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Information for first-year students - First steps in the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics

Welcome to the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics at JLU Gießen!

 
Here you will find some useful information about starting your studies at our Faculty.
 
If you have questions about the campus, examination dates and degree programs, you will find helpful information and links in the section Studying at the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics. Questions about finding accommodation, the semester ticket and the city of Giessen are answered in the section all about studying at JLU Gießen.

Orientation events at the start of your studies

The Central Student Advisory Service at Justus Liebig University Gießen organizes an orientation week for all first-year Bachelor's students and orientation days for Master's students. In addition to this, there is an orientation week for international students. Here you can meet your fellow students, get to know the campus and ask questions about your studies.
 
Further events where you can find out more about JLU Gießen, e.g. the Market of Opportunities, can be found at the -> Central Student Advisory Service.
 
If you missed the introductory week, you can find the most important information here.

 

Pre-courses and pre-university courses

You can attend the following pre-university courses (PUC) and pre-courses before the start of your studies and in some cases you can already earn CP:

Folgende Pre-University Courses (PUC) und Vorkurse können Sie schon vor dem eigentlichen Studienbeginn besuchen und dort teilweise bereits CP sammeln:

 

Create your timetable

You can find the courses (lectures, tutorials and tutorials) scheduled for your degree program for the first semester in the electronic course catalog (eVV) (go to the link LEHRVERANSTALTUNGEN) or in Stud.IP. For the Bachelor's degree program in Economics and Business Studies in the winter term, these are:

Management I, Accounting, Microeconomics I (Mikroökonomie I), Macroeconomics I (Makroökonomie I) and Mathematics for Business and Economics (Mathematik für Wirtschaftswissenschaftler);

in the summer term, these are:

Management II, Finance, Microeconomics II (Mikroent II, Finance, Microeconomics II (Mikroökonomie II), Macroeconomics II (Makroökonomie II) and Formal Foundations of Statistics (Formale Grundlagen der Statistik).

Attending pre-courses can be a useful addition to your timetable!

For our Master's degree programs, you can find information on the planned courses on the

Master's degree program in Business Administration, 
Master's degree program in Economics,
Master's degree program in AFS and
Master's degree program in EGR.

Register in Stud.IP for the courses you wish to attend or find out about the content and organization of the relevant courses on the websites of the responsible chairs.

Information on eVV and Stud.IP can be found in the following section on the E-Campus.

Stud.IP, eVV, ILIAS, FlexNow and e-mail - JLU's e-campus

With your student ID (chip card) and your student account ("s-number") you can access the electronic systems of JLU Giessen. These include

  • eVV - JLU's electronic course catalog: dates, locations and information on courses.
  • Stud.IP: Here you can register for courses and obtain further information.
  • ILIAS: JLU's central learning platform with e.g. pre-courses, teaching videos, exercises, online tests, group work and forums
  • FlexNow: JLU Giessen's examination administration system.

IMPORTANT! Set up your JLU e-mail address and check your inbox regularly!

Further links:

Studies A-Z

From "Account", "AStA", "Modul" and "sine tempore (s.t.)" to "Zweitstudium", you will find all the terms relating to studying on the page

University vocabulary explained easily  Studies A-Z