Information for first-year students
If you do not yet have any language skills in French, Italian or Spanish and still want to study one or more of these languages, Semester courses at the Language Centre will help you to acquire the necessary knowledge.
As the start of your studies is a challenging time, we have summarised some useful information for you below. However, please do not hesitate to make use of the student counselling service before/at the start of the semester (see below) and to contact the staff at the institute if you have any other questions.
A good command of French, Italian and Spanish is of course an important goal of the programme. Make sure you use ERASMUS offer to perfect your language skills.
However, studying Romance languages goes far beyond knowing grammatical rules. You will see that studying Romance languages, literatures and cultures opens up transcultural, multilingual worlds in many different ways, pushes boundaries, promotes networked thinking and much more.
Are you interested in career prospects after graduation? Take a look at our institute's Youtube-Channel! There you will find numerous 'What became of...' videos. We have also summarised career prospects here.
" And this is what the lecturers at the Innsbruck Institute of Romance Studies have to say about their subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az-de_2Wkao
First semester counselling in summer semester 2024
Please enter within the two hours of the respective date under the link provided, then you will be taken directly to the virtual meeting room (after entering your name).
Fri, 16.02.2024 (11.00 - 13.00): Julia Pröll https://webconference.uibk.ac.at/b/jul-3xo-2r3-bq4
Wed, 21.02.2024 (10.00 - 12.00 a.m.): Julia Pröll https://webconference.uibk.ac.at/b/jul-3xo-2r3-bq4
Wed, 28.02.2024 (10:00 - 12:00): Carmen Konzett-Firth https://webconference.uibk.ac.at/b/car-vwf-cpa
Attention:
If you would like to study to become a teacher, the Faculty of Teacher Education offers a comprehensive counselling service for first-semester students: https://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten/lehrerinnenbildung/studium/info-beratung.html.de
Registration for all courses takes place from the beginning of September (for the winter semester) and from the beginning of February via online course catalogue. Go to the relevant course and register via the "Register" entry (at the bottom). Registration is open for three weeks (with the exception of lectures). Please note the deadlines and do not miss them! Subsequent online registration is no longer possible.
Here you will find compactly summarised information on:
Course types, rooms and deadlines
We also highly recommend that you read through the Romance Studies Info Folder, which has been specially compiled for our first-semester students and contains important general information and offers a good initial orientation for the teaching degree programme and subject BA.
The Student Representation (StV) Romance Studies welcomes you to the department! We are here for your concerns and problems.
Contact us: StV-Romanistik@oeh.cc
Tasks and offers
- Representation of the interests of Romance Studies students in various university committees (institute meetings, curriculum commissions, faculty council, etc.)
- Contact person for all Romance Studies students for problems, concerns and requests
- First semester counselling at the beginning of each semester and weekly counselling sessions during the lecture period
- Support for various projects (readings, theatre, seminar events, etc.)
- Sending important information via e-mail during the semester
- Organisation of Romance studies parties for students
- DVD and book hire
Counselling
Our counselling takes place by appointment. You can meet us on the 5th floor of the Bruno-Sander-Haus, room no. 6O513. You can come to us with your concerns, problems and wishes and we will try to find a solution together. You also have the opportunity to borrow various books and DVDs.
Books and DVD hire
We also offer a film and book rental service, where you can borrow books from the reading list and films in Spanish, Italian and French.
The Austrian Students' Union - ÖH
All information about the ÖH nationwide can be found here: www.oeh.ac.at
All information about the ÖH Innsbruck can be found at: www.oehweb.at - You can get your Mensabon from the ÖH secretariat, which gives you discounts for the whole semester.