Welcome to the winter semester 2025/26

Here are the most important dates for the start of the new semester:

9:30–10:00 a.m.:
Welcome for first-year students at the Faculty of Design
for the Bachelor’s program in Communication Design and the Master’s program in Design & Information

Location: Photo studio
General information about the faculty and university for both programs

10:00–11:00 a.m.:
Program-specific information BA Communication Design

Location: Photo studio

11:00 a.m.:
Welcome by the President of THW Prof. Dr. Jean Meyer

Location: Large lecture hall H.1.1

Followed by a get-together in the photo studio and tours of the faculty

Information about starting your studies

https://www.thws.de/studium-an-der-thws/studienstart/

The Ersti-ABC provides you with the important basics for your studies at THWS:
https://www.thws.de/studium-an-der-thws/studienstart/ersti-abc/

The selection of project courses for BA Communication Design (3rd to 7th semester) will take place online on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the usual URL.
The selection of technical courses will take place on Friday, September 26, 2025, at the same URL from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The instructors will offer course consultations via Zoom on September 23. The respective dates can be found in the course descriptions.

This semester, from October 13–17, 2025, there will be an extra TP week for all students from the 3rd semester BKD onwards, during which some of the technical courses (TP) will take place as block events. Which TPs will take place here is noted in the course descriptions and in the timetable.

All other project courses will be on break during this week!

For the 1st semester, lectures will take place as scheduled.

We are looking forward to the new semester and wish all students and teachers a successful start!