WELCOME & ORIENTATION WINTER SEMESTER 2026/27 FOR ALL INCOMING EXCHANGE & DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS FROM OUR PARTNER UNIVERSITIES

WELCOME & ORIENTATION WINTER SEMESTER 2026/27 FOR ALL INCOMING EXCHANGE & DOUBLE DEGREE STUDENTS FROM OUR PARTNER UNIVERSITIES

> When: Thursday, October 01, 2026 & Friday, October 02, 2026 

> Where: Campus Tiefenbronner Str. 65, Building W2, Room W2.2.01

> Who: 

• All EXCHANGE students from our partner universities:
  (1) business & industrial engineering bachelor level (“ISP”), 
  (2) business students on master level (“IMEP”),
  (3) design students
  (4) engineering students 
• All DOUBLE DEGREE students from our partner universities

> Agenda - Day 1,  Thursday, October 01, 2026 | 09:15 am - 04:30 pm | Building W2, room W2.2.01 

• 09:15 am – Reception desk, check in
• 09:30 am – Welcome address President Pforzheim University 
• 09:40 am – Introduction & Information on courses “German as a Foreign Language” 
• 09:50 am – Introduction & Information on courses “Cross Cultural Competencies”
• 10:00 am – Student Representatives (“ESN” & “ASTA”): Information on student life, field trips
• 10:15 - 11:00 am – Introduction International Programs Office 
• 11:15 - 11:45 am – Introduction to the International Study Program (ISP) Part 1, including relevant information for all exchange and double degree students studying business, industrial engineering or engineering
  [Design students will have a parallel an extra session with the coordinator school of design]
• 11:50 am – Group photo
• 12:00 pm – Lunch Break canteen (Mensa)
• 01:30 - 02:45 pm – Campus Tour with student representatives
  Meeting point – in front of library
• 03:00 - 04:30 pm – Introduction to the International Study Program (ISP) Part 2 | Introduction online timetable & IT infrastructure
  [Design students follow the introductory schedule of the school of design]

> Agenda - Day 2, Friday, October 02, 2026 | 08:45 am - 10:50 am | Building W2, room W2.2.01

• 08:45 – 09:45 am – Introduction to the International Master Exchange Program (IMEP)
• 10:00 – 10:50 am – Q & A: Individual questions for all exchange and double degree students studying business, industrial engineering or engineering  
• 11:10 am –meet for the guided city walk ["Goldstadt Walk"], meeting point bus stop “Hochschule/Wildpark";
  bus transfer at 11.17am to the Pforzheim City Theatre 
• 11:30 - 01:00 pm – "Goldstadt Walk" 
  meeting point:  entrance of the Pforzheim City Theatre