Starting your studies
For those of you just starting out, we have put together everything you need to know about embarking on your studies on this page. This includes registration, the orientation week and more details of events for first-semester students.
We extend a warm welcome to our first-semester students at the Department of Geography in October and put on an information event, which is often subdivided by degree program. The programs for the german degree programs are available on here.
Here you find an overview of the planned events of the Georisk Master:
The following orientation events will be offered to the first semester students of the joint master’s programme in Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security:
- Informal get-together of the new students and the programme coordination on Friday, 7 October 2022. Further details concerning this will be communicated in due time.
- „Intro Week“ from 10 - 14 October 2022. The Intro Week will include the introduction of both institutes, their lecturers, as well as a comprehensive social and intercultural programme.
- The orientation programme ("Welcome Days") for international students offered by the International Office can be found here.
Registration
Examinations forming part of Geography bachelor’s and master’s degree programs are held alongside your studies in accordance with the relevant examination regulations. This means that you will need to submit your application for admission to the bachelor’s or master’s examination (“registration”) as early as your first program-related semester.
The registration for the firstsemester students of the WiTe 22/23 is possible from 10.10. till 28.10.2022.
- Application for admission to the bachelor’s examination (registration) (696 KB)
- Application for admission to the master’s examination (registration) (682 KB)
- Application for admission to the GeoRisk master's examination (registration) (733 KB)
Once you have completed the form, please post the first page together with the necessary enclosures (certificate of enrollment showing number of semesters completed plus, for bachelor’s students, a photograph) in the mailbox in front of the Examination Office of Geography or mail it to us.
You will need to be registered in order to sign up for examinations in BASIS.
This applies to all geography students, including bachelor’s students taking geography as a minor and students who have transferred from another degree program or university.
Exception: registration for students on teaching degrees take place in the BZL (Bonner Zentrum für Lehrerbildung, Poppelsdorfer Allee 15).
University Life in Bonn
To make your start at our university easy, you´ll find a lot of information about living and studying in Bonn here.
Study Compass
Here you´ll find the study compass of the WiTe 22/23. It provides a good overview about starting your studies in Bonn.
ULB offers
The Universitäts- und Landesbiblitohek Bonn - the main library of the university - has different offers for new students on their website.
Preliminary courses in geography
There are no preliminary courses for new geography students at bachelor’s level. You will be given all the important organizational information about your studies during the orientation week (so it’s vitally important you take part) and will get an introduction into the content you will be covering in the subject in module B0 “Introduction to Geography.” This is a lecture given during your first semester and is a prerequisite for many other Geography modules.
Contact
Student Advisory Service
Office hours
Monday & Friday 10:00 - 14:00, Tuesday 10:00 -16:00, Wednesday 13:00-17:00