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Students of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Society can register for the exams in the winter semester 2020/2021 from Monday, November 30, 2020, 0.01 a.m. to Sunday, December 13, 2020, 11.59 p.m. The registration for the Examinations are conducted via "my campus". The registration function is only activated during the registration period.

The Bavarian Cabinet has decided yesterday that universities have to switch to digital teaching (except for work in laboratories, internships, applied and artistic education phases and examinations). For this reason, the Faculty of Business, Economics and Society are cancelling all in class teaching.

For many students is the second semester they have spent studying during the pandemic, with virtually teaching being offered remotely. They often suffer from a lack of motivation when studying from home and there is a lack of structure in their day to day lives. In a study, researchers at WiSo have discovered that mentoring programmes can reduce these problems.

The winter term starts Monday, November 2, 2020, with a big digital welcome for all students. At the following virtual WiSo-info-fair, many of the service facilities, institutions, initiatives, and business partners will present themselves. Virtual campus tours, words of greetings, and a digital party organized by student initiatives brings the day to an good end.

Brickwork on the outside, digital on the inside. Zollhof in Nuremberg has been an ecosystem for digital startups and established companies since 2017. Startups set up by students also benefit. The digital startup centre in Nuremberg is part of the ‘Gründerland Bayern’ initiative of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy.

The coronavirus pandemic created an entirely new set of challenges for university-level teaching. It required teaching staff to convert their lectures and seminars into digital form within a very short space of time and inform students of new procedures. A special study carried out by the Centre for Higher Education (CHE) shows that FAU overcame these challenges with great success.

The winter term starts Monday, November 2, 2020, with a big digital welcome for all students. At the following virtual WiSo-info-fair, many of the service facilities, institutions, initiatives, and business partners will present themselves. Virtual campus tours, alumni greetings, and a digital party organized by student initiatives bring the day to an good end.

A large part of the winter semester 2020/21 will be taught online. Although some face-to-face teaching will still take place, the upcoming semester will be a hybrid semester. A hybrid semester means that face-to-face teaching is offered to supplement online teaching. We will ensure that all degree programs can still be studied.