Current information and news about the Corona virus

The summer semester 2021 will also remain virtual, i.e. lectures will be held in online formats. In order to ensure planning security, the rectorate and the deans have decided to conduct the coming summer semester as a digital semester. However, the examination phase (as currently planned) will again take place in presence.

PC pools, studios, the library, study rooms and group study rooms will be kept open again, as far as the pandemic allows. The upcoming digital semester may be organized and designed differently depending on the degree program. For example, in the majority of degree programs, teaching can be carried out completely online, while in individual degree programs attendance phases will again be necessary. This includes teaching formats in Tachenhausen, in open spaces or with interactions. Students will receive detailed information on these individual cases from the study programs.

Digital teaching can never replace on-site teaching in the long term. This contradicts the essence of a university. We would have been very happy to allow face-to-face teaching again. However, it is the university's responsibility to protect the health of the members of the university as best as possible, to contribute to the social task of combating the pandemic, and at the same time not to endanger the academic success of our students and to give them all the greatest possible planning security.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR FIRST SEMESTER STUDENTS

Are you a first semester student and do not yet have access to the online services at the NGU? Please note that due to the pandemic situation in the Esslingen district, the semester can initially only take place in online formats.

Please send an e-mail to the program of study where you have been admitted. From there you will receive all necessary information.

Go to the NGU website, at

https://www.hfwu.com/future-students/academics/

all NGU study programs are listed. Choose the page of your study program, there you will find the correct e-mail address of the study program.

The Rector of NGU will continue to inform about all developments, new information and news in personal e-mails. Just in time for the beginning of the semester and additionally with a video message.

All this information will be available on this website.

Stay healthy!

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Conduct and Measures

The corona virus is an airborne infection spread mainly through coughing and sneezing. The first course of action in preventing infection should be practicing good cough and sneeze etiquette (turning away from others and coughing or sneezing into the crook of your arm) and washing your hands thoroughly and often. Please read the handout titled „Top ten tips for hygiene“ from www.infektionsschutz.de, attached to this email. In case you are in contact with an infected person, please keep your distance and stand 1-2 meters away.

Wash your hands thoroughly and often with soap and running water. Notices have been hung in university bathrooms showing tips to properly wash your hands
Avoid touching your eyes, mouth and nose
Avoid unnecessary hand contact (i.e. avoid shaking hands)
Practice good cough and sneeze etiquette (cough and sneeze into the crook of your arm and not into your hand)
Keep your distance from people who are coughing or sneezing
Air out rooms approximately 4 times a day for 10 minutes each time

Disinfectant

Only few disinfectants are effective against the corona virus. For this reason, using a disinfectant should definitely not replace thoroughly washing your hands. The RKI warns against using disinfectants on hands and other surfaces as this may offer a sense of false security and cause people to neglect the proper hygiene measures discussed above. By practicing these proper hygiene measures, we can help slow or even stop the spread of the virus.

Wearing Protective Masks

The same goes for protective masks. There has been no evidence that infection is avoided when a healthy person wears a mask. The president of the Robert Koch Institute states that there is no reason to believe that wearing a protective mask in everyday life as a preventative measure is helpful. The World Health Organization also discourages the everyday wear of protective masks and warns that they can provide a sense of false security.

It is a completely different story for infected people. An infected person who needs to go in public should wear a protective mask to avoid the spreading of the airborne virus. In general, only so-called „surgical masks“ are effective for a short amount of time. They should be changed out every three to four hours.

Information regarding hygiene tips and frequently asked questions can be found here:

www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019

What to do now?

If you have signs of an infection or you think you may have the corona virus, please contact your doctor by phone. If the corona virus is confirmed, you will be quarantined either in a hospital or at home. The health authority will be automatically informed and will be in touch with the university and other contact persons.

What happens next?

Nuertingen-Geislingen University is constantly monitoring its information channels. New developments will be communicated immediately and further precautions will be taken.

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