News for Enrolled Students
Course Registration Period for SS25
The first registration period for courses is open from 4 February until 17 February 2026.
Please register for all the courses you would like to take during the upcoming summer term in time.
If you haven't already, please contact your mentor to discuss module choices for your studies!
The second registration period opens 6 March and ends 26 March.
You can still register for courses if you have missed the first period, however, please be aware that all spots in your desired courses may already be taken.
See the KLIPS2.0 website for more information on News and Dates:
https://klips2-support.uni-koeln.de/en/klips-20-support/news-and-dates
Note: If you wish to take courses that are not included in the regular curriculum for the Computational Sciences master program, please send a request to info-compscie@uni-koeln.de and indicate how the course would fit in your curriculum. The examination board will then decide whether it is possible to take your desired course as part of the study program.
Introduction Session 3rd Semester (Cohort 3)
We invite all students from cohort 3 (who started in WS24/25) to join the first session of the Literature Seminar, on Monday 13 October, at 16:00-17:30h, in room 3.136 of the GeoMet Institute (Pohligstr. 3).
Please join the session, even if you do not yet plan to start with the Literature Seminar module this term!
We will discuss important information about the process of this module, as well as the other modules for the Research Part of your master: Project Work and Master Thesis.
If you already know what the topic for your research part is and who is going to supervise you, please don't forget the initial advisory meeting with your supervisor/s to discuss and document a study plan for your research phase. For this
- Download the Advisory Meeting form,
- Fill the form during the advisory meeting (the form must be signed by you and your supervisor/s!)
and send a copy of the signed form to
- the study program coordinator: info-compscie
uni-koeln.de
AND
- the examination office: geo-pruefungsamtuni-koeln.de
Please note that in order to start the Literature Seminar, you must have passed the compulsory modules Simulation and Modeling 1 and 2 and achieved at least 12 CP in your area of specialization. (You are welcome to participate and join the presentations of your peers regardless!)
Introduction Session 1st Semester (Cohort 4)
We invite all new incoming students from cohort 4 (who start in WS25/26) to join the introduction session, on Wednesday, 8 October at 12:00 noon, in the Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology in seminar room 3.137.
You find the room when you enter through the main entrance of Pohligstr. 3 (building 410), and take the elevator on the left.
Leave the elevator on the 3rd floor, and go through the glass door to your right.
Turn left and walk down the corridor.
You will find the seminar rooms to your right.
This is the same time and place for the lecture of the Simulation and Modeling 1 course (just one week earlier before lectures start). In this introductory session, we will provide you with important information about the Computational Sciences program. Afterwards, your fellow Computational Sciences peers will welcome you as well, and show you the nearby mensa for lunch at around 1pm.
(CompScie student from higher semesters are welcome to join too!!)
(Please note that your other lectures may already start on Monday, 7 October! Check the starting date/times of your courses on the KLIPS portal)
Start of the Winter Term 2025/26
The semester starts on 1 Oct. Lectures start from the 13th.
Please check starting dates and times for your courses on the KLIPS2.0 portal.