Program
The ESE starts this year on Monday, October 5, 2026. After the Grand Opening, we will divide you into smaller groups, where everything else will be explained to you.
Some events will also be broadcast live in our ESE stream, marked with this symbol:
The schedule is also available for your calendar app. Open or copy this link: ESE Calender
Monday, Oct 5
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Grand Opening
09:00 – 11:00 09:00 – 11:00It's getting serious, we're getting started. You should definitely be there, because after a short welcome, you will be given an introduction to the most important things you need to know about studying and especially the first semester. As a thank you for your exemplary attendance, you will receive a first semester bag with lots of cool goodies.
If you study Master CMS, you should attend the Master CMS Welcome in the E023 instead (see below)
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Master CMS Welcome
9:30 – 11:00 9:30 – 11:00Welcome for the Master (Computational Modeling and Science) CMS students
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Welcome groups
11:00 – 12:30 11:00 – 12:30Lots of ESE tutors will help you get started in the big university world. After the welcome, we will divide you into smaller groups. You will then go to other rooms with your tutors and we will give you an overview of the ESE week and everything else you need to know.
Master-Stundents can stay in the lecture hall of the opening event!
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Lunch
12:30 – 13:30 12:30 – 13:30We'll have lunch together in the Alte Mensa!
Please bring your Campuscard with you. You will need it to pay for your food.
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Laboratory Tours
14:15 14:15What do you actually do after your studies? Where do you apply your knowledge? Come with us on a lab tour and take a look at research!
Start: Foyer APB
Check-in -
Game-Night
18:00 18:00We provide you with our board game collection to spend a nice evening together. You are also welcome to bring your own games!
Tuesday, Oct 6
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Hiking
08:00 – 16:00 08:00 – 16:00We will go hiking in our beautiful national park Saxon Switzerland, which is easily reachable from Dresden. Register for one of the tours at check-in.
We changed the starting time. 04:45 AM was a carry-over error from last year. Please remember to wear weather-resistand clothing and appropriate shoes. You will also need your semester ticket to ride the trains.
Meeting at Dresden main station
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Dinner before the Club Tour
17:00 – 19:00 17:00 – 19:00There will be a little refreshment before the club tour so that you don't go hungry. Since we want to start with the first station at 7 pm, we would be happy if you are at the APB by 6:15 pm at the latest.
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Student club tour
19:00 19:00We invite you to spend the evening with us and plunge into the student nightlife. We will gradually work our way from one student club to the next. Incidentally, students from all the other faculties will also be out and about at the same time. Networking is the keyword.
Please bring some cash.
Start: APB
Check-in
Wednesday, Oct 7
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Zeiss Breakfast
8:00 8:00Come along and start the day with us. The free breakfast offers you the perfect opportunity to get to know your fellow students.
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Lecturers' introduction and talks about your studies, faculty and iFSR
10:00 – 12:00 10:00 – 12:00Some of your future teching staff will introduce themselves in interviews. Afterwards, there will be presentations about studying at our university.
APB/E023 / Livestream
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Course enrollment
12:00 12:00One of, if not the, most important appointment of the week for Bachelor and Diploma students. We'll explain to you how to enroll in the seminar groups and thus in a study plan. That way, nothing will go wrong in the first semester. At the same time, we will answer all your questions in the stream if you can't be there in person.
Bachelors/Diplom only! You should have already registered via the coupon portal and changed your initial password so that you have access to your ZIH login. Please have a laptop or cell phone ready so that you can enroll yourself quickly. If you don't have either one, computers are also available on site in the PC pools.
APB/E023 // Livestream
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Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 13:30 – 14:30Time for lunch!
Please bring your Campuscard with you. You will need it to pay for your food.
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LAN Party and RIOT-Hackathon
17:00 17:00You probably know the prejudice that computer science people are full-time gamers... Well here you can give in and play your favorite games with your fellow students, and we'll order pizza for you. You can also take your first steps in embedded programming at our RIOT-Hackathon! No worries, nice people from the Chair for Distributed and Networked Systems are there to help you.
Please bring your own computer (and accessories!). You won't be provided with one.
Thursday, Oct 8
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Nerd101 and coffee break
9:00 – 13:30 9:00 – 13:30Grab a coffee. As an alternative to the info market and ceremonial matriculation at the HSZ, we invite you to our nerdy lecture series "Nerd101" on exciting computer science topics. Further Information at Check-In.
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Fair in the HSZ
11:00 – 15:00 11:00 – 15:00On the day of the matriculation ceremony, we will be holding an information market in the Auditorium Center. Many contact points for all kinds of student matters will be available to answer your questions and provide a wealth of additional information.
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Lehmann Center Data Center (LZR) Tour
12:50 12:50This year's ESE provides a chance to enter a guided tour through the TU Dresden datacenter LZR. You will get to see the compute systems and the accompanying infrastructure for power delivery and cooling. The systems incorporate a variety of both CPU and GPU clusters, powering scientific compute for research institutes in Dresden as well as nationwide.
Start: Foyer APB
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TU Dresden matriculation ceremony
15:00 – 16:30 15:00 – 16:30The Rector of TU Dresden, Professor Ursula M. Staudinger, cordially invites you to the matriculation ceremony for the new students of the 2026/2027 academic year. Celebrate the start of the semester together with fellow students, professors and the university management. Additionally we provide a watchparty in the E023.
Hörsaalzentrum (HSZ/Audimax) // Livestream (Link folgt) // Watchparty (APB/E023)
Check-in
Friday, Oct 9
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First Seminar Group Meeting
9:20 – 12:40 9:20 – 12:40Get to know your mentor and the other people in your seminar group, and ask all the urgent questions you may have. You should definitely come! This is the second most important date after enrollment. This group will accompany you throughout the semester.
Bachelors/Diplom only! No Masters!
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Campustour
14:00 – 17:00 14:00 – 17:00The Main Campus is huge and sometimes confusing. To get used to it there is a game you can play over the week. Just find a group, 2h of your time and follow the instructions in the game (Checkin). If you want to read the tasks in english you can switch the language on the very first page.
Start: APB
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Game-Night
18:00 18:00We provide you with our board game collection to spend a nice evening together. You are also welcome to bring your own games!
APB (Seminarräume)
Saturday, Oct 10
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City rallye
09:00 09:00Grab a camera and explore the historic old town of Dresden. For this event the app "Actionbound" (Android / iOS) is required.
In front of Kulturpalast Dresden (51°03'01.9"N 13°44'17.8"E)