Program
With the Opening Week we invite you to a special start of your studies. The Opening Week begins on 1 October (Thursday) and ends on 9 October (Friday). The first two days (1 October and 2 October) are all about welcoming you: you meet the tutors, your project group and get to know the professors of your degree program.
After a free weekend, the Opening Week will be devoted to the topic "Future::Cities". You will gather impressions from seminars, discussions and group work situations and develop your own vision for the City of the Future. After an exciting week in which you approached the topic from different perspectives, the Opening Week ends on Friday (9 October) with the final.

On campus the groups are divided into two cohorts of 700 students each and then form groups with a maximum of 15 participants and a tutor from a higher semester. Each project group will have a seminar room at its disposal, in which appropriate distances must also be kept. The cohorts are present on campus in the morning or afternoon. Cohorts which are not on campus will work remotely in their project group. In this way we ensure that we can control the flow of people responsibly. All events such as the morning shows and keynotes take place online. The table below shows which cohort meets on campus at which times.
Cohort A: Groups 001-024 and 079-102
Cohort B: Groups 025-078
Program
Thursday 1st October
When | Cohort A | Cohort B |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Interreligiöses Willkommen
optional: on campus | Interreligiöses Willkommen
remote |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | First Get Together in Project Groups on campus | First Get Together in Project Groups remote |
11:15 am - 12:15 pm | Opening Ceremony
on campus | Opening Ceremony
|
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Lunchbreak | Lunchbreak |
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Kick-Off
| Kick-Off
|
3:30 pm - 5.45 pm | Get Together in Project Groups on campus | Get Together in Project Groups |
Friday 2nd October
When | Cohort A | Cohort B |
9:15 am - 10:15 am | Outlook for the Leuphana Semester
| Outlook for the Leuphana Semester
|
10:15 am - 12:15 pm | MyStudy Introduction remote | Get Together in Project Groups |
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Lunchbreak | Lunchbreak |
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Major Introduction via zoom | Major Introduction via zoom remote |
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | MyStudy Introduction remote |
Monday 5th October
When | Cohort A | Cohort B |
9:15 am - 10:15 am | Morning Show
| Morning Show
|
10:15 am - 12:15 pm | Project work: Exploring the topic I remote | Project work: Exploring the topic I remote |
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Lunchbreak | Lunchbreak |
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Keynote: "Next Exit Future" by Ranga Yogeshwar
remote | Keynote: "Next Exit Future" by Ranga Yogeshwar
|
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Project work: Exploring the topic II
| Project work: Exploring the topic II
|
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Nachhaltigkeit konkret – wie sich die Zukunftsstadt Lüneburg ihren Namen verdient
remote | Nachhaltigkeit konkret – wie sich die Zukunftsstadt Lüneburg ihren Namen verdient
remote |
Tuesday 6th October
When | Cohort A | Cohort B |
9:15 am - 10:15 am | Morning Show
| Morning Show
|
10:15 am - 12:15 pm | Project work: Critically analysing the topic I remote | Project work: Critically analysing the topic I on campus |
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Lunchbreak & Cohort Switch & Sports | Lunchbreak & Cohort Switch & Sports |
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Keynote: "Cities in a World Economy" by Saskia Sassen
on campus | Keynote: "Cities in a World Economy" by Saskia Sassen
|
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Project work: Critically analysing the topic II
| Project work: Critically analysing the topic II
|
Wednesday 7th October
When | Cohort A | Cohort B |
9:15 am - 10:15 am | Morning Show
| Morning Show
|
10:15 am - 12:15 pm | Project work: Critically analysing the topic III
| Project work: Critically analysing the topic III
|
12:30 pm - 2.30 pm | Lunchbreak & Cohort Switch & Sports | Lunchbreak & Cohort Switch & Sports |
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Keynote: "Transformation! – For the city of the future" by Dirk Messner
| Keynote: "Transformation! – For the city of the future" by Dirk Messner
|
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Project work: Engaging with visions remote | Project work: Engaging with visions on campus |
7:00 pm - 9.00 pm | Quizzen macht AhStA! - Evening stream by AStA | Quizzen macht AhStA! - Evening stream by AStA |
Thursday 8th October
When | Cohort A | Cohort B |
9:15 am - 10:15 am | Morning Show
| Morning Show
|
10:15 am - 12:15 pm | Project work: Producing critical comment and visionary video I remote (flexible) | Project work: Producing critical comment and visionary video I on campus |
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Lunchbreak & Cohort Switch & Sports | Lunchbreak & Cohort Switch & Sports |
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Keynote: "Where Democracy Grows - digital participation in the urban space" by Marina Weisband
| Keynote: "Where Democracy Grows - digital participation in the urban space" by Marina Weisband
|
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Project work: Producing critical comment and visionary video II on campus | Project work: Producing critical comment and visionary video II remote (flexible) |
Friday 9th October
When | Cohort A | Cohort B |
10:15 am - 11:45 am | Criticism and visison: Session on 33 topics with advisors remote | Criticism and visison: Session on 33 topics with advisors remote |
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm | Final event
| Final event
|