Semester start august 2015 uia.no/en #uniagder IN CASE OF EMERGENCY has three emergency numbers: welcome to the university of Medical: 113 Fire: 110 We are very pleased that you have chosen Norway and Agder for your studies. We hope that you Police: 112 will find the information in this booklet helpful during your first weeks at UiA. In addition to the orientation programme, you will find maps and some practical information to help you get used to If you need a doctor during regular hours, your new home. contact information is available in Fronter and on the website. Just call for an appointment. YOUR FIRST DAYS Semester and examination registration You will receive all the information you need at orientation for At orientation you will receive a username and password for your In the event of any emergency, the international students on 7 august. This includes UiA e-mail account, Fronter and the StudentWeb. The International procedures for registering with the police, registering for classes, Education Office will guide you through the semester registration has a crisis plan that will go into effect. and answers to all of the practical questions you may have. process on the StudentWeb. You must downlaod our new app to You will find details on the website. Members of the Erasmus Student Network will introduce you to life access your semester card after registering. You cannot get access in Norway and arrange social events the first weekend before the to all of your information in Fronter until you have registered for Norwegian students arrive and the official semester start festival classes and examinations. begins. Degree-seeking students will have to pay the semester fee and approve your individual education plan on the StudentWeb before STUDYING AT UIA you receive your semester card (in the app). UiA’s primary information channel is www.uia.no. You will find messages, links to the StudentWeb and the Learning Management ALL students have to register for classes and examinations on the System Fronter, practical information, examination information, StudentWeb by 1 September for autumn and 1 February for spring. the ECTS course catalogue, schedules, an overview of student associations, and lots of useful links here. Fronter is also used as If you miss the deadlines you will not be able to register for an information channel by your lecturers, professors and study exams! programme coordinators.

Students are expected to read the information on the web, in Fronter and sent by e-mail. E-mail sent from UiA will go to your UiA e-mail account, not your private e-mail account. Contact: The ECTS course catalogue Phone: 38 14 10 00 (Campus ) The ECTS course catalogue is found here: uia.no/ects. It is Phone: 37 23 30 00 (Campus Grimstad) a translation of the Norwegian study handbook, and you should E-mail: [email protected] find all course descriptions here, as well as a lot of useful practical Please note that changes to the programme may occur. information. The examination regulations are also included, and Photo: Iris Engen Skadal, May Elin Aunli, Martin Grina, Olav Breen, Bård Ek,.Thomas Andersen, Studentorganisasjonen i Agder and students are expected to be familiar with these. Aptum Kommunikasjon, ESN Agder.

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Student card Population Registry in Kristiansand or Arendal. Service Centre NOK 1,00 per page. To refill your account, go to http://followme. uia. In addition to the semester card app, you will have to get a physical Kristiansand: Kjøita 42; Arendal: Friergangen 4 The Service Centre is one of the first places you will go. Here you will no or contact IT-Services. student card. The card will entitle you to borrow books, access find information about your studies, examinations, admissions, etc. buildings, print, copy and scan. You will receive a PIN that you can Health and insurance The Service Centre can also organize student counselling. University Library use to get into certain buildings after closing time. You can also The library has a full range of information services as well as access You must be insured while you are in Norway. European students Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00-15:30 use your student card and semester card to receive special offers to books, magazines, films, computers and quiet areas to study. See should order a European Health Card. You will then be treated as a Phone: for students throughout Norway. To get your student card, you the library’s separate brochure or website for more information: Norwegian when seeking health services. Students from outside Kristiansand 38142100 need a valid ID and your semester card. You can get your card by uia.no/en/library using the self-operated photo booths located in Vilhelm Krag’s Hall of Europe will need proof of insurance from their home countries in Grimstad 37253200 (Kristiansand) or by the Service Centre (Grimstad). order to register with the police and apply for reimbursement E-mail: [email protected]. after receiving Norwegian health services. Opening hours (both Campus Kristiansand and Campus Grimstad): Monday – Thursday: 08:00 – 20:00 Residence permits IT-services Friday: 08:00 – 18:00 Students from outside of the EU and EEA should apply for a Special Needs You will receive a username, password and e-mail account on the Saturday: 09:00 – 15:00 UiA has several resources available if you have special needs. In residence permit BEFORE coming to Norway. Read the information orientation day 7 august. If you are not able to be there on that day, Kristiansand, the Office for Students with Special Needs is located in on the Immigration Department’s website, and contact your nearest please contact IT-Services to receive these. IT-Services is located in Sigrid Undsets Hus, building 46, Gimlemoen. Opening hours 10:00- Career Centre Norwegian embassy for more information. The application can be the library. IT-Services will offer a mandatory introductory course on 14:00. It is located on the fifth floor next to the Resource Centre in The Career Centre is located at the Service Centre and offers downloaded from https://selfservice.udi.no. Students from the US Monday 10 August. Online courses are also available. It is possible Grimstad. career counselling, job application courses, interview training and can also apply in Norway, but we recommend that you apply from to reserve certain rooms (videconferencing, multimedia, etc.) and Phone: customized workshops. home. Students from the EU and EEA do not need residence permits. equipment (cameras, projectors, etc.) through IT-Services. Go to Kristiansand 38141075 Phone: 38142383 or e-mail: [email protected] booking.uia.no Grimstad 37233338 EU/EEA students /UiAkarriere If you are a student from the EU or EEA, you do NOT need a residence Six ways to contact IT-Services: permit before you arrive. You can just register with the police Special examination arrangements • Web: www.uia.no/en/student/it-services shortly after arrival online: https://selfservice.udi.no. You will then If you need to apply for special examination arrangements for • Facebook: facebook.com/IThjelpUiA medical or other reasons, be sure to do this by 15 October for Timetables be asked to go to the police to pick up your permit. Make sure you • On campus: Help desk opening hours 8.00-15.30, Mon-Fri have photocopies of your insurance or your European Health Card autumn or 15 March for spring. More information and an application uia.no/en/student/schedules-at-uia and your letter of acceptance with you when you register. You may can be found on the web. • Chat: www.uia.no/en/student/it-services also be required to take a test to prove you have been vaccinated for • E-mail: [email protected] tuberculosis. Fronter • SMS: “IT” and your request to 26112 Fronter is the Learning Management System used at UiA. In order • Phone: 38 14 17 00 Norwegian ID number to get all of the necessary information about your classes through More information about Most students do not need a Norwegian ID number, but if you would Fronter, you must register for classes and examinations. like to work or open a bank account you may apply for one at the We recommend that you do this as soon as possible after arrival. A Printing, scanning and copying IT - Library - Fronter and more: Fronter course will be offered shortly after arrival. Your student ID card is also your priniting and copying card. The price for printing black and white pages is NOK 0.40 per page and colour is uia.no/en/student The campuses are within easy reach of the city centres by bike or on foot. There are also good bus connection between the campuses. You may also park your car on campus, but please note that places are limited and that you can only park on clearly marked parking spaces. 4 5 kristiansand orientation programme 09:00 - 7 august • Students taking most classes at the Faculty of Social Address: Tollbodgata 45 orientation programme Sciences: Room HI-058 Opening: Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 08:30 – 11:00 room b1 018 Changes to the programme may occur. • Students taking most classes at the Faculty of Fine Arts: * Special programme for international students Room G2 019 • Obligatory health check at the Health Centre/Vaccination Office* Meet outside your student accommodation: Mandatory activities in red Address: Gyldenløves gate 23 8:15: Roligheden and Kristian 4. gate 14:30-15:30 Orientation for Quota students by Krisztina Czinki 8:30: St. Olavs vei and Kongsgård allé TUESDAY 11 AUGUST THURSDAY 6 AUGUST 15:30-17:00 ESN will sell Chess simcards for 50 NOK* 12:00 BBQ on the lawn (STA) - cash only Arrival and pick-up day from 10:00. Members of the Erasmus Student Network You must show a valid ID 23:00 Concert at Østsia: CLMD Please see: www.agder.esn.no (ESN) will meet you and bring you to Vilhelm Krag’s Hall 17:00 ESN Welcome dinner in the cafeteria* FRIDAY 14 AUGUST campus. Please be on time. We trust that FRIDAY 7 AUGUST Time not set Scavenger Hunt those of you who live on campus can ORIENTATION, ROOM B1 018* SATURDAY 8 AUGUST Meet outside your student accommodation: find your way on your own. B1 018 is an 11:00 City tour with your ESN buddies* TUESDAY 18 AUGUST 8:15: Roligheden and Kristian 4. gate auditorium to the right when you come in Meet outside Kristiansand Cathedral downtown 15:00-16:00 Coffee Hour – Lilletunsstova (ESN) 8:30: St. Olavs vei and Kongsgård allé 16:00 IKEA, Shopping tour with buss* the main entrance. (Main entrance is where Meet at the main entrance of UiA WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST you find the statue). 09:00 Registration 21:00 Welcome Party at Østsia (ESN)* 20:00 Game night and Quiz at Østsia (ESN) 09:30 Welcome by Rector Torunn Lauvdal 09:35 Welcome and practical information from the During the orientation meeting you will get SUNDAY 9 AUGUST SATURDAY 22 AUGUST International Education Office: Krisztina Czinki 15:00 BBQ Sunday with ESN at Bertesbukta* 14:00 – 18:00 Canoe trip (ESN)* a lot of important information regarding 10:05 IT-services: Arve Ebeltoft your stay in Norway, as well as the 10:20 Library: Arthur Norli Olsen MONDAY 10 AUGUST TUESDAY 25 AUGUST 10:35 Accommodation: SiA, Hege Reinertsen opportunity to meet your fellow students 08:00-10:00 Information from the IT-services and the library* 15:00-16:00 Coffee Hour at Lilletunsstova (ESN) 10:50 Examination Office: Randi Løvdal and your academic advisors. Bring your username and password and if you 20:00 International Pub at Østsia (ESN) 11:10 Info on Norwegian language course have one, your laptop. ------11:15 Break Room: B1 007 TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER Registration with the police: 11:40 What to do if you need someone to talk to: Hellen Time not set Roll calls for full degree students You must register on this site first, without Saga and Hans Jørgen Wennesland - Deadline for changing courses Check time and place here: uia.no/en/student/ booking an appointment: 11:55 The Student Organisation in Agder (STA) - Deadline for semester and exam registrations on the semester-start/roll-calls https://selfservice.udi.no/en-gb/ 12:10 Erasmus Student Network (ESN): ESN Board StudentWeb 11:00 Opening ceremony on the lawn 12:25 Group photo: Jan Arve Olsen 11:30-13:30 Lunch buffet TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER Make sure you have filled in the whole 12:40 Lunch in Kafé Kampus Fill your plate in the cafeteria for NOK 20,-! Erasmus+ and EEA students only: Deadline for updating and application online before you go to the 13:30-14:20 Tour of campus 21:30 Concert on the lawn: MADCON handing in of your Learning Agreement police. Bring along your insurance Your buddies will guide you around campus, and 23:00 Concert at Østsia: SARAH & ARASH then take you to the room where you can find policy or your European Health your supervisors at 14:30 Insurance card, your letter of 14:30 Meet your academic supervisors: The Semester Start Festival begins today. There will be an ESN During the semester, ESN will also acceptance and your passport/ • Students taking most classes at the Faculty of stand outside the UiA main building, where you can make organize other events! national ID card. Humanities and Education: Room B3 001 inquiries about the programme of the day. • Students taking most classes at the School of More info: www.agder.esn.no/ If you have already registered and Business and Law: Auditorium at the School of OFFICIAL DUTIES IN THE PERIOD 10 AUGUST – 14 AUGUST been assigned an appointment with the Business and Law, Building 19 • Register at the local Police Station* police on another date, please go on /esnagder that date.

roll calls 10 august Info about time and place: You get the wristband for the have a taste of kristiansand! uia.no/en/student/semester-start/roll-calls concerts at the festival offices in Kristiansand and Grimstad. visitkrs.no/en/ Students taking a full degree at the University of Agder must go to the mandatory roll calls and special information meetings for 6 their study programme. 7

Grimstad orientation programme 09:00 - 7 august MONDAY 10 AUGUST: OFFICIAL START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR E 18 room A2 085 Orientation Programme 9:00-11:00 Information from the IT-services and the library* Changes to the programme may occur Bring your username and password and if you * Special programme for international students have one, your laptop. Note (1): Registration with the police: Mandatory activities in red Room C2 040 All exchange students must register at Time not set Roll calls for full degree students the police station in Arendal. You do not Check time and place here: uia.no/en/student/ have to book an appointment. semester-start/roll-calls E 18 Opening hours: Monday-Thursday 10-14. 13:30 Opening ceremony FRIDAY 7 AUGUST: ORIENTATION DAY* Address: Kirkegata 2A/B, 4836 Arendal. Amphitheatre, just inside the main entrance Room A2 085 15:00-17:00 BBQ outside Bluebox Please bring along your insurance policy For all students and employees 9:00 Welcome to the University of Agder! or your European Health Insurance 21:00 Concert at Bluebox: CLMD Vice Rector Dag G. Aasland card, your letter of acceptance and your

9:10 Erasmus Student Network passport/national ID card. TUESDAY 11 AUGUST Mellie Fagerheim, Campus Manager 11:00-13:00 Lunch buffet 9:20 Student Organisation in Agder (STA) Fill your plate in the cafeteria for NOK 20,-! You must register on this site before you 9:30 Accommodation visit the police: 17:00-19:00 Scavenger Hunt, final destination:E 18 BBQ at Groos Ingrid Tennfjord beach https://selfservice.udi.no/en-gb/ 9:45 Examination info Meet up at the buddy stand outside Bluebox Please make sure you get a

Examination Office 21:00 Concert at Bluebox: Jaa9 og OnklP Jon Lilletuns ve confirmation when registering. 9:55 Break i 10:10 Practical information from the International WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST Degree students need to visit the Education Office P Classes start. Timetables:E 18 uia.no/en/student/schedules-at-uia police before their temporary residence Terje Thorsdalen and Anne Martins Bjærke permit expires. Please bring all relevant 10:30 Semester registration – Terje and Anne will guide WEDNESDAY 19 AUGUST you through! documentation, including your passport.

15:00-16:00 Coffee Hour at Bluebox i NOTE: Bring your own laptop, if you have one. Will be organized by ESN and the university Note (2): Students from some countries 11:00 Lunch in Kafé Kampus (Campus Grimstad) illetuns ve chaplain every other Wednesday throughout the Jon L need to get certain vaccines at arrival. If 11:45 Group photo semester. 12:00-12:30 Tour of the campus relevant, you will be informed. 12:30 ESN will sell Chess simcards for 50 NOK ------FRIDAY 21 AUGUST Tele studentby You must show a valid ID Time not set BBQ at Groos (ESN)* SOCIAL EVENTS 17:00 Welcome dinner on campus (free food) The semester start festival will include TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER many activities in the period 10-22 SATURDAY 8 AUGUST - Deadline for changing courses August. Ask your buddies for info! 12:00 City tour, Grimstad (ESN)* - Deadline for semester and exam registrations on the 21:00 Welcome party at Østsia, Campus Kristiansand StudentWeb During the semester, ESN will also (ESN)* organise other events! Free transport: TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER Bus from main entrance, Campus Grimstad at 20:00 Erasmus+ and EEA students only: Deadline for updating and More info: www.agder.esn.no/ Return from main entrance, Campus handing in of your Learning Agreement Kristiansand at 02:00 /esnagder

Info about time and place: roll calls 10 august You get the wristband for the have a taste of grimstad! uia.no/en/student/semester-start/roll-calls concerts at the festival offices in Kristiansand and Grimstad. visitgrimstad.com/en/ Students taking a full degree at the University of Agder must go to the mandatory roll calls and special information meetings for their study 8 programme. 9 Student life The Student Association of Agder (SiA) Gym SIA is the welfare and cultural organisation for students in Agder. SiA Spicheren in Kristiansand is Sørlandet’s largest fitness centre, and Student Venues contributes to a safe and comfortable atmosphere so that students one of the most progressive places to work out in the country. With Contact SiA: Students have their own ”Kulturhus” – Bluebox in Grimstad and can have the best possible foundation for success. SiA runs day care more than 5000 members, Spicheren offers a diverse and positive Campus Kristiansand: Østsia in Kristiansand. They are run by SiA in cooperation with centres, housing services, bookshops, cafeterias, pubs and the gym, place to work out. The gym is open to the public, and about half of Phone: 40 00 10 18 the students and are home to musical reviews, concerts, student and supports festivals and 50 student organisations. the members pay full fees. It is therefore possible to offer students E-mail: [email protected] evenings, quizzes and many other events. It is a great way to get to one of the best gyms in the country at student prices. know other students! Find out more here: Østsia.no, bluebox.no Bookstore Campus Grimstad: Sørbok is Sørlandet’s largest academic bookshop, with outlets on Health services Phone: 40 00 90 07 Teams, clubs and organisations campus in Kristiansand and Grimstad. SiA offers a low-threshold psychological health service where you E-mail: [email protected] From student newspapers, radio, orchestra, and choirs to sports can talk to a trained nurse about anything that is causing you teams and academic clubs, there is something for everyone at UiA. Housing difficulties. Most of the teams, clubs and organisations will be represented on www.sia.no SiA operates student housing on, near and off-campus. SiA’s housing E-mail: [email protected] the lawn during the semester start festival. Find out which one is offices are at Gimlemoen 32 in Kristiansand and inside Sørbok at Phone: 38141354 right for you! The Student Organisation in Agder (STA) has offices at Campus Grimstad. [email protected] Gimlemoen 24 in Kristiansand. Phone: 38142065 Cafeteria – Kafé Kampus Erasmus Student Network Agder (agder.esn.no) With more than 3,000 visitors every day, Kafé Kampus is the most Student priest ESN Agder is a volunteer student organisation which works primarily important meeting place at UiA, both in Kristiansand and Grimstad. You may contact the student priest regardless of your religious to improve the exchange students’ stay here in Agder. In addition to The café in Kristiansand has been voted the country’s best student affiliation. the board members, there are many volunteer buddies. Throughout cafeteria several years in a row. E-mail: [email protected] the year ESN arranges trips, parties and other social events. ESN’s Phone: main goal is to give international students a semester Kristiansand : 38142140 Further questions? abroad where they have experienced Kristiansand, Grimstad and Grimstad: 37 23 39 24 Please contact: other parts of Norway at their best, and made friends for life. ESN also focuses on integration through activities that match Norwegian and international students. Academic questions: - your academic advisor at the Faculty Social questions: - your ESN buddy

More about studentactivities: STA’s offices: Housing questions: stastudent.no/in-english/ Kristiansand: Gimlemoen 24 - SiA ([email protected]/[email protected]) Grimstad: Bluebox Web: stastudent.no/in-english/ More questions? uia.no/en

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the buddy programme The buddy group program worked well, and with that as a support it is erasmus Student Network Agder (ESN) easy to find good friends. ESN Agder is a volunteer student organisation which works primarily to improve the exchange students’ stay. Because there was an ESN ESN provides a buddy programme for all new international organization, integration was very students. The students are divided in buddy groups with several buddies (in Grimstad there is normally just one easy. They prepared a lot of parties group). Belonging to a buddy group makes it easier getting to and activities where everyone know your fellow students and joining the social events. could come and get to know You are welcome to join the events committee and contribute others. ideas to make your stay at UiA a memorable one! www.agder.esn.no ”

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1. Username, password and 5. fronter e-mail Log on to Fronter and check that you have access to all the right “rooms”. Get your UiA username and password at Orientation, or at the IT-Services in Check your UiA e-mail account and Fronter at least once a the Library. week for important information. 2. student id card Kristiansand: Room A1 001 by the main entrance (remember to bring an ID learning agreement and your semester card), or through self-operated photo booth in Vilhelm 6. Krags’s Hall. The card will be issued within two days at the information (Erasmus+/EEA students only) desk in Vilhelm Krags’s Hall. Make sure you register any changes in your courses on your Grimstad: Self-operated photo booth in ”Gata” (main passageway). The Learning Agreement, get it signed by your academic coordinator, card will be issued at the Service Centre within two days. and return it to the International Education Office.

3. register 7. residence permit Register for classes and exams on the StudentWeb as soon as possible Register with the police. and before the deadlines (Autumn: 1 September/Spring: 1 February).

4. address Register your correct addresses (both home address and Norwegian address) on the StudentWeb.

Eco-friendly university Information from THE It-services AND THE LIBRARY To avoid excessive use of paper cups, you may buy a thermo mug with the Bring your username and password, and if you have one, your laptop.* university logo in the cafeteria. You can choose from a variety of mugs. Campus Kristiansand, 10 august, 8:00-10.00, room B1 007 Campus Grimstad, 10 august, 9:00-11:00, room C2 040

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1. semester fee Pay your semester fee.

2. ID NUMBER Apply for a Norwegian ID number.

3. BANK ACCOUNT Open a bank account as soon as possible.

Eco - friendly university Information from THE It-services AND THE LIBRARY To avoid excessive use of paper cups, you may buy a thermo mug with the Bring your username and password, and if you have one, your laptop.* university logo in the cafeteria. You can choose from a variety of mugs. Campus Kristiansand, 10 august, 8:00-10.00, room B1 007 Campus Grimstad, 10 august, 9:00-11:00, room C2 040

16 17 10 8 14 student 18 16 accomodation 20 CAMPUS KRISTIANSAND, Gimlemoen CAMPUS GRIMSTAD Kaserneveien24 22 12 4 P 11 13 Tele studentcity 32 15 46 K E 28 36 30 32 34 F Tempus G A C 48 H D 47 B 24 Main entrance 22 50 26 20 A C Lawn J Bom I 51 D P To centre Bluebox P P P 10 Statsbygg P 17 To bus and centre

Schoolmuseum Parkinghouse 19 P Main entrance P (guestparking) 15 Hokus Pokus 1 2 kindergarden

Bakstebu 13 1 Jon Lilletuns vei Løvås studentcity GIMLEMOEN 25 A-K OTHER ADDRESSES: GIMLEMOEN A Henrik Wergelands hus 1 Spicheren fitness centre and grocery store Central administration 10 Senior centre, Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters B Auditoriums, reading rooms, group rooms, printing press 13 Group rooms Lower ground floor (U): Østsia student pub 15 Group rooms Sørlandets C Vilhelm Krags hall 17 Offices teknologipark Entrance to: Service centre and Library 19 School of Business and Law, Sørlandet kunnskapspark, Agderforskning m.m. D Jacob Aalls hus 20 Stiften (student activities) Lower ground floor (U): Cafeteria, Bookstore, exit to the lawn 22 Alibiet (student activities) 2nd and 3rd floor: Classrooms, reading hall, group rooms 24 the Student Organisation in Agder (STA) E-F F aculty of Humanities and Education 26 Offices Camilla Colletts hus (east wing in building E) 32 SiA - Student Association in Agder, administration K ristian Schjelderups hus (west wing in building E) 46 Sigrid Undsets hus Andreas Feragens hus (building F) teacher Education Unit G F aculty of Fine Arts 47 Group rooms Kirsten Flagstads hus 48 Jørgen Løvlands hus - classrooms H Faculty of Social Sciences 50 Offices Eilert Sundts hus 51 Offices og classrooms I Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences Ketil Moes hus J Faculty of Engineering and Science KASERNEVEIEN Niels Henrik Abels hus 4 Hokus Pokus kindergarden K Faculty of Fine Arts 8 - 36 Student accommodation Sigurd Køhns hus

Service centre Phone: 38 14 10 00 (Campus Kristiansand) Phone: 37 23 30 00 (Campus Grimstad) E-mail: [email protected]

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