First aID your sMall compendium Editorial DeaR fReshmen, HeRe we go! Let youR studies at HfK begin. The FiRst aid Team welcomes you waRmly and hopes you’ll feel at home veRy soon. To facilitate youR staRt in BRemen, we summed up some infoRmation foR you on the following pages. also, you‘Re VeRy Welcome to check out ouR favouRite places in town that we added in heRe. Just click on the Pictures to get moRe information. We wish you joy, eneRgy and cuRio- sity to all the things waiting heRe foR you. youRs FiRst aid Any further questions? www.facebook.com/groups/erstehilfehfk/ [email protected] Table of Contents 1 GeneRal 6 The UniveRsity of the aRts BRemen infoRmation about TRavel diRections the HfK Opening houRs 1.1 Contact PeRsons 8 InteRnational Office Student SeRvices office Event office Music 9 Faculty administRation 1.2 InteRnal 12 communication platfoRm foR communication all HfK membeRs at the HfK web-poRtal aRtist InfoRmation coRRidoR 13 WiReless LaN and email addRess aSta Student union 14 Telephone numbeRs 2 Studying at 16 SemesteR dates and the HfK national holidays 2013 � 2014 17 OveRview and stRuctuRe of study pRogRammes 18 OveRview Faculty of Fine aRts and Design OveRview Faculty of music 19 CouRse book IntRoductoRy meetings of the study pRogRammes RegulaR events at HfK 20 Food 2.1 Useful 23 EnRolment infoRmation Re-enRolment SemesteR contRibution SemesteR ticket 23 Health insuRance 24 Liability insuRance Resident peRmit 25 ERasmus � visiting students 26 InteRnational student caRd 27 Studying with childRen 2.2 Facilities in 29 ReheaRsal Rooms and the Faculty of Music stoReRoom Musical instRuments loan Sound studio Copying machine and pRinteR 30 Klaus-Kuhnke-aRchiv foR populaR music UniveRsity ChoiR 2.3 Facilities in 32 Studios and Room caRds the Faculty of Fine Copying machines aRts and design DRuckeRpool CentRal loan seRvice Café Lu 2.3.1 WoRkshops 34 Digital media-Maclab 2D woRkshop InteRaction Lab 35 3D woRkshop Rapid pRototyping Film and video woRkshop 36 Videotechnic � ElectRonic-EngineeRing PhotogRaphy woRkshop 37 Manual pRint woRkshop Fashion woRkshop 38 Fashion-CaD woRkshop Wood woRkshop 39 CeRamics woRkshop BRonze moulding and metal woRkshop 2.4 SecuRity advice 41 How to do betteR � SecuRity advice 42 House Rules 3 CoopeRative 44 SpoRts society offeRs Psychological and theRapeutic helpdesk Web links 45 CentRe foR self-education centRe foR foReign languages 46 CultuRal exchange Student communities LibRaRies 4 Life in 49 HandicRaft and aRtist supply BRemen haRdwaRe shops FabRic shops PRint and copy shops 50 music stoRes Flea maRkets maRkets 51 Public festivals conceRt halls � clubs 52 doctoRs banks leasing and subleasing Living costs in BRemen supeRmaRkets 53 Health insuRance SektenbeRatung BRemen E. V. DistRicts 54 Lost pRopeRty office mobile phones JobmaRket 55 Waste sepaRation 56 ImpRint GeneRal infoR- mation about the HfK 1 The The University of the Arts Bremen consists of the Faculty of Music and the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design. You can find these faculties in UniveRsity two locations in Bremen. The Faculty of Music is situated in Dechanatstraße of the in the historical centre of Bremen. The Faculty of Fine Arts and Design is located in the Überseestadt, Speicher XI. In spite of the different aRts locations, the collaboration between the faculties is very important. BRemen For example, students from different courses of study worked together on an opera project for the last years. For information about the University of the Arts Bremen go to www.hfk-bremen.de. The offered courses are listed in the online platform HfK-Portal (portal.hfk-bremen.de). TRavel With your semester ticket you are free to use trams and busses anytime in Bremen and the entire regional public transport system »Verkehrsver- diRections bund Bremen/Niedersachsen«. You can get the timetables and track maps directly at BSAG or download them on the Internet (www.bsag.de). Please note that your semester ticket is only valid in connection with an official identity document (for example passport)! The Dechanatstraße is located directly in the centre, close to the stop »Domsheide«. You can get connected with line 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 24 and 25. There you can also find bicycle stands. Bremen is a bicycle friendly city. You can go to Speicher XI by tram line 3 or by bus 20. Use the bus stop at »Hochschule für Künste«, the tram stops at »Waller Ring«. You have to walk about 7 minutes from »Waller Ring«. At night you can go by bus N7. At the entrance of Speicher XI you can find timetables. Opening The University of the Arts is open seven days a week, actually the loca- tion Speicher XI is open 24 hours a day. If the entrance is locked, houRs please ring the bell. The porter gets in touch with you and will open the door. Opening hours in the Dechanatstraße will change during SpeicheR Xi semester vacation! You can find out the opening hours contacting 24�7 the porter. DechanatstRaße mon–FRi 7:30 am–11:00 pm sat 8:00 am–8:00 pm sun 10:00 am–8:00 pm 1 7 Contact peRsons 1.1 InteR- Student [email protected] Speicher XI, R 3.09.030 national SeRvices Mon–Fri 8:00–12:00 pm Office office event Birgit Harte is the contact person This is the place for students to get Office for international students. She informed about formalities dur- will be at your disposal and can an- ing their studies at HfK. Here you music swer your questions. Foreign vis- get all information about enrol- iting students will get organ- ment, exmatriculation and leave of The Event Office izational support. Besides German absence. Visiting students have is responsible for arranging students, lecturers and staff are to hand in their »Scheine« here in concerts or competitions in the informed about the possibilities of order to receive their »Transcript of Faculty of Music. an exchange period in this office. Records« at the end of the semester. You can get information about the anna-Julia PeRini LLP/Erasmus programme and Sylvia Jacobsen Head of Artistic Administration the offers of the DAAD (German astRid HaRten T 0421 9595-1497 Academic Exchange Service), T 0421 9595-1111 [email protected] information about language learn- [email protected] Dechanatstraße, R 0.22 ing and scholarships. Moreover, Speicher XI, R 3.09.030 contacts with partner institutions Mon–Fri 8:00–12:00 pm SaRah Thomas are coordinated here. Another Head of Artistic Administration person who spends a volun- Sabine Rennicke T 0421 9595-1496 tary year in the International Of- T 0421 9595-1112 [email protected] fice takes care of the new visit- [email protected] Dechanatstraße, R 0.22 ing students and questions of Speicher XI, R 3.09.030 foreign students. Mon–Fri 8:00–12:00 pm almut Heibült T 0421 9595-1506 BiRgit HaRte SandRa SoRge [email protected] T 0421 9595-1040 T 0421 9595-1119 [email protected] [email protected] anika HaRtmann Speicher XI, R 4.10.020 Speicher XI, R 3.09.030 T 0421 9595-1507 Thu 10:00–12:00 pm Mon–Fri 8:00–12:00 pm a.hartmann@ or after prior consultation hfk-bremen.de ThoRRid DalteR Dechanatstraße, R 0.31 T 0421 9595-1110 Mon, Tue, Fri 1.1 9 9:00 am–1:00 pm administration Fri 11:00–12:00 pm Wed, Thu 1:30–4:30 pm T 0421 9595-1503 and on appointment [email protected] campus-office-musik@ Faculty Dechanatstraße, R 0.02A hfk-bremen.de admin- Julia Liebig PatRick Köhn istRa- student assistants, room T 0421 9595-1495 reservation for classes etc. tion T 0421 9595-1498 Hanno FeidickeR [email protected] T 0421 9595-1493 In the faculty administration you raumbuchung-musik@ can get general study informa- hfk-bremen.de Melanie FRanz-ÖzdemiR tion. You can also inquire about Dechanatstraße, R 0.01 quality management organizational questions, cours- T 0421 9595-1494 es, jobs as student assistant and Elke RunkleR melanie.franz-oezdemir@ fund-raising for projects. More de- general study organization, hfk-bremen.de tailed information can be found acquisition etc. on the HfK homepage: www.hfk- T 0421 9595-1504 Contact bremen.de under University/ [email protected] Organisation and Administration. Dechanatstraße, R 0.01 peRsons Faculty of Contact MaRia Weiss general study organization, Fine aRts PeRsons lectures, faculty and Design Faculty council etc. T 0421 9595-1505 Mon–Thu 9:00–12:00 pm of [email protected] and after prior Dechanatstraße, R 0.01 Music consultation Mon, Tue, Fri Campus Imke BahR 9:00 am–1:00 pm Office Head of Departmental Wed, Thu administration 12:30 am–2:30 pm Musik [email protected] T 0421 9595-1201 ChRistine GeRlach Dechanatstraße, R 0.27 Speicher XI, R 4.14.040 Head of Departmental Mon–Thu 2:00–3:00 pm (please make an appointment) 1.1 10 andRea albRecht Campus- »Finanzen Kunst und Design« office T 0421 9595-1204 Fine aRts [email protected] Speicher XI, R 4.14.025 and Design CaRmen Wetzel Mon–Thu 9:00–12:00 pm »Finanzen Kunst Thu 2:00–5:00 pm und Design« Speicher XI, R 4.14.050 T 0421 9595-1205 [email protected] [email protected] Speicher XI, R 4.14.02 Simone HoRschak T 0421 9595-1207 Sabine angeR [email protected] lecturers, Dean’s Office etc.