Hints and Tricks

Around campus

Construction activities on campus

If you're out and about on campus, you'll probably notice several construction sites. A new library complex is being built at the northern end of the University of Applied Sciences, and behind the day-care centre, the civil engineering programme is getting new laboratories. Further information can be found here.

Lost Property Office

The lost property office of Kiel University of Applied Sciences is located in the mailroom in the central administration building (C01). That’s the place where you can hand in things you have found yourself or look for things you have lost.

Opening hours of the lost property office:
Mon. – Thurs. 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

 

Garden and orchard

There is a small garden directly behind the Business Management and Social Work building, which is particularly inviting in summer. There you’ll find some benches where you can relax or spend time during your lunch break.

Lockers

Don't feel like carrying your sports bag around all day or prefer to lock up your laptop when you're not using it? There are lockers next to the central library! There are also some lockers for your belongings in the basement of the large lecture hall building behind the diner (provided by the Studentenwerk (Students’ Service Authority)).

Laboratory building with display window

You have to give friends or family a tour of the campus and don't know what to show them? At the lower end of the road Schwentinestraße you’ll find the lab hall of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, where there’s always something exciting to discover in the display window. For example, a pink VW Beetle restored by the female engineers of the faculty.

Art and culture

You'll discover art everywhere on campus. The installations in front of or attached to buildings are particularly striking. Or maybe you're even sitting on a piece of art: the blue thinking benches can be found all over campus. By scanning the QR code, you get access to a work of art. In the Bunker-D building itself you’ll find temporary exhibitions on various topics that change on a monthly basis. Weekly cinema screenings of unmissable films can be enjoyed in the small Bunker cinema. Feel free to drop by.

Sports at Kiel UAS

Feel like doing some sports alongside your studies? You can choose from the wide range of activities on offer at the University of Applied Sciences. Please contact the AStA (students’ union) for more details. You can find the courses on offer on the website or on the notice board in front of the sports office on the upper floor of the small lecture hall building.

Centre for Science Communication (ZKW)

This centre consists of three entities: the Media Dome of Kiel University of Applied Sciences, which is a planetarium boasting a 360-degree dome where other presentations take place as well. Then there is the adjacent Computer Museum opposite the administration building, which all students can visit free of charge, and finally, the Observatory on top of the high-rise building housing the Faculties of Business and Social Work, where you can gaze at the stars on a clear night. You can find more information here: https://www.fh-kiel.de/index.php?id=5435

Food and drink

American Diner

In the basement of the large lecture hall building you will find the American Diner. You can enjoy coffee, tea, sandwiches and scrumptious waffles in a real diner atmosphere. The American Diner is also part of the Studentenwerk SH (Students’ Service Authority), meaning that it offers a lot for little money.

Opening hours outside the Covid pandemic: weekdays from 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Bunker-D

Besides art and culture, Bunker-D also has drinks for its visitors. On weekdays, you can visit from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On Wednesdays, opening hours are even longer until 10:00 p.m.

Café Mumpitz

Café Mumpitz serves delicious coffee and homemade cakes in a particularly cosy atmosphere. They also serve breakfast and homemade pitas. Café Mumpitz is located at Heikendorfer Weg 41 and is open Sunday to Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Domino’s Pizza

In the port area (Ostuferhafen), hidden between the trucks, you’ll find a branch of Domino’s Pizza at the end right inside the administration building. Clear advantage: open until 11:00 p.m. So, if you're hungry after a long study session, you'll still get your fill there.

Address: Ostuferhafen, Building 15, 24149 Kiel

Kieler Hafenimbiss

The harbour snack bar Kieler Hafenimbiss offers you everything your snack heart may desire: large doner kebabs (also vegetarian ones with falafel), delicious roll-ups or a simple portion of fries. At Heikendorfer Weg 47 you can also get something to eat until the evening.

Schwentinemensa

The canteen of the University of Applied Sciences is located directly on the Schwentine River: with a view of the water, you can get varied and healthy meals for little money. Every day you can choose between several dishes, at least one of which is vegetarian. There’s also a cafeteria where you can buy coffee and sandwiches. You pay with your student ID card.

Opening hours:
weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (cafeteria)
weekdays from 11:30 a.m. to 2:14 p.m. (food counter canteen) 

Current Menu: https://www.studentenwerk.sh/de/essen/standorte/kiel/schwentinemensa/speiseplan.html   

"Wellingdorf" bus stop

In Wellingdorf, the district on the other side of the Schwentine River, you’ll find a wide range of shops, such as a kebab shop, a bakery, an ice cream parlour for the summer, a Netto supermarket and a Rossman drugstore. You can also reach a Deutsche Bank branch there. It’s a walk of about 1 kilometre from the large lecture hall building - or take bus 11 for one stop to the “Wellingdorf” bus stop.

Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf shopping district

You can walk from Kiel UAS to Lüderritzstraße via a long but not all too steep staircase. There you will find a bakery, an Aldi supermarket, a Rewe supermarket and a branch of the Fördesparkasse bank. The walking distance is a little less than one kilometre.

Water dispenser

In the large lecture hall building (C2) there is a public water dispenser where you can fill up your water bottles for free. You can choose between still and sparkling water. 

Student Benefits

Amazon Prime Student

Amazon gives all students able to identify themselves with their student email a gift subscription to Prime for half a year. So besides faster delivery for your orders, you also get access to Amazon Prime Music and Amazon Prime Video. Simply go to amazon.com/student and follow the instructions.

Welcome-to-Kiel money

The City of Kiel is giving any student who has moved to Kiel to study €100 as a welcome gift. All you have to do is re-register within 3 months of moving to Kiel. You can find more information on the website of the city of Kiel at: https://www.kiel.de/begruessungsgeld 

Statista

If you are logged in to the Wi-Fi/WLAN of Kiel UAS, you can access Statista free of charge. There you will find clear statistics on almost every topic. This is especially important for project work or researching assignments. Everything can also be downloaded as an image or Excel file. It is also possible to use the statistics and data via VPN access.

Microsoft Office Package

All students at the University of Applied Sciences can get free access to the full version of Microsoft Office with their student email. To do so, enter your email here and follow the steps below.

eduroam

eduroam is not only the Wi-Fi/WLAN at Kiel University of Applied Sciences. You are also automatically logged into the WLAN at CAU Kiel and many other participating universities and institutions. This is an initiative aiming to facilitate cooperation between educational institutions.

Student discount from e.g. Adobe

Many companies and shops offer great discounts for students. These do not only include discounted tickets to the cinema, but also remarkable savings in online shops like notebooksbilliger.de or Adobe, for example. So before you buy something, find out whether you can get a good deal. 

Mobility

Campus map

Especially at the beginning, it's not easy to find your way around the campus and find all the buildings. The University of Applied Sciences has several campus maps that are displayed in showcases around campus. You can find the campus map online at https://www.fh-kiel.de/index.php?id=19185         

Pumping and charging station

Between buildings C12 and C13 you’ll find an air pump for your bike in case the air pressure is a bit low. And if you have an electric car, you can charge it during lectures right next to the pump.

Semester ticket

Every student in Schleswig-Holstein is entitled to the state-wide semester ticket. This is especially practical for a trip to Hamburg to go shopping or if you want to go to the beach. To get the semester ticket, simply follow the steps at: https://www.nah.sh/de/fahrkarten/landesweites-semesterticket/        

Sprottenflotte – fleet of bicycles

The Sprottenflotte, literally a “fleet” of sprats, is a bike-sharing concept that you can find all over Kiel. You can easily rent those green bikes via the app nextbike. The first 30 minutes are free of charge. After that you pay 1€ every 30 minutes. This is particularly practical for short trips. There’s a rental station right next to the ferry landing stage.

Public transport

If you don't want to come to Kiel UAS by car, you can use public transport in most cases. The “Grenzstraße” stop is served by both line 11 and line 60S every 15 minutes. The 11 continues to the “Fachhochschule” stop, while the 60S turns off at the “Schwentinestraße” stop. Bicycles can be taken along free of charge.

The current timetables can be found in the nah.SH app or online at https://nah.sh.hafas.de/bin/query.exe/dn#top           

If you’re travelling from the west bank of Kiel Fjord to Kiel UAS, you can also take the ferry. There’s a half-hourly connection from the Kiellinie stop “Reventloubrücke” to the University of Applied Sciences.

You can find the current timetable here.