Covid-19 News Ticker

Almost no more Covid restrictions: The Covid Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance expires on 2 February 2023 / Central Hygiene Policy and risk assessments no longer apply / Free Covid testing and vaccination during working hours no longer possible / From now on, infection protection is each individual's own responsibility / Only exception: People with an active Covid infection must wear a mask.

• Circular Mail of the President

The Staff Council of the University of Hohenheim has approved the adapted central hygiene policy, the new document is online.

To the current version

• Central Hygiene Policy

The state of Baden-Württemberg is abolishing the segregation requirement for people proven to be infected with the coronavirus. Infected persons who feel fit are therefore now allowed to come to work at the university - but are obliged to wear a mouth-nose protection there. In addition, recommendations on contact reduction, among other things, apply. The central hygiene policy will be adapted shortly.

• Circular email from the Chancellor

As of December 5, 2022, staff members of the University of Hohenheim over the age of 60 can receive a third or fourth vaccination during their working hours from the company physician Dr. Ursula Häuser. People under 60 who have not yet received a third vaccination or belong to a risk group can also register for vaccination. Unfortunately, first and second vaccinations are not available. Please register by November 17, 2022.

• Chancellor's circular mail

Good news in the President's Circular: There are no significant restrictions on studying as a result of the new regulations effective as of 1 October. Our winter semester is therefore planned as a regular on-campus semester. A central hygiene policy is again obligatory for working at the university, but this also brings hardly any changes. However, institutions must revise their risk assessments, which may result in facility-specific changes to regulations.

• Circular mail of the President
• Central hygiene policy

The new version of the "Corona Statutes" of the University of Hohenheim is online.

• Corona Statutes

The FAQs for students, lecturers, and staff have been revised.

• Questions and answers

From Thursday, 26 May 2022: No more mandatory masks, no more central hygiene policy - to a large extent, recommendations replace the previous requirements. The President's Office urges that these recommendations be heeded to ensure the summer semester can continue to be held on campus. Please note that this does not eliminate all requirements: By means of risk assessments, institutions and departments can continue to define infection control measures. They apply in the workplace and, if applicable, in lab courses.

• Circular mail of the President

Staff Council approved the revised KIM Operations and Hygiene Policy this week.

• KIM hygiene concept (as of 14.4.2022)

The Staff Council of the University of Hohenheim has approved the changed Central Hygiene Policy.

To the current version

• Central Hygiene Policy

Due to the changes in the legal requirements and the associated adjustments, there have been changes to the following topics, among others:

• Mask requirement
• Abolition of access restrictions & admission controls
• Occupancy of lecture halls
• Ventilation concept & CO2 traffic lights
• Clarifications for service operations
• Clarifications for non-teaching events

Overview of all changed documents:

• Central Hygiene Policy
• Recommendations for infection control
• Guideline for on-site courses and events
• Guideline food and beverages at events other than courses

Re-introduction of mandatory FFP2 mask requirement to ensure presence on campus / Lecture halls may be fully occupied again / Facility-specific risk assessments must continue to be prepared and measures defined for work operations / Regulation valid until May 25, 2022

• Circular mail of the President

In the workplace, basic protective measures are now no longer directly prescribed by law. Instead, employers now decide which measures make sense. The university management is currently updating the central hygiene policy and making recommendations on basic protective measures. But the exact - and mandatory - rules must be determined by the respective facility management on the basis of a risk assessment.

• Circular mail of the Chancellor

As of 3.4.22, protective measures are no longer mandatory in study operations. However, in view of high infection rates, the university management strongly appeals to all students and lecturers to continue to observe the basic protective measures. This applies in particular to the wearing of masks indoors. Only together through responsible action by all we can ensure a face-to-face study mode.

• Circular mail of the President

The central hygiene policy has been updated. The revision of the English version will follow shortly.

Health pass for students to pick up now if possible / Mask requirement remains in all cases / 3G proof requirement is waived ONLY for employees at work / Home office offer instead of home office requirement / Palace reopened immediately.

• To the circular email of the President
• COVID VO study operation

In academic and non-academic settings, the current measures will continue to apply until 2 April 2022. The reason is a transition period in Baden-Württemberg. How things will proceed after that will probably only be announced at short notice.

• Chancellor’s email

At the end of the week, the current Corona rules will expire, possibly with a transition period until April 2. What will happen after that may not be known until shortly before the start of lectures. Until then, please plan according to the current rules – the room allocation figures and other documents have only recently been updated.

• Circular mail of the President

New room occupancy numbers are available / Also revised: Handouts for on-site-courses and events and for catering for non-teaching events, central hygiene policy / Use of foyers and standing receptions permitted again as of 21.3.

• Circular mail of the Chancellor

Restrictions ease for studies: You still need proof of 3G status, but checks are now only carried out on a random basis. The central hygiene policy and the table for event planning were updated.

• Circular mail of the President

The warning level that is now in effect and a new Corona ordinance make it possible: From now on, 3G instead of 2G applies to non-teaching events. The table for event planning has been updated accordingly. Regulations for study operations will follow in the next few days.

• Chancellor's circular email

Until the end of the home office obligation, i.e. presumably until March 19, 2022, employees can now agree on different working hours with their manager at short notice if required. University management and Staff Council have agreed on this.

• Circular email from Chancellor and Staff Council

Face-to-face courses are the rule, purely online the exception, hybrid is no longer recommended: This was decided by the Senate for the summer semester courses. The primary goal is to provide all students in all degree programs with coherent and adequate periods of attendance to ensure academic success.

• Information for lecturers
• Information for students: Went by email directly to all students
  
  
• For the summer semester 2022

The table "Veranstaltungsarten und Corona-Vorgaben" and the Central hygiene policy have been updated:

• Overview Table Event Planning
• Central hygiene policy

In Baden-Württemberg, contact data collection will be discontinued - for everything related to studies this will apply from Thursday, 10 February 2022, for all other areas already from Wednesday, 9 February 2022. As of March 7, admission assistants will no longer be available for examinations - from then on, examination supervisors will check that regulations are upheld in examinations.

• Circular mail of the President

In his last circular e-mail, the President had announced that the framework working time had been extended again and emphasized that this should only be used for a short time and in case of urgent need. The Staff Council has refused its consent to this. As a result, the framework working hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. are once again in effect at the University of Hohenheim. In its letter, the Staff Council comments on the reasons for the refusal.

• Circular mail from the Chancellor

The following documents have recently been revised:

• Central hygiene policy (English version will be available soon)
• Overview table event planning

Validity period of vaccination and recovered status shortened: Students and employees must check their “G” status and, if necessary, now test themselves daily / Examinations continue without 3G proof: voluntary tests are, however, recommended to all / General hygiene policy revised: framework working hours are temporarily extended again.

• Circular mail of the President

The file with info and opening hours of verification centers has been updated:

• Öffnungszeiten Verifikationszentren für Hohenheim Health Pass

Starting next Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, the 3G rule will once again apply to all courses in teaching. Non-immunized students will again be able to attend all classes on campus upon presentation of a current negative test result. The 3G status will be recorded centrally in the Verfikationszentrum as before. All other regulations in teaching remain unchanged for the time being. The reinstatement of the 3G rule stems from a ruling by the Administrative Court. The government has announced an update of the Corona regulations for next week.

• President's circular

The vaccination bus of the Klinikum Stuttgart will come again to the campus (Heinrich-Pabst-Straße) on Monday 24.1. (7:00 - 12:30). Vaccination is possible WITHOUT pre-registration.

In addition, there is a vaccination offer in the coming weeks always on Saturdays 2:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the Zehntscheuer Plieningen (Mönchhof 7). Appointments for this can be booked at: www.0711-impfen.de

The "Info Sheet Corona Tests" has beenupdated.

The overview table “Event types and Covid specifications“ has been revised.

The Ministry of Science has published a new version of the CoronaVO Studienbetrieb, which comes into force on January 12, 2022. This essentially adopts the orders of the general CoronaVO of the state on the FFP2 mask requirement in enclosed spaces. The Rector has already ordered these regulations for the University of Hohenheim on 29.12.2021 by means of a general order. Therefore, there are only few innovations for the university operation. The university management also draws attention to the current quarantine rules and asks contact persons to behave carefully.

• To the circular email of the rector
• CoronaVO study operation

The new Corona regulation prescribes FFP2 masks indoors. Which rules now apply in Hohenheim is specified in a general order. Due to the omicron variant, all facilities are also required to review their procedures and risk assessments to ensure that operations are maintained.

• President's Circular Mail
• General Order

On January 14, 2022, a vaccination campaign for students, employees and interested citizens will take place on the Hohenheim campus. Appointments can be booked now. Location: Steckfeldstraße 2 (south entrance). The Ministry of Social Affairs has also reserved special quotas for state employees at the vaccination station of the Klinikum Stuttgart (BioNTec). Employees can book appointments for December and January via a special access link. Location: Stuttgart, Königstraße 23.

• Further information

Following a court ruling on Friday, 12/17-21, the Ministry of Science has adjusted the Corona Ordinance Study Operation to comply with the court. In the lecture halls, 2G at alert level II continues to apply unchanged. The previous internal university rules already provided for ensuring the ability to study even for students who are unable to attend classroom events. How this is to be done is now more specifically regulated in the ordinance. The new legal situation is unlikely to lead to any changes at Hohenheim.

• Circular mail of the President

The Administrative Court of Baden-Württemberg today provisionally suspended the 2G regulation at universities. The Ministry of Science has announced to the universities that it will react to the decision very soon. The university management will probably inform you over the course of the weekend what the resulting requirements mean for Hohenheim.

The campus service informs that finally the delivery of new Corona tests has reached the university. So the orders are on their way.

• "Kurz gemeldet" of the campus service

The central hygiene policy has been revised. The Staff Council approved the new version yesterday.

The overview table “Event types and Covid specifications“ has been revised.

Infected persons are not allowed to come to the university, but must go into separation. This applies even if they do not show any symptoms. Persons who have had contact with infected persons must also seek separation. This must be done independently, there is no order from an authority or the university. This applies to all university employees and students.

Employees may be entitled to compensation. More details in the

• Chancellor's Circular mail

The following documents are revised:

• Info Sheet Corona Tests (24 Nov 2021)
• Testing Opportunities for Students (24 Nov 2021)
• Verification Centers (24 Nov 2021)
• Table event planning (25 Nov 2021)
• Map of event rooms (25 Nov 2021)

The central hygiene policy will follow shortly.

The hours of operation of the on-campus testing center were extended today:
Mon-Fri: 7:30-9:30 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

• Info and appointment booking

High infection rates and the new Covid regulations bring new rules that also affect studies:

• As of 29 Nov 2021, 2G applies to most face-to-face teaching at alert level II - with exceptions
• Rapid tests are only valid for 24 hours
• Full control as of alert level: Already established in Hohenheim
• No changes to mandatory masks in courses
• Lab courses and practical courses: additional safety through self-tests under supervision
• Mandatory masks again for written exams
• Maximum occupancy numbers in rooms changed slightly for events (not courses)
• 3G in Mensa and cafeteria in alert levels

President's Cirkular Mail to Lecturers and Employees

President's Cirkular Mail to Students

There are currently delivery problems with the Corona self-tests for employees. The campus service asks to use the possibility of the free "Bürgertest" on campus as an alternative to bridge the gap. And it points out that the tests are not intended for the home office.

• "Kurz gemeldet" of the Campus service

Available learning spaces in lecture halls and the dining hall can also be booked on site, the Vice President for Academic Affairs explains in today's newsletter.

3G at work: what supervisors and employees now need to know. / Universities test offer and self-testing under supervision / Masks mandatory again at staff meetings / More vaccination dates in planning / Buildings remain open, except "Säulenhalle"

• Chancellor's Circular mail

The German government has amended the Infection Protection Act: Accordingly, from Wednesday 24 November 2021 until initially 19 March 2022, the home office obligation and 3G in the workplace will apply again. Classroom-based courses will continue to take place. However, as of Monday, a stricter masking requirement will apply again, and previous exemption options - which were largely not used in Hohenheim - will probably be cancelled. You will receive further information on study operations in a separate email in the coming days.

• Chancellor's circular email

The German government has passed an amendment to the Infection Protection Act. For employees, this means in concrete terms: the home office obligation is coming back, and 3G also applies in the workplace. Study operations are not directly affected by this, as they are regulated under the Corona Ordinance Study Operations.

Further information on this will follow shortly.

The alert level should be reached in Baden-Württemberg shortly. The courses of study are NOT affected by this! Likewise, NO changes will occur in the normal working day without events. However, only vaccinated and recovered persons (2G) may participate in all non-teaching courses at the alert level (exception: contributors). Event organizers must inform participants of this in advance. A different level model applies to further education and training.

• Circular mail of the Chancellor

You can find the new table on the overview page.

How is teaching going so far in the winter semester? On Nov. 11, 6 p.m., the Vice President for Academic Affairs will offer an open discussion for all interested students.

• "Kurz gemeldet" of the Vice President for Academic Affairs

• Buildings are now open, but access is still restricted
• Prohibition of access and participation
• Dealing with cases of infections or suspected infections
• Regulations in case of contact with infected persons
• Warning level applies as of today, Wednesday 3.11. - stricter regulations for non-teaching events
• For study operations so far no restriction by the levels according the Corona Ordinance

All information in today's circular from the Chancellor

As of today, the Hohenheim Health Pass is mandatory for students - other 3G proofs are now no longer accepted for participation in courses.

The opening times of the verification centers have changed:

• In the library: Mon to Fri from 8:30-9:30 a.m., 10:30-11:30 a.m., 12:30-13:30, 14:30-15:30, 16:30-17:30.
• Euroforum entrance area: Mon to Fri from 7:20-7:40 a.m.

Covid-19-vaccination without appointment: On Thursday, November 11, 2021, from 7:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., the City of Stuttgart's mobile vaccination center will be on the campus of the University of Hohenheim.

• See "Kurz gemeldet" (in German)

Do you need to bridge times between attendance events or prepare for your exam? For this purpose, learning spaces are available in lecture halls, libraries and in the Mensa.

• "Kurz gemeldet" by the Vice President for Academic Affairs
• FAQs for Students

The central hygiene policy has undergone some changes - they are marked in color in the document. The English version will be adapted shortly.

• The newly designed central hygiene policy is now also available in English.
• The information flyer on testing opportunities for students has been updated.

What do I need to know about Covid 19 regulations at the start of the lecture period? This overview summarizes all information about the admission process, learning places and testing opportunities.

You can also find answers to many questions in the FAQs for students.

The President's Office has approved access to the castle rooms for guided tours. The tours must be conducted by an approved guide. He or she is responsible for checking 3G evidence, data collection and compliance with the mask requirement. The maximum group size is 25 participants each.

Recent legal changes have again brought new rules. In particular, there are changes regarding working hours and business meetings, non-teaching events, and testing for unvaccinated individuals.

• Circular mail of the President

Go directly to the new and freshly revised documents:

• Central hygiene policy
• Handout for face-to-face events
• Overview table "Event types and corona specifications“
• Information flyer Corona tests

There is a new test center in the Euroforum, operated by the Garben-Apotheke. Currently, you can drop in without an appointment. An appointment is possible under the link https://testkalender.de/teststelle-uni-hohenheim. Alternatively, it is possible to make an appointment using the QR code.

Opening hours: Mon-Fri 7:30-8:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Furthermore, there is also the test center in the district town hall at the Garbe. Opening hours and appointment: https://testkalender.de/garben-apotheke

Welcome back to campus - the University of Hohenheim is looking forward to seeing you again! What rules apply to students, how will courses be organized in the winter semester? Questions about how teaching will work in the winter semester will be answered by the Vice President for Academic Affairs:

• in her circular mail from 6. Oct 21

• at the Zoom open Q&A session for students on Thursday, 10/14-21 at 6 p.m.

Vice President for Academic Affairs informs: Questions and answers about the teaching process in the winter semester / Lecturers receive a lot of support in organizational implementation / Senate resolution to maximize attendance can be implemented thanks to a robust system of organization.

• Circular mail of the Vice President for Academic Affairs

The central hygiene policy has been completely restructured - and is now so clearly presented that you can quickly find answers to many detailed questions. Please note that it is only available in a preliminary version, as the Staff Council has not yet been able to deal with it. The English translation is still in progress.

• Central hygiene policy

Business meetings must continue to be held in compliance with distance and with mask. The step regulation in accordance with the general Corona regulation provides new rules for non-teaching events and for employees with contact with external persons. Employees who attend many teaching events can have a Hohenheim Health Pass issued as 3G proof for teaching events, just like students.

• Circular of the Chancellor (in German)

Some documents have been updated: you can find the new overview table Event Planning and the info sheet Coronatests on the overview page.

Back On Campus - the winter semester will offer as much on-campus teaching as possible. For this to work, some basic rules and complex organizational requirements are needed. Lecturers will receive comprehensive support for the organizational matters. The President informs about the plans in his current circular mail, detailed information for students and for lecturers will follow shortly.

• Circular mail of the President

• The overview table "Veranstaltungsarten und Corona-Vorgaben" has been revised and is now available in the new version.
• The  "Infoblatt –Testkonzept für Beschäftigte und Veranstaltungsteilnehmende" has also been updated.
• The current version of the "General Decree of the President's Office" regarding events is also now online.
• The Staff Council approved the central hygiene policy at the beginning of August.

The Corona Ordinance Study Operation has been extended until September 20, 2021. The amendments come into force today (14.9.21). There have been no changes to the content of the Corona Ordinance Study Operation.

Access to the library and the learning places in the library is only permitted with 3G proof.

A test proof (antigen rapid test) must not be older than 48 hours for students and employees of the University of Hohenheim; for all other persons not older than 24 hours. The test proof is not required if a complete vaccination or convalescence proof is available. The requirement to wear a medical mask in the library continues.

Exception: proof is not required for pickup and return of media (3G rule).

Since 24 August 2021, a new Corona Ordinance Study Operation is valid. On campus teaching with certain protective measures is permitted from now on. The 3G status must be controlled for all courses except examinations. Test proofs are valid for courses 48 hours.

• Circular mail of the President

The central hygiene policy and the information flyer Coronatests have been updated / Negative test evidence is now valid for 48 hours / Clarification on certificates for 3G evidence / Business trips: with 3G evidence now more than 2 people allowed in the car / Notification or approval of events now required for fewer types of events.

• Circular mail of the Chancellor

The Guidelines for Student Exchange and the FAQs for International Students have been revised.

The Operating and hygiene plan of the Communication, Information, and Media Center has been updated.
Here, lecturers and employees can find all important documents "At a glance".

"3G proof" (tested, vaccinated, recovered) & mask requirement in all courses:  The goal of the Rectorate is to have regulations on campus that are as uniform and understandable as possible in the coming winter semester. However, with regard to the necessary minimum distance, individual regulations depending on the room cannot be avoided. The rector and chancellor provide an overview of the current planning status in a circular email.

• Circular mail Rector / Chancellor to the employees (available only in German)
• Rector circular mail to the students

The handouts and other documents have been revised.

Updated versions:

Handout...

• for oral exams
• for group exams
• for inspection of graded exams
• for on-campus courses
• for practical courses
• for events other than courses

• Overview table for planning events
• Event reporting

You can find all documents under "At a glance."

To further help lecturers in planning their courses, on 13 July 2021, the President’s Office decided on fewer restrictions in line with current laws. Among other things, it is now possible to inspect graded exams with up to 100 people at the same time. The notification and approval requirement is raised to 35 people, and that includes student groups.

Email from the University President

Due to corona-related uncertainties and planning circumstances at the moment unfortunately no final version of the timetable for the winter semester can be completed.  All dates & details of the courses can therefore only be put online in Septemer 2021.

"Kurz gemeldet" of the Vice Rector for Teaching

As part of the statewide campaign week "Vaccinate before the summer vacations" (July 21-28), spontaneous vaccination campaigns are currently taking place in many places in Baden-Württemberg without appointments. An overview can be found at: www.dranbleiben-bw.de - a campaign by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health and Integration.

We have recently informed you about the new Corona regulations in several circular mails. Now the Central hygiene policy also been adapted to the changed situation. All changes are marked in color. The English version will be updated as soon as possible.

The Guidelines and other documents have been revised.

Updated:

• Guidelines for practical courses
• Guidelines for courses on campus
• Guidelines non-teaching courses
• Terms of use for university rooms
• Info sheet Covid-19 tests

NEW:

• Guideline catering for events other than courses
• FAQs regarding collection of personal contact data

Here you can find all documents "At a glance".

From Monday, 5 July 2021, the Central and Departmental Library will open with extended opening hours from Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Non-university members can also use the library again. Please observe the applicable hygiene and distance rules.

For the reservation of workstations for learning, three time slots can be booked: 9 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., 1:15 p.m. – 5 p.m., 5:15 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Further information about the services of the KIM

Registration for the second employee vaccination offer has been extended: You can register to be vaccinated by the University of Hohenheim until 12 noon on Tuesday, 6 July 2021.

• Circular mail of the chancellor

• No more home office obligation: return to telecommuting service agreement effective 8/1/21, but operational contacts must still be reduced
• Managements must update hazard assessments to implement relief
• Business travel to remain limited
• Test offer (self-tests) to remain in place
• Mandatory masks for participants at outdoor eventshttps://www.uni-hohenheim.de/mitarbnews?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=52152

Circular mail of the chancellor

Order in the confusing tangle of which regulations apply to which types of events: A new overview table provides information on what is currently permitted under which conditions. Additional events are now permitted by general decree of the rectorate.

• Circular mail of the Chancellor (in German)
  
  
• Overview events (in German)
  

For the second time, there will be a limited vaccination offer for employees: From TODAY, Friday, 2 July 2021 at 6 p.m., you can register to be vaccinated by the University of Hohenheim.

• Circular Mail of the Chancellor

Starting Monday (5.7.) students and employees can eat in the cafeteria again. The East Hall and the outdoor cafeteria area will be available to diners.
 
The Mensa will continue to offer two meals daily:

• 1 x vegetarian
• 1 x meat / fish

Opening hours 11-13:30

1 July, 5:15 p.m.: As the Ministry of Social Affairs of Baden-Württemberg has announced, the interval between the two vaccinations will be reduced to three weeks. Consequently, there will not be six weeks (as previously announced) but only three weeks between vaccination dates. Please take that into consideration when booking your appointment!

• Email from the University President
• Directly to the registration platform (via the University of Stuttgart)

Vaccination offer at short notice for students at the University of Hohenheim as part of a model project / Registration open today, 1 July, 5 p.m. - first-come, first-served / Important step towards more face-to-face teaching!

• Email from the University President
• Directly to the registration platform (via the University of Stuttgart)

• Grass court opens with restrictions for registered groups: Information
• Beach volleyball court opens with restrictions: Information

Lunch on campus: The Denkbar team is looking forward to welcoming guests again as of June 27. New offerings include daily changing lunch menus as well as a weekly vegetarian dish at reasonable prices. Information

The Studierendenwerk is pleased to announce that it will once again be able to offer seating in the outdoor dining area beginning Monday, 6/21. Proof of testing, recovery or immunization is NOT required. Guest data will be collected via "Digital Waiter".

The prioritization in vaccination authorizations has been lifted since June 7, corresponding certificates from the employer are therefore no longer necessary for vaccination. The University of Hohenheim had set up the functional e-mail address apo@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de for applying for the certificates. This is now no longer necessary and will therefore be deactivated again.

Since Friday, 11.6.21, a new Corona regulation study operation is valid. It has not brought any changes for the University of Hohenheim.

Fachschaft and student group meetings as well as information events for new members - from now on, student groups are allowed to hold these events in person again. However, some conditions must be observed. A maximum of 20 people are permitted.

• Circular Mail of the President

Limited vaccination supply: On Friday, June 11, 2021, employees can register to be vaccinated by the University of Hohenheim.

• Circular Mail of the Chancellor

The outdoor facilities of the Hohenheim sports grounds will be open from June 7, 2021 and can be used by students and employees for individual sports activities after prior online reservation. However, there are restrictions and conditions.

• "Kurz gemeldet" of Unisport

Group study areas are important for many students in order to prepare optimally for exams. Therefore, the Rectorate has decided to make group study areas available again starting next week. The rooms can now be booked via Ilias.

• Circular Mail of the President

The Ministry of Science has announced that the individual standard period of study, which is decisive for the duration of BAföG funding, will probably also be extended to the summer semester of 2021. For students enrolled in this semester, the maximum duration of support for all courses of study will thus be increased by one (additional) semester. However, implementation still requires a legal ordinance from the Ministry of Science, which is currently being drafted. However, the Studierendenwerk has already been informed of this.

From Thursday, 27.5., the first opening stage according to the current Corona regulation will apply in Stuttgart. This probably means no compulsory testing for attendance events such as exams or laboratory practicals, but this has not yet been definitively confirmed by the responsible Ministry of Social Affairs. In the worst case scenario, it could become clear at very short notice before the exams that access will only be granted to those who can prove a negative test, a complete vaccination or a survived Corona infection.

The university therefore asks all students who have on-site events on Thursday and Friday to prophylactically and on their own responsibility take a Corona test and bring the certificate with them. Should mandatory testing be introduced, the university will set up a testing center at Steckfeldstrasse 2 in the short term, but no later than Monday, May 31.

As a further consequence of the new legal framework, from now on elective module practicals and individual appointments for Corona first semester courses can also be carried out in presence.

• Circular Mail of the President

With the new Corona regulations, the currently offered on-campus courses can continue - and some additional, supplemental on-campus courses may soon be possible. This is because the new regulation provides for the restrictions to be eased depending on the incidence levels. BUT: For the summer semester, the primacy of online teaching will remain. AND: The exact form of the opening steps is still unclear at the moment; it is currently being clarified together with the responsible ministries. The university management therefore asks for your patience.

• Circular Mail of the President

As of today, a new Corona Ordinance of the state is in effect. For the University of Hohenheim, this does not yet change anything with regard to the high incidence figures in Stuttgart, but the new version provides for opening stages in the event of falling incidences. We will keep you informed as soon as we know what this means specifically for the University of Hohenheim.

Due to recent changes in the legal situation, the central hygiene policy has been adapted. An overview of the changes:

• From now on FFP2 masks are recommended in vehicles, and
• Employees must accept the offer of working from home if there are no reasons for not doing so.
• In addition, the President's Office clarifies that alternative examination formats such as seminar papers may also take place on campus.

Chancellor’s email

It is expected that all employees at the University of Hohenheim will be entitled to vaccination from mid-May. You can already apply for a certificate now. The restriction to a certain group of people no longer exists.

• Circular Mail of the Chancellor
• Form vaccination entitlement

Note to all those entitled to vaccination who request a certificate: You will need the original certificate when you are vaccinated. Therefore, you will not receive it by email, but by mail to your home address.

• Chancellor's circular of 5.5.21

From mid-May, some groups of employees at the University of Hohenheim will be eligible for vaccination. They can already apply for an employer's certificate. It is currently unclear whether this group of people can be expanded again before vaccination prioritization is likely to be dropped completely in June. The university management will keep you informed as soon as further information is available.

• Circular Mail of the Chancellor

A clarification regarding the test offer: Students who are working in laboratories or rooms with experimental set-up in the context of bachelor or master theses may also use the test offer of the University of Hohenheim. Here is a summary of all eligible groups:

• All employees working in presence
• PhD students
• Participants in practical courses
• Students with final theses in laboratories or rooms with experimental set-up

Info sheet Corona tests - now also with instructions for disposal

After the CoronaImpfV in the version of April 30, 2021 now contains new regulations for additional vaccination authorizations for employees from mid-May, which also affect the universities, the university management is receiving an increasing number of inquiries on the subject of vaccination. The university is currently examining the implementation of the regulations of the CoronaImpfV and is currently in an exchange with the Ministry of Science.

At the same time, the university has already made preparations to be able to carry out a certain number of vaccinations for employees in Hohenheim as soon as this is possible. We will inform you in more detail as soon as possible.

The media reports about the new version of the Corona regulation are misleading: The university management emphasizes that only practical courses may continue to be held on campus on the basis of the valid general decree of the rectorate. As before, the rectorate must decide on all other events on a case-by-case basis.

• Circular Mail of the President (in German)
  

A training video (German) and instructions (German and English) are now also available for the Covid-19 self-tests. All information incl. links can be found in the Infosheet Covid-19 tests.

• Instructions (de, en)
• Training video (de)

The Campus Service informs that in week 17 (27.04. - 30.04.) due to the great demand the issue times for self-tests have been extended:

• Wed and Thu 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• Fri 9.00 - 12.00  

You can pick up two self-tests directly from the disinfectant dispensing point at the Verfügungsgebäude at the Delivery (rear of Building 03.26).  

Please continue to pay attention to the applicable spacing rules and the wearing of a medical mask, especially in queues in.

With immediate effect, the University of Hohenheim is making self-tests available to its employees, doctoral students and internship participants. However, the citizenship tests remain a building block of the testing strategy.

• Info sheet Corona tests
• Order form for self-tests
• Online training dates or Training video

The framework hygiene concept has been revised in this regard. It has also undergone several updates in the meantime, due to legal changes in quick succession.

The recommendations regarding masks have also changed in the framework hygiene concept: Occupational Safety now increasingly advises the use of FFP2 masks.

• Circular mail from the chancellor

Courses can continue for the time being: Lab courses don't have to be cancelled after all. This was initially feared by the amendment to the Federal Infection Protection Act. But today, the states have turned to the federal government with their interpretations of the law, and finally the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science has given us its interpretative guidance, which is authoritative for us.

• Circular Mail of the President

The amended Federal Infection Protection Act has come into force - but the consequences for universities in Baden-Württemberg are still unclear. The state government has announced that it will make adjustments in this area. Whether or not on-site practical courses will actually have to be banned as of Monday will therefore only become clear in the next few days. What we know: Examinations, inspection of graded exams, research and laboratory activities, experimental theses, and Humboldt reloaded projects may continue on campus. Digital teaching is, of course, also unaffected by the changes.

• Circular Mail of the President

In a press release today, the State Rectors' Conference (LRK) sharply criticized the pending amendment to the Federal Infection Control Act. Literally it says:

The chairman of the State Rectors' Conference of Baden-Württemberg universities, Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert, expressed dismay at the impact of the new version of the Infection Protection Act on universities. "The Infection Protection Act means a 'non-semester' for many students in the natural sciences and technical courses as well as medicine, and will lead to delayed graduations." Since universities have not been drivers of the pandemic so far, rules must now be included, at a minimum, in the law's implementing regulations to allow these programs to continue to operate.

• To the complete press release of the LRK

Update: The federal Infection Protection Act, currently being debated in the Bundestag, could ban practical courses on campus depending on incidence levels starting next week. Examinations, research, and other laboratory activities that are not instruction would still be allowed.

The Bundesrat is expected to pass the bill on Thursday. Although the HRK and LRK are trying everything to get other regulations passed for universities, lecturers and students should already be prepared for the fact that practical courses on campus may only be feasible this week, as the relevant incidence thresholds have already been exceeded in Stuttgart.

• Circular Mail of the President

At the moment, there are no changes relevant for the University: Baden-Württemberg has extended the state's Corona restrictions until 16 May 2021.

However, lab courses could potentially be affected by the “national emergency brake" next week - the University Management is in talks to avert this.

There is still no compulsory testing within the University, but testing offers do exist. Employees can take advantage of "citizen testing" during working hours; other offers will follow.

And of course: Wherever possible, employees should work from home.

• Circular Mail of the President

The chancellor provides information on the current interim status for a planned Corona rapid test offer on campus.

As an interim solution, employees can take advantage of a free "citizen test" off campus during working hours.

In addition, a pilot research project will start soon to prepare the Hohenheim test offer. Employees are invited to participate as test subjects and can obtain rapid tests for this in advance via the university.

• Circular Mail of the chancellor
• Invitation to the pilot research project

The following guidelines have been updated. The main changes at a glance:

• inspecting graded exams: from 10 applicants in presence allowed, however, there may be a maximum of 20 participants per session.
• Practical courses: explanations regarding practical courses outside the campus area
• Events other than courses: Events are currently to be held in presence only on a restrictive basis. Some events must be approved by the Rector's Office. The basis for decisions is the form “Reporting an event”. Approval is mandatory for events hosted by external institutions/partners as well as events that do not meet the university purpose. Please check the events currently scheduled on the campus and submit the form “Reporting an event” as early as possible. Send questions to corona-veranstaltungen@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de
• Group Exams
• Oral Exams

In all of the above Guidelines, the instructions for entry, participation, and wearing masks (medical masks) have been adjusted. This has also been updated in the Terms of use for university rooms.

As of today, students in a difficult situation due to the pandemic can again apply for the BMBF's grant bridging assistance.

• The most important facts about bridging assistance

No changes for the University: All previous regulations were extended until 18 April 2021.

• Circular Mail of the President

In view of the continuing adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved an extension of the financial support for DFG-funded research projects decided last year and additionally an expansion of measures in certain program areas.
More information

Inspecting exams possible under certain conditions. President's Office approves welcome of new students by Faculty A and the Agricultural Fachschaft.

• Circular Mail of the President

Following the withdrawal of the days off for Easter (Maundy Thursday/1.4. and Holy Saturday/3.4.) by Chancellor Angela Merkel, the state of Baden-Württemberg is not planning any further measures to restrict university operations on these days. Examinations can therefore be held as planned on Maundy Thursday (1.4.).

The state of Baden-Württemberg is urgently looking for personnel in the public health offices for contact tracing. This is also a useful part-time job for students. Info can be found on the platform "Studis4GÖD".

For example, the Ludwigsburg District Office is currently looking for several students who want to help support the office in the Corona pandemic response as part of the "Studis4ÖGD" program. Tasks include contact tracing, quarantine management, and more. Call for applications

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Deutsche Studentenwerk (DSW) have agreed to continue offering bridging aid for students in pandemic-related emergencies throughout the summer semester of 2021. Applications for a grant of up to 500 euros per month are possible online. Information

The central hygiene policy was revised. There are following changes:

• Mask requirement: Only medical masks are allowed
• Event planning:
- Regulations also apply to planning from October 2021
- The regulations must also be observed during breaks
- The event notification for events >20 people has been revised
- Inspecting graded exams is currently not permitted on campus - Solutions for possible exceptions are being worked on
• for external companies there were changes made
• During breaks, no standing in building foyers

The President’s Office also decided on the room supervision policy for the summer semester.

• To the Chancellor’s email

From Wednesday, 10 March 2021, members of the university can book workstations in the Central and Departmental Library again. For short-term visits for printing, scanning or copying only, half-hour slots are offered as a new service in the Central Library. The reservation is made via ILIAS.

A medical mask must be worn in the library. The mask obligation also applies at the workplace. Please pay attention to the applicable hygiene and distance rules.

For borrowing media, please continue to use the order and pick-up service for books. More information

The state of Baden-Württemberg has extended the Covid-19 restrictions until 28 March 2021. There is one change related to the mask requirement: Students are now also required to wear medical masks. The libraries will also partially open in the course of the coming week. The existing provisions for universities have mostly been extended. The President's Office extended the corresponding general order on 7 Feb.

• Circular Mail of the President

With regard to the state's vaccination strategy, the Ministry of Social Affairs has stated that initially only persons who have direct contact with pupils at a primary, intermediate, secondary, community or secondary modern school, grammar school, SBBZ or vocational school are entitled to vaccination. This applies, for example, to university lecturers at teacher training colleges during practical training at one of the above-mentioned schools. University lecturers in general are therefore not yet vaccinated as a priority.

A reminder to all employees and students: Masks are compulsory on the entire campus. Outdoors, wherever the distance of 1.5 meters cannot be safely maintained, and always in the area between the Biology building / Audimax / Mensa and in the waiting and entrance areas in front of the buildings / lecture halls

Students must wear at least a community mask, employees must wear a medical mask. See Central Hygiene Policy

The federal and state governments agreed last Wednesday, February 10, 2021, on an extension of the Corona-related restrictions (exceptions: openings for KITAs, schools, hairdressers) until March 7, 2021. In the meantime, the new Corona ordinance of the country and the Corona ordinance study operation are also available.

This time, there are no changes for study operations: the previous regulations applicable to universities continue to exist and are also extended until March 7, 2021. The corresponding General Disposition has been extended.

Some students will be travelling long distances to get to campus and might arrive a couple of hours prior to the exams. The university set up a central and supervised waiting room for these students at the Euroforum (Katharinasaal).

Due to the limited capacity, the use of the waiting room is limited to students with a long travel distance to the university. Please be prepared to show a proof of a long travel distance (e.g. train ticket, address) and the time and date of the exam (HohCampus).

Students have the possibility to book a seat in the waiting room daily via the learning platform Ilias under "Booking waiting seats" for the following periods:

• 07:10 a.m. - 08:30 a.m.
• 09:10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
• 11:10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
• 13:10 p.m. - 14:30 p.m.
• 15:10 p.m. - 16:30 p.m.

We can only accept reservations if they have been requested until 5 pm of the previous day. Booking is possible 5 days in advance. More information will be sent to all students via a E-Mail from the Hygiene Headquarters.

The federal and state governments have agreed to extend the lockdown until March 7. What this means for the University of Hohenheim in detail is not yet clear. The university will inform you as soon as possible.

The "Handout for oral Online Examinations" has been updated and is now available, together with an accompanying "Consent to an Online Examination". Also now available: the new Corona Statutes.

The Senate has approved key points for teaching in the coming summer semester. To provide planning certainty, the entire range of courses, with the exception of lab courses and exams, will be digital - with supplemental, on-campus offers not relevant for exams if the infection situation permits. The quality of teaching remains the focus.

• Circular mail of the President
• Key points for the Covid-19 summer semester 2021

University lecturers are currently not included in the previously established priority groups, so they are not prioritized for vaccination. To date, three priority groups have been established in the federal coronavirus vaccination regulation. Teachers are listed in the third priority group under Section 4, No. 7. According to the Ministry of Science, university lecturers do not fall into the group of teachers and are therefore not vaccinated as a priority.

A note for all students who live further away: Anyone who has to spend the night in an accommodation facility because of an on campus exam is allowed to do so. Currently, hotels, inns, vacation homes, campgrounds or youth hostels are not allowed to offer tourist overnight stays, but the "participation of trainees and students in examinations taking place away from home" is exempt, among other things.

In today's circular email, the chancellor explains how recent changes to the framework hygiene concept will affect employees - from the topic of masks to home office and on-campus-exams.
Circular Mail of the Chancellor

The University of Hohenheim has updated its Central Hygiene Policy as well as the handouts for oral examinations, for group exams and for practical courses. The Terms of use for university rooms have also been updated.

You can find all documents here: "At a glance".

The lockdown has been extended until 14 Feb 2021 - and with it, most of the current regulations. There are two stricter provisions that affect only employees, not students:

• medical masks are to replace community masks and
• the 10m² rule in shared spaces.

The regulation relevant for studies has not yet been published - however, the Ministry of Science has informed universities in advance that no major changes are planned. I.e. on-site examinations are still possible within the Hygiene Policy. This also applies to practical courses.

Circular Mail of the President

Yesterday, the federal and state governments decided to extend the lockdown. The consequences for the University of Hohenheim depend on the pending decisions and regulations at the state level. The University will inform you as soon as possible. In advance, once again the appeal: Please use the already existing home office regulations, which are explicitly handled generously!

The Chancellor informs in her circular mail today

The state of Baden-Württemberg has extended the Covid-19 restrictions until 31 January 2021. After the library was closed at short notice in December, borrowing (ordering and pick-up service) is now possible again. Otherwise, the existing provisions for universities have mostly been extended, although there are some changes in details.

Circular Mail of the President

In today's circular mail, the Chancellor provides information on the impact of the Corona regulations on everyday working life:

•     Existing home office regulations will continue for now
•     Childcare problems due to closed daycare centers and schools
•     Details on student operations will not be announced by the state government until next weekend

Circular Mail of the Chancellor

The federal-state resolutions provide for a continuation of the previous regulations and restrictions, and in some cases also for tightening. However, it is not yet possible to assess whether the universities will be affected by tightening, as neither the state's new Corona ordinance nor the Corona ordinance on study operations are yet available. The university management expects the new Corona Ordinance by the end of the week, and the new Corona Ordinance Study Operations has been announced for January 9, 2021. Based on this, you will then be fully informed on short notice.

The university management currently assumes that it will continue to be possible within the previous framework to carry out internships on site if these are mandatory as compulsory or elective courses and can only be carried out in presence due to the requirements on the infrastructure. Whether this will be confirmed, however, will not be known until next weekend.

Yesterday, the federal and state governments agreed to tighten the lockdown. It is not yet clear what this means for the University of Hohenheim in detail, as the decisions at state level are still pending. The university will inform you as soon as possible.

Pandemic slows transition into job market: state government's engineering and computer science bridge program for graduates launches in February.

• 'kurz gemeldet'
• Information of the ministry of science

International students are also particularly affected by the Covid-19 crisis in the winter semester. To help cushion the negative effects, the University of Hohenheim has once again set up an emergency fund. International full-time students from non-EEA countries who are required to pay tuition fees are eligible to apply. Grants will be awarded on a one-time basis for the winter semester 2020/21, tentatively in the amount of €500.

• Application deadline: 10 Jan 2021
• More information

Baden-Württemberg has extended the state's Corona restrictions until 10 January 2021. The most drastic change for the University is the requirement to close the library at short notice. Due to the restrictions on leaving home, there will also be adjustments to the times when face-to-face lectures and examinations may take place. Most of the other rules continue to apply.

Details see Circular Mail of the President

After yesterday's federal-state decisions on a tougher lockdown, the state government's Corona Ordinance and the Ministry of Science's Corona Ordinance on Studies are still pending. The exact content is unfortunately not known at the moment. The university will inform you as soon as possible.

The Central Hygiene Policy of the University of Hohenheim has undergone some changes. They concern the mask obligation, the access and participation prohibition as well as the data collection. In addition, the passages on external companies have been expanded. More information:

• "Kurz gemeldet" of the Chancellor (in German)
• Central Hygiene Policy (revised version from 3 December 2020)

Two new checklists for online lectures and online seminars offer support for lecturers in preparing their digital courses. In addition, the University Didactics Office provides an overview of further information and support services offered by the University of Hohenheim.

• “Kurz gemeldet” from the Office for University Didactics

Go directly to the checklists:

• Checklist for online lectures
• Checklist for online seminars

Two new elements have been added to the Guidelines on Recording Online Courses:

• The appendix now provides detailed information on data protection for video recording of lectures not on campus with ZOOM
• The document is now also available in English.

In today's circular mail, the President points out that according to the Corona Regulations, it is not possible to review graded exams on campus. The President's Office may only allow exceptions if they are absolutely necessary and cannot be replaced digitally. Since it is possible to review exams digitally - although this is considerably more complicated for all those involved - they must currently be carried out digitally, e.g. as part of a digital consultation hour (video conference with the student). If the re-take date for the exam is not for several months, you can also wait and see whether on-campus formats will be possible again at a later date.

The new versions of the state’s Corona Regulations stipulate that courses can still not take place on campus. The President's Office is therefore also extending the regulations at the University of Hohenheim, which stipulate certain exceptions. These exceptions relate to practical courses, examinations and admission procedures as well as the question of which groups of persons may enter the university buildings. The regulations apply from 1 - 20 December 2020.

• Circular Mail of the President
• General Disposition of the President's Office

The University of Hohenheim intends to continue teaching for the entire 2020/21 winter semester in the same way as it has been at the University over the last four weeks. This means that the laboratory internships and examinations approved as exceptions will be conducted in person, but that there should be no additional on-campus courses, even if legal regulations permit them to take place.

See todays Circular Mail of the President

Make 1 out of 2: The two handouts for group examinations and for insecting graded exams have now been merged into one document. They have been replaced by the handout for written group examinations and inspecting graded exams.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has reinstated the grant component of the interim financial aid for students in pandemic emergency situations until the end of the winter semester. Interim financial aid can be applied for by German and foreign students. Depending on the proven need, between 100 euros and 500 euros can be paid out as a non-repayable grant.. an application can be made for each new month. More Info

Solutions have now been found: After the zoom function for recording the live streaming of lectures had to be switched off recently, the participants have developed solutions that comply with data protection regulations. The corresponding software and a handbook with an overview of the various possibilities and suitable solutions are now available to all lecturers.

You can find more information in the Chancellor's circular email

The new version of the "Corona Statute" of the University of Hohenheim is online. The document was approved by the Senate last week.
To the Corona Statute

The zoom function for recording the live streaming of lectures remains switched off, but the search for solutions is ongoing: Together with faculty representatives, students and data protection officers, alternative proposals were discussed in a crisis meeting today. These are now being examined at full speed.

In today's newsletter (in German), the Chancellor gives an interim status - general explanations will follow.

It concerns lecturers and students: The zoom function for recording the live streaming of lectures had to be switched off at short notice by the university management today. Legal constraints have made this step unavoidable. The university management is working flat out to find a quick solution to the problem.

Circular Mail of the Chancellor

On 1 Nov 2020, the state and the Ministry of Science issued a new Corona Ordinance which required on-campus courses to be suspended until 30 Nov. Exceptions for practical courses, examinations, and admission procedures were decided by the President on 1 Nov as a general ruling by urgent decision.

The President’s Office has now confirmed and specified this decision. In addition, it has implemented further requirements and, among other things, determined which groups of people are allowed to enter the university buildings. The central hygiene policy was also adapted to the new requirements.

• Circular Mail of the President
• Allgemeinverfügung vom 3.11.2020: Ausnahmen zur Aussetzung des Präsenzstudienbetriebs
• Central Hygiene Policy

The new Corona Ordinance was published on November 1, 2020: For the entire month of November 2020, the state of Baden-Württemberg has prohibited on campus teaching. Attendance is only permitted as an exception to this general rule for certain types of events, if the university expressly so decides. The urgent decisions necessary due to this legal situation, in order to be able to conduct examinations, practical courses and admission procedures in presence, were made by the President today immediately after the publication of the Ordinance.

See Circular Mail of the President

First-semester students in the Bachelor's programs are advised that almost all courses will be exclusively digital in November for them, as well. Only exams, laboratory courses, practical training, or dissection courses may get exceptions for being held on campus.
See Circular Mail of the President

Following the regulations of the Ministry of Science, all courses in the Master's and from the second semester of the Bachelor's degree onwards are to take place exclusively online / Exceptions: Examinations and certain laboratories / Still legally unclear: Regulations for on-campus courses for first-semester Bachelor’s students
See Circular Mail of the President

From Monday, November 2, 2020, the German Agricultural Museum (DLM) will be closed until presumably November 30, 2020 due to the nationwide measures to contain the corona pandemic.

Announcement from University Sports: With the current decisions of the Federal Government and the Länder, all public and private sports facilities must be closed from 2 November 2020 until the end of November 2020 at the earliest.

The entire university sports facility is therefore closed from 2 November 2020 until further notice - also for individual training - and may not be entered!

The Rectorate met this morning to discuss the current situation. There are currently no binding legal texts from the government - information on legally prescribed restrictions is therefore provided as soon as possible. Thanks to the Central Hygiene Policy, however, contacts on campus have already been significantly reduced. The Rectorate asks employees to use the exceptions to the home office regulation.
To the Circular Mail of the President

In order to reduce contacts, lectures in the winter semester will be staggered in relation to the lecture halls. From now on you will find information about the respective starting times next to the room names.

As a student, please remember to bring your registration (printout or pdf) to the lecture. Please look for a barcode at the entrance so that scanning and admission can be carried out quickly.

Based on the new corona ordinances of the state and the general decree of the city of Stuttgart, the University of Hohenheim has extended the mask obligation. New regulations also apply to events and home office. Details can be found in today's circular mail from the President (english Version will be available soon)

As of today, the new version of the state Corona Ordinance is online. The Ministry of Science has also just updated the "Corona Ordinance for Studies and Art". The university management is currently checking which regulations apply to the University of Hohenheim. They will keep you informed of all important changes.

The Human Resources Department informs that due to the high number of telecommuting requests, no confirmatory feedback can be sent to the requesting employees and their supervisors. In these cases, telecommuting as requested will be considered approved; only in questionable cases will a response be given. However, the Human Resources Department sends a copy of each request to the KIM, as this is necessary for the further recording of IT-structural requirements. The Staff Council also receives a copy as agreed.

The city of Stuttgart makes guidelines on the obligation to wear masks: At events, a mouth-and-nose cover must now be worn at the seat - in addition to the obligation to wear masks on traffic routes in the buildings. This also applies, for example, to courses or examinations.
More Information see Cirular Mail of the President

On 29.10. the occupational safety department offers an online safety instruction for managers, employees and students. It is particularly concerned with updates of the Central Hygiene Policy, e.g. the compulsory use of masks, etc. More Information

With an open online question hour the personnel department addresses all supervisors: On 22. October, starting from 9:30, they have the possibility of placing all personnel questions around Corona (e.g. about Home Office, handling risk groups or travel) to the personnel department managers Dr. Heide Lange and Aline Oleschkewitz. More Information

The campus service informed that hygiene boxes are now available, which should help to implement the regulations of the Central Hygiene Policy during meetings in rooms not centrally supervised (institute rooms) and in break rooms. Information in "kurz gemeldet"

The Central Hygiene Policy, the handouts for oral examinations, group examinations, inspecting graded exams, lectures, practical courses and for non-teching events as well as the documents for data collection were revised. The documents for event planning including site plans have also been updated.

You can find all documents for your support here under "At a glance".

The corona infection figures are rising; in the district of Esslingen, for example, the 7-day incidence of 50 was exceeded yesterday. The state government therefore declared pandemic level 2 yesterday. This is the so-called rise phase, in which increased attention is required. It is now important to act in a targeted manner and to interrupt infection chains in order to contain the incidence of infection.

For the members of the University of Hohenheim, this does NOT mean at the moment that people from the Esslingen district, for example, are no longer allowed to come to Hohenheim to work or study. In Baden-Württemberg, there is currently only a ban on accommodation for guests from a hotspot, and conditions for private parties have been imposed. For the University of Hohenheim, there are no new regulations that have not been taken into account in the hygiene concept.

However, the university management appeals to all members of the university to strictly adhere to the rules for reducing contact and hygiene! This means:

• Keep distance,
• Observe hygiene measures,
• Wear a face mask and
• ventilate the room regularly and sufficiently

Please follow these rules even if you personally consider them excessive or not relevant! THANK YOU!

From 1.11.2020, the University of Hohenheim will work in "Work - On Campus AND digital". A decision of the Rectorate on teleworking will regulate working conditions from the start of lectures in winter semester 2020/21: in today's circular mail, the Chancellor explains that a return to the regulation before Corona is planned. The goal is to have a greater presence on site again. To the Chancellor's Cirular Mail (in German)

The new Corona Ordinance from the Ministry of Science stipulates that masks must be worn at all universities in the state. It comes into force on 25 Sept.

More information see Circular Mail of the President

In the context of the special situation around the Covid 19 pandemic, purchasing request could be forwarded as a scan to the Central Purchasing. This deviation from the normal, paper-based process caused a lot of additional work there.

Since the delay caused by the established paper process is now only a few days, Central Purchasing is asking all institutions to once again refrain from using scanned purchasing request.

In exceptional cases, a case-related, faster solution can still be found in coordination with the Central Purchasing  by e-mail in urgent cases or the release for in-house procurement can be granted. Please contact the Central Purchasing for this purpose.

The bridging aid for students who are in particularly acute need and directly dependent on assistance as a result of the Covid pandemic will be extended. Affected students can also apply for the bridging grant in the form of a non-repayable subsidy in September at the Studierendenwerk.
More information

From Saturday, 22 August 2020, the German Agricultural Museum (DLM) will open again after a long corona closing time. The usual hygiene rules and the 1.5 metre distance rule apply throughout the museum. Wearing a mouth and nose protector is mandatory. Furthermore, visitors are only guided through the museum in a one-way system. No events are taking place in 2020 (guided tours, lectures, concerts). Website DLM

Note to all employees: The FAQ on vacation, business and holiday trips have been updated.

In the special situation of the Covid 19 pandemic, purchasing requests could be forwarded to Central Procurement as a scan. This arrangement is now no longer applicable.

"Kurz gemeldet" of Central Purchasing (AW2)

For some time now, on-site events and courses have again been possible - the details of the obligation to notify etc. were explained by the Chancellor in her circular mail from 23 July. For all events and courses, data must be collected from all those present in order to be able to trace possible infection paths. Data collection is carried out together with the health survey to keep the procedure as simple as possible.

The University has now also created a sample form to document participants with the health survey at events with external participants. It complements the participant documentation for courses and for inspection of graded exams.

All participant documentation with health surveys at a glance:

• For events with external attendees (new)
• For courses
• For inspection of graded exams

In addition, for on-site exams there is also the

• Health declaration for on-site examinations

The Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (BMAS) has published a guidance document on risk assessment for laboratories. It supports the implementation of the SARS-CoV-2 occupational health and safety standard (BMAS) and supplements the Hohenheim form "Risk assessment laboratories." More information on risk assessment can be found on the pages of the Occupational Health and Safety Department, which will also be happy to advise you if required.

• Form from the University of Hohenheim "Risk Assessment Laboratories”
• Guidance on risk assessment for laboratories
• SARS-CoV-2 occupational safety standard (BMAS)

Within the framework of its "Focus Funding COVID-19", the DFG is calling for research projects on the topic of „Immunity, host susceptibility and pathomechanisms of infection with SARS-CoV-2“ einzureichen. Individual projects can also be funded under the Research grant programme.

For the month of August, domestic and foreign students who can prove that they are in an acute pandemic-related emergency situation and require immediate assistance can submit a (follow-up) application for federal bridging assistance. More information

The essential documents such as the central hygiene policy and handouts were adapted to the current Corona Ordinance. Events and courses no longer require approval, events with more than 20 people only need to be reported.

• Circular mail from the chancellor

The centrally organized examinations in the second examination period of SS 2020 will take place from 28 Sept 2020 - 23 Oct 2020. You will find the examination dates online at HohCampus from 20 July 2020 at the latest.
You can register for exams in the second exam period starting immediately and until 7 days before the exam.

As of today a limited number of workstations for studying can be reserved in the library for Hohenheim students. More information

The Research Promotion Department announces that the university's internal start-up funding for projects that are related to the current Covid-19 pandemic or deal with the problem of future pandemics (corona call) will now be closed.

Start-up financing has been approved for a total of 14 applications. The applications are distributed among all three faculties and deal with the most diverse aspects of the topic. Unfortunately, the funds approved by the President's Office have now been used up and no further applications can be considered.

However, it is still possible to apply for start-up funding for national joint projects and EU projects via the Research Promotion Department. Further information

The Senate has decided on principles for teaching in the upcoming winter semester. Goal is a full-fledged digital program with classroom teaching to the extent possible, enabling quick reaction times to the infection situation.

More Information:

• Circular Mail from the President
• Key points for organizing the 2020/21 winter semester

In the context of Covid-19, occupational safety is currently a subject of intense discussion on campus. This includes expressing dissatisfaction with the risk assessment questionnaire (with regard to the topic of Covid-19), which in the Chancellor's view is based on misunderstandings.

In today's circular mail, she explains that the questionnaire on risk assessment does not create any new obligations for superiors, but documents that superiors have fulfilled their responsibilities. It proves that everything necessary has been done and therefore provides legal protection for superiors. The questionnaire serves as an aid, but is not a binding formal requirement for a suitable risk assessment.

• Circular mail from the chancellor (in German)
  

Due to the Covid-19 crisis, there are sometimes considerable restrictions in the work of scientists. As a result of these delays, some scientists in the qualification phase are reaching the end of their fixed-term contracts, which the WissZeitVG offers for this purpose. Among other things, the "Act on the Support of Science and Students due to the COVID 19 Pandemic (Science and Student Support Act)" extended the maximum time limits in the qualification phase. The new law came into force retroactively as of 1 March 2020.

According to the new Section 7 (3) WissZeitVG, the total permissible fixed-term period is extended by six months if an employment relationship for the purpose of qualification (fixed-term in accordance with Section 2 (1) WissZeitVG) exists between 1 March 2020 and 30 September 2020. It is not necessary for the employment relationship to exist for this entire period. It is sufficient if the contract exists or has existed at any time during this period.

Existing contracts are not automatically renewed and there is no right to an extension. An extension for up to 6 months requires a standard application from the institution to the Human Resources Department.

This does not apply to scientists employed on a fixed-term contract with a so-called third-party funding limit (time limit according to § 2 para. 2 WissZeitVG). The time limit is based on the project duration. If this is extended, the fixed-term contract can also be extended.

Various questions arise as to whether a postponement of the expiration date of the remaining leave from 2019 is to be expected. According to the existing regulations, it expires on 30 Sept 2020. A blanket regulation on postponement is neither planned nor permitted.

In a communication dated 16 April 2020, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Finance agreed to postpone the expiration date to 31 March 2021 only in justified individual cases. It is relevant whether a request for the use of remaining leave until 30 Sept 2020 cannot be approved for reasons related to the job. A strict standard must be applied to the conditions for refusing leave. Please note that the Staff Council must have a say in such a refusal of leave. The Human Resources Department is responsible for including the Staff Council. The question of extending the transferability of the remaining leave can therefore only be examined once a written leave refusal has been issued.

It is irrelevant whether the employees wanted to take leave so far. It is also examined whether since March 2020 (outbreak of the pandemic and start of the shutdown of the UHOH's social life and on-campus operations) there have been official reasons why the remaining leave carried over from 2019 could not be taken.

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science has announced that the standard period of study will be extended once for all students enrolled in the 2020 summer semester in order to further cushion any particular hardships associated with studying under pandemic conditions. The decision is particularly relevant for BAföG recipients. To the MWK press release

The central hygiene policy was revised. In order to implement the specifications in the facilities, all facilities must submit an update of the risk assessment. There are now examples to assist with this.

• More information in the Chancellor's circular email

• Sample for updating the risk assessment
  
  
• Revised Central Hygiene Policy

On 3 June 2020, the Federal Government agreed on a package of measures to deal with the Covid-19 crisis. The core of the tax measures contained in the package is the temporary reduction in the VAT rate from 1 July to 31 December 2020. The Finance Department has provided information on what this means for the University of Hohenheim. More Information see "kurz gemeldet"

Have you already installed the Corona Warning App from the German government? This app is designed to inform people who have had contact with COVID-19 infected persons earlier and more precisely about the risk of infection. The installation is also permitted on business mobile phones - if you wish to do so and you are the only person who uses that business mobile phone.

The deadline for submitting applications for deferral / waiver of tuition fees for international students has been extended to 05 July 2020.

Applications for deferral and waiver of tuition fees for international students for the summer semester AND the winter semester can now be submitted until 05 July 2020.

Further information

In today's circular mail, the Chancellor provides up-to-date information on wearing and procuring community, disposable, and FFP2 masks.

To the circular mail

Starting on Tuesday, students who are in particularly acute need and directly dependent on help as a result of the Corona pandemic can apply for bridging aid in the form of a non-repayable grant from their Studierendenwerk. This offer also applies to international students.

• Further information
• Info Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim
• Online application (open tomorrow, 12 o'clock)

Application deadline and start of lectures will be postponed this year. Here are the most important changes for applicants for a Bachelor's programme in the winter semester 2020/21:

You can apply for Bachelor programmes (first and higher semester) from 2.7.
 
Application deadline:

• for Bachelor programmes with restricted admission: 20.8.
• for Bachelor's programmes with open admissions: 30.9.

Lectures start in winter semester 2020/21 on 2.11.2020.
 
We look forward to receiving your application!

Further information can be found in the FAQs for students and prospective students

Because of the Corona crisis, the government has decided to reduce the VAT rate from 19 % to 16 % and from 7 % to 5 % respectively from 1 July 2020 to 31 Dec 2020. The University of Hohenheim is also affected by this tax rate change in many areas. More information

Job Pool for International Students (Office of International Affairs)

The student assistant job vacancies (HiWi) are intended to support international students who are massively affected by the Corona crisis. More information

The Campusservice (AT4) points out that the disinfectant dispensary will be closed on 12 June 2020. Please take this into account when planning the collection of the disinfectants. On 15 June 2020 the campus service will be there for you again as usual.

The FAQs or students and prospective students (Questions about examinations and Questions regarding application for the winter semester) were revised.

The handling of oronasal masks is one of the aspects that are not easy to understand, even by experts, either because of the constant changes in the specifications or because of the very different evaluations.

The Chancellor announces that the Rectorate will therefore once again discuss this topic in detail and decide how to deal with masks and which masks will be made available at the university. Until then, no further disposable masks will be centrally procured and made available for the time being.

The Chancellor also points out that neither disposable nor community masks protect the wearer, but serve to protect others. Wearing these masks therefore does not relativize the distance requirement. Even if such masks are worn, the minimum distance of 1.50 m must be observed.

• "Kurz gemeldet" of the Chancellor (in German)
  

The student assistant job vacancies (HiWi) are intended to support international students who are massively affected by the Corona crisis.

8 HiWi job vacancies are currently advertised.

All press releases with research on the corona crisis and its consequences can now be found on one page:

• Press releases: Current research projects on the corona crisis and its consequence

You can find an expert list on this topic here:

• Expert list: The Corona crisis and its consequences

The University of Hohenheim sets the regulations for employees on the basis of legal instructions from the Ministries of the Interior and Finance. These instructions were updated on 27 May 2020.

The main amendment is that the possibility of paid leave of absence for employees in cases of childcare, for relatives in need of care and for risk groups ends at 29 May. Hardship clauses are possible in individual cases.

More information in the "Kurz gemeldet" of the personnel department (in German)

The lecture times starting in the coming winter semester are now fixed. The changes due to the corona pandemic will affect the winter semester 2020/2021 and the summer semester 2021.

Overview of the lecture periods starting with winter semester 2019/2020 and ending with summer semester 2027

From Tuesday, 2 June 2020, the central parcel reception will be moved to the fleet's wash hall on the south side of building 02.61. An overview of the locations can be found here.

There, the incoming parcels will be accepted from all parcel delivery services. The recipient will receive an email with information about the package. As an acknowledgement of receipt of the shipment, a printout of this email, signed by the person collecting the package, must be handed in when the package is collected.

The shipments are handed out to the recipients Monday to Friday between 9:00 and 12:00 and Monday to Thursday between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. Please understand that the acceptance of the shipments from the parcel services is given priority. This means that there may be short waiting times when picking up packages.

The packages to be sent from Hohenheim will continue to be processed as usual by the Mailroom.

The first on-site examinations start on 2 June - under strict observance of the hygiene regulations and only in specially prepared lecture halls. You can find detailed information here:

• Online Courier
• "Kurz gemeldet" of the Vice President for Academic Affairs
  

At present, official sounding e-mails are circulating within the university, some of which carry false information, some of which are misleading. These e-mails are not sent from a Hohenheim e-mail account and are only signed with a name, without a signature. Persons with these names are not employed at the University of Hohenheim or are not identical with employees of the same name.

The University management would like to point out that it communicates all binding information via the Corona ticker or via "kurz gemeldet", rarely and only in the case of very urgent and important matters via a circular mail.

If you have any questions or are unsure about the contents of the above-mentioned unauthorised e-mails, you are welcome to contact the Occupational Health and Safety or Human Resources Department - or simply send an e-mail to corona-fragen@uni-hohenheim.de.

The DFG is providing additional funding for its funding projects affected by the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions on public life. More Information in "kurz gemeldet"

The European Commission has published a new call, H2020-SC1-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2, with reference to the corona pandemic. More information

The Vice President for Research, Prof. Dr. Julia Fritz-Steuber, invites all scientists to consider how their research can contribute to overcoming current and future pandemics. Ideas and projects on this topic can currently be supported by means of start-up financing even without a specific call for proposals.

More Information: "Kurz gemeldet"

Employees can order scans via LEA, as can students during the Covid-19 crisis. Previously this was only possible for articles from print journals, now also for partial copies from books (max. 15%).

• KIM: Local Electronic Article Delivery Service (LEA)

In view of the current situation, the university management is urging all persons working on site to observe the hygiene concept. Supervisors are called upon to ensure that the concept is implemented.

• See the President's Circular Mail (in German)

Recently, the new guidelines on carrying out group exams and inspection of graded exams was published.

• Guidelines for carrying out written group examinations on site

You will soon find an overview of the available examination rooms on this page.

• Guidelines for Carrying out Inspections of Graded Exams

In addition, the guidelines for individual exams has been updated. In particular, it was more clearly emphasized that oral examinations may also take place in department rooms, provided that these are sufficiently large and can be well ventilated. 

On 13 May 2020, the Chancellor informed of the decision of the Rectorate to switch to limited on-campus work. This included new regulations on home office and on-campus work. A questionnaire (in German) - initially in a draft version not yet agreed with the Staff Council - is now available to support the implementation and documentation of the on-campus work.

• Draft questionnaire (in German) (On 24.6. replaced by risk assessment Corona)
• Circular Mail Chancellor (in German)

The questions about examinations have been revised in the Corona FAQs: FAQ about the current situation related to COVID-19

With its decision of 9 May 2020, the state government again amended its legal ordinance on infection-protective measures against the spread of coronavirus. The new regulations will apply from Monday, 18 May 2020.

• The main changes as of 18 May 2020
• Questions and answers on the amendments from 18 May
• Corona Ordinance of 9 May 2020 in the version valid from 18 May 2020
  

The campus service team infomrs that the protective material provided by the University of Hohenheim can now be handed out. Please use the form provided for this purpose.

You will have to collect your protection material depending on the volume of orders. Smaller quantities can be sent to the campus service via the internal mail.

The University of Hohenheim has set up an emergency fund for international students of the University of Hohenheim, consisting of funds of the University, the State of Baden-Württemberg (The Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts) and private donations. The aim is to enable foreign students who have got into financial difficulties through no fault of their own to concentrate on their studies.

Eligible to apply are international students (non-EU) who are enrolled in a regular Bachelor or Master course at the University of Hohenheim.

Students who are citizens of an emerging and developing country (according to the DAAD-list) will be treated preferential.

Good academic performance and financial need are required. A justification of financial need (max. 1 page) and a current Transcript of Records must be submitted.

Grants are awarded once for the summer semester 2020 in the amount of 300 up to max. 1,500 €.

Please provide the required data and at least one reason for motivation (e.g. "loss of job" or "support of parents lost"). Please upload a written justification (max. 1 page) and a current study account statement in the given fields.

Please submit your application exclusively here: www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/emergency-fund-international-students 
By entering your data, you agree to the use of your data for the purpose of paying out the emergency fund.

Deadline: Thursday, May 21, 23:50 hrs

The Campus Service needs your support! For weeks it has been waiting for ordered containers to dispense the disinfectant. Unfortunately the manufacturers have massive delivery problems here.

Therefore your help is needed!

The Campus Service is looking for all kinds of empty cleaning containers. Glass cleaner spray bottles, empty spray bottles of well-known cleaning agent brands, empty detergent bottles, empty disinfectant containers and similar! If you have no use for these at home, the campus service will be happy if you hand them over to them.

Acceptance is from Monday - Thursday 10:00-11:00 and 13:00-14:00 and Friday from 10:00-11:00 in Fruwirtstr. 12, building 0326, at the rear ramp (delivery where the disinfectant is handed out).

Preparations are currently underway for the orderly distribution of protective masks and disinfectants. An order form will be available on the "AT4 Reinigung" intranet site from the beginning of next week. In the meantime, the spatial and logistical prerequisites are being created in order to pick the masks under hygienic conditions according to the incoming orders and to make them available for collection. Each department receives two community masks per employee. The masks are handed over automatically by post and do not require an order. As soon as the necessary preparatory work has been completed, this will be announced via "kurz gemeldet".

Due to the large number of e-mail orders, these cannot be considered. We ask you to use the order form which will be available shortly.

The University of Hohenheim switched to limited on-campus work. This was decided by the President’s Office yesterday due to the latest changes in the state's Corona Ordinance. This includes new regulations on home office and on campus work, committee meetings, public events and the Hohenheim Gardens.

You can find an overview of all changes in the

• "Kurz gemeldet" by the Chancellor on 13.5.2020
• Online Courier

On the basis of the most recent amendment to the Corona Ordinance, the President’s Office decided at its meeting on 12.5.2020 that the University of Hohenheim would switch to limited on-campus work. This will also result in new regulations on examinations and classroom teaching. More information:

• see "Kurz gemeldet" of the President
• and in the Online Courier

There are updates to the underlying documents:

• Updating of the Corona Guidelines for Studying and Teaching on 12 May 2020 by the President’s Office
• Adoption of the Corona Statutes by the Senate on 6 May 2020.

We are currently clarifying which lecture halls are suitable for examinations. For this reason, the examination dates will only gradually be set.

Starting this week, the make-up examination dates from the second examination period in the WS 2019/2020 will be scheduled. The first exams will take place from 2 June 2020.

Currently, we have about 134 exam places instead of around 1300. Right now, we are planning to continually increase the number of possible examination places.

This means that large exams must be postponed indefinitely until further notice. We will do our best to find out whether it will be possible to hold these examinations later this semester and inform you as soon as possible.

Since the number of seats for the currently usable lecture halls is so limited, please register by Wednesday, 13 May 2020, at the latest for all examinations of the winter semester 2019/2020 that you would like to take. It is irrelevant whether this examination was cancelled in March or whether it was scheduled in the week of Pentecost.

Please also cancel your exam registration by Wednesday if you do not want to take the exam. Please be fair and give your place to other students who need the examination for their degree.

This will tell us how many students still need to take which exams from the winter semester.

Only once we know this can we determine whether the exams can take place or can be planned.

Unfortunately, we are forced to limit the number of seats available for the exam. It is therefore possible that you will later not be able to register once the examination date is set.

As soon as the binding date has been set, you will also be able to view the dates in HohCampus. For the first exams from 2 June 2020, the dates will be published from 14 May 2020.

Of course, you can still cancel your registration up to 7 days before the exam if you are unable to take the exam on the scheduled date.

Arrangements in the event of illness / suspected cases, release from work in individual cases, travel and holidays: The University of Hohenheim sets the regulations for employees on the basis of legal instructions from the Ministries of the Interior and Finance. These instructions were updated on 4.5.2020 - the University received this information late in the evening of 7.5.2020. In addition to the updated regulations due to childcare, new instructions have been included for employees who care for close relatives and for those who belong to a risk group.

More information in the "Kurz gemeldet" of the personnel department (in German)

As described in the Corona Guidelines for the University of Hohenheim, the following individual examinations are possible on-campus since 20 April 2020:

• Individual examination with candidate and 1-2 examiners (BSc, MSc, module completion)
• Individual doctorate examination with candidate, chairperson of the doctoral committee, 2-3 examiners. Additional/external examiners will be able to participate via video conference.
• Selection interview with candidate and examiner

To ensure that individual exams are carried out in an orderly and safe manner, and preventing infection to the extent possible, the individual exams should be carried out as described in the Manual for carrying out individual exams on site.

With its decision of 9 May 2020, the state government again amended its legal ordinance on infection-protective measures against the spread of coronavirus. The new regulations will apply from Monday, 11 May 2020.

• The main changes as of 11 May 2020
• Questions and answers on the relaxation from 11 May
• Corona Ordinance of 9 May 2020

Hohenheim students who have got into financial difficulties as a result of Corona can now apply for a food voucher worth up to 150 € from the constitutional student body. The student representatives provide money for this from their own budget (VS contributions) which cannot be spent as planned during the Corona semester. The online form is available until 15.5.

• Apply for a grant
• More in the Online-Courier

You can validate your student ID for the summer semester 2020 at the validation machine in the Central Library. Please note the library's admission requirements.

The Central and Departmental Library will open from 8 May 2020 only for members of the University with the following limited services:

• Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Only borrowing books
• For the time being only students and employees of the University are entitled to borrow media
• Please search in advance in HohSearch/Catalogue for the call number and location details of the desired media
• Maximum 5 visitors at a time in the building
• Compliance with the distance obligation and hygiene rules (according to the University’s hygiene policy)
• Mandatory mouth-and-nose covering
• The media of the Departmental Library can be borrowed at the same conditions as those of the Central Library
• The loan period is 30 days with 5 automatic extensions (if no reservation has been made)

The following services are NOT available at the moment:

• Studying in the library: Workstations, carrels, computer workstations, group rooms
• Printing / scanning
• Lockers
• Payment of fees

If you have any questions, please contact us by email: kim-bib@uni-hohenheim.de

You can find more information here  https://kim.uni-hohenheim.de/kimdigital

In Baden-Württemberg there are now 32,545 confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections and an estimated 25,628 recoveries (as of 5.5.2020).

On our own behalf: We will end our daily reporting of infections with this post, as these figures no longer provide any indication of where we are in the spread of infection. If you want to keep up to date, you find the daily report for Baden-Württemberg here.

We will continue our daily efforts to keep the Corona pages up to date!

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 32,482 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

On 2.5.2020 the state government adopted the seventh amendment to the Corona Ordinance. The Chancellor announced that it contains no significant changes for the universities. Existing regulations for employees would therefore be continued, while charges for home office and teleworking would remain valid for the time being.

More information see "Kurz gemeldet"

The campus service team informs that there is currently a bottleneck in the distribution of hand disinfectant. A new production is already in progress and will probably be finished and ready for distribution in week 19.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 32,411 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 32,272 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

The state government yesterday passed the seventh amendment to the Corona Ordinance:

• Siebte Verordnung der Landesregierung zur Änderung der Corona-Verordnung (§2 concerns universities)
• More information from the State Government (in German)

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 32,123 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 31,901 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

The guidelines for Studying and Teaching have been updated. From 4 May onwards courses can be conducted in a classroom setting with very small groups (maximum 5 participants including supervisor), if the courses can't be conducted as online courses. The rules of the hygiene policy must be observed.

Also possible from 4 May: Outdoor courses on the University campus and in areas which are within walking distance from the campus for students. Furthermore, they may only take place if online-based operation is not possible. The maximum group size is 5 participants, including teaching staff. The rules in the hygiene policy must be observed.

Group exams are scheduled to start again in the coming weeks, but not yet as originally planned from 18 May, but a little later. First of all it is the turn of catch-up exams from the winter semester. When they start has not yet been decided and will be announced as soon as possible.

It is also intended that the Senate will decide on the still outstanding special statutes for studying and teaching in its session on 6 May.

At the beginning of calendar week 19 (4-5 May) 2020, all room bookings for all types of events for the period 1 May - 18 July 2020 will be cancelled, so that rooms in HohCampus can be requested again from Wednesday. (Appointments remain unchanged.)

Please note:
Dates for examinations may not be created as new events or as additional dates for existing events, but must be handled using the separate examination date editing function, as taught to event managers in the training courses.

Once all room reservations have been canceled, only room bookings for self-organized examinations and exams that are to be held in accordance with the Hygiene Policy, and for lecture recordings should be made for the time being. A concept is currently being developed for the implementation of larger examinations, which is based on the extensive availability of all rooms/lecture halls that are suitable for examinations under corona conditions, and which are to be centrally equipped for this purpose. Bookings for purposes other than those mentioned above are not possible, there will be NO classroom events other than examinations and possible internships on campus this summer semester.

The role of "teacher/examiner" will be given additional rights, which will be communicated to those concerned in detail by e-mail. Among other things, additional fields of courses and dates can be edited with this role via the menu item "My courses and examinations". Room requests can be made for released events. Unfortunately, this is not yet possible for exams, where there is read-only access to event and room data.

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is providing bridging aid for students in pandemic emergency situations. It is based on the KfW Student Loan, which will be provided interest-free until 31 March 2021. This applies both to new applicants who join the programme from 8 May onwards and to students who are granted loans already running between May 2020 and March 2021. For the currently particularly affected group of foreign students, the student loan will be opened from July 2020 to March 2021.

Applications for the bridging loan can be made to KfW in the form of an interest-free loan in the start-up phase from 8 May 2020. Foreign students can apply from 1 June 2020. The proven application procedure applies (more information). In principle, the general conditions of the KfW Student Loan apply with a maximum monthly payment of 650 euros. The reduced interest rate applies until 31 March 2021.

In addition to the aid provided by the KfW, the BMBF will provide the Deutschen Studentenwerk with 100 million euros for the emergency aid funds of the local Studierendenwerke. This money will be used to help those students in particularly acute emergencies who need help very directly and who cannot take advantage of any other support.

The StuPa of the University of Hohenheim decided at its meeting on Monday 27.04.2020 to extend the deadline for requesting the refund of the Constituted-STudent-Body contribution. Up to four weeks after the end of the 2nd examination period of winter semester 19/20, the contribution of 12.50 euros can be refunded on request. This applies to students who couldn't complete their studies due to Corona and who retake their examinations and then exmatriculate.

Request for refund of Constituted-Student-Body contribution

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 31,406 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

Yesterday, the President's Office adopted the central hygiene policy for the University of Hohenheim. The initial hygiene policy, which had already been created for individual areas on 17 April, has now been extended to a comprehensive policy. The hygiene policy regulates University operations and the procedure for conducting on-campus examinations and courses.

More Information

• Circular mail of the chancellor from 29.4.2020
• Central hygiene policy for the University of Hohenheim

Baden-Württemberg is setting up a student emergency aid fund with one million euros - for students who have lost their part-time jobs due to the corona pandemic and are therefore in financial difficulties. The state provides interest-free loans of up to 450 euros for the months of April and May - a total of up to 900 euros - for students in such emergency situations if they can prove that they have lost their earnings since April. The implementation of the loans is carried out by the Studentenwerke Baden-Württemberg. more

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 31,406 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

The FAQs for Incomings (non-degree-seeking) are revised - you can find them here: "FAQs International affairs"

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 31,177 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

Yes. In the summer semester 2020, students also have the opportunity to acquire ECTS points for the online certificate courses (Learning Paths) on the LinkedIn Learning platform.

In the Business, Creativity and Technology (IT) sections, students have access to around 140 Learning Paths as online courses for self-study. Each Learning Path consists of different video tutorials, which must be taken in a certain order and completed with a certificate. The number of hours per course is between 8 and 40 and the ECTS allocation is 0.5 - max. 3 ECTS points. Use the Learning Paths to sharpen your professional profile!

The service is free of charge to members of the University of Hohenheim. Read more

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 31.017 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 30,739 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 30,369 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

Starting next week, emergency care options will be expanded. Details can be found on the homepage of the Ministry of Culture. According to this, emergency care is also possible if you "perform professional activities outside of the home that require presence and are indispensable."

As a rule, the day-care centres or schools provide appropriate forms to confirm the employer, and these should be used as a priority. If the institution does not have a form, this can also be used.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 29.912 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

The new Corona Ordinance is online. It is valid from 27.04.2020 and regulates the obligation to wear masks when shopping and in public transport.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 29,350 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

For students who have got into financial trouble due to the Corona crisis, the Studierendenwerk has set up a Corona loan for quick and uncomplicated help. More information

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now xxxx according to the Ministry of Social Affairs xx the Robert Koch Institute (as of yesterday).

A note for all those who come to the university by public transport: Yesterday (21.04.2020) the state government decided to make masks compulsory. From Monday, 27.04.2020, so-called everyday masks must be worn when shopping and on public transport.

The President’s Office has passed guidelines for student exchanges. The document is available for download. The FAQs will be updated soon.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 28,537 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

The FAQs for staff have been revised. The forms for telecommuting and paid leave of absence are available again (see FAQ "Working from home" -> Presence at the workplace).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 28,078 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

The Chancellor informs in a Circular mail: Existing regulations for employees will essentially be continued - elements of on-campus operations will probably be opened again in stages.

Circular mail Chancellor

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 27,710 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

The FAQs for students and for lecturers have been revised on the basis of the Corona Guidelines for Studying and Teaching.

• The Corona Guidelines for Studying and Teaching,
• the University of Hohenheim’s Central Hygiene Policy, and
• the Guidelines for Online Examinations

are also available in English. The translation is always included as a second part in the documents.

In the course of the COVID-19 crisis, the University of Hohenheim is setting up an emergency fund for international students from emerging and developing countries, subject to the allocation of funds by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (MWK). The aim is to enable foreign students who have got into financial difficulties through no fault of their own to concentrate on their studies.
Read more

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 27,328 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

The Fifth Ordinance of the State Government amending the Corona Ordinance has been published (in German).

Today, the President's Office decided on the Corona Guidelines for Studying and Teaching at the University of Hohenheim. They aim to enable students to pursue their studies while complying with the applicable safety regulations. The Corona Guidelines for studying and teaching will remain in place as long as the situation requires.

In addition, the President's Office has adopted a hygiene policy for the University of Hohenheim. Both documents will be regularly revised and expanded if necessary. The Corona Guidelines provide guidance on how studying and teaching should be conducted in the near future and are subject to changes depending on the current situation.

Further information

• Circular mail of the President
• Online Courier (in German)
• Instagram
• Corona FAQs will be updated during Saturday, 18.4.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 26,630 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 26.050 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

Corona measures: Federal and state governments agree on relaxation

Information of the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) on protective masks

Chancellor Dr. Katrin Scheffer today sent a circular mail to all employees (kurz gemeldet). It provides information on the current state of affairs. Arrangements for the campus closure will remain in place until further notice, further information will probably follow this weekend. Therefore, please inform yourself actively and follow the University’s coronavirus page on the weekend.

Circular mail of the chancellor from 15.4.2020

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (MWK) today sent a letter to all professors, university members, and staff as well as students of the state's universities concerning the summer semester 2020:

Letter from MWK (in German)

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 25,289 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).
The Robert Koch Institute provides information on wearing mouth and nose protection in public (in German)

The DAAD asks its member universities and project leaders to cancel all DAAD-funded trips from abroad to Germany until further notice. Likewise, there should be no more trips abroad. The DAAD is aware that cancellation costs are unavoidable.

The DAAD will generally endeavor to find accommodating arrangements for the projects funded. We recommend our member universities and project leaders to find out whether projects or stays can be postponed or, if necessary, replaced by virtual formats.

The central call for applications on 1 April will continue, although the application deadlines may be adapted to the situation or further development of the corona pandemic (COVID-19 for short).

General information on the effects on the activities of the DAAD

Information for project leaders on how to deal with the effects of the Corona crisis on project funding will be available here (in German)

If you have any questions, please first get in touch your contact person at the DAAD.

At the University of Hohenheim, Ms. Franziska Schenk, Head of the Office of International Affairs, is available to you by email.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 24,898 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, the number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg is now 24.431 (as of yesterday).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 23,938 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 23,478 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 22,433 according to the Robert Koch Institute (as of 10.4.2020, 00:00 h).

• Press release RKI Immunity Study (in German)
• Since 10.4.2020, the Robert Koch Institute has no longer identified any international risk areas or particularly affected areas in Germany.
• RKI informed (in German)
• New regulations in Baden-Württemberg (in German)

The European Commission has launched a website with information on the Corona pandemic. Important for the scientific community: There you find all information about postponed deadlines as well as links to the constantly updated FAQs on the implementation and assessment of Horizon 2020 projects.
Go to the website

Yesterday, the federal government passed a bill to mitigate the problems created by COVID-19 for students and science.

The Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVG) is to be supplemented by a temporary transitional regulation: For young scientists, who suffer particularly from the fact that doctoral and qualification work is delayed due to limited access to laboratories and libraries, the draft law provides options for extension for employment contracts.

The Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG) will also be supplemented: Students who receive BAföG should not suffer cuts because they are currently working in system-relevant areas and earn additional income.

• Press release of the BMBF (in German)

If the Bundestag agrees, both regulations are to come into force retroactively as of 1 March 2020. Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert, Chairman of the State Rectors' Conference (LRK), welcomed this support of science and students by the federal government, but warned that further steps must follow.

• Press release of the LRK

If urgently required orders have to be issued, and due to the current situation all order authorising officers are not available to sign orders for an account assignment, a separate temporary order authorisation form is now available as a bridging solution.
More information

The President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), Professor Dr. Katja Becker, addressed researchers working on DFG-funded research projects in a statement yesterday.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 21,490 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of yesterday).
The Ministry of Social Affairs also makes recommendations on the use of protective clothing.

The University of Hohenheim is now able to produce and dispense disinfectants on its own, according to the Technical and Domestic Services Department (AT).
More information (kurz gemeldet)

The Lernwerkstatt (Central Student Counselling Service, ZSB) is offering a German webinar for students "Studium im Homeoffice - Rahmenbedingungen Schritt für Schritt schaffen” (Studying at home - creating the right conditions step by step).
Information and registration

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections is now 20,635 according to the Ministry of Social Affairs (as of 07.04.2020).

The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported yesterday with regard to international risk areas: "Due to the pandemic spread of COVID-19, the risk of infection can be assumed to be worldwide. Due to different surveillance systems and test strategies as well as time delays between the time of infection and notification, the actual risk of infection often cannot be determined from the available notification data. Therefore, increased caution should generally apply. Travellers from all countries are recommended to enter a 14-day quarantine after entry."

Info about Corona data donation app

The Human Resources Department (APO) offers two more webinars on digital working (in German):

Thu 16.04.2020, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.: Effektiv zusammenarbeiten im virtuellen Team 

Thu 23.04.2020, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.: Online meetings souerän moderieren

Continuing education (F.I.T.)

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections increased from 19,287 to 20.029 (day before yesterday / yesterday)

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections has risen from 18,515 to 19,287 (status: day before yesterday / yesterday). The state government has compiled information on coronavirus myths.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections increased from 17,180 to 18,515 (day before yesterday / yesterday). The number of cases is continuing to rise, a levelling off is not yet visible.

The Robert Koch Institute has classified several entire countries as international risk areas, including Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, France, USA and Great Britain.

The Corona Ordinance (§7 CoronaVO) applies to all those returning from the risk areas: they must be in quarantine for 14 days and may not enter the grounds of the University of Hohenheim during this time.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections continues to increase. It has risen from 15,971 to 17,180 (day before yesterday / yesterday).

The Human Resources Department (APO) is offering a webinar in German Language on 9 April: "Erfolgreich starten ins Home-Office".

Info see "kurz gemeldet"

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections increased from 14,580 to 15,971 (day before yesterday / yesterday)

The Robert Koch Institute has added the Netherlands, Switzerland, USA and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  in the list of risk areas. Previously, of Switzerland and the USA only some regions had been designated as international risk areas.

In order to reduce avoidable contacts and not to unnecessarily lengthen doctoral procedures, the doctoral committees of all three faculties have opened up the possibility of submitting applications of any kind digitally.

• Applications for acceptance as a doctoral candidate: Applications for acceptance as a doctoral candidate are prepared and printed out in Docata as usual. Both the application for acceptance and the necessary attachments can be provided with a digital signature. The application and attachments are summarized in a PDF file and sent by e-mail to ga@uni-hohenheim.de.

• Applications for the appointment of a mentor, change of title or change of supervisor: These applications can be sent informally to ga@uni-hohenheim.de. However, it must be clear from the correspondence that all those involved agree with the change.

• Applications for admission to the doctoral programme: The form provided for this purpose can be used for applications for admission to the doctoral programme. Please send the documents with the digital signatures as a PDF file to the respective faculty:
  - Agricultural Sciences: agrar@uni-hohenheim.de
  - Economic and Social Sciences: wiso_promotion@uni-hohenheim.de

• Applications for the opening of the doctoral procedure: The applications for the opening of the doctoral procedure are prepared and printed out in Docata as usual. Both the application for acceptance and the necessary enclosures can be provided with a digital signature. The dissertation can also be submitted in the digital version as a PDF document.

• For the print version, the following applies: Whenever possible, the work should be printed and bound (e.g. via an online print shop).

Parallel to the procedure described above, the documents signed in the original must be submitted to the Graduate Academy by post in due course. The Graduate Academy will merge the digital and paper applications. The paper version of the application remains binding for the decision. In the event of discrepancies, the PhD Committee will decide again.

The staff of the Graduate Academy will be happy to answer your questions by e-mail at ga@uni-hohenheim.de.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections increased from 13,313 to 14,580 (day before yesterday / yesterday)

The Finance Department staff is working from home and available by email.

Please send very urgent requests to: af@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections has risen from 12,257 to 13,313 (as of the day before yesterday).

The Robert Koch Institute has included all of France and Spain in the list of risk areas. Previously, only some regions in these two countries had been designated as international risk areas.

Since 31 March 2020 the RKI has longer designated any areas in Germany as particularly affected. In many districts there are outbreaks, some with large numbers of cases. Information can be found in the daily situation reports.

• Information and sewing instructions for simple protective masks
• Protection information and trusted sites

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections continues to increase considerably. It has risen from 11,536 to 12,257 (day before yesterday / yesterday).

The Baden-Württemberg government now also provides information about corona via messenger services.

In order to reduce avoidable contacts and not to unnecessarily lengthen doctoral procedures, the doctoral committees of all three faculties have opened up the possibility of submitting applications of any kind digitally.

The Faculty of Natural Sciences has agreed on the following procedure:

• Application for Acceptance as a Doctoral Candidate: Applications for acceptance are prepared and printed in Docata as usual. Both the application for acceptance and the necessary attachments can be provided with a digital signature. The application and attachments are summarized in a PDF file and sent by email to natur@uni-hohenheim.de.
  
  
• Requests for appointing the mentor group, changes to the title of the dissertation, or changing supervisors: These applications can be sent informally to natur@uni-hohenheim.de. However, it must be clear from the correspondence that all parties involved agree with the change.
  
  
• Application for acceptance to the doctoral study program: For applications for acceptance to the doctoral study program, the regular form can still be used. We can accept it, provided with digital signatures, as a PDF file to natur@uni-hohenheim.de.
  
  
• Application for initiating proceedings: The applications for initiating proceedings are prepared and printed in Docata as usual. Both the application for acceptance and the necessary attachments can be provided with a digital signature. The dissertation can also be submitted in the digital version as a PDF document. Due to the presumably quite large volume of data, we kindly ask you not to send in the application and dissertation without consulting the Dean's Office first. Here, we will attempt to have the files uploaded using ILIAS or a similar system. For the printed version: Whenever possible, the work should be printed at home. Instead of an adhesive binding, the pages can be stapled.

Parallel to the procedure described above, the original signed documents must be submitted to the Graduate Academy by post in due course. The colleagues of the Graduate Academy will combine the digital and the paper application. The paper version of the application remains binding for the decision. If there are deviations, the doctoral committee will decide again.

The colleagues of the Graduate Academy will continue to be available for questions regarding the application process.

You come from abroad and would like to study at Hohenheim (incomings)? Or you are staying abroad at the moment (outgoings)? Our FAQs on the Corona page might answer many of your questions.

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections continues to rise strongly. From the day before yesterday to yesterday, the number of cases increased from 10,819 to 11,536.

The Robert Koch Institute has included the Île-de-France region in France, the state of New Jersey in the USA, and Austria (the whole country instead of just Tyrol) in the list of risk areas.

In addition, the state government has again amended its ordinance on infection protection measures against the spread of the coronavirus. The new regulations have been in force since yesterday and are summarized here. All those who do not follow the rules are subject to fines.

What's new in terms of teaching in and after Corona times? The President and the Vice President for Academic Affairs inform all professors and lecturers in their current information.

• Download the information
• Read information in "kurz gemedet"

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections continues to rise strongly. From the day before yesterday to yesterday, the number of cases increased from 9,729 to 10,819.

On this page you find how and when the departments can be contacted as well as special regulations for the current work structure of the departments, research centers, faculties, and university facilities. Please find how to reach the institutes and departments on their websites.

Reaching people despite closure

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) is endeavoring to provide support within the funding measure ZIM to mitigate the effects of the corona crisis. It therefore provides information on the following temporary facilitations for the call for funds:

• If required, the payment requests that are normally made quarterly can be made monthly on a temporary basis. As before, the prerequisite for this is that eligible activities to be assigned to the project are invoiced. Please use this form and send it either by email (zim-projekt@vdivde-it.de) or via the secure upload platform.

• Temporarily, the signatures of the staff members for hours worked and to be invoiced can be waived on the attachment 1b to the payment request. However, the payment request should still be signed, if necessary with a simple digital signature (in this case, the form must be saved as a pdf file and then signed, since a direct signature is not yet possible in the form).

• The timesheets must still be kept, and must be signed and submitted at a later date of which you will be informed.

The VDI/VDE-IT as the responsible project management organzsation does everything in its power to maintain business operations in the best possible way. Should there nevertheless be delays, it asks for your understanding.

Up-to-date information can also be found at www.zim.de.

KIM has bundled together tools that are available, that it can recommend, and that can support online teaching and working on one page:

Going digital quickly - teaching and working online

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections continues to rise strongly. It rose from 7252 the day before yesterday to 8441 yesterday.

In Spain, the Robert Koch Institute has included the regions of Navarra, La Rioja, and Paìs Vasco in the list of risk areas. Hubei province in China has been removed.

More information

Anyone who is involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in health care, in social institutions, or in agriculture will only be credited with additional income for the time they work. The German Bundestag passed a corresponding amendment to the law yesterday.

According to the previous law, the total amount of income was credited to BAföG for all months of an approval period. The crediting does not only affect the months of employment.

For BAföG recipients who are involved in the fight against the pandemic and earn a comparatively high income for only a few months, this could lead to the loss of their BAföG entitlement for the remaining approval period after the crisis. This is ruled out with the regulations now approved by parliament.

BAföG recipients retain their entitlement before and after a remunerated commitment to combating the pandemic. BAföG will only be credited in the months in which BAföG recipients earn an income.

Read more

In order to facilitate working from home, the Accounting and Transactions Department (AW3) now accepts invoices and authorizations in scanned form.

Please make sure to write the following note in red on the scanned documents: In advance as scan
Please adhere to the following procedure:

• The order (available on the Intranet) is signed and scanned in at home
• The scanned authorization and the scan of the invoice is sent to the functional email address kreditoren@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de in AW3
• Further processing only takes place if the sender (ordering party) uses a UHOH email address at home
• Payment is made promptly on the basis of the scans
• The scan is kept in an electronic file until the original invoice and authorization are available in AW3
• Please send AW3 the original documents marked "scanned on xx.xx.xx" as soon as possible.

The Robert Koch Institute has added parts of Switzerland (cantons of Ticino, Vaud, and Geneva) to the list of international risk areas. The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg has risen very sharply - from 6043 the day before yesterday to 7252 yesterday.

The Occupational Safety Unit is appealing to University staff to take the closure of the campus seriously! People were still observed going about their normal laboratory routine, thus not reducing personal contact!

Because of the impact of the corona pandemic on sciences, the DFG has extended the deadlines for participation in its current calls for proposals. Further extensions will be made as needed.

Interested researchers can find continuously updated information on this subject at https://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/announcements_proposals/index.jsp and there in the entries for the respective call.

The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg increased from 5333 to 6043 (day before yesterday / yesterday). The districts and communities in BW are providing information about the developments.

In this patient flyer, the Robert Koch Institute has summarized how to react in the case of a confirmed infection.

The following applies to documenting working hours during the closure of the UHOH's on-campus operations:

As a first step we ask you to use up your overtime hours. Once this is done or if there are no overtime hours, employees will no longer record individual working hours. Instead, the regular planned working time must be entered in accordance with the respective scope specified in the employment contract. The working time is limited to the respective planned working time, that is, overtime may not be accumulated. Exceptions only apply to employees who are overly involved in the planning and organization of crisis management.

It is possible to switch between days working from home, on-site work and time off. Please make a note of this in the respective documentation of working hours.

The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg increased from 4600 to 5333 (day before yesterday / yesterday).

For the delivery of parcels and other materials, please note the following information:

General delivery time 7:00 to 15:30

Parcel services:
Until further notice, parcels are to be delivered at the post office, building 04.15, Hohenheim Palace 1 c.

Deliveries of chemicals and gases:
Delivery to the central gas depot, Building 02.27, August-von-Hartmannstr. 3,
Delivery announcement under 0711 459 24225.

Delivery of other materials:
Delivery to caretaker West, building 03.26, Fruwirthstr. 12,
Delivery announcement under 0711 459 24449.

Make sure you pass this on to your suppliers. Appropriate notices will be posted on the buildings.
AT 4 -Campus service

In the Corona FAQs about studying, you find up-to-date information for all outgoing and incoming students.

Since yesterday, new federal rules have been in effect in the fight against Corona. The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg has issued the "Zweite Verordnung der Landesregierung zur Änderung der Corona-Verordnung" which is based on the Corona-Verordnung of March 17th. What this means for the people in detail, you can find out here.

The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg increased from 3818 to 4300 (day before yesterday / yesterday).

The new rules include a ban on staying in public places, meetings, and gatherings for groups of more than three people, unless this is unavoidable. Numerous facilities will be closed, including restaurants and cafés. Stores selling food (grocery stores, bakeries, etc.) will remain open. The rules will apply from Saturday, 21 March 2020.

• More... (German)

How do I supervise my students without attendance? Is an ILIAS forum the appropriate format for the digital design of my seminar? Which tool can I use to interact with students and other lecturers? These and similar questions are now answered by the service portal for lecturers with the media-didactic focus "Teaching Remotely - Your Digital Course".

Lecturers can now find support here for organizational, technical, didactic, and content-related questions regarding the conversion of courses to non-presentation formats. In the newly created area of focus "Teaching Remotely - Your Digital Course" you can send your concerns to a collective address. From there, your questions will be forwarded to the right contact person and answered. Telephone or digital consultations are just as much a part of the help offered as are collections of material on (digital) teaching.

In order to be able to offer you practical solutions for your teaching as quickly as possible, a preliminary version of the pages of the Service Portal for Lecturers and the focus area "Teaching Remotely - Your Digital Course" have been activated. The services and materials will be continuously expanded and completed, taking into account your questions and consulting experience. If you think something is missing, your feedback is very valuable for us. We look forward to helping you with the teaching arrangements this summer semester and to working together to turn this challenge into a positive teaching experience for you and your students.

• Service Portal Teaching
  

In Baden-Württemberg, the number of confirmed infections continues to increase considerably - from 2748 to 3665 (day before yesterday / yesterday).

The Robert Koch Institute has added Egypt to the list of risk areas.

To the heads of institutions at the University of Hohenheim:
 
In order to prepare the university for possible shelter-in-place regulations, a process is currently being developed to prepare employer certificates for the necessary access to the campus.
 
You have already - in cooperation with the faculties - prepared emergency contact lists. Please check these emergency contact lists or duty rosters to see which persons need access to the campus. Probably not all the people who are needed on campus are on the previous lists, which had a different goal (information chains and contact persons).

Today you have received an Excel list by email, in which you are asked to fill in the names of the persons who maintain the campus (care of technical facilities, animal care, etc.) and who are therefore absolutely needed on site. Please also remember to appoint further representatives directly as a precautionary measure, and to ensure through duty rosters and organizational arrangements that these persons are not on site at the same time. This group should be able to ensure the necessary work in the long term. Please also think about whether neighboring departments can support each other.

Please complete the Excel list as a supervisor in consultation with your employees. Please use only this Excel list, as we have linked the format to the already designed document for the pass in order to be able to generate the passes automatically. Please send the list quickly to the Human Resources Department from your Hohenheim account to: apo@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de. The Human Resources Department will then send the completed pass to you and the respective employees as a scan. Employees should print out the document and countersign the confirmation printed on it in order to proceed with caution.

During the closure of the UHOH's on-campus operations until 20 April 2020, the faculty administrations will ensure the basic operation (mail delivery and signatures). However, the telephone availability of the employees in the offices will be discontinued because their presence in the offices will be reduced to these tasks. Please refrain from visiting the faculty administration offices for business matters.

All staff members can still be contacted by email and are available to you. Please address general inquiries to:

• agrar@uni-hohenheim.de (Faculty of Agricultural Sciences)
• natur@uni-hohenheim.de (Faculty of Natural Sciences)
• wiso@uni-hohenheim.de (Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences)

Please understand that due to the current situation, responses generally take a little longer.

The Department of Academic Affairs can still be contacted by email, the Student Information Center (SIZ) is no longer available until further notice.

Please use the following central email addresses to contact the department:

• Examinations Office:
  - Degree programs in economics and communication sciences: pa-wiwi@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de
  - Degree programs in agricultural and natural sciences: pa-an@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de
• Registrar’s Office: studsek@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de
• Central Student Counselling Center: zsb@uni-hohenheim.de
• Internship Office: prakamt@uni-hohenheim.de
• CareerCenter: career@uni-hohenheim.de
• Office for Music, Sports and Housing: as4@uni-hohenheim.de

The Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs in Baden-Württemberg announces:
As a result of the restrictions in the higher education sector imposed by the CoronaVO of the state government from 17 March 2020, all teacher-related final examinations in the state examinations will also be omitted.

This also applies to the examinations of the spring session 2020 at the universities which are scheduled after 19 April 2020. These examinations will be postponed. Information for students will follow in due course.

FAQ page of the Ministry of Culture

In order to continue processing personnel matters, applications and other documents may be sent by email as an alternative to postal delivery. Please use the email address post@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de. IMPORTANT: In order to avoid double processing, please DO NOT send documents sent electronically by post afterwards. The Human Resources Department accepts scanned signatures during this time.

Messages sent to this email address will be read and processed in the Central Registry, which in turn is part of the Human Resources Department. This ensures the protection and confidentiality of documents with personal content.

Maintenance cleaning will continue to take place in the buildings on campus. This is especially important now to ensure hygiene in the buildings. Several cleaning staff members have already been approached and requested to go home. Hence the urgent request not to obstruct the cleaning staff in their work.

AT 4 Campusservice

The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg increased from 2184 to 2748 (day before yesterday / yesterday).

The Office of International Affairs is working from home. This applies to all departments:

• Cooperation, networks and guest researchers
• Student mobility and international admissions
• Language Center.

This also includes the coordination offices of the Euroleague for Life Sciences and European Bioeconomy University networks.

Most of the staff can be reached by email. In urgent cases, please contact the following email address: aaa@uni-hohenheim.de or spraz@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de

Under these circumstances, delays may occur. We ask for your understanding.

• Incomings (international exchange students): incoming@ua.uni-hohenheim.de
• Outgoings (Hohenheim students planning or completing a stay abroad): outgoing@ua.uni-hohenheim.de
• Degree-Seekings (international full-time students who are studying at Hohenheim to earn their degree): degreestudents@ua.uni-hohenheim.de
• international visiting researchers: welcome.center@uni-hohenheim.de

Start of online registration and start of the sports program in the summer semester postponed.

As a result of the University of Hohenheim's campus closure, Uni-Sport is facing some restrictions in day-to-day operations. Following the postponement of the start of lectures and the resulting change in the start of the sports program in the summer semester 2020, the publication of the courses and the date for online registration for the sports program have now also been postponed.

Unfortunately, we will NOT be able to publish our course program for you to look at on our homepage on 24 March 2020 as planned, and registration for the sports program will NOT be possible from 30 March 2020 either!

As the facts and figures are currently changing rapidly, we are unfortunately not yet able to make a reliable statement as to when the sports program for the summer semester 2020 can be put online and when registration for the sports courses will begin.

In order to facilitate working from home, the Technical and Domestic Services Department now accepts orders with the signature of the authorizing person in scanned form.

Please adhere to the following procedure:

• The order is signed and scanned at home by the authorizing person (instead of printing, signing, and sending by internal mail)
• The scanned form is sent to the functional email address at-auftraege@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de.
• Further processing only takes place if the sender (requesting authority) uses a UHOH email address from home
• Due to the limited operations, only orders that are relevant to safety or absolutely necessary to maintain operations will be processed until further notice.
• Please note the difference between the problem reporting system and orders to AT, especially when ordering lamps

No attendance courses, no examinations, home as the regular workplace: the University of Hohenheim has closed its on-campus operations, aiming to make its contribution to the containment of the corona epidemic. It also strives to protect the health of all members of the University - but at the same time maintain the basic University functions, explains President Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert. This balancing act now requires improvization and creativity. The President addressed University members with a video message.

• Interview in the Online-Courier
  
• Video message from the President (in German)
  

Anyone who is studying in Corona times or wants to apply for a place at university has many questions. The University of Hohenheim has now compiled the most frequent ones on its Corona page:  FAQs about studying

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has launched a call for proposals for an interdisciplinary funding initiative. Funding will be provided for projects dealing with the prevention, early detection, containment and research into the causes and effects of epidemics and pandemics and how to deal with them using SARS-CoV-2 and other human-pathogenic microorganisms and viruses. Read more (in German)

DFG-funded projects also suffer considerable disruptions in regular research operations. The DFG provides information on the progress of project work: Letter from the DFG (in German)

Due to recent events, the University printing house will be closed from 19.03.2020 until further notice. During the closure, it will be checked whether urgently needed print jobs are available. These can then be collected by arrangement. We will inform you as soon as the printing house is open again.

The following locking rules apply at the University of Hohenheim now:

In buildings that are not managed by a caretaker, users continue to regulate access themselves. Users are required to lock the buildings immediately after entering them.
 
In buildings managed by a caretaker, users gain access themselves using the existing keys. In most buildings, the office key also locks the entrance door. If, in exceptional cases, there is a need for keys, the campus service accepts the request via Schluessel@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim. Please note that we can only issue keys that are already in the building. It is not possible to order new keys. Due to long delivery times, these cannot be ordered at short notice.  Users are required to lock their keys immediately after entering the building.
 
The caretakers make several inspections during the day to check whether the buildings are locked. The last inspection is at 8 pm.

The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg increased rapidly from 1.641 to 2.184 (day before yesterday / yesterday).

The University of Hohenheim is asking all lecturers to please be prepared for teaching to begin on 20 April 2020 - although it is not yet clear whether on-campus events at the University will be possible at that time. We must be ready for the possibility that teaching in the summer semester will have to take place partly or completely in other formats, especially digital ones.

As things stand at present, lectures will end as planned on 18 July 2020. This means that the lecture period will be shortened by 2 weeks due to the late start on 20 April 2020. The number of ECTS credit points awarded remains unaffected.

For blocked courses in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and the Faculty of Natural Sciences, the blocked periods will remain unchanged. For modules in the first blocked period, the faculties will work out solutions for the organization of the modules together with the module supervisors. Students are requested to register immediately for these modules in ILIAS so that they can be informed about the module organization.

Not all courses can be converted from presence to online format. Recommendations are currently being drawn up for these cases.

The Task Force "Home Study" - a team with members from KIM, the University Didactics Office, the Office for the Further Development of Teaching, the Media & Marketing Department, the Department of Student Affairs, and the Steps Projects - will support lecturers in switching to online formats. It is developing information packages for lecturers that will include recommendations on online formats and available technical tools on the design of online teaching formats, tool performance limits, sources of supply, legal aspects, and contacts for support. The first information packages are expected to go online at the end of the coming week and will be successively supplemented. Separate information on availability will follow. You can already inform yourself about options in ILIAS in the ILIAS course Instructions for Online Teaching.

KIM is currently creating the possibility to record events on video in several lecture halls. In addition to the existing equipment for recording in the Audimax and in B1, these are B2, B3, Ö1, and Ö2. These lecture rooms can be used to record elements of a course, e.g. blackboard pictures created in class or experiments demonstrated. Live video streams cannot be used as a substitute for a traditional lecture, as they are very resource-intensive. Asynchronous formats, in which the creation of content and its reception are separated in time, allow greater flexibility. Additional information will follow shortly.

For detailed information of the Vice President for Academic Affairs

You are welcome to send your current and future orders to  gaselager@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de.

Several levels of representatives have access to this mailbox and ensure that the gases are ordered. In the event of temporary closure of the University, emails will be read during normal office hours. A supply of liquid nitrogen is also provided. Several people from the campus service are instructed in the filling of liquid nitrogen.  

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or phone.
Team AT 4 / Campus Services

Effective immediately, the University of Hohenheim is closing its on-campus operations. What this means is explained below. The President’s Office passed this measure in its meeting on 17 March 2020, implementing the state’s “Ordinance on measures to prevent the spread of infection with the virus SARS-Sov-2 (Corona-Verordnung - CoronaVO)” from 16/17 March 2020.

We want to achieve three goals with this measure:

• protect the health of University members to the best of our ability,
• as a University, make a very effective, far-reaching contribution to slowing down the spread of the infection, and
• maintain the basic functions that are absolutely essential for the University.

To this end, it is necessary to limit the number of people present on the campus to those who carry out work necessary to keep the system running. This significantly reduces the risk of infection for all University members.

In the area of teaching, the start of the summer semester lecture period has been postponed to 20 April 2020. No exams will take place until then. Students will work at home. The lecturers will prepare - in most cases from home - for carrying out courses digitally. More details on this will be provided at a later date.

In the areas supporting science, certain work must be carried out at the University. We have to ensure the technical infrastructure services, care for our animals, and ensure safety on campus, and we want to continue work that will cause serious damage if it is broken off or interrupted. In addition, there are tasks to which we are legally obliged, such as ensuring the solvency of the University or providing indispensable services for the employees.

In research, the on-site work will be severely restricted, but will continue to the extent necessary to ensure that we will be able to restart operations after the crisis without permanent damage.

Only work that cannot be performed from at home is carried out at the workplace in Hohenheim. This means that working from home is the regular form of work.

It is the responsibility of supervisors to define for in their area of responsibility what must be carried out on campus. In the infrastructure facilities, it is necessary to assess which services must be maintained for the campus. All areas of the University - this applies to departments as well as to administrative areas or central institutions - determine which people are needed on campus to ensure basic operations. It can be useful to form two teams: An initial team needed on site to carry out the tasks that must be done on campus. This team comes to the workplace in Hohenheim; a second team is released for precautionary reasons in order to be able to work in rotation later. To this end, releasing employees from duties at full pay is now possible. A substitution arrangement must be established in the event of illness.

Everyone else must work from home. They perform their work there as best they can. We appeal to supervisors to be creative and possibly to distribute other tasks, especially in cases where the regular work of an employee is difficult to perform from home.

In those cases where partial work performance at home is not possible - for example because someone has no childcare or even with a great deal of creativity cannot think of work to do at home - supervisors can also order paid leave of absence. The legal information of the Ministry of the Interior now provides the basis for this, for now until 19 April 2020.

For the formal implementation of the home office measures, the Human Resources Department has provided forms:

• Updated version Telecommuting
• Paid leave of absence

More detailed explanations can be found on the forms.

Shutting down on-campus operations means serious restrictions for many. We are convinced that, despite everything, these regulations represent a viable approach in a difficult situation. Further details will be worked out and communicated.

On 16 March 2020, the state government issued a statutory order suspending the operation of studies until 19 April 2020. This means that for the time being neither courses, events, nor examinations may take place. This includes all examinations! Examination deadlines in the relevant examination regulations will be interrupted for this period so there will not be any deadline problems.

We are planning to offer an examination option between 18 May 2020 and 27 June 2020. The plan is for some of the examinations to be scheduled during the Pentacost week (2 - 6 June 2020), but also at times during the other weeks (afternoon/evening) when most courses do not take place or on Saturdays. Examination registrations in HohCampus will be transferred to the new examination date as soon as this date is fixed. Of course it is still possible to cancel exam registration.

These plans are subject to it being possible to carry out exams without risk at that time!

Detailed letter from the Vice President for Academic Affairs

The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg has increased from 1,105 to 1,641 (day before yesterday / yesterday). Baden-Württemberg is tightening measures to protect against infection.

In the near future there will be a massive increase in the number of employees who work at least temporarily from home. For employees who would like to temporarily divert business calls to a private line, the Technical Department has developed a simplified electronic application procedure for setting up the telephony service feature "Request for call forwarding to external number."

Link: "Request for call forwarding to external number"

The application must be submitted by the supervisors or by their representatives. Please send the completed form by email to the electronics and telecommunications workshop: EKTK@Verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de and always also in Cc to the person(s) responsible for issuing the order. In this procedure, we assume the order is legitimate and, in this special situation, we are waiving the requirement for a signature. The special authorizations requested in this procedure are automatically deleted after a certain date depending on the course of the crisis.

Due to current events, the Graduate Academy has suspended consultation hours from March 18th until further notice. Please contact the team of the Graduate Academy via email or phone. If you want to submit documents, please send them by internal or external mail.

General enquiries can be directed to ga@uni-hohenheim.de

Due to current events, the Cashier's Office will be closed from 18 March 2020 until further notice. We will inform you when the Cashier's Office is open again.

Due to current events, the Office of International Affairs has suspended consultation hours for students who are planning a study abroad (outgoings) and who come to Hohenheim from abroad (incoming and full-time students) until further notice.

Please contact the following email addresses with your questions:

• Incomings (international exchange students): incoming@ua.uni-hohenheim.de
• Outgoings (Hohenheim students planning or completing a stay abroad): outgoing@ua.uni-hohenheim.de
• Degree-seeking students (international full-time students who are seeking a degree at Hohenheim): degreestudents@ua.uni-hohenheim.de

General enquiries can be directed to aaa@ua.uni-hohenheim.de.

For the protection of staff and visitors to the workshop areas, the following measures apply with immediate effect:

1. Only orders that are relevant to safety or absolutely necessary to maintain operations will be processed.
2. On-site services - i.e. outside the workshop areas - will only be provided if the client ensures that the hygiene and prevention rules are observed.
3. Visits to the workshops are now only possible in urgent cases and after prior notification by telephone and appointment.

The Technical Department appreciates your understanding.

In today's circular mail, President Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert appealed to all supervisors: “[...] Our goal is to reduce the direct, personal contacts of the people on campus very significantly by a relevant order of magnitude and thus reduce the risk of infection. The University Management can only provide the framework for this scientifically well-founded approach. You are in charge of the detailed design, since only you know the specific requirements on site! Please assume this responsibility and proceed pragmatically and using your imagination.

Be creative in the distribution of work: For example, people working from home can take on different tasks than they would otherwise perform. Be creative with working hours: The framework working time is now extended to between 5 am - 10 pm. This gives employees with children to look after, for example, the opportunity to perform their work during off-peak hours.

And even if as many people as possible should start working from home, some of them must be on site, for example when technology or animals need to be looked after. However, individual days or afternoons from home could also be conceivable here. In order to maintain operations, redundancy can also be useful in these areas: For example, a division into two groups, one on site and the other ready to take up work alternately. All these are examples and options - please find creative solutions that are appropriate for your particular areas.

All meetings, team meetings, work meetings, etc. with more than 5 people must now be cancelled or conducted as a virtual meeting. This also affects committee meetings and presentations in appointment procedures. In the latter case, the lectures for appointment procedures are suspended, but not the procedure itself. Holding the lectures virtually would not ensure an accurate assessment of the candidates.

Whenever possible, all meetings should be held as video conferences or by telephone. Video conferencing depends on the appropriate technology, which is available in many locations, but not everywhere. If it is not available where you are, please contact KIM, who will try to support you. A quick guide on how to conduct a video conference and which apps can be used for it will be able to be found shortly in the FAQs on the coronavirus page.

You have questions about the coronavirus (COVID-19)? Please have a look at the Corona FAQs, maybe your question is already answered there. The FAQs are continually being revised and kept up to date, as the current situation is constantly changing. If your question is not included, please send an email to corona-fragen@uni-hohenheim.de.

Letter from Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of Baden-Württemberg, dated 16 March 2020 to all employees on the planned measures to slow down the coronavirus (in German).

From 17 March 2020, in accordance with the legal ordinance of the state of Baden-Württemberg of 16 March 2020, all university catering establishments such as canteens and cafeterias will be closed in order to slow down the spread of the coronavirus.

With immediate effect, in order to contain the corona epidemic, all exam dates at the University of Hohenheim have been cancelled until 20 April 2020. This was decided by the University Management at today's meeting of the crisis management team, thus taking into account the general decree of the City of Stuttgart of 13.3.2020. Detailed information and regulations will follow shortly.

The Robert Koch Institute has added California, Washington and New York in the USA to the list of international risk areas. The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg has increased from 872 to since 977 Friday.

In order to minimize the further spread of the coronavirus, the publicly accessible areas of KIM (Central and Departmental Library, Learning Center, computer rooms, and IT Service Desk) will be closed from 15 March 2020, 9 p.m. up to and including 19 April 2020.

The University of Hohenheim hereby complies with the general ruling of the City of Stuttgart "Prohibition of events in cultural, sports and leisure facilities and of meetings and the operation of catering establishments" from 13 March 2020.

In order to provide users with urgently required books, the Central and Departmental Library will be offering the possibility to borrow books on Monday, 16 March and Tuesday, 17 March 2020 from 8 a.m. -  5 p.m.

Learning and computer workstations may no longer be used on these two days.

You can still access the extensive electronic offers (e-books, e-journals, subject databases) as usual.

In order to use the services of the IT service desk, it is necessary to make an appointment in advance by telephone.

Detailed information will be available from the beginning of next week on the KIM homepage.

If you have any questions, you can reach us by telephone or email between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

The Robert Koch Institute has added Tyrol in Austria and Madrid in Spain to the list of international risk areas. The number of confirmed infections in Baden-Württemberg has increased from 445 (Friday) to 872 (yesterday).

Due to the coronavirus, the state government will close schools and daycare centers throughout the state starting on Tuesday, 17 March 2020 until 20 April 2020. The university management is aware of the difficulties for the parents concerned and consequently also for the work in many institutions and is already working on ways to support them. For now, the following applies:

Employees are responsible for finding care for their child (e.g. care of the child by the other parent, other family members, etc.). If the necessary childcare cannot be provided, employees have the option of using vacation time, overtime hours they have accumulated, or taking unpaid leave. Based on the operating agreement on telecommuting, the parents concerned also have the possibility to work from home if the necessary conditions exist, i.e. the appropriate tasks and the technical requirements. Coordination between the persons concerned and their superiors is absolutely necessary.

Where possible, flexible handling of working hours (within the limits of the operating agreement on working time) or the possibility of telecommuting should be reviewed in consultation with supervisors. The Human Resources Department has developed a simplified notification procedure for this purpose.

The collective agreement (TV-L) and the corresponding civil service regulations provide for the possibility of being granted a leave of absence from work for up to three days per calendar year in urgent cases, with continued payment of remuneration. This applies to children under 12 years of age and to children with disabilities who are dependent on help.

The current situation can be considered an urgent case. An informal application to the human resources department is nevertheless required if employees wish to make use of this option because of the need for childcare. This must contain a more detailed justification of the need for care and the age of the children.

If the child of a person with statutory health insurance falls ill, a parent is entitled to ten days' leave per calendar year and can receive "child sickness benefit" for this period. Privately insured persons are entitled to a four-day leave of absence as per the collective bargaining agreement. For this we require a doctor’s note.

The Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts has informed us that a regulation for state employees is currently being drawn up centrally for this situation. The above remarks therefore apply provisionally for the time being, until such time as we have received this regulation.

Yesterday, Baden-Württemberg universities decided on immediate measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

It is a fundamental objective of all emergency measures to reduce the direct social contacts of University members. The fewer people on campus, the lower the risk of infection. This poses particular challenges for the University. The goal is to continue research despite corona and to mitigate the problems this causes in teaching to the extent possible.

You can read about how the University of Hohenheim is implementing the measures stated by the State Rectors' Conference in the comments to the catalog of measures.

Implementation of the LRK’s catalog of measures at the University of Hohenheim

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) declares in a decree of 13 March 2020 that BAföG-supported students will continue to receive their training grants even if schools and universities are closed due to the COVID 19 pandemic.

• Press Information of the BMBF (in German)

Due to the current situation, effective immediately and until the planned start of the semester on 20 April 2020, no Uni Sport courses will take place and all sports facilities are closed. Please contact Unisport  about a partial refund of any fees already paid, either by telephone or by email. In addition, starting on Monday, 16 March 2020, Uni Sport will not offer any regular in-person office hours, although staff will still be available by telephone and email.

The orientation weeks for the Bachelor's programs in Agricultural Sciences and Biobased Products and Bioenergy for the summer semester 2020 will tentatively not be taking place as planned due to the postponement of the start of the lecture period. Please find information on the following site: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/starting-studies

The EU Office in Berlin has pointed out that the force majeure clause may apply to H2020 projects if, for example, trips are cancelled or meetings have to be cancelled due to the Corona crisis.

More informatiosn: see kurz gemeldet or Website

If business trips cannot be carried out in the foreseeable future due to the coronavirus, the travel arrangements made must be cancelled or bookings cancelled as soon as possible. Necessary and reimbursable expenses incurred in preparing the business trip that cannot be cancelled, as well as cancellation fees, can be reimbursed from the project or other travel funds earmarked for the trip. These costs are to be claimed in a travel expense report.

Please remember that all prepaid costs (advance payment) of a trip not taken must also be settled with a travel expense report.

The second examination period for the winter semester from 23 March - 3 April 2020 will take place. Due to the current situation, only half of the examination places will be occupied in the examination rooms at any one time. It is also possible to cancel exams up to one day before the exam (online via HohCampus or by email to the Examinations Office).

Contact for questions regarding examination law:

• for agricultural und natural science programs: pa-an@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de
• for economics and communication science programs: pa-wiwi@verwaltung.uni-hohenheim.de

According to a decision by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science on 11 March 2020, lectures will not begin this summer semester until 20 April 2020, two weeks later than planned. This measure is intended to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The exact decree is not yet available. The university will provide more details and information about the effects of the decision.

• Press Information from the Ministry

President Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert asks for the support of all lecturers:
Email from the President to all department directors

To help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the dates for the math workshop starting tomorrow must unfortunately be cancelled or postponed.

The following dates are planned:

• Th, 12 Mar,10 am - 12 noon, HS12
• Mo, 16 Mar, 10 am - 12 noon, HS10
• We, 18 Mar,10 am - 12 noon, HS10
• Fr, 20 Mar, 10 am - 12 noon, HS11
• Mo, 23 Mar, 1 - 3 pm, HS12
• We, 25 Mar, 10 am - 12 noon, HS11
• Tu, 31 Mar, 1 - 3 pm, HS10.

They serve to prepare students for the make-up exams in Math for Agricultural Biology, Agricultural Sciences, Biobased Products and Bioenergy, and Mathematics for Biosciences.

If you are carrying out an event, you are asked to write to all participants in advance and make them aware of important information:

• Sample letter and information for those holding events (currently only in German)

Due to various circumstances, it might be necessary for employees to work entirely from home at short notice. for example when they return from a risk area or had contact with a person who tests positive for the coronavirus. In these cases, the Operating Agreement on Telecommuting does not apply, as it does not take this kind of situation into consideration. The Human Resources Department has developed a reporting form with the approval of the Staff Council.

With this form, employees can report up to 14 days of telecommuting without needing to go through an official approval process. In certain cases it might be necessary to use this type of telecommuting more than once.

On 11 March 2020, the University was informed that a person who works at the University tested positive for COVID 19. The University is in contact with the person and University members who had contact with the person and is also cooperating closely with the State Health Office. Here, the University will only give general information about confirmed cases. More…

The Robert Koch Institute has added the Grand Est region in France to the list of international risk areas. This region includes Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine and Alsace.

The Robert Koch Institute has added Italy and Iran to the list of international risk areas; previously only some regions had been designated as such.

For the time being, the Ministry of Science recommends limiting business trips to the absolutely necessary minimum and reducing the number of meetings and events.

• Information for business trips
• Information for meeting and events

To date (as of 8.3.), the University of Hohenheim is not aware of any university members who have been tested positive for COVID-19.

Employees who were in the risk areas defined by the Robert Koch Institue within the last 14 days are asked to contact their supervisor by telephone. This applies even if they do not have any recognizable symptoms (cough, congestion, fever).

Students who were in the risk areas within the last 14 days are asked to stay home and avoid any unnecessary contact with others.

Business trips in the risk areas identified by the Robert Koch Institute cannot typically be approved right now.

• More information

To date (as of 6.3.), the University of Hohenheim is not aware of any university members who have been tested positive for COVID-19.

On 5.3.2020 at 21:00 the Robert Koch Institute added South Tyrol to the list of risk areas.

Due to many enquiries, we like to point out that events, conferences and workshops at the University of Hohenheim can take place as planned until further notice. Should the Health Office (Gesundheitsamt) or any other authority issue a different instruction or the organisers make a different arrangement, we will inform you immediately.