ORIENTATION WEEK Autumn, from the 12th to the 15th of August Required Of Activity Place Info

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1 ORIENTATION WEEK Autumn, from the 12th to the 15th of August 2014 Day: Monday 11th August: Registration with the Police (noneu/eea students) OR the Service Centre for Foreign Workers (EU/EEA students) Required Of Activity Place Info Students from non EU/EEA countries ONLY Registration with the local police in Stavanger (to be completed within seven days of arrival to Norway) Stavanger Police Station Address: Lagårdsveien 6, Stavanger Registration is carried out by appointment only. UiS has arranged an appointment for you. Detailed information will be sent by to the students concerned. Students from EU/EEA countries ONLY Registration with Service Centre for Foreign Workers ( to be completed individually as soon as possible and not later than three months after arrival to Norway) Stavanger Service Centre for Foreign Workers Only after obligatory online registration: Phone: Address: Lågardsveien 46 ( in the office of Skatt Vest) Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-14:30 16:00 Meet at Stavanger Bus Station Jernbaneveien 9 (Byterminalen) Trip to IKEA organised by the International Student Union (ISU) - optional

2 Day: Tuesday 12th August Time: 09:00-15:30 Place: Arne Rettedal's Building / Kjell Arholm's Building 09:00-10:40 Arne Rettedal's Entrance Hall Registration and distribution of student cards 10:40-11:00 Arne Rettedal's- Room: G-001 Welcome speech by the Rector 11:00-11:30 Arne Rettedal's- Room: G-001 Being a student at the University of Stavanger 11:30-11:40 Arne Rettedal's- Room: G-001 Welcome speech by ISU (International Student Union) 11:40-13:00 Arne Rettedal's Entrance Hall Lunch sponsored by the UIS For students belonging to the mentioned categories * 13:00-13:30 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Meeting for all exchange students* (Erasmus, Nordplus, bilateral exchange) 13:00-13:30 Arne Rettedal's- Room: G-001 Meeting for self-financing students* (students from Non-EU countries who paid a deposit to the UIS) 13:00-13:30 Arne Rettedal's Room: G-201 Meeting for Quota scholarship holders* The presentations will continue in Kjell Arholm's Building (Aud 1) for all students: 13:45-14:15 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Presentation by the IT department 14:15-15:00 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Tax system in Norway and National ID/D number applications 15:00-15:15 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 The Norwegian bank system 15:15-15:30 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Practical information and questions * Students who do not belong to any of these categories can get their student card produced from 13:00 to 13:30.

3 Day: Wednesday 13th August ( obligatory) Time: 09:00-12:20 Place: Arne Rettedal's Building: Entrance Hall 09:00-09:40 Arne Rettedal's Entrance Hall Group Rotation* 09:40-10:20 Arne Rettedal's Entrance Hall Group Rotation* 10:20-11:00 Arne Rettedal's Entrance Hall Group Rotation* 11:00-11:40 Arne Rettedal's Entrance Hall Group Rotation* 11:40-12:20 Arne Rettedal's Entrance Hall Group Rotation* 14:00-16:00 In front of the Cathedral facing the harbour *Guided city tour- registration online. Participation fee 30 NOK Optional. The students will be divided into five groups which will rotate between various activities: presentation about It's Learning/Studentweb, visits to SiS sports Centre, Library, campus Tour. *Guided City Tour: Concerning your transport, there are following possibilities: - At 13:00-2 extra busses from Kolumbus (bus company operating in Stavanger) will be waiting for you outside Hagbard Line s building. The busses will go to the city center ( Sentrum ). Please, remember that you will have to pay for the bus-ticket yourself (only cash -31 NOK). The busses go once they are full. - At 12:56: Bus number X60 (Regular route) OBS: Kjell Arholm s bus stop. - At 13:08: Bus number 6 (Regular Route) OBS: Kjell Arholm s bus stop. - At 13:20: Bus number E90 (Regular Route) OBS: Kjell Arholm s bus stop. - At 13:26: Bus number x60 (Regular Route) OBS: Kjell Arholm s bus stop. Look for ISU students- they will help you!

4 Day: Thursday 14th August ( obligatory) Time: 09:00-11:15 Place: Kjell Arholm's Building 09:00-09:20 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Information about tuberculin testing 09:20-10:00 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Academic Conduct and Misconduct 10:00-10:10 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Religious Communities 10:10-10:15 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Coffee Around the World 10:15-10:30 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Folken (the Student Society) 10:30-10:40 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 StOr (Student organisation) 10:40-10:55 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Sølvberget Kulturhus 10:55-11:05 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Welcome speech by Fadder 11:05-11:20 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Meeting Another Culture/ Meeting Norway 12:30-15:00 Stavanger Police Station Registration with the police- by appointment only. 15:30 Arne Rettedal's Entrance Hall (Meeting point) Afternoon at the "Three swords" beach Walk and snack organised by ISU- OPTIONAL* * If the weather forecast is bad, ISU will organize some games and snacks at Pavilion 9

5 Day: Friday 15th August ( obligatory) Time: 10:00-12:00 Place: Kjell Arholm's Building 10:00-10:20 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Student Welfare Organisation/ SiS Housing 10:20-10:30 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 UiS Housing 10:30-10:45 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 The Career Centre 10:45-11:00 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 The Learning Support Centre 11:00-11:30 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 How to make your money last (ISU) 11:30-11:45 Kjell Arholm's- Room: Aud 1 Practical Information and questions 12:00 Kjell Arholm's Building (Cafeteria/entrance hall) Pizza buffet sponsored by the UIS, Limbo Dance Contest and Coffee around the World *More activities are described at the next page.

6 Date and time Place Activity Friday 15th August (19:00) Paviljon 9 Ice Breaking Party (ISU) Saturday 16th August There will buses waiting for your in front of the train station at the City Center and at the Campus ( In front of Arne Retedahl's Building) Månafossen: Excursion to waterfall. (12:00-18:00) Participation fee: 70 NOK. Limited number of places (240). Optional Saturday 23rd August TBA Preikestolen: Excursion to the Pulpit Rock, participation fee 100 NOK (Cash)- OPTIONAL. You will be able to pay for this activity during the Orientation Week. ISU ( International Student Union) will be collecting the payments. They require exactly 100 (Cash) Kr since they will not be able to give you any change. Limited available places. Saturday 30th August (11:00) Archaeological Museum City Center Address: Peder Klowsgt. 30 A 4002 Stavanger Archaeological Museum