On-Site Support at the Campus Locations

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Services Available at the Campus Locations

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Events

Prospective and current students can expect a comprehensive range of events from the student advisory service and faculties at the campus locations.

All planned events

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Mentoring

Mentors will support you with subject-related questions in modules or courses, working in groups or via the web, often in the early evening or at weekends.

All planned mentorships

Even More Support for Interested Prospective and Existing Students

• General advice and information

  On campus, you will receive all relevant information as well as all of the FernUniversität information material and forms. The staff provide competent advice to prospective and current students on all aspects and possibilities of distance learning and help with organizational questions.

• Student advice: make an appointment

  You can make face-to-face or virtual appointments for student advice. Whether you are about to decide on a distance learning program, have just started studying, or need solutions to complex distance-learning challenges, the student advisors are there to support students in every phase of their studies – even with difficult topics.

  Dates for online student counseling

• Media technology advice

  Media skills and confidence with computers and the Internet are an important prerequisite for successful distance learning. The media technology advisors at the campus locations will provide you with specific assistance when you need it.

• Academic advisors

  The campus locations enable close links between regional cooperation partners and FernUniversität researchers. The academic advisors at the campus locations are dedicated to maintaining this networking concept.

  They support the respective campus locations in all academic issues relating to studying and teaching. They represent the FernUniversität’s research locally to partners from the worlds of science, business and politics.

• Examinations at the campus locations

  Generally speaking, all examination venues are at the campus locations of the FernUniversität in Hagen. You have a free choice of examination locations. Various examination types and formats are offered at the respective campus locations. In addition to online exams, you can also write on-site exams or take oral exams via video conferencing systems. The type of examination and the examination format are determined by your faculty.

• Support for student study groups

  You can make valuable social contacts with other prospective and current students at the campus locations. You can exchange ideas and support each other in study groups. Students can book well-equipped rooms at the campus locations for their learning and working groups.