The aim of the Orientation Programme is to facilitate your integration into the Swedish way of life and the

academic system. We believe it is important that you participate in this program because it will help you to get to know our Campus and the city of rebro. It will also help you to get to know Swedish students and other international students. Almost all exchange students who come to rebro University participate in the Orientation Programme. The Orientation Programme is a collaboration between the University and the non-profit student organization ESN rebro. The organization consists of Swedish students and their aim is to help the exchange students and make them feel welcome. During daytime you will get practical information from the University and during the evenings and weekends ESN will organize social activities for you. The social part of the Orientation Programme is voluntary but the University highly recommends that you participate. This will be a great start of your time abroad. All the activities that are arranged by ESN will be marked throughout this document with the ESN logo. You have to pay a fee for social activities that ESN arrange. You pay the fee along with the payment for accommodation, and the sum is 850 SEK. The payment has to be made before August 1, 2013. Most of the money goes to the following activities: The trip to Ikea The overnight stay at Herrfallet The Welcome Dinner

These are the activities you do not want to miss! The only way to guarantee a spot is to pay the fee along with the payment for accommodation. Read more about ESN rebro on the website www.esnorebro.org

During the Orientation Week all exchange students will be divided into faddergroups with Swedish fadders. The fadders are here to help you to settle in here in Sweden.

The official Arrival Days take place in August, Thursday 22rd and Friday 23th. When you arrive in rebro you need to go to the University by yourself. Well in place the Accommodation Coordinator will hand out the keys to your accommodation together with some important information. You can read information on how to get to rebro University on the University website. On the Arrival Days there will be an ESN Arrival Camp, in Forumhuset where you will meet the Student Coordinator and fadders from ESN. The ESN crew will help you with questions, inform you about activities during the semester, and guide you to your accommodation. ESN will also sell secondhand stuff that students from previous semester have left for you. The prices are good and you can find. You have access to your room from Monday August 19, but you can only collect your key at the International office during office hours 10:00-14:00 During the Official Arrival Days you can collect the keys between 11:00 - 22:00. During the Arrival Days ESN will drive you from the University if you have off-campus housing. If you arrive before or after the Official Arrival Days it is possible to collect keys for accommodation at the International Office during office hours 10:00-14:00 on weekdays only.

If you arrive outside the hours stated above, you need to find temporary accommodation for the night and then come the following day to collect the keys. This you need to arrange yourself. You will find more information about different alternatives of temporary housing on the University website.

Swedish hamburgers on Thursday 22

Time: 19:00 Meeting point: ESN Arrival Camp For those who have arrived and settled in their rooms, we will go to Max, a Swedish hamburger restaurant and from there is a possibility to walk to the city center to visit some pubs.

Visit to Ivy on Friday 23

Time: 19:00 Meeting point: ESN Arrival Camp We spend the evening chilling out on a pub in the city centre. If you arrive during the evening, settle in your room and come and join us!

The well known furniture store IKEA, is perfect to visit as a newcomer in rebro. At IKEA you can buy everything you need for your accommodation such as pillows, quilts, sheets, kitchen supplies, rugs, paper bins and more. We will have one shuttle bus going back and forth. Group 1 Departure Time: 10:00 Meeting point: Outside the Entrance Building Going Back: 13:00 Group 2 Departure Time: 10:40 Meeting point: Outside the Entrance Building, Campus Going Back: 13:45 Group 3 Departure Time: 11:20 Meeting point: Outside the Entrance Building, Campus and Brickebacken (end bus-stop Tallrisvgen) Going Back: 14:30

Time: 18:00 Meeting Point: The Kraka Fountain, Campus This evening is reserved for your fadder groups so you can get to know each other. What you do is planned by the fadders in your group.

Time: 22:00 (approximate) All faddergroups will meet up at Frimis. Note! Dont forget to bring your ID Card and Nollebricka1.

A nollebricka is something all new students get, and there are discounts connected to it. It will be in your gift bag that you receive when you collect your keys.

Time: 15:00 Meeting Point: Kraka Fountain All fadders and exchange students gathers outside for a barbeque and a game of brnnboll. Brnnboll is a simple version of softball that everyone can play. You bring whatever you want to eat and drink. We provide barbeques! Note! If it rains, this activity will be removed.

Time: 17:00 Place: Behrn Arena (Football Stadium) Cost: For Free! All exchange students can come in for free by showing their ESN Card

Time: 19:00 Meeting point: Kraka Fountain Movie nights are something ESN arranges now and then throughout the semester. We will watch it on big screen, in one of the halls on campus. What movie, will be announced later on.

Time: 11:15-12:00 Location: HSL3, Lecture hall 3 in Lnghuset Welcome to rebro University! Introduction of the staff at the International Office Presentation of ESN rebro Presentation of the Orientation Programme

Lunch

Time: 13:15-14:00 Location: HSL3, Lecture hall 3 in Lnghuset

The International Office will give you crucial information about accommodation, living in rebro and practical matters.

Time: 14:00-15:00 ESN fadders will guide you around Campus and show you the different buildings, library, restaurants and so forth.

Time: 20:00 Meeting Point: The Kraka fountain, Campus This evening is reserved for your fadder groups so you can get to know each other. What you do is planned by the fadders in your group.

Time: 11:15-12:00 Location: HSL3 Here you will get information that will help you get started with your studies such as computer login, information about the university card and so forth.

Lunch
Time: 13:00-14:15 Location: Ground floor Forumhuset After lunch you register for your courses. Course administrators from the different schools will be available. Remember to register for all your courses. Note! Remember to bring your course list

Time: 15:00 18:00 Location: Library at campus This afternoon we will for the first time this Orientation Programme compete between the different faddergroups. Who will be the best faddergroup in 5 different activities and by will win the first price this Orientation Programme.

Time: 21:30 Meeting point: Kraka Fountain Now and then during the semester there will be parties with and for the exchange students. The idea is that different countries, friends or fadders/board members of ESN sign up to organize a party with a certain theme. This first party will have Swedish Theme, so dress yourself as a real swede, with some nice yellow and blue colours!

Time: 10:15-12:00 Location: HSL3 (Lecure hall 3 in Lnghuset) Representatives from the Migration Board, the student Health Service, the Students Union and other organizations, are invited to this information session. They will give you important information about things that concerns your stay here in Sweden.

Information on what services the library can offer you, how to use data bases at the library to find literature. Fadder Group G-J Time: 13:00-14:00 Meeting Point: Faddergroup G,H will meet at U1181. Faddergroup I,J will meet at U1191, both meeting points are inside the library. Fadder Group A-E Time: 14:00-15:00 Meeting Point: Faddergroup A,B,C will meet at U1181. Faddergroup D,E will meet at U1191, both meetingspoints are inside the library.

Time: 16:00 - 20:00 Meeting Point: Kraka fountain

Time for some team spirit! ESN has arranged a kind of treasure hunt, where you compete against the other fadder groups. The treasure hunt will take place in the city centre.

We will spend the afternoon in the city. You will pay a visit to City Hall where representatives will welcome you to rebro. Afterwards the fadders will meet you outside and take you on a city tour. The evening will be open for shopping for those who are interested.

Fadder Group A,B,C,D,E

Time: 12:15 Meeting Point: Kraka Fountain 13:00 City Hall 14:00 City tour

Fadder Group G,H,I,J

Time: 13:15 Meeting Point: Kraka Fountain 14:00 City Hall 15:00 City Tour

Note! Take your bus card with you

As new student in rebro the local football club rebro SK welcomes you all to their home match against Falkenberg FF. The entrance is for free for you as Exchange Students because rebro SK wants to welcome you to your new home town! See them fighting to become champions and cheer them together with the other supporters to victory! Time: 18:30 Meeting point: MAX at Behrn Arena (Football Stadium) Cost: Free for you as an exchange student.

Time: 12:00 Meeting Point: Kraka fountain. 1. Take a walk in Rynninge Nature Reserve by the west end of the lake Hjlmaren. You will also visit a nice caf in the park. 2. Visit the swimming centre Gustavsvik with its out- and indoor pools, wave-pools and waterslides. Bring your swimming-suit and towel. You pay your entrance fee (approximate 120 SEK).

Note! Take your bus card with you.

Time: 20:00 Meeting Point: Announces by your faddergroup Before the big premiere party at the student pub, the fadders in your group are organizing a preparty. Note! It will be a color party at the student pub, were all students dress in their section colors. Being in ESN, you should be dressed in our rainbow colors: pink, blue, orange and green.

Time: Door opens 21:00 Place: Kren Decide in your faddergroup when you will go to Kren. Dont go too late, because it will be very crowdie and you will risk not getting in. Note! Remember to bring your nollebricka and Id-card.

ESN has arranged a cabin weekend in the nature reserve Herrfallet, situated by the lake Hjlmaren. The price includes the bus trip, accommodation, lunch and dinner. During the day we arrange outdoor and indoor activities. The night is rounded off with sauna bathing and a party. We are staying overnight so you

need to bring bed-linen and towels, and warm and comfortable clothes. Departure: If you live in Brickebacken Time: 10:45 Meeting point: Brickebacken (end bus-stop tallrisvgen) If you live in Tybble or Studentgatan Time: 11:00 Meeting point: Outside the Entrance Building, Campus

Time: 12:00 Make sure you are on time and that you leave the cabins as you found them. You have to clean the cabins together before departure!

Time: 15:30 Location: L103 in Lnghuset Do you need to open a bank account? We have invited the Swedish bank Nordea to come to the University to help you with this. Note! You need to bring your passport, address in rebro and Letter of Acceptance!

Time: will be announced later Location: will be announced later Together with the Swedish students you will make a tour to some pubs and clubs in rebro. The final party with all students will be in Ritz, a nightclub in the city centre.

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Time: 19:00 Location: Strmpis (nightclub in the city) As the closing event of the Orientation Programme and the start of your exchange stay here in Sweden, we invite you to a Sittning which is an old tradition for students in Sweden. There will be a twocourse dinner and party at the nightclub Strmpis which is situated on a small island on the river Svartn. Later in the evening the venue fills up with more students, and the dance floor opens. Dress code: Semi-formal Note! Bring your Bus card and ID-card

If you have any questions regarding the program, contact the International Student Coordinator, Diederic Brummer.
Phone: 0046 19 30 32 20 or 0046 706 35 99 22 E-mail: studentcoordinator@oru.se

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The semester for Swedish students starts September 2, and new students will come to Campus. In Sweden it is really common that you have something called an Introduction, in the beginning of the semester. Together with student associations, the University Introduction Coordinator has planned a program with activities for all new students. The student associations have also separate programs.

Dates: 2013-09-02 2013-09-08 Place: GIH The University has its own gym and sport association called UIF. In the beginning of the semester everyone can try out all the activities (gym, group training, football, badminton and more) for free.

Date: 2013-09-03 - 2013-09-04 Time: 10:00-14:00 Place: Lnghuset Various student organizations, authorities and other associations will introduce themselves and their activities to the new students on campus. Lots of useful information, offers and competitions!

Date: 2013-09-06 Time: 16:00-18:30 Place: Volleyball fields by the running tracks on Campus. Check out or participate in the tournament when the different sections compete against each other. In the evening, there will be an after party at the club Krhuset. 12

Date: 2013-09-08 Time: 20:30 Place: Behind Teknikhuset Film: will be announced later The introduction organizes a big screen movie night several times during the Introduction. It is outdoors, so bring a blanket and some friends to enjoy it. Perfect place to have a picnic!

Date: 2013-09-13 Place: In the City Centre Every autumn semester the University students invade the streets of rebro. The whole thing starts off with a parade with all the sections represented. The sections will compete against each other and there will be a lot of happenings and discounts for students on this day.

Date: 2013-09-15 Time: 20:30 Place: Behind Teknikhuset Film: Will be announced later The introduction organizes a big screen movie night several times during the Introduction. It is outdoors, so bring a blanket and some friends to enjoy it. Perfect place to have a picnic!

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