Dear Students

I am pleased to welcome you to the spring semester 2025 with this Infomail.  

You can expect interesting courses, interesting events and valuable experiences. To make it easier for you to start, we would like to provide you with some important information and tips.

Please take a moment to read this infomail carefully - the following points are crucial for a successful start to the semester and for planning your coming weeks.

I wish you a successful and inspiring semester. 

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Stefan Boes
Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine

Below you will find important dates of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine.

The Spring Term 2025 starts on 17 February 2025 and ends on 30 May 2025. You can find the exact semester dates here.

Registration via the e-learning platform Moodle is required for attending the courses in the Health Sciences degree programmes at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine. Enrollment starts two weeks before the start of each semester and is possible until two weeks after the start of the semester in the BSc Health Sciences programme and until two weeks after the start of the course in the MSc Health Sciences programme. Students who have registered for the course will receive access to course documents and course information from the lecturers.

Please make sure that you are enrolled in the "News & Announcements" course in Moodle. You will also receive information from us via News & Announcements directly to your @stud.unilu.ch e-mail address.

Podcasts

From Fall 2024 on podcasts will be made available in selected courses*.  The Podcasts are intended to help you better understand the material. The recordings only serve as a supplement and do not replace on site participation. Technical problems may occur. The  risk of missing the recording of a lecture lies with the students who do not attend the lecture in person. It is also possible that not all sessions will be recorded. You can find more information about the digital teaching offer here. 

The podcasts will be available on Kaltura. A single registration on Kaltura is required so that we can activate you for the podcasts. You will then receive authorization from the IT. 

The podcasts of the first two weeks of the semester will only be available from around the third week of the semester. 

*Selected courses:

• Economic Evaluation in Health Care (MSc)
• Advanced Quantitative Methods -Lecture (MSc)
• Einführung in die Epidemiologie und Public Health (BSc)
• Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine (BSc)
• Das Schweizer Gesundheitssystem ll (BSc)
• Statistische Grundlagen & Datenvisualisierung mit R - Lecture (BSc)
• Quantitative Methoden ll (BSc)

Mandatory registration for exams and courses starts on 30 April 2025!

Only those who have registered onUniPortal from 30 April 2025 to 14 May 2025 can take part in the examinations and obtain credits at the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine (GMF). This regulation applies to all GMF courses.

Registration via UniPortal is also compulsory for courses that do not end with a written examination.

Registration is binding. Deregistration after 14 May is no longer possible.

!!!  The registration and deregistration period runs from 30 April from 00.00 hrs to 14 May 2025 at 23.59 hrs !!!!

Do you have technical problems with the registration? Then please contact us immediately during the registration period. Any notifications received after this period will not be accepted.

The examination dates and times can be found in the course catalogue and on the examination schedule. Changes will be communicated as soon as they are known. The examination schedule, instructions for UniPortal registration for examinations and courses, the date on which grades are announced and further information can be found on our examination website.

Important: If two examination dates overlap there is no entitlement to a second examination date if the two courses (including podcasts) took place at the same time and day during the semester.

Registration and enrollment at other faculties

Please note that other faculties have different deadlines! Please inform yourself in advance at the relevant offices so that you do not miss any deadlines. Late registrations are also not possible at other faculties. Here you can find an overview of all faculties.

Submission Bachelors- and Master's Thesis

Deadline for Master's Thesis in Spring 2025 is 15 April 2025. Further dates can be found on the website under Examinations.

Deadline for Bachelor's Thesis in Spring 2025 is 15 May 2025. Further details can be found on Moodle. Registration for the Bachelor's thesis must be submitted to the Dean's Office by 15 February 2025. 

Bachelor in Health Sciences:

• Information Event 2. Practice Module Interprofessionality (Cohort 2023): Thursday, 20. February 2025, from 16.15- 17.45 p.m. at the University of Lucerne in room 4.A05

Master in Health Sciences:

• Q&A session about the Master's Thesis and Oral Master's examination: Monday, 19. May 2025, from 08.30- 10.00 a.m. via Zoom.  The zoom link will be sent out via Moodle.

CAREER EVENT 2025 – SAVE THE DATE

The Career Event on March 27, 2025 is the opportunity for all students to prepare for their professional career after graduation.

You can expect:

• Workshops on all aspects of your career
• an application photo shoot
• the networking event with numerous well-known companies presenting themselves on site at a stand

Further information will follow.

Career Event 2025 - Universität Luzern

Student pool Marketing

The Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine is always trying to find students who would like to represent the Master in Health Sciences and the University at information events and fairs. The hours worked are remunerated at CHF 25.00 per hour. If you are interested in such activities, please contact masterhealth@unilu.ch  and we will add you to the student pool. You will of course be contacted in advance of each assignment.

Consultation hours

During  Spring Term 2025, consultation hours take place Mondays from 13:30-15:00 p.m. in Room 3.A12.  There are no regular office hours during lecture-free periods. Please make an appointment via e-mail.

For questions regarding studies, examinations and performance booking BSc Health Sciences: bsc-gmf@unilu.ch

For questions regarding studies, examinations and performance booking MSc Health Sciences: masterhealth@unilu.ch

For general questions related to the faculty: gmf@unilu.ch

FAQ

You will find much more information in the "Frequently Asked Questions" section on our website.

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