Welcome Session SA24

Welcome to the University of Geneva!

Date: Friday 13 September 2024
Time: From 8h00 am

Place: Uni Dufour

Our ‘Welcome Days ’ event ensures that your arrival at the University of Geneva goes as smoothly as possible.

During this orientation day, you will receive extensive information regarding:

your exchange program, including practical information on residency permits, insurance, French classes, etc.;
computer tools required to take your classes;
special services made available to students by the University as part of the ‘Campus Life’ program.

Program

https://www.unige.ch/presse/plans/uni-dufour

Agenda

8am – 8:30am

Welcome

Distribution of welcome packs

Welcome words by Vice Rector, Stéphane Berthet

8:30am – 10am

Mobility information session

Europe (SEMP) Students

Uni Dufour, Room U600

Extra-European Students (non-SEMP)

Uni Dufour, Room U300

Swiss Mobility Students,

Uni Dufour, Room U159

10am – 10:30am

Coffee Break

10:30am – 11:45am

Student Services’ session

Uni Dufour, Room U600

11:45am – 12:30pm

IT Support
Uni Dufour, Room U300/U600

Student Services Booths

Maison des Langues, Sports, Social and Health…

Permanence - Exchange Team

Ask your questions to your exchange academic coordinator

Uni Dufour, 1st Floor, Espace Point Vie de Campus

From 11.30 am

Lunch box (voucher)

Other Activities

WHEN	ACTIVITIES
Tuesday 10.09 Wednesday 11.09	Inter-Association Rally, organized by Uni Party and the student associations, by registration only GSEM + Sciences https://2024.welcomedays.ch/event/rallye-gsem-sciences Lettres + Théologie + FPSE + CUI https://2024.welcomedays.ch/event/rallye-l-t-f-c Droit + Médecine https://2024.welcomedays.ch/event/rallye-droit-med GSI + FTI + SdS https://2024.welcomedays.ch/event/rallye-gsi-fti-sds
Thursday 12.09	Open Days at the University Sports Center https://2024.welcomedays.ch/event/portes-ouvertes-csu?faculte=
Friday 13.09	> Associations Day, 11am-6pm, Parc Baud-Bovy, Uni Mail. Free admission > Campus tours (from 2pm), organized by Erasmus Student Network (ESN), by registration only > Visits of the UNIGE Library sites: on registration Uni Mail : 14h (30min) If you'd like to discover other collections available in the university buildings, you can sign up for campus and library tours on Monday September 9 and Tuesday September 10.
Sunday 15.09	City tours (from 2pm), organized by Erasmus Student Network (ESN), by registration only

And more
Program Welcome Week organized by ESN

Faculties Information Sessions

Faculty	Date and place
Law	17 September, 13h15pm, Uni Mail, MR160 Students CDT/CTL: 16 September, 16h15pm, Uni Mail, MR070
Ecole de langue et civilisation françaises	16 September, 10h00am-12h00pm, Face-to-face interview, Landolt, Room L504
GSEM - Economics and Management	16 September, 12h15pm, Uni Mail, Room MS130
Global Studies Institute	13 September, 14h15pm, Uni Mail, Room MR060
Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement (MUSE)	16 September, 09h15am, Bd Carl-Vogt 66, Room CV01
Humanities	16 September, 18h15pm, Uni Philosophes, Room PhilL201
Psychology and Educational Sciences	17 September, 16h15pm, Uni Mail, Room M1130
Social Sciences	13 September, 16h15pm, Uni Mail, Room MR030
Science	16 September, 09h00am, Sciences III, salle A300 (session for regular students also open to exchange students)
Theology	16 September, 08h30am, Uni Philosophes, Room Phil201
Translation and Interpretation	16 September, 09h15am, Uni Mail, Room MR060

For a successful digital start to the school year, the IT team will help you to solve your technical problems. In order to be ready for Welcome Days, we recommend that you prepare your IT accesses now.

You will be able to set up the 4 main IT services once at the university: Wi-Fi, Printing and scanning, VPN and Virtual Workstation/VDI with the help of the tutorials prepared especially for you.

Do not forget to take your laptop for the IT support at the Welcome Session.