Dear Students

The start of the spring semester is coming closer, digital teaching formats and communication via virtual channels will also accompany us this semester. You certainly have some questions with regard to your studies at the Faculty of Economics and Management (WF). The first section of this message is specifically aimed at new students. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and I look forward to seeing you soon in our courses.

This issue also contains important information for students in the higher semesters. Please read them carefully.

Despite the persisting challenges, I am convinced that we will also master this semester well thanks to our combined efforts. At the same time, I hope that in the foreseeable future university life can once again take place on site and that the "personal university" with all its facets can come to its fullest. Our good wishes to you all for an excellent start to the new semester!

Warm regards
Prof. Dr. Christoph A. Schaltegger
Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Management

Mandatory online introduction into study organization WF

Students who embark on a study programme obviously have lots of questions. With that in mind, we organise an induction event. You will be given information about the university building and the planning and organisation of your study programme with plenty of opportunity to ask questions.

For bachelor students (German):      
Monday 22 February 2021 | 12.15 to approx. 13.30 h | ZOOM *click here*
Meeting-ID: 972 5076 9052
Passcode: 102282
More information

For master students (English):
Tuesday 23 February 2021 | 14.15 to approx. 15.30 h | ZOOM *click here”
Meeting-ID: 986 1461 1617
Passcode: 780379
More information

Students of other faculties who plan to attend WF courses (e.g. PPE, Economics & Management as a minority subject) are also welcome. Registration is not required.

Communication via e-mail

When you enrol for your study programme you are given a studmail account. Electronic mail from the university goes to your studmail address only. The log-in information you will need to access the UniPortal and OLAT also goes to your studmail address.

Please check your e-mail regularly to make sure you have all information in good time.

Coronavirus: Online teaching until 2 April

Courses start on Monday 22 Feburary 2021. As corona-related restrictions are still to be expected at the start of the semester, courses will be held in a digital format only until the Easter break beginning on 2 April.

If the epidemiological situation permits, lectures in the second half of the semester (i.e. from 12 April) will be offered in a hybrid mode. This decision is going to be communicated in March. The Corona information on the University of Lucerne's website as well as the University's protection concept will be continuously updated.

Students currently only have access to the library in the university building.

Registering for courses via OLAT

Before attending your chosen courses, you must register via the e-learning platform OLAT. Only students who have registered for the courses will receive information from lecturers by e-mail and access to course materials.

It is within the responsibility of the students to check whether courses are eligible for crediting to study programmes. Use the ‟course of study” search function in the Course Catalogue to see which courses are eligible for credit. If a course is not eligible, students may not complete any course work or earn any ECTS points in the study programme. In case of questions, please contact our academic student advisors.

For tutorial groups, a separate OLAT registration is required. Places per group are limited and will be assigned on a “first come, first served” basis.

OLAT registration is open from 8 February to 5 March 2021. Exceptions are communicated in the course catalogue. Please use exclusively your @stud.unilu.ch mail address for registration. Guide to Registering for Courses via OLAT

KSF & TF courses: Registration via UniPortal at start of the semester

If you, as a student of Economics & Management plan to attend courses offered by other faculties as an optional compulsory or optional subject, please make sure you know their registration requirements! For courses offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (KSF), please note that the OLAT registration and the UniPortal registration (!) both begin two weeks before the start of the semester and end on Friday of the second week of the semester. Further information

The optional compulsory course Business Ethics of Prof. Dr. Peter G. Kirchschläger is offered by the Faculty of Theology (TF). Thus, the registration conditions of the Faculty of Theology apply. At the TF there is a compulsory registration via UniPortal at the beginning of the semester (period: 15.02. – 05.03.2021). Registration for OLAT will be done for you based on the UniPortal registration (by the persons in charge of the TF). Lectures with oral or written examinations require a second UniPortal registration towards the end of the semester.

Integrating Seminar Law and Economics (in German)

For the Law Master Plus "Economics & Management" we offer the block course "Behavioural Economics and Law" together with the Faculty of Law. The course is held by Prof. Dr. iur. Klaus Mathis. Interested students of the WF can participate in the block seminar as part of the optional compulsory subjects (Bachelor) or the optional subjects (Master).

Binding registration via UniPortal: Monday 1 to Thursday 25 February 2021. The number of participants for WF students is limited to 9 persons. Further information can be found in the course catalogue.

Note: In future, the integrating seminar Law and Economics will no longer be offered on a semester basis but exclusively in the spring semester.

Compulsory registration for examinations and courses

Only students who register via the UniPortal between 8 and 22 April 2021 may attend examinations and earn credits of the Faculty of Management & Economics. This regulation applies to all courses of the WF (unless otherwise stated in the course).

Students must also register via the UniPortal for courses which do not finish with a written examination.

There may be courses for which early UniPortal registration is necessary. Please consider the lecturers' notes / notes on OLAT and on the course catalogue.

Information about e.g. examination dates is published on the website under Examinations. Further information about registration will be provided by e-mail prior to the registration period.

Deadline for bachelor’s and master’s theses WF

The spring semester 2021 deadline for submitting your bachelor’s or master’s thesis is 13 May 2021. You can find out more about other deadlines on the website under Exams. The Guidelines for completing bachelor’s and master's theses details what needs to be submitted by the deadline.

Publication and inspection of examination grades

You may view the grades obtained in fall semester 2020 from Thursday 4 February 2021 via the UniPortal. You will find instructions online in the Instructions for viewing academic achievements and grades.

The exact procedure for examination grades inspection will be posted on the website under Examinations from 4 February.

For PPE students

There are no repeat examinations at the WF. This also applies to the course "Introduction to Econometrics" by Prof. Lukas Schmid. All examinations can usually be repeated one year later at the regular examination date.

Note: Deadline for applications for extensions to examination duration KSF

If you are a student whose mother tongue is not German and you attend courses at the KSF in optional compulsory or optional subjects, applications for an extension to allotted examination times must be made by 31 March (for the spring semester). Further information

Two Master's specialisations now available in English

The two Master's specialisations "Market-oriented Management" and "Applied Data Science" can now be studied entirely in English. This means that students who are admitted to the programme with an English language certificate now have access to both specialisations in addition to the General Master.

For purely English-speaking students who are currently enrolled in the General Master and would like to change to one of the two specialisations: Please contact studienberatung-wfremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch.

Info event Master programme in Economics & Management (in German)

Learn more about the "Master of Arts in Economics & management" and what distinguishes it from other programmes. The responsible professors will present the programme and its specialization options. You can ask your questions in the following Q&A sessions.

Tuesday, 23 March 2021 │18.15 to 19.45 │ ZOOM

Information and Registration

Online graduation ceremony of the WF on 5 March 2021

For WF students who will graduate at the end of the fall semester 2020, the WF graduation ceremony will take place on Friday 5 March 2020 at 16:00. Due to current restrictions, the ceremony will take place online. You will receive the invitation after you have passed your exams (shortly after the grades have been announced).

Important information and documents on our website

• Answers to FAQs
• Timetables and model curricula, information on examinations and all related rules, forms and information sheets
• Semester dates

Opening hours of Dean’s office

Due to the Corona pandemic, there are no official opening hours. You can reach us at any time by e-mail (also to arrange a meeting by zoom):

For questions around studies: studienberatung-wfremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch
For questions about examinations and credit transfer: wf-pruefungenremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch
For general questions about the faculty: wfremove-this.@remove-this.unilu.ch

One library for all of Switzerland

On 7 December 2020, the ZHB Luzern and all IDS libraries in Central Switzerland joined forces with a total of 470 Swiss libraries to form the new nationwide library network SLSP. The search portal, user card, fees, lending periods and catalogue rules of all participating libraries are now uniform. All users must re-register. Further information: https://www.zhbluzern.ch/slsp