Welcome (back) to the Humboldt-Universität

Greeting by the Vice President for Academic Affairs Niels Pinkwart at the start of the winter semester 2021/22. Dear students, after one and a half years, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is officially reopening its doors for teaching. On behalf of the University leadership, all staff members in technology, service and administration, as well as all the teaching staff, I would like to welcome you back to Humboldt-Universität. As a new member of the President's Executive Council, I am also very pleased to be able to discuss your concerns with you and your representatives of the RefRat and the various university committees. Over the past weeks and months, everyone involved in the university has shown the greatest possible commitment to organising a winter semester under the uncertain and rapidly changing legal framework that will once again allow us all to meet on site. We see this semester as a transitional semester on the way back to presence and are very much looking forward to being able to offer you many more events on site again from 18 October 2021. We are aware that the path back to more normal teaching is complicated due to the continuing pandemic situation.