Index
General hygiene measures
A minimum distance of 1.5 metres must be observed at all times in all WiSo buildings. Masks must be worn at all times as well.
Masks must be worn at all times in communal areas and access routes. Please stick to the rules and wear your mask properly. If you do not wear a mask, you can be asked to leave the building.
Please also observe coughing and sneezing etiquette (only cough and sneeze into your elbow).
All sanitary facilities are open and should be used to wash your hands thoroughly and regularly. As it is not always possible to keep your distance in the sanitary facilities, we would ask you to wear a mask. If the facilities in the foyer are very busy, please use the others which are available in the building, even if this means walking a little further or going up some stairs. In addition to using the sanitary facilities available on site, we would also recommend that you bring your own hand sanitiser.
Obligation to wear face masks
All students are required to wear medical mouth/nose protection in the building and in enclosed spaces. If the Bavarian Hospital Label is at level yellow or red, only FFP2 masks are permitted.
You can find more information about the mask requirement here
Walkway concept
The School of Business, Economics and Society has decided to introduce a walkway concept for the buildings to ensure that sufficient distance can be maintained.
The busy staircase 1 leading to the library is only to be used to go upstairs. As an exit from the library, please use the neighboring staircase 5 to go down. The remaining stairs and staircases can be used in both directions. Please keep to the right when walking in all foyers, hallways, stairs and staircases.
Lifts may only be used by one person at a time.
Only two persons at a time are allowed in the room for snack and drink vending machines. Please make sure to keep the minimum distance when waiting outside.
The large lecture halls H4, H5 and H6 and seminar room 0.424 have separate entrances and exits. Please enter H4 from the foyer and leave it from the lower level.
The entrances and exits to the building are signposted. One entrance is in the courtyard, the exits lead out via the new building and the entrance at Hirschelgasse. You can use the entrances in both directions when going towards or coming from Hirschelgasse.
IMPORTANT: In the event of an emergency, all staircases and exits can be used as an escape route in all directions and at all times!
Please note the opening hours of the Lange Gasse and Findelgasse locations:
Lange Gasse (library from 8 am)
Mon – Fr: 7:00 to midnight
Findelgasse
Mon – Sun: 7:00 – 21:00
Access to the Findelgasse is only possible for all students and employees with the FAU-Card.
Meeting and waiting areas
The benches in the foyer in the old and new buildings and in the Findelgasse can be used for a short period of time, provided you wear a mask. Unfortunately, the individual self-study areas will need to remain closed, as we cannot ventilate them well enough.
As a general rule, you should avoid forming groups, and the 1.5 metre distance must be maintained at all times.
Please note that security guards and student assistants will carry out spot checks to ensure that all hygiene requirements are being observed. They will have the right to ask any students who fail or refuse to comply with the hygiene requirements to leave the building. All other members of staff at WiSo are also entitled to refuse access to the building.
These regulations also apply to the exhibition grounds during the examinations. Avoid forming groups, keep your distance, take your seats early and follow the instructions of the staff on site.
You are also advised to take personal responsibility for self-protection when arriving/departing, e.g. follow AHA rules.
Contact tracing
FAU has a procedure coordinated with the health authorities for tracking possible cases of infection. In attendance events, there is a requirement for digital or analog attendance documentation. A digital contact data collection system has been installed in all event rooms. All participants are recorded via darfichrein.de. Alternatively, analog contact data collection is also possible.
Further information on digital contact data recording via darfichrein.de can be found here.
At-risk groups and expectant mothers
If you belong to a risk group, you must prove this with a medical certificate. The certificate must only certify that you belong to a risk group (according to RKI). It does not have to contain a diagnosis and/or description of the symptoms. Students who are in need of special protection should notify the course administration or the person responsible for examinations and study program coordination by e-mail with a medical certificate in good time before the start of the course.
Special regulations must be observed for pregnant students: https://www.fau.eu/corona/studying/#schwanger
Rooms and ventilation
A so-called “positive list” specifies which rooms can be used for classroom events because they meet comprehensive hygiene criteria.
Compliance with the minimum distance of 1.5 meters is no longer strictly required in presence events
It is possible to go below the minimum distance up to full occupancy if a) masks are worn and b) sufficient air exchange is ensured
Each room also has a ventilation concept. Regular ventilation as well as adapted operation of the ventilation systems are therefore an important contribution to the reduction of pathogens possibly present in the air.
Cafeteria
The cafeteria will open on October 18, 2021. You can find more information under Werkswelt.