We warmly welcome our first-year students. At the start of the 2025/26 winter semester, we cordially invite you to the ceremonial enrollment at Haus Schwärzetal. Doors open at 10 a.m. – the event begins at 10:30 a.m. Afterwards, at around 12:15 p.m., Mayor Götz Herrmann will invite all students and guests to a traditional reception on the market square. You can look forward to an entertaining and informative event to welcome first-year students and get them in the mood for their studies.
Programm:
| 10:30 Uhr | Opening and welcome by the President, Prof. Dr. Matthias Barth |
| 10:45 Uhr | Welcome by the student vice-presidency |
| 10:50 Uhr | Welcome by Mayor Götz Herrmann |
| 11:00 Uhr | Presentation of the City of Eberswalde Sustainability Award by Ilja Haub, Head of the Department of Construction and Urban Development |
| 11:05 Uhr | Musical contribution |
| 11:10 Uhr | Presentation of the DAAD Prize by the Vice-President for Studies and Teaching, Prof. Dr. Uta Steinhardt |
| 11:20 Uhr | Musical contribution |
| 11:25 Uhr | commemorative address |
| 11:55 Uhr | Farewell to ‘Off to the Market’ by the President |
| 12:00 Uhr | End of the event |
Note: Our international students and guests will receive simultaneous German-English translation. Receivers will be available in the entrance area. During the event, HNEE will take photos for public relations purposes. We need you to help us create lively images! Please support HNEE's press and public relations work by allowing yourself to be photographed or filmed. If you do not wish to be photographed, please inform our photographers or cameramen on site!
If you have any questions about the enrollment ceremony, please contact Johanna Köhle, University Communications, at johanna.koehle(at)hnee.de.
We look forward to seeing you!