First Semester Info
Welcome to the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering!
Students and lecturers from the fields of aeronautics, astronautics, automotive engineering and propulsion technology are looking forward to getting to know you.
Here you will find important information to help you find your way around FH Aachen in the first few days. Get to know your first lecturers and find links to courses, events, contact persons and software. The most important platforms are also briefly explained.
We wish you a successful start to your studies!
First steps and information
First things first: Take care of acquiring your enrolment certificate and setting up your FH account, if you haven't already done so.
IMPORTANT: When you receive your certificate (by post), you will also receive the access data for your FH account. You can find more information under "Accounts and Services".
All official communication will take place via your FH e-mail address later on.
In addition, you can now start looking at the information below. Find out about pre-courses, the infrastructure available to you and how to contact students at the faculty. Although studies will again take place in presence as usual, many tools and services will be needed in the course of the studies.
Accounts and services
Please activate your account as soon as your enrolment process has been completed!
It is quite possible that this process will extend into September. Please be patient.
In addition to a personal email address, the university provides you with various online services that will guide you through your studies. For this purpose, new students will receive a personal link by email a few days after registration, which can be used to activate the FH identifier (user name) and FH email address itself.
We explain how to do this during the welcome events. The university account is the user account for central access-restricted services at FH Aachen. After activation, it can take about 24 hours before you can use your university account and e-mail address.
You can find a detailed description of the so-called "Welcome" process here.
Study administration
FH email address
When you register, you will receive your own email address, which you can either integrate into a mail programme (e.g. Thunderbird or Outlook) or simply call up in the Outlook web client. You are obliged to check this address regularly.
Official mail correspondence will be sent exclusively via this mail address from the start of lectures at the latest!
CampusOffice (web-based study planner)
The CampusOffice system is an online service for students. Via CampusOffice you have access to the course catalogue of the FH Aachen as well as to the module catalogues of the individual degree programmes. CampusOffice enables you to register for courses and lectures and to organise them with the help of a lecture planner.
Teaching and services
ILIAS eLearning Platform
Here you will find a large number of your lecturers' teaching materials, courses and exercises, including the documents for the preliminary courses in mathematics and mathematical basics for engineers. However, an activated FH account is required (see above).
You can also find a collection of important and interesting information on the ILIAS page for freshers can be found here.
Cisco Webex
The communication tool Webex is the most widely used tool for online courses and lectures at the faculty/university. It is strongly advised that you familiarise yourself with it and install the client on a terminal device. While Webex will also work on a phone, some advanced/interactive features may not be available.
WLAN and VPN
On the entire area of the FH Aachen you have free access to the WLAN network eduroam, to which you can connect with your access data (To the instructions of the data processing centre).
There you will also find the instructions for setting up the VPN (Virtual Private Network) of the FH, without which some services are not available.
Tutorials
Explanatory videos for the basic services
(from Faculty of Business Studies 7)
- eLearning platform ILIAS: To the tutorial for ILIAS
- CampusOffice: Create and check timetable
- CampusOffice: Register for courses
- QIS examination administration: Registering for examinations
Pre-course information
Pre-course Mathematics 04.09.23 - 15.09.23
Start: Monday at 8:45 a.m. in room KMAC U1001 (Hohenstaufenallee 10).
The preliminary course is a course for all first-year students of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering. Within the framework of the preliminary course, topics of school mathematics are repeated and refreshed and basic mathematical facts are taught. In this way, the preliminary course bridges the gap between school mathematics and university mathematics. In addition, it offers students the opportunity to get to know the university, lecturers and fellow students in advance.
In the mornings, lectures and exercises on the various topics take place in large groups. In the afternoons, tutorials are offered where the material covered can be studied in greater depth in smaller groups.
The tutorials will probably take place in the afternoon from 13:00 to 14:30. More detailed information will be given in the course.
The online bridging courses OMB+ (www.ombplus.de/ombplus/public/) will also help you prepare for our degree programmes.
Course "Mathematical Foundations of Engineering" 18.09.23 - 29.09.23 (examination on 02.10.23)
Start: Monday at 8:45 a.m. in room KMAC U1001
(Hohenstaufenallee 10)
The course "Mathematical Foundations of Engineering Sciences", MGI for short, is a further course which serves as a basis for later modules in the degree programme. The contents of MGI are required in the module "Mathematics 1", as well as passing the written examination at the end of the course. Participation in the course is voluntary, but the written examination is mandatory.
Registration is only necessary for the exam in "MGI", but not for the pre-course Maths and the course MGI. For the exam in MGI please register within the deadline of 18.09.23 - 25.09.23.
The registration deadlines for modules and exams can be found on the Examination Office page under "Dates and Deadlines".
Offers of the student body of the faculty (Fachschaft)
By students for students
Faculty Student Council
During your first weeks at the university, you will get to know the Faculty Student Council (FSR for short) - your local student representation at the faculty. There you will get answers to pretty much all your questions or a hint where to find help. Together with the first-semester tutors (the so-called student body of the faculty (Fachschaft)), the FSR will guide you through your early days.
You can find the Faculty Student Council in room U1202 in Hohenstaufenallee 6 or on their website.
Orientation Days - The "Ersti-Week"
In the week from 02.10. to 06.10 . your "Ersti-Week" will take place, during which you will be welcomed to the faculty by other students with information sessions and various events.
You will receive more information about this in the weeks before the events begin.
Contact points
Programme Coordination Bachelor
Currently only available by email
Please address any questions to:
bachelor-fb6fh-aachen.de
Secretariat FB6
Ms Menßen
Room: Hoh O0102
Hohenstaufenallee 6
52064 Aachen
Tel. 0241 6009 52410
sekretariat.fb6fh-aachen.de
Examination Office FB6
Ms Bergstein-van Griensven
Room: Hoh O0101
Hohenstaufenallee 6
52064 Aachen
Tel. 0241 6009 52386
pruefungsamt.fb6fh-aachen.de
Registrar's Office
(For questions regarding registration and payment of semester fees)
Tel. 0241 6009 51620
studierendensekretariatfh-aachen.de
Other contact points
- Student Service Center
- General Academic Counselling
- Family Office
- Psychosocial Counselling
- Department of International Affairs
- Equal Opportunities
- Students' Union Executive Committee (AStA) of the FH Aachen
(Support in all matters concerning the everyday life of students)
Useful links and info
Sources of information
- Your FH email address
- Faculty website
- Examination Office
- ExaminationRegulations
- ILIAS area of the faculty