Welcome, all new master’s students, to The Department of Informatics!

Outline of today Welcome and information from The Head of Studies Ragnhild Kobro Runde Information from the student administration Information meeting for each program Meet and greet with the research groups Party in Escape (student bar)

The first of two mandatory master weeks! The focus on the second gathering will be on writing academic texts Continuously check the program for this week online We hope that you will get to know the building, eachother and get ready for courses that start next week!

Our master programs Informatics; programming and networks Informatics; nanoelectronics and robotics Informatics; language and communication Informatics; design, use, interaction Informatics; technical and scientific applications Innovation and Entrepenurship Also we have two more: Network and system administration IT og Ledelse 11. april 2011

Student administration You find our reception at 4th floor, stairway B We are open Mon. – Thurs. from 12:00-15:00, Fri. 12 -14:30 Our e-mail is studieinfo@ifi.uio.no

Student card Go to The SiO Customer Centre in Kristian Ottosens hus Before you can get a student card you must pay the semester fee Usage: Entrance card to buildings Library card Printer card (On campus, in the same building as the bookstore Akademika). You can document that you are a student either with the digital student ID app on your mobile phone or with a semester receipt on paper and a student card. Student ID on your mobile phone

User name and password New students receive an SMS with their usernames. When you have received the username, you can set a password using the Password services-portal. Need help? It-support for students is located in the reception on the first floor, there is also a helpdesk on campus; Houston located in the same building as Akademika

Master areaeas In each floor (except 6th) there is master areas, lesesal with computers etc. The regulations for the master study rooms can be found on the doors of each room. Take a look at the areas later today. Usage is first come, first served, you can not expect to get the same desk every

Important deadlines First deadline for course registration is Thursday 17. august (tomorrow) the course registration is closed until august 22th. Final deadline for signing up for courses is September 1. September 1. is also the deadline for:

Pay semester fee Signing up for courses Register in StudentWeb Apply for «special examination arrangements» http://www.uio.no/english/studies/admin/examinations/special-arrangements/index.html

StudentWeb Is found here: https://studweb.uio.no/as/WebObjects/studentweb2?inst=UiO As a master student you register for courses in «active courses» or «aktive emner» do not use the indivdual study plan You must register and pay the semester fee each semester

For those of you with «Betinget opptak» Husk at betingelsen må innfris i løpet av første studieår. For spørsmål rundt betingelsen ta kontakt med oss.

Where do you find information? Master pages at the IFI website http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/english/studies/master/ Here is updated information, from the very start and until you deliver the thesis, also the course website (semester page)

Study plan agreement By December 1. 2017 you must hand in your study plan agreement this is where you decide upon courses in your master degree, and who your supervisor is. •More information about available theses and meetings with the different research groups and Simula, ITS and SINTEF will be held in september/october.

External education If you have some courses or education from outside of UiO and want to use that in our master degree, come by us in the administration and talk with us.

Exchange? It’s possible to take one semester as an exchange student: http://www.uio.no/studier/utveksling/ you will get invitation to information meeting about this soon.

The student life at IFI and UiO A lot of student organisations: Dagen@ifi, Navet, FuI, Cyb, Verdande and many more, Dagen invites all master students to a kick off next week. Read more in «IFI-Blekka» A lot of student organisations at UiO, August 22. you can get to know them on Blindern campus.

SiO student welfare organisation Have a lot of offers; Health Sports Housing Kindergartens Etc. read more about SiO on sio.no

Career center at UiO Use them! http://www.uio.no/english/studies/career/ Workshops Career Counseling CV and Cover letter The Job Interview Career Fairs

Who to contact: Under the program you can look at the Contact page to find out if it is IFI, the MN-Faculty or Knutepunktet that you should contact.