Lectures, exchanges, student life: after three semesters of online and hybrid classes, students in the north are returning to campus.
The corona pandemic doesn't seem to have deterred freshmen.
Kiel - lecture hall instead of home office: In Schleswig-Holstein, many students study in person at the universities in the winter semester.
Lectures for 27,300 young women and men at Kiel's Christian Albrechts University begin on Monday.
"The vast majority of the courses are offered in full presence," said University Chancellor Claudia Ricarda Meyer of the German Press Agency.
The country's corona rules also provide for the 3G rule at universities (vaccinated, recovered, tested).
Students should be able to identify themselves via smartphone or tablet.
In Kiel, it is mandatory to wear a mask at the university.
Despite the ongoing restrictions, Kiel University President Simone Fulda enthused, “One year after taking office, I can personally welcome freshmen students to our campus for the first time”.
Regular operations at the University of Lübeck will also start on Monday. According to a spokeswoman, lecturers there can decide after two weeks whether the mask requirement is no longer required in their courses. 1200 freshmen begin in Lübeck. "We are pleased that, despite the corona pandemic, the numbers of freshmen are at the same level as last year," said University President Gabriele Gillessen-Kaesbach.
The corona pandemic has not harmed the University of Flensburg in terms of the number of students either.
For the new semester, President Werner Reinhart welcomed almost 1900 freshmen.
"This is again an increase over the previous year," he said.
In Flensburg, the courses also run according to the 3G rule.
According to the university, a security service controls the entrances, and students and lecturers also register with the Luca app.
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