As a student in Technical Information Technology, you are enrolled at the Faculty of Science at Aarhus University – more specifically in what is called “Aarhus School of Engineering” (ASE). However, you will on a day-to-day basis spend your time at The Department of Computer Science (at the university) and at The Engineering College of Aarhus. This is where you will follow your courses.

This can be a bit confusing in the beginning. The best way to get an overview is to have a look at the webpages at each of these places where you can find information specifically for students

• The Faculty of Science: "Studieportalen"
• The Engineering College: "Campusnet"

• Computer Science: You can find a lot of student relevant information on the pages for students

Already at the introduction day you will be asked to choose courses for the following semester and thereby make your own study program. This is how it will be all the way through your two years of study: you will _yourself_ make decisions about how you want to specialize. Therefor you must _yourself_ prepare for these decisions by looking closely at your opportunities.

At the university a year is divided into four so-called quaters (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) - and you will typically follow three courses of five ECTS in each quarter - sometimes courses of 10 ECTS.

EXAMPLE: To fill up your study program for the spring semester you then need to pick 3 courses that are listed in Q3 and 3 courses that are listed in Q4. Some of them will be mandatory and some of them will be "free of choice".

Your graduate program must include 6 specific mandatory courses (5 ECTS / course) and at least 2 specialization packages (15 ECTS / package). In addition to this, you must choose an optional block (a total of 30 ECTS). Courses in the optional block ("free of choice" courses) must be approved by Henrik Karstoft at the semi-annually "master's program interviews".

The mandatory courses should – if at all possible – be completed during the first and second semester. It is, however, possible to take some of the optional courses earlier and wait with one of the specialization packages if it is impossible to make everything fit according to your study plans.

See more details about the study structure at the "Study Guide"

... here you will find a visualization of the structure (a so-called "kassogram") - and you can read more about the specific courses in the "course catalogue" when "clicking" the course you want to learn more about in the "kassogram".

At the introduction day in August (study start, Summer) and January (study start, Winter) you will be

• welcomed with a lot of practical information about your new education together with all the other new students starting at different study lines at Aarhus School of Engineering (ASE)
• introduced to the overall study structure at your specific study line: Technical It
• asked to make the first decisions about you specialization right away!

It is, therefore _VERY IMPORTANT_ that you attend this introduction day - and that you have done some thinking about which courses you would like to follow BEFORE coming to the introduction day.

You will get an invitation to the introduction day by email 1-2 weeks before with further details - but you can expect it to be on the Friday before the semester begins. If you haven't received an invitation, contact Louise Bennedsen: lkb@science.au.dk.

You sign up for courses at Aarhus University Students' Selfservice - and you will sign up for your first courses just after the introduction day.

You will be able to login with your student registration number. It is also here you can order a student registration card, check your student email and much more:

• www.mit.au.dk

If you have not yet received a student registration number and, therefore, are not able to log in, you can contact Louise Bennedsen, who will help you: lkb@science.au.dk

Even though you are registered as a student at Aarhus School of Engineering (ASE) you will on a day-to-day basis follow your courses at The Engineering College of Aarhus and at the Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University.

As a student at these two locations you need to be registered as a "user" both places. When you have done that, you will be able to use computers, printers, wireless network, see the homepages of the courses you are following etc. at each place (so this is very important!)

Register as a user at Computer Science:
At the introduction day you will receive a small text including your name called a “ticket” which you will use to make your user-id at Computer Science. Go to: https://ssl.nfit.au.dk and choose “Use ticket” – then you can log in with the ticket and change to a username you choose yourself. Now you can log in at all of our computers, you can access our course administration system, you get a personal email-address (which you can redirect to your private email), you can get access to setting up your smartphone for easy use of our network etc. (contact helpdesk@nfit.au.dk if you have problems with some of this)

If you have questions about creating your user-profile, contact Birger Nielsen: bnielsen@cs.au.dk.

- If you (for some reason) don’t have a "ticket" yet, you must contact Birger. Write him your name and your student registration number and let him know that you have just started at Technical IT – then he can help you “get in the system”.

Register as a user at The Engineering College:
You will receive an email with a username and a password and a set of guidelines that describe how to change your password and activate your account. Follow the instructions and you will - after about 5 minutes - be able to use the wireless network, log on to the intranet "campusnet" and see your IHA-drives from home via VPN.

If you have any problems signing in, contact helpdesk@iha.dk or phone: 4189 3300. Or stop by their office: Helpdesk, Room 325

Computer Science
You need to have an access card to get access to most of the buildings. For this you will have to use your student registration card. If you don’t have a student registration card already, you must order it at Self Service (www.mit.au.dk) as soon as you have your student registration number.

If you have any questions as to how you order a student registration card, you can go to the central Information centre at Aarhus University at the address: Frederik Nielsens Vej 5 or call at: 89421025.

When you have your student registration card you need to go to the information office at Computer Science. It is on first floor in the “Ada” building - at Åbogade 34. Here you will be asked to fill out a form with your name, student registration number, student registration card number and a code. After a few days you will be able to enter the buildings by sliding the card through a card reader and entering your code.

Because you must register with your student registration card it can take a while before you gain access. In most of the buildings, however, the doors are not locked between 8 and 4. And there are almost always other students to let you in, if you want to get in before or after.

Go to our E-reception to see a map over the buildings.

The Engineering College
As a student you will receive a guest card which gives you access to IHA buildings. You will get a form sent to your IHA mail (studentregistrationnummer@iha.dk).
It is filled out in advance, however there are a few fields you must fill out yourself to complete it. Then you bring the form to the IHA administration office (hours 8-13) where you need to have taken a picture for the card. When your guest card is ready, your receive an email that you can collect it at the administration office.

Semiannually (in May and November), you must participate in Master's program interviews conducted by teachers responsible for your education. At these interviews you will discuss the selection of courses for the upcoming semester and general plans for the remaining part of your studies. If you have a thesis supervisor, and are about to make a thesis contract, you should discuss these issues with him/her before the interview.

You sign up for courses electronically. You will receive an email with information about when, where and how a couple of weeks before the interviews.

It is important that you consider your opportunities early in your studies - when you begin to have an idea of what you are most interested in.

Your are always welcome to discuss your ideas at the semiannually "Master's Program interviews" - or by contacting your teachers.

In the beginning of each semester there is an information meeting that aim to prepare you for some of the challenges you will experience when writing your Master's Thesis. You should attend this meeting the semester before you are planning to start working on your thesis - but it is a good idea to start thinking about your interests before this.

You will receive an email with details about the information meeting.