Hints and Tricks

If you're out and about on campus, you'll probably notice several construction sites. A new library complex is being built at the northern end of the University of Applied Sciences, and behind the day-care centre, the civil engineering programme is getting new laboratories. Further information can be found here.

The lost property office of Kiel University of Applied Sciences is located in the mailroom in the central administration building (C01). That’s the place where you can hand in things you have found yourself or look for things you have lost.

Opening hours of the lost property office:
Mon. – Thurs. 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

There is a small garden directly behind the Business Management and Social Work building, which is particularly inviting in summer. There you’ll find some benches where you can relax or spend time during your lunch break.

Don't feel like carrying your sports bag around all day or prefer to lock up your laptop when you're not using it? There are lockers next to the central library! There are also some lockers for your belongings in the basement of the large lecture hall building behind the diner (provided by the Studentenwerk (Students’ Service Authority)).

You have to give friends or family a tour of the campus and don't know what to show them? At the lower end of the road Schwentinestraße you’ll find the lab hall of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, where there’s always something exciting to discover in the display window. For example, a pink VW Beetle restored by the female engineers of the faculty.

You'll discover art everywhere on campus. The installations in front of or attached to buildings are particularly striking. Or maybe you're even sitting on a piece of art: the blue thinking benches can be found all over campus. By scanning the QR code, you get access to a work of art. In the Bunker-D building itself you’ll find temporary exhibitions on various topics that change on a monthly basis. Weekly cinema screenings of unmissable films can be enjoyed in the small Bunker cinema. Feel free to drop by.

In the basement of the large lecture hall building you will find the American Diner. You can enjoy coffee, tea, sandwiches and scrumptious waffles in a real diner atmosphere. The American Diner is also part of the Studentenwerk SH (Students’ Service Authority), meaning that it offers a lot for little money.

Opening hours outside the Covid pandemic: weekdays from 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Besides art and culture, Bunker-D also has drinks for its visitors. On weekdays, you can visit from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. On Wednesdays, opening hours are even longer until 10:00 p.m.

Café Mumpitz serves delicious coffee and homemade cakes in a particularly cosy atmosphere. They also serve breakfast and homemade pitas. Café Mumpitz is located at Heikendorfer Weg 41 and is open Sunday to Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

In the port area (Ostuferhafen), hidden between the trucks, you’ll find a branch of Domino’s Pizza at the end right inside the administration building. Clear advantage: open until 11:00 p.m. So, if you're hungry after a long study session, you'll still get your fill there.

Address: Ostuferhafen, Building 15, 24149 Kiel

The harbour snack bar Kieler Hafenimbiss offers you everything your snack heart may desire: large doner kebabs (also vegetarian ones with falafel), delicious roll-ups or a simple portion of fries. At Heikendorfer Weg 47 you can also get something to eat until the evening.

The canteen of the University of Applied Sciences is located directly on the Schwentine River: with a view of the water, you can get varied and healthy meals for little money. Every day you can choose between several dishes, at least one of which is vegetarian. There’s also a cafeteria where you can buy coffee and sandwiches. You pay with your student ID card.

Opening hours:
weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (cafeteria)
weekdays from 11:30 a.m. to 2:14 p.m. (food counter canteen) 

Current Menu: https://www.studentenwerk.sh/de/essen/standorte/kiel/schwentinemensa/speiseplan.html   

In Wellingdorf, the district on the other side of the Schwentine River, you’ll find a wide range of shops, such as a kebab shop, a bakery, an ice cream parlour for the summer, a Netto supermarket and a Rossman drugstore. You can also reach a Deutsche Bank branch there. It’s a walk of about 1 kilometre from the large lecture hall building - or take bus 11 for one stop to the “Wellingdorf” bus stop.

You can walk from Kiel UAS to Lüderritzstraße via a long but not all too steep staircase. There you will find a bakery, an Aldi supermarket, a Rewe supermarket and a branch of the Fördesparkasse bank. The walking distance is a little less than one kilometre.

In the large lecture hall building (C2) there is a public water dispenser where you can fill up your water bottles for free. You can choose between still and sparkling water. 

Amazon gives all students able to identify themselves with their student email a gift subscription to Prime for half a year. So besides faster delivery for your orders, you also get access to Amazon Prime Music and Amazon Prime Video. Simply go to amazon.com/student and follow the instructions.

The City of Kiel is giving any student who has moved to Kiel to study €100 as a welcome gift. All you have to do is re-register within 3 months of moving to Kiel. You can find more information on the website of the city of Kiel at: https://www.kiel.de/begruessungsgeld 

If you are logged in to the Wi-Fi/WLAN of Kiel UAS, you can access Statista free of charge. There you will find clear statistics on almost every topic. This is especially important for project work or researching assignments. Everything can also be downloaded as an image or Excel file. It is also possible to use the statistics and data via VPN access.

All students at the University of Applied Sciences can get free access to the full version of Microsoft Office with their student email. To do so, enter your email here and follow the steps below.

eduroam is not only the Wi-Fi/WLAN at Kiel University of Applied Sciences. You are also automatically logged into the WLAN at CAU Kiel and many other participating universities and institutions. This is an initiative aiming to facilitate cooperation between educational institutions.

Many companies and shops offer great discounts for students. These do not only include discounted tickets to the cinema, but also remarkable savings in online shops like notebooksbilliger.de or Adobe, for example. So before you buy something, find out whether you can get a good deal.