Dates and Events
Events only for students in a BA or MA program
Introductory Events
Workshops & Guided Tours
Departmental Student Representatives Committees
Events for international exchange students
Date/Time | Event/Place | Target group |
|---|---|---|
| 16.09.2025 Only with appointment! | Start of the German Course "Willkommen" | Only relates to exchange students |
25.09.2025 4:00 pm | Museum Visit (ESN) Museum Barberini (Registration necessary/limited amount of tickets) | |
29.09.2025 8:00 pm | Bar Evening (ESN) Waschbar | |
| 01.10.2025 | Start of the Registration period for courses via PULS | |
| 01.10.2025 | Online-application form for A1 - German language courses (Zessko) You can find more information here | |
01.10.2025
| Placement and Registration for German language courses (Zessko) You can find more information here | |
01.10.2025 7:00 pm | Welcome Evening (ESN) Student Dormitory Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße | |
02.10.2025 10:00 am | Info session on course registration via PULS via ZOOM: https://uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/j/69353780971, Kenncode: 82243224 | |
02.10.2025 1:00 pm | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Maria Weilandt (Department of Arts and Media) | Only relates to exchange students |
02.10.2025 2:00 pm | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Stefan Pfeil (Department of Primary School Education) Campus Golm, Building 16, Room 2.13 | Only relates to exchange students |
03.10.2025 tba | Campus Tour Neues Palais (ESN) Bus Stop “Campus Universität” | |
| 04.10.2025 | Online preview sports courses | |
05.10.2025 1:00 pm | Potsdam Entdecken Part 1 (ESN) Potsdam main Station (in front of the information point) | |
06.10.2025 tba | Welcome Introduction + Welcome Bags (ESN) tba | |
06.10.2025 11:00 am | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Anna-Lena Lamprecht (Department of Computer Science) via ZOOM: https://uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/j/69270228771, Kenncode: 43414122 | |
06.10.2025 12:00 pm | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Antonella Ippolito (Institute for Romance Studies) Campus Am Neuen Palais, Building 19, Room 0.12 | Only relates to exchange students |
06.10.2025 4:00 pm | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Hannes Matuschek (Department Mathematics) Campus Golm, Building 9, Room 1.22 | Only relates to exchange students |
07.10.2025 10:00 am | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Meik Thöne (Faculty of Law) via ZOOM: https://uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/j/62854128158, Kenncode: 61418672 | Only relates to exchange students |
07.10.2025 12:00 pm | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Michael K. Schulz (Department for History) Campus Am Neuen Palais, Building 11, Room 1.18 | Only relates to exchange students |
07.10.2025 2:00 pm | TMeeting with departmental exchange coordinator Judith Heide (Linguistics Department ) | Only relates to exchange students |
07.10.2025 tba | Pub Crawl (ESN) Platz der Einheit, registration necessary! | |
08.10.2025 12:00 pm | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Prof. Dr. Joerg Fettke (Department Biochemistry and Biology) Campus Golm, Building 20, Room: 0.01 | Only relates to exchange students |
08.10.2025 1:00 pm | PULS Sprechstunde via ZOOM: uni-potsdam.zoom-x.de/j/65087387115, Kenncode: 46946286 | |
08.10.2025 2:00 pm | Enrollment and Consultation for German Studies and Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Torsten Andreas and Dr. Livia Schanze (Department for German Studies) Campus Neues Palais, Building 8, Room: 0.58 | Only relates to exchange students |
08.10.2025 2:00 pm | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Stefan Katholy (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
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| Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Doris Dlugos (Department Erziehungswissenschaft) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Jasmin Cirillo (Digital Engeneering Faculty/HPI) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Franziska Stimming (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences)) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Christian Kliesch (Department of Psychologie) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Prof. Dr. Carsten Beta (Institute of Physics and Astronomy) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Prof. Dr. Adamantios Gafos (Linguistics Department) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Denisa Latić (Department of English and American Studies) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Malgorzata Pilitsidou (Department of Slavic Studies) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Isabel Sickenberger (Department of Philosophy) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Wolfgang Schwanghart (Institute of Environmental Science and Geography) Please make an individual appointment! | Only relates to exchange students | |
| 09.10.2025 | No Enrollment via PULS possible | |
09.10.2025 1-2:00 pm | Introduction to the library for international students Campus Neues Palais, Building 9, Room 1.12 | |
09.10.2025 3:00-5:00 pm | International Welcome Picnic - Winter Semester Campus Neues Palais, Wiese vor den Kolonnaden - All Welcome! | |
12.10.2025 1:00 pm | Potsdam Entdecken Part 2 (ESN) Potsdam main Station (in front of the information point) | |
| 13.10.2025 | Start of the Instructional Period | |
13.10.2025 10:15 am | Meeting with departmental exchange coordinator Dr. Julien Guillemoteau (Department Geosciences) Campus Golm, Building 27, Room 0.35 | Only relates to exchange students |
15.10.2025 8:30 pm | JoinUs (ESN) Bar Gelb | |
20.10.2025 tba | Game Night tba | |
tba tba | Walk and Wonder (ESN) tba | |
tba tba | Campus Tour Golm (ESN) Train station Golm | |
tba tba | Karaoke Night (ESN) Karaokebar Gleis 6 | |
tba tba | Bouldering (ESN) 7A Plus | |
tba tba | Campus Tour Griebnitzsee (ESN) Train station Griebnitzsee | |
| 31.10.2025 (Friday) | Reformation Day | |
| 10.11.2025 – 15.11.2025 | International Week | |
| 22.12.2025 – 02.01.2026 | Christmas break | |
| 06.02.2026 | END OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD |