Academic calendar
Wintersemester 2026/27 runs Sep 1, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Wintersemester 2026/27Relevant now
- Sommersemester 2027
Campus language
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Showing 14 of 14 terms
A
- Anschütz
- Short for the Prof.-Anschütz-Haus student dormitory.
- AStA
- Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss; the executive student government body handling social and political interests.
C
- Café
- Usually refers to the cafeteria in the multi-purpose building (Mehrzweckgebäude) providing snacks and coffee.
D
- Dietrichsdorf
- The district of Kiel where the HAW campus is located, often distinguished from the main city center.
E
- Edo
- Common shorthand for the Edo-Osterloh-Haus student residence.
- Erstis
- First-semester students (freshmen).
F
- Fachschaft
- The student council representing a specific faculty or department (e.g., Fachschaft Informatik).
I
- IDW
- Interdisziplinäre Wochen; two specific weeks per semester where regular classes stop and students take elective workshops.
K
- Kesselhaus
- The main campus dining hall (Mensa am Kesselhaus), known for its industrial architecture.
M
- Mensa
- The primary cafeteria on campus where students use their student ID for discounted meals.
S
- Schwentine
- The river next to campus; students often talk about 'going to the Schwentine' for breaks.
- Studentendorf
- The 'Student Village' residence complex located near the campus in Kiel-Dietrichsdorf.
- StuPa
- Studierendenparlament; the student parliament that elects and monitors the AStA.
Z
- ZfU
- Zentrum für Unternehmertum; the center for entrepreneurship supporting student startups.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- american_diner
- American Diner
- boje23
- Boje23
- Bunker
- Building C12, which houses Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; it is literally a converted air-raid bunker.
- Chipkarte
- The multi-functional student ID used for the Mensa, library, and printing services.
- F2
- The ferry line (Schwentine-Fährlinie) that students use to commute between the West Bank (city center) and the campus.
- Großer Hörsaal
- The large lecture hall in building C02 often used for major introductory courses.
- Mediendom
- The campus planetarium and 360-degree cinema used for both lectures and public shows.
- Mehrzweckgebäude
- Building C18, the main multi-purpose building housing the library and central administration.
- Moodle
- The central learning management system for course materials and lecture notes.
- QIS
- The online portal used for exam registration and viewing grades.
- schwentine_mensa
- Schwentine Mensa
- Semesterticket
- The transit pass included in the semester fee, now primarily managed via the NAH.SH app.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Wintersemester 2026/27 runs Sep 1, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 14 approved campus terms and 12 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.