Uni Lux

Accommodation 

Apply here: https://wwwen.uni.lu/students/accommodation
When to apply: as soon as you get your student ID (after registration at UniLu)
Be aware: Due to a serious over-booking of student housing in Luxembourg, student housing cannot be guaranteed!

Accommodations: Overview → most students lived in the residence ‚Parc du Canal‘ in Esch (15min to Uni by bus)

Apply here for housing (using your student ID for login). The Uni asks for housing insurance (65€ for a year, click on ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION). Rent is paid by bank transfer or in person by card at the Seve office, usually at the beginning of the month. The deposit is one month’s rent. To get it back after moving out, they use the bank information you gave in the guichet étudiant, so don’t forget to input the right account. Every shared flat has a WIFI router. It is included in the rent. Usually, there are also shared laundry and drying machines in the dorms (no additional costs).

After moving in: Declare the move at the city hall. Easiest way: send email to Biergeramt, make an appointment with them. They will ask you to send the required docs via email

Online platforms

Guichet étudiant:

  • for course & exam registrations
  • report any issues with accommodation/your room
  • student job contracts
  • to download registration certificate
  • transcript of record
  • top up money for printing budget

Moodle:

  • lecture materials, recordings
  • quizzes & exams

Webex: for online lectures

Language courses

Everybody has to do a French or German course (except French-German bilingual people, C1 level in both, no

course necessary here – also not in a 3rd language). Attending and passing this language course is a mandatory pre- requisite for obtaining the UFA stipend! The respective obtained ECTS will not count into the necessary 30 ECTS, but will be listed as additional course on your transcript. Before the first semester starts, you will get an email from UniLu, containing a link to do a placement test (to decide which language level you’re at). The UniLu will then automatically enroll you to the fitting French course and also register you for the Moodle course. No need to register somewhere else.

 

You can also register for any additional course on GuichetÉtudiant if you want.

Accounts, usernames, login

  • your student email has the form: lastName.number@student.uni.lu
  • username you use for the registration on Moodle, guichet, your web-mailbox, … has the form:

StudentID@uni.lu (the studentID is your student/matriculation number)

Exams and evaluations

Most of our exams were online. There were evaluations during and/or at the end of the semester, as well as

written reports and presentations. Written exams were either Single Choice Questions or Open Questions exams. You are allowed to re-take the exam if you are not satisfied with the result.

Getting around

Public transport

free in the whole country (no tickets necessary )

Bike rental

Free (E-)Bikes: velok (around Esch and Belval, for 1h)

18€ per year: veloh (Luxembourg city)

Cultural Programs/Free Time

  • Cheap tickets for Philharmonie (10€ for left-over seats, sold at the day of concert, 10am, for students <27):

Phil27 app.

  • Nuit de la culture in Belval (concerts, light show) in September
  • Go hiking in Müllerthal and/or visit the castles (valley of 7 castles), visit Esch-sur-Sûre

Check it out here aquasud . The swimming pool is free for students of Luxembourg university.