Starting your studies in the Department of Information, Media and Communication

Orientation units from 7 October 2024

Welcome to the Department of Information, Media and Communication at the School of Design, Media and Information! To ensure that your first days at the Hamburg Art and Media Campus give you a good overview of the course of studies and organisational matters, we ask you to attend the entire event. Your participation will help us to get you off to a good start at our university.

For first-semester students (freshmen) on the Bachelor's degree programmes ‘Library and Information Management B.A.’ (BIM) and ‘Media and Communication B.A.’ (MUK) and the Master's degree programme ‘Digital Transformation of the Information and Media Economy M.A.’ (DITRA), the OU takes place in the winter semester; for the Master's degree programme ‘Digital Communication M.A.’ in the summer semester.

Depending on the degree programme, there are different starting times and locations, which we would like to inform you about here. Please use the following links to access the schedule and programme of the respective OUs.

  • ‘Digital Transformation of the Information and Media Economy M.A.’

on Tuesday (15 October) in room E30 (ground floor, old building), not available in English

  • ‘Library and Information Management B.A.’

from Tuesday, 8 October 2024 in Forum Finkenau (Building B), not available in English

Timetable

You will receive information about your personal timetable during the orientation session - no information or allocation to groups is possible before then.

The timetable of the Department of Information, Media and Communication can be accessed via the WebUNTIS platform.

Open this link in your browser or download the corresponding app for Android or iOS. In the app, select ‘Department Information und Medienkommunikation (HAW Hamburg)’ and tap on ‘anonym anmelden’ to select your personal timetable.