Welcome to the Orientation Unit 2023

If you are reading this, that probably means that you are starting to study at the Department of Informatics of the Universität Hamburg in Winter Term 2023/24. Great!

So, with that, the team of the Orientation Unit (OU) – or German "Orientierungseinheit" (OE) says a warmhearted "Moin" to you!

The IAS Orientation Unit takes place from Monday, 09.10.2023, to Friday, 13.10.2023. The Orientation Unit for all other degree programs starts on Friday, 06.10.2023. We strongly advise you you to go through the chapter First Steps marked with ! in this guide before the Orientation Unit. We will go through everything else during the OU week.

Therefore you can click through the sites and skip the ones not marked as necessarry to work through.

Any further info will be published on the OU website:
oe.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/en/

If you are a junior student, the necessarry steps for you are a bit different and you can ignore this guide. We will go through everything together in the OU.

Contents of this guide

If the OU hasn't taken place yet you should work through the chapter First Steps.

If you haven't been at the OU or haven't finished your account activation during CSI (Computer Service Introduction unit in the Orientation Unit) this site will serve you as a guide by showing you …

  • an overview over the different accounts that you will encounter in your studies,
  • the basic functionality of your STiNE account,
    • You will be shown how to register for courses during the Orientation Unit. We strongly advise you to NOT register for courses on your own beforehand!
  • your university's webmail.

If you weren't there at the OU week we additionally will show you how to access your account for the Department of Informatics. Otherwise you can ignore this part.

Simply click on "Next" and walk through the guide in the order as shown in the navigation menu on the left.