Uni for beginners day

Program 2018

On21.11.2018, this year's Study Information Day: University for Beginners will take place on the South Campus.

With the study information day, we would like to give you an insight into the exciting and interesting teaching and research activities at KIT. You can listen to sample lectures, talk to our study advisors at the various information booths, and look over our shoulders while doing research. We would like to give you an impression of what studying at KIT means and what perspectives there are for your professional and personal future after graduation.


Here you can find the program of the KIT Department of Architecture:

Department of Architecture

09:00 to 15:00
Meeting Point Architecture
Here you will get insider tips on studying and the "trappings" from students and staff of the departments.
Building 30.95 Foyer Audimax

09:45 to 11:15 a.m.
Building construction
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Haug, Prof. Renzo Vallebouona, Prof. Ludwig Wappner
Lecture for the 3rd semester of the bachelor course Building Construction as a basis for the study of architecture
Building 20.40 ground floor Fritz-Haller lecture hall

11:30 to 13:00
Basics of design theory
Prof. Marc Frohn
Lecture for the 1st semester of the Bachelor's programme
Building 20.40 ground floor Fritz-Haller lecture hall

(Note: The lectures "Baukonstruktion" and "Grundlagen der Entwurfslehre" have been exchanged in the order contrary to the information in the official program booklet).

14:15 to 15:00
Insights intothe department
Guided tour through the Department of Architecture, Fachschaft Architektur
Followed by a visit to the department library
Meeting point: Building 20.40 Foyer on the 1st floor

from 15:15
Visit to the design studios
Department of Architecture
Meeting point: Building 11.40 Foyer
Here you can look over the shoulders of the students of the 1st / 3rd / 5th semester.


Art History Department

09:00 to 15:00
Art History Student Council
Here you can get insider tips from the students about studying and the "trappings".
Building 30.95 Foyer Audimax

14:00 to 15:30
Stained glass of the Middle Ages
apl. Prof. Dr. Martin Papenbrock
Public lecture
Building 20.40
1st floor Eiermann lecture hall


Special lecture

13:15 to 14:00
Studying Architecture and Art History at KIT?
Prof. Markus Neppl (Dean of Studies Architecture) and Prof. Dr. Oliver Jehle (Dean of Studies Art History)
Introductory event for prospective students
Questions about the course of studies and professional field can be addressed
Building 20.40
1st floor Eiermann lecture hall

Contact person architecture:
Dr.-Ing. Judith Reeh
Tel: 0721 - 608 43866 Email: judith reeh does-not-exist.kit edu

Contact Art History:
Prof. Dr. Oliver Jehle
Tel: 0721 - 608 42190 Email: oliver jehle does-not-exist.kit edu


Further program points

all day
Exhibition Drawing Excursion Larzac 2018
This year, the summer excursion of the Department of Descriptive Geometry went to the south of France to the plateau of the Causse du Larzac. For ten days, the students dealt intensively with questions of perception and personal translation into large-scale drawings.
Building 20.40, Foyer 1st floor

19.00 - 21.00
Reality Check with Henning von Wedemeyer / TRU, Berlin
Lecture of the Monday series on Wednesday