https://www.doc.zuv.fau.de//S-INTERNATIONAL/Aus_dem_Ausland/Welcome_Week_Presentations/Formalities 3.pdf) | 880 KB |
| [Formalities 2.pdf](https://www.doc.zuv.fau.de//S-INTERNATIONAL/Aus_dem_Ausland/Welcome_Week_Presentations/Formalities 2.pdf) | 707 KB |
| [Formalities 1.pdf](https://www.doc.zuv.fau.de//S-INTERNATIONAL/Aus_dem_Ausland/Welcome_Week_Presentations/Formalities 1.pdf) | 7.73 MB |

## Offers specific to faculties and departments

The faculties, schools and departments at FAU also offer their own welcome events. If your specific area is not offering a program in the current semester, you can join events from another department or another faculty at the same location.

### Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology

Information is available on the [Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology’s website](https://www.phil.fau.de/internationales/incoming-studierende/).

### Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law

The Faculty of Business, Economics, and Law is split into the School of Law and the School of Business, Economics and Society.

#### School of Law

Information on suitable events for new FAU students is available from the [international office for your school](https://www.jura.rw.fau.de/internationales/).

#### School of Business, Economics and Society

Information is available on the website of the [International Relations Office](https://ib.wiso.fau.de/).

### Faculty of Medicine

Information on suitable events for new FAU students is available from the [international office at the Faculty of Medicine](https://www.med.fau.de/person/marina-tropper/).

### Faculty of Sciences

Information is available on the [Faculty of Sciences’ website](https://www.nat.fau.de/internationales/aus-dem-ausland/).

### Faculty of Engineering

Information is available on the [Faculty of Engineering’s website](https://www.tf.fau.eu/studying/events-and-offerings-for-students/).