On Tuesday, 14 October 2025 at 1 p.m., the ‘First Semester Welcome at UdK Berlin’ event will take place in the concert hall on Hardenbergstraße – a large, official event with a stage programme and information stands about starting your studies. The President of the UdK Berlin will open this event and welcome the new students.
https://www.udk-berlin.de/en/university/department-for-interfaculty-events/welcoming-new-students-at-the-udk-berlin/​​​​​​​ 

A Welcome Week for new international students (degree-seeking and exchange students) takes place every semester in the week before the start of lectures, organised by the International Office. The Welcome Week will take place this winter semester from 7 to 11 October 2025.

In the Welcome Meeting and the How-to-study workshop, international degree-seeking students receive important information for the start of their studies. Various social activities, such as a campus rallye, guided city walks, Speedfriending and a Schnippeldisco, offer plenty of opportunities to get to know each other and discover the university.

The dates are published a few weeks before the start of the semester on the International Office's events page.

Every year, the Student Advisory Service compiles up-to-date information (not only) for first-year students in a brochure. You can find a digital version of this brochure here.

At the beginning of the semester, the faculties offer introductory events in the individual degree programmes, sometimes even introductory days. Lecturers as well as students from higher semesters inform you here about everything you need to know for a successful start to your studies, and you have the opportunity to get to know each other better. The new students are invited by e-mail.

In addition, there are introductory days at the University Library.