You are already a student of HCI and have questions? Maybe you can find an answer here.
You can find an example schedule and course descriptions here. The best way to plan your course selection is to follow the study overview.
To register for courses in Unisono, we recommend using the Lectures -> Show university course catalog menu.
If you have any specific questions regarding your course selection, your academic advisor is there to help.
You can register for exams via Unisono. Simply go to My Studies -> Planner of studies with module plan and find the red ribbons which represent the exams
Remember that you need to register for any course for which you would like to be graded, even projects that do not have a written exam. The only exceptions are the Master thesis and internship.
Keep in mind that you can register for and withdraw from exams up to one week prior to the exam. After the registration, always take a screenshot or download the PDF under My Studies -> Assigments and registrations. This way, if something goes wrong and your registration is not processed, you can prove that you have registered.
If you get ill, you need to get a sick leave from a doctor and submit it to the examination office within 3 days after the exam. In any other case, if you register for an exam but do not show up or submit your assignment, your exam will be marked as failed!
Find more information on the examination office website.
On our team website, current job and project offers are usually posted. We also regularly post offers over our mailing list or in the Telegram group.
If you cannot find a suitable position or topic for yourself, you can get an overview of all ongoing projects here. Just contact the responsible person for a project that you are interested in, present your idea and ask them if they happen to have any vacancies or if they would like to supervise your thesis. Generally we are open to new initiatives.
You can complete your internship in a company or research institute either in Germany or abroad. It has to be outside the university, so a student assistant job doesn’t count!
We do not offer internship placements – you have to find one by yourself. Previous companies that accepted English-speaking interns were e.g. Telekom, DHL, Bosch, IBM, and Continental.
The German UPA and Job Placement for students also have a good overview of job offers on their website.
Before you start your internship, please send an email to your academic advisor including the company name, the time frame of your internship and your estimated tasks. The internship needs to have a connection to the HCI course and last at least six weeks (= 240 hours in total). The internship can also be completed part-time.
After the internship, send the employer’s certificate/confirmation and an internship report to your academic advisor. You can find all details on how to write the report etc. here.
We do not have a template – as long as all necessary information is included and formal as well as integrity regulations are observed, you are fine!
Generally yes, provided it fulfils the internship criteria and has not been accredited for your previous studies. It has to be outside the university, so a student assistant job in Siegen doesn’t count! The procedure is the same as above.
You can register your thesis once you have at least 70 ECTS on your transcript including Project A, B and C.
First of all, you need to find a first and second examiner to grade your thesis. It has to be a professor from our department.
The thesis is not registered via Unisono, but with a separate form. Please find the form for registering your thesis here. You will need to forward this to your first examiner for signature, then forward it to the examination office at the e-mail pruefungsamt [ at ] wiwi.uni-siegen.de. The thesis-writing period must start within two weeks of the signature of the primary examiner.
After your registration has been successful, you will receive a letter stating your topic and submission deadline. You have 6 months to submit your Master thesis after registration.
Students proceed with the submission in such a way that they send an e-mail with the electronic version of the thesis as an attachment to the examination office or alternatively submit the thesis on CD/DVD. The printed and bound copies are then also to be submitted on this day.
The thesis is to be delivered to the Examinations Office, not to the examiner or supervisor. The thesis may be delivered in person to the Examination Office during normal business hours.
The thesis may also be dropped in the mailbox in the vestibule directly in front of the entrance door to the Examinations Office.
The building is generally open until 8 p.m. Monday through Friday; however, please note that on some days, such as between Christmas and New Year’s Day, the hours may vary or the building may be closed altogether.
The work can also be sent by mail to the following address:
Examination Office Faculty III
Kohlbettstraße 15 57072 Siegen
In this case, the date of the postmark is the deadline. Please make sure that there is a (legible) date stamp on the envelope. Upon receipt, we will forward the paper to the first examiner for correction.
The colloquium is a mandatory, ungraded presentation of your Master thesis which usually takes place 6 weeks after registration. It is recommended to present at a stage where you have made enough progress to talk about, but you can still incorporate constructive criticism.
All students and reseachers from HCI and Business Informatics are invited to attend your colloquium so you can get feedback from many different perspectives.
Once you are ready to present, simply agree on a date with your supervisor. Your supervisor will take care of the venue and invite the audience.
For a „Urlaubssemester“ (this is the German name for a study break, it doesn’t have to mean you are on „Urlaub“ = holiday), you need to fill out the form. Unfortunately, we have it only in German version. We advise that you should get in touch with STARTING before handing in the form and you should send it before the semester starts. You can find more information on STARTING here.
Contact the ISA for more information: https://www.uni-siegen.de/isa/wegeinsausland2016/index.html.en?lang=en 1. Option: Examinations in modules that are offered every semester can be retaken on the next regular examination date. 2. Option: For examinations in modules that are offered annually, a second examination date is offered once a year on which the examination can be repeated. If the second examination date in the semester is chosen for the original examination, a further repetition is only possible at the next regular examination date in the following year (the module does not have to be attended again).