Master Welcome Day 2020Tutor Presentation

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Master Welcome Day 2020

✓ Welcome and intruduction by your tutor

✓ Official welcome address by the Dean and the Co-Head of Studies

Prof. Dr. Harald Gall and Martina Hedinger

✓ Presentation by your tutor

Most important information about your studies, incl. sandwich lunch (afternoon groups)

✓ Campus Tour

Both inside and outside the main building, incl. Sandwich lunch on the way (morning groups)

Plan for today

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• In general: Official websites provide a lot of valuable information

– Official website of the Faculty (program regulations, news, study program, deadlines, student support):

www.oec.uzh.ch

– Websites of the Departments (course information, publications, professors / assistants contacts):

www.econ.uzh.ch, www.business.uzh.ch, www.bf.uzh.ch, www.ifi.uzh.ch

– Students Administration – «Kanzlei» (address, module booking, semester enrollment):

www.students.uzh.ch

• Boring but important:

– Print out and read the program regulations: www.oec.uzh.ch/regulations/

Official information online...

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• Course catalogue: https://studentservices.uzh.ch/uzh/anonym/vvz/index.html

How to plan your studies

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• Sometimes inofficial information helps more...

– Uniboard (largest University forum with answers in minutes): www.uniboard.ch

– Fachverein Oekonomie (official student representatives, large portfolio of events, informal

information online): www.fvoec.ch

– ICU (official student representatives, file/experience exchange, informal information online):

www.icuzh.ch

– FinanceClub (looking for a free lunch & a new job?): www.financeclub.ch

– Business Club (get to know companies and have a beer): www.zurichbc.ch

– JobEye or CareerServices (new jobs [without lunch]): www.jobeye.ch and

www.careerservices.uzh.ch

Students help students...

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• Deadlines are deadlines!

− Module booking: be on time -> deadline October 09, 2020, 24:00!

• Number of failed attempts:

− Don’t take too many courses at first and be aware: some courses have high

failing rates (ask tutor/peers)

• Fulfilling compulsory program:

– start early in setting up a «master plan», begin with mandatory courses

Pitfalls and how to avoid them (1/2)

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• Number of seminars

– See regulations for the number of seminars required in your study program

– Good seminars are often popular. register early!

• Admission to MA with restrictions

– complete bachelor courses first and focus on them

– Attention to deadlines and number of failed attempts.

• Exchange semester

– Want to spend a semester abroad? Plan ahead and mind requirements (e.g.

TOEFL) and registration deadlines

– More Information: www.oec.uzh.ch/en/studies/general/mobility

Pitfalls and how to avoid them (2/2)

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• Digital identity

– www.identity.uzh.ch

– Organize and setup your accounts /

passwords (Mail, VPN, Shortname, WLAN,

etc.)

Technical advices (1/6)

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• Webmail

– https://webmail.uzh.ch

– Official e-mail address:

name.surname@uzh.ch

– Check regularly or setup a forward

mechanism

Technical advices (2/6)

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• Launchpad

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Technical advices (3/6)

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• OLAT

– www.olat.uzh.ch

– Official Learning Management System

– Used by most lecturers to provide course

material, information, forum, enrolling

– OLAT ≠module booking!

Technical advices (4/6)

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• WLAN

– https://www.zi.uzh.ch/de/support/netzwerk/wireless/mobiles

wlan.html

– University campus: Use «UZH» with your credentials

Technical advices (5/6)

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• Informatics Services

– https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en.html

– Provide free software and help with IT problems

Technical advices (6/6)

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• Learning Places

– Several hundred learning places distributed in all

libraries

• Journals

– Access to large database of academic journals like

JSTOR, ScienceDirect, LexisNexis, etc. via VPN at

home or a UZH work station

• Information

– https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/en/outreach/libraries.

html

Learning places / Databases (1/2)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• Market Data

– Get market data from Bloomberg / Thomson

Reuters / Datastream in the Business

Administration Library

• Courses

– The main library (Zentralbibliothek,

https://www.zb.uzh.ch/en) offers literature

research courses

Learning places / Databases (2/2)

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Master Welcome Day 2020

• You can apply your student discount at all ETH and UZH mensas and cafeterias just by presenting your UZH card

– More infomation about the mensas, cafeterias, and their locations can be found at www.mensa.uzh.ch/index and www.gastro.ethz.ch

• You can download ETH Zurich mobile app for all smartphones

– Read ETH News, find the right building, check on the events calendar which public events are taking place at ETH Zurich, compare what’s

on the menu in the various cafeterias and find contact details for all staff.See: www.ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/apps

• You can also download UZH nowThe app shows you your next lectures or appointments, what’s for lunch in

in the different cafeterias, public transport schedules, interactive site maps, telephone numbers as well as the latest stories and public events at UZH.

The app also doubles as your ASVZ access authorization.

See: www.app.uzh.ch

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Mensas and cafeterias

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• ASVZ

– https://www.asvz.ch/en/634-welcome-asvz

– Tremendous amount of courses (>

80 different sports, nearly 600 courses per week)

and infrastructure

– Accessible with your UZH card

Sports

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• Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich

– www.sprachenzentrum.uzh.ch/en

– broad range of language courses (e. g. Arabic,

Greek, German, Swedish)

– For all students, exchange students, holders of

Swiss federal government scholarships, doctoral

students, researchers, teachers and staff of the

University and the ETH Zurich

– Low prices for students (CHF 80-100 per course)

Languages

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• Your official representatives:

fvoec www.fvoec.ch and ICU

www.icuzh.ch

• Business Brown Bag Lunches every

week and mailing list: Finance Club

www.financeclub.ch

• Beer and Networking: Business

Club www.zurichbc.ch

Student Engagement (1/2)

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• International Internships: AIESEC www.aiesec.ch

• Students parliament: VSUZH www.vsuzh.ch

• More on www.uzh.ch/en/studies/studentlife/organizations

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• Info about Health insurance

• Housing:

– Official housing office

– Comparis flat search, aggregates multiple platforms

• Mobile phone contract

– Also check Comparis mobile phone comparison

• Giro account

– Postfinance is very cheap

– ZKB and UBS have interesting student offerings

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For international students

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− On Facebook: www.facebook.com/uzh.oec

− On Instagram: www.instagram.com/uzh.oec

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Join us…

Master Welcome Day 2020

• Consult website of the Dean's Office (read the regulations)

– www.oec.uzh.ch

• Contact the Dean's OfficeDean’s Office is closed until further notice. Please contact the Dean’s Office team by e-mail.

– Office hours: http://www.oec.uzh.ch/en/aboutus/organization/deansoffice.html

– Location: KOL-G-207

− If you go to the counter: Take all important material with you!

• Ask peer students / post on uniboard.ch / ask tutor

• Visit information centers / desks for psychological, financial and/or legal help, all free ofcharge: http://www.uzh.ch/studies/infoadvice_en.html

Having troubles?

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QUESTIONS?

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