Dear Students

It's a pleasure to welcome you today with this Infomail to the Fall Term 2023. 

I hope you had a good ending of the Spring Term 2023 and were able to enjoy the summer time. Soon, the Fall Term 2023 will start and with this step, you will see and take advantage of many new opportunities.  We are delighted to count you as students of our young and dynamic faculty.

With these Infomails, from now on, we would like to inform you regularly in the future about important aspects concerning your studies. Therefore, I ask you to read the information below carefully.

I wish you all the best for the coming 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 fall term 2023 starts on 18 September 2023 and ends on 22 December 2023. 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.

Mandatory registration for exams and courses starts on 29 November!

Only those who have registered onUniPortal from 29 November to 13 December 2023 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 (unless otherwise communicated in the course!).

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

Registration is binding. Deregistration after 13 December is no longer possible.

!!!  The registration and deregistration period runs from 29 November 2023 from 00.00 hrs to 13 December 2023 at 24.00 hrs !!!!

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.

Announcement of grades

The grades for the fall term 2023 will be published by 15 February 2024. The grades can be viewed via the UniPortal. You will find the instructions on the website under the heading "Examinations".

Submission Bachelors- and Master's Thesis

Deadline for Master's Thesis in Fall 2023 is Sunday, 15 October 2023. Further dates can be found on the website under Examinations.

Deadline for Bachelor's Thesis in Fall 2023 is Friday, 15 December 2023. Further details can be found on Moodle.

Bachelor in Health Sciences:

• Information Event 1. Practice Module Health Sciences (for students in the 1st Semester): Monday, 16. October 2023, from 08.30 - 10.00 a.m. at the University of Lucerne in Lecture Hall 10.
  In this information event, the Practice Module Health Sciences, the general requirements, the organisation and the related performance format are discussed. 

Master in Health Sciences:

• Infoevent Major & Research Internship: Monday, 23. October, from 12.30 - 14.00 p.m. at the University of Lucerne in Lecture Hall 9.
• Internship Fair Fall 2023: Wednesday, 29. November 2023, from 16.15 - 18.00 p.m. at the University of Lucerne in the Tutorium.

Consultation hours

During Fall Term 2023, consultation hours take place Mondays from 12:30-14:00 p.m. in Room 1.B01.  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-gmfremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch

For questions regarding studies, examinations and performance booking MSc Health Sciences: masterhealthremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch

For general questions related to the faculty: gmfremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch

FAQ

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