[[Category:IAS|Modules]]
The Intelligent Adaptive Systems (IAS) Master is one of the few computer science programs in Germany that is taught purely in English, preparing students for international research and professional work.

The IAS Master takes a balanced approach between courses with a technical, low-level hardware focus and general computer science courses. Its curriculum focuses on the area of smart technology and intelligent adaptive systems and provides in-depth training in this area. The selected modules offer a comprehensive overview, including technical aspects and state-of-the-art algorithms. The IAS Masters introduces students to current research in the corresponding fields and provides the opportunity to deepen their acquired knowledge by participating in international research projects.

The Masters in Intelligent Adaptive Systems is a 2-year research-oriented program taught in English. Both national and international students can profit from the international environment and improve their knowledge of the English language and their intercultural competence. The academic exchange between students is promoted in seminars and workgroups and extended in extra-curricular discussions and activities. Due to the proximity to current research projects, students have the possibility of a smooth transition into collaborative research environments and continuing education. Up to 90% of IAS students have an international background. In 2020, we received applications from 35 nations – this year there are applicants from 19 nations among the top 30 (approx. 40% female applicants). For many years in a row, the top 1 application came from a female student. Part-time study is permitted but not advised because classes are during the day. For the Project, group work, and Master thesis students are expected to study full-time.

== IAS Curriculum [120 CP] ==
The Master’s program consists of 120 ECTS credits points, which are divided into core lectures, selectable areas of focus, extension lectures, and project work.
* Core Modules (39 CP)
* Focus Option (24 CP)
* Extension Option (15 CP)
* Project (12 CP)
* Thesis (30 CP)

As a general rule, 1 ECTS credit corresponds to 25–30 hours of work.
This is an example curriculum for students: one row stands for one semester and comprises 30 CP. The first row stands for the first winter semester:
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== Core Modules [39 CP] compulsory ==
Core lectures are compulsory for all students. They provide an in-depth understanding of different types of intelligent adaptive systems and introduce students to current research in several core areas. All core modules consist of a combination of lectures and seminars/tutorials to encourage student participation and continuous application of learned content. In the following sections, you can find direct links to the internal websites of the modules with information on content and organization.
Following the links to the STiNE platform - please check and adjust the years and winter semester/summer semester on the left menu - as not every course is held in both semesters. Prospective students should use "old" semesters to receive information about courses offered for the IAS program!

==== [InfM-SWA, 6 CP] Software Architecture (SA)====

==== [InfM-BAI, 6 CP] Bio-Inspired Artificial Intelligence (BAI) ====

==== [InfM-IR, 6 CP] Intelligent Robotics (IR) ====

==== [InfM-RM, 6 CP] Research Methods (RM) ====

==== [InfM-NN, 6 CP] Knowledge Processing with Neural Networks (NN) ====

==== [InfM-ML, 6 CP] Machine Learning (ML) ====

== Focus Option [24 CP] ==
Focus options offer students the opportunity to deepen their knowledge in areas that complement core modules. Students select focus options in consultation with the IAS academic advisor using a list of options that align with the overall focus of the IAS Master. The list contains individual modules that complement core lectures as well as suggested sets of modules that collectively form a coherent focus area. We regularly review the list to reflect current research and to include newly emerged and complementary teaching areas.
The following list shows the modules currently available for focus option slots in the winter or summer semester.

==== [InfM-WV, 6 CP] Knowledge Processing in Intelligent Systems (WV1) ====

==== [InfM-LT, 6 CP] Language Technology (SV) ====

==== [InfM-RT, 6 CP] Robot Technology (RT) ====

==== [InfM-CV 1, 6 CP] Computer Vision I ====

==== [InfM-CV 2, 6 CP] Computer Vision II ====
==== [InfM-DIS, 9 CP] Databases and Information Systems ====
==== [InfM-SSV, 6 CP] Speech Signal Processing ====

==== [InfM-OML, 6 CP] Optimization for Machine Learning ====

==== [InfM-UIST, 6 CP] User Interface Software and Technology ====

==== [InfM-IS/IAS, 3 or 6 CP] Independent study ====

The IAS program is designed for research-oriented, self-thinking, and independent students who like to choose their field of research on their own. That is why the IAS program offers a special module, the ''Independent study''.

Here the student can define with a supervisor (a 3 or 6 ECTS worth) small project on their own. The student looks for a supervisor, picks a field of research/interest, defines a learning agreement with a supervisor, and then starts his/her own project.
It is a perfect way to practice working on the "big" master's thesis.

A student is allowed to register 2 Independent studies - 1 for "Focus Choice" and 1 for "Extension Option".

== Extension Option [15 CP] ==
Students can select 15 ECTS credit points from a range of [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/studies/orga/semester-info/engl-courses.html#1588783 informatic courses taught in English] and lectures (in German) taught at the Department of Informatics or from other lectures taught at other departments. These lectures need to be on a ''' Master's level'''. In contrast to focus options, students can use extension options to gain knowledge in areas that go beyond the scope of the IAS Master but are linked to its contents, e.g. Psychology or Biology. The lectures are again chosen in consultation with the academic advisor for IAS to guarantee a meaningful choice that aligns with the student’s background and aims. German language courses are accepted here, too. Students can also choose to do a second: InfM-IS/IAS, 3 or 6 CP Independent study.

== Master Group Project [12 CP] compulsory ==

Whereas lectures and seminars focus on individual work, the group project revolves around teamwork, scientific exchange, and defence of ideas to prepare students for a collaborative scientific environment. We encourage students to engage in projects and to actively take part in research projects of a chosen area in preparation for their master thesis. Up to 15 students collaborate as an independent research group with a supervisor from the corresponding academic field.

Projects can stretch over 1-2 semesters. Have a look at the descriptions in STiNE.

== Master Thesis (Thesis + Seminar + Defense) [30 CP] compulsory ==

The Master's thesis is a research project which students need to organise themselves. Students have 6 months to work on their project and write a thesis. Research groups at the Department of Informatics suggest research fields in which master theses are possible. Students are also allowed to organise a collaboration between a company and professors at the Department of Informatics and write their thesis in that company.
Some research groups offer a seminar, which provides students with the opportunity to present their work to a broader audience of peers, in an environment comparable to a scientific conference to practice the thesis' defence. In the last term, students should work full time on their research project, which ends with the submission of the final Master’s thesis.

==Course Catalog==
There various pages where a student can get some information about the courses offered for IAS:

* Information on the course catalogue of the IAS Master can be found here: https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/studies/master/ias/course-catalog.html

* and on STiNE (where you will register for your modules:) https://www.stine.uni-hamburg.de - Click on course catalogue – choose a semester – click on Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences - Department of Informatics - K. Master of Science Intelligent Adaptive Systems – there you will see the categories and modules listed above. Once you register for courses, please remember you have to register for entire modules = lectures and seminars separately!

* See Subject-Specific Regulations for IAS: https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/studies/master/ias.html

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DbeckerIAS: /* What happens after I send my application? Rough timetable */

This page explains the enrollment process if you have received a letter of acceptance. If you have received a rejection or a rejection with a waiting list option, please redirect to this Page: [[Rejection | Rejection & WaitingList]].

=What happens after I send my application? Rough timetable=
'''31 March''': After you have submitted your application on STiNE, the IAS selection committee screens your application. If complete and you have succeeded in proving the minimum requirements your application will enter the evaluation process according to the selection criteria. (If not, your application will be rejected and you will receive a letter of rejection from the CampusCenter (central administration), see [[Rejection | Rejection & WaitingList]]. )

'''End of April''': The IAS selection committee finalizes their evaluation. All valid applications are ranked and evaluated. The IAS selection committee sends the ranked list of all eligible applicants and rejected applicants to the CampusCenter (central administration of Universität Hamburg).

'''Beginning of May'''
The CampusCenter checks and evaluates the list and ultimately decides how many of the top-ranked applicants will receive a letter of acceptance. The IAS selection committee or IAS Team do not have jurisdiction here. Overbooking rates, Hardship cases and Waiting semesters cases are evaluated by the CampusCenter according to University law. This may change the order of who and when an applicant receives a letter of acceptance.

'''Mid-May''' Admission notification (23 May): The Campus Center will publish the results (acceptance, waiting list, rejection) of the current application period in your STiNE account. In case you receive a letter of acceptance - the letter will provide instructions on how and when to enrol. Please also contact the IAS Team asap, so we can send you more information on the study program, onboarding and assist you with any questions you have. Because of the two jurisdictions IAS Team (entire program coordination) & CampusCenter (central administration area) the IAS Team can only estimate who receives what letter when. For every other letter please read: [[Rejection | Rejection & WaitingList]].

'''29 May''' Deadline for enrolment.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
Congratulations! You are one of the top 20 of a very long list of applicants. The letter of acceptance is precious for many applicants. The central administration (CampusCenter) manages the enrolment process for the entire Universität Hamburg. Please ask the CampusCenter regarding questions on how to enrol - contact should be stated on your letter of acceptance. If not use the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form]. Please tell also the IAS Team if you have any questions addressed to the CampusCenter (we are interested in updating the wiki). Here is a rather outdated help of the offline '''matriculation form''' : [[Matriculation Form | Help for the Enrollment Form]].

==Enrollment Deadline==
'''Usually 1 week after notification (26 May):''' For enrollment, the accepted applicants have to follow the procedure stated in their letter of acceptance (that is always the most up-to-date information). Check your letter! It is always a good idea to emphasise that you are an international student while enrolling - check your international address.
After completing the enrollment form and fulfilling the points of the instructions - you are enrolled. Congratulation!

==FAQ for newly enrolled students==
Here the IAS Team has collected some questions that you may wonder about:

===Acknowledgement of enrollment===
The CampusCenter usually sends an (automatic) acknowledgment for receiving your enrolment documents (at least for online enrollment). If you need a special acknowledgment for your '''visa''', you need to request it via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form].
Once enrolled, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts, even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents and have not paid the semester contribution. Please read the paragraph about Health insurance and semester contribution.

===Rough schedule after enrollment===
'''End of August - end of September''', the CampusCenter will send you an email with your student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents and only then will demand the payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid, you will receive your complete semester documents, new STiNE student login & tans.
At this point, you may have arrived in Hamburg and probably will have started studying. Sending the preliminary documents this late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they send the email with preliminary documents only very late in September. ''Do not worry''. If you need an acknowledgement of preliminary enrollment for assurance/visa/bank account, please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form].

Please also tell the IAS-Team in cc if you have any worries/questions regarding enrollment.

'''Late September - first weeks of October: ''' There are a [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/piasta/veranstaltungen/piasta-welcome.html
general international welcome week organised by PIASTA] and an IAS specific orientation week to help you settle in, receive computer science logins and understand the process of booking courses. Please attend. Orientation/Introductory courses for IAS start usually in the second week of October shortly before the lecture period starts (see onboarding emails regarding IAS Orientation oe-ias@informatik ... in July/August).

'''Lecture start mid-October'''
Check the [https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com IAS Website] & the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/studienorganisation/studienverlauf/semestertermine.html universities main page] whether there are changes regarding the lecture start and the way of teaching (digital / in-class). The last 2 semesters have been taught in digital form. Unfortunately, the University makes this decision on short notice.

===I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?===
You can ''' only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem for international students. As long as you have provided an address outside Germany in your enrollment documents, you only need to confirm German health insurance once you are in Germany and have accommodation. It is always a good idea to state in the enrollment form that you are an international student from outside Europe/Germany (if the online form lets you). The CampusCenter advises international students to provide their health insurance at the latest in mid-October.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ General Info of the city of Hamburg]. If you are over 30 years old, please also read the section about 30 years and older: [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg] :

Please note "travel health insurance" does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

If the next semester classes are in digital form - you do not need German health insurance if you are not in Germany.

=== Where do I have to send the matriculation (enrollment) documents? ===
The letter of acceptance contains instructions on how to enroll. Enrollment is online. You will have to upload some documents and after enrollment completion, your study place is reserved for you.

===How to waive your place (after enrollment)===
In case you are one of the 20 fortunate students receiving a letter of acceptance and have enrolled yourself but decided you do not want to start studying the IAS Master, please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player; otherwise, people on the waiting list won't be contacted, and the place will be lost. Nobody will be contacted once the semester has started.

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

===I have visa problems ===
Use this [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html contact form] of the CampusCenter for requesting visa help (official documents etc.).

Please note that you need to provide detailed personal information (name, program, enrolled, country, problem, application nr, student number) and ask precise questions. The CampusCenter does not have the time to write 100 emails asking for info step by step. If your visa matter is time relevant, please emphasize that in your request.

If nobody answers within 48h or you have a timely pressing matter, please check again that you have stated the importance and provided all information necessary.
Please keep the IAS Team informed - we may have direct contact for very important cases [https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/contact/ You can find the IAS Team contact information here].

=== Postponing the start of your studies once enrolled ===
In general, the IAS program commences once a year in the winter semester - you should start studying in October the year you have applied - in general, there is no "postponing" possible.

If you want to '''start in the next year's winter semester''', you need to waive your place and apply again without any better chances than any other application of the new application period.

= Statistics 2024 =
Short statistics: There were 551 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled. Therefore, the requirements for applying are strict with no exception. We received applications from 50 nations for 20 spaces. The Top 30 included 19 nations, 40% women, 50% men, and 10% diverse.

= Waiving your enrollment (free your place for somebody else) =

If you have enrolled yourself and '''you do not want to start studying''', PLEASE waive the enrollment officially - only when you do so before the semester starts. The CampusCenter can notify another applicant on the waiting list.

* Use this form: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your place for somebody on the waiting list]

* Contact the IAS Team asap

=Points of contact=

To avoid confusion, we would like to explain the two distinct points of contact at the Universität Hamburg that you have to communicate with for the application, enrollment process and onboarding process:

1. '''Your first point of contact is the IAS Team.''' The IAS Team is part of the '''Department of Informatics''', Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team and academic advisor are responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, program curriculum, questions about the IAS program, counselling of students and applicants regarding study plans and exams. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the applications. Please direct all questions regarding the program's content, curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying to the IAS Team. The academic advisor manages the IAS Team. The academic advisor is a researcher and lecturer who cooperates closely with the academic office at the informatics department. Please keep in mind that their main tasks are research and teaching - not administrative when contacting the IAS Team. [https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/contact/ Contact the IAS Team]

'''The academic office at the department of informatics for enrolled students''': You should contact the academic coordinator for IAS Björn Hanssen when you have questions regarding module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of German lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved in the application process and will only become relevant once you start studying at Universität Hamburg. [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office].

2. '''CampusCenter Team:''' The CampusCenter Team is part of the '''central administration''' of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center (Main Campus) and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online system STiNE, are centrally responsible for processing admissions and handling legal issues for the approximately 44000 students at UHH. The Campus Center provides student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents). It has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrollment (after the Selection Committee of the IAS Team reviewed and ranked your application). Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the IAS-Team and the academic office at the informatics department; and to your academic advisor, who is the contact for all study issues. The Campus Center is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection/waiting list and the enrollment process. You will need to send your enrollment documents to the Campus Center once you are accepted!. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrollment or confirmation of enrollment for a visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html Campus Center].

As a rule of thumb - always contact the IAS Team first: [https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/contact/ How to contact the IAS Team]

Admission Process

2024-04-25T08:26:18Z

DbeckerIAS: /* Statistics 2024 */

This page explains the enrollment process if you have received a letter of acceptance. If you have received a rejection or a rejection with a waiting list option, please redirect to this Page: [[Rejection | Rejection & WaitingList]].

=What happens after I send my application? Rough timetable=
'''31 March''': After you have submitted your application on STiNE, the IAS selection committee screens your application. If complete and you have succeeded in proving the minimum requirements your application will enter the evaluation process according to the selection criteria. (If not, your application will be rejected and you will receive a letter of rejection from the CampusCenter (central administration), see [[Rejection | Rejection & WaitingList]]. )

'''End of April''': The IAS selection committee finalizes their evaluation. All valid applications are ranked and evaluated. The IAS selection committee sends the ranked list of all eligible applicants and rejected applicants to the CampusCenter (central administration of Universität Hamburg).

'''Beginning of May'''
The CampusCenter checks and evaluates the list and ultimately decides how many of the top-ranked applicants will receive a letter of acceptance. The IAS selection committee or IAS Team do not have jurisdiction here. Overbooking rates, Hardship cases and Waiting semesters cases are evaluated by the CampusCenter according to University law. This may change the order of who and when an applicant receives a letter of acceptance.

'''Mid-May''' Admission notification (18 May): The Campus Center will publish the results (acceptance, waiting list, rejection) of the current application period in your STiNE account. In case you receive a letter of acceptance - the letter will provide instructions on how and when to enrol. Please also contact the IAS Team asap, so we can send you more information on the study program, onboarding and assist you with any questions you have. Because of the two jurisdictions IAS Team (entire program coordination) & CampusCenter (central administration area) the IAS Team can only estimate who receives what letter when. For every other letter please read: [[Rejection | Rejection & WaitingList]].

'''26 May''' Deadline for enrolment.

=I have received a letter of acceptance ("Zulassungsbescheid")=
Congratulations! You are one of the top 20 of a very long list of applicants. The letter of acceptance is precious for many applicants. The central administration (CampusCenter) manages the enrolment process for the entire Universität Hamburg. Please ask the CampusCenter regarding questions on how to enrol - contact should be stated on your letter of acceptance. If not use the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form]. Please tell also the IAS Team if you have any questions addressed to the CampusCenter (we are interested in updating the wiki). Here is a rather outdated help of the offline '''matriculation form''' : [[Matriculation Form | Help for the Enrollment Form]].

==Enrollment Deadline==
'''Usually 1 week after notification (26 May):''' For enrollment, the accepted applicants have to follow the procedure stated in their letter of acceptance (that is always the most up-to-date information). Check your letter! It is always a good idea to emphasise that you are an international student while enrolling - check your international address.
After completing the enrollment form and fulfilling the points of the instructions - you are enrolled. Congratulation!

==FAQ for newly enrolled students==
Here the IAS Team has collected some questions that you may wonder about:

===Acknowledgement of enrollment===
The CampusCenter usually sends an (automatic) acknowledgment for receiving your enrolment documents (at least for online enrollment). If you need a special acknowledgment for your '''visa''', you need to request it via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form].
Once enrolled, your place for the Master International Adaptive Systems is secured until the semester starts, even though you might not have received any preliminary semester documents and have not paid the semester contribution. Please read the paragraph about Health insurance and semester contribution.

===Rough schedule after enrollment===
'''End of August - end of September''', the CampusCenter will send you an email with your student STiNE login, preliminary semester documents and only then will demand the payment of your semester contribution. After you have paid, you will receive your complete semester documents, new STiNE student login & tans.
At this point, you may have arrived in Hamburg and probably will have started studying. Sending the preliminary documents this late is an administrative decision of the central administration (CampusCenter) at Universität Hamburg. Sorry. Sometimes they send the email with preliminary documents only very late in September. ''Do not worry''. If you need an acknowledgement of preliminary enrollment for assurance/visa/bank account, please request it, [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html CampusCenter Contact Form].

Please also tell the IAS-Team in cc if you have any worries/questions regarding enrollment.

'''Late September - first weeks of October: ''' There are a [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/piasta/veranstaltungen/piasta-welcome.html
general international welcome week organised by PIASTA] and an IAS specific orientation week to help you settle in, receive computer science logins and understand the process of booking courses. Please attend. Orientation/Introductory courses for IAS start usually in the second week of October shortly before the lecture period starts (see onboarding emails regarding IAS Orientation oe-ias@informatik ... in July/August).

'''Lecture start mid-October'''
Check the [https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com IAS Website] & the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/studienorganisation/studienverlauf/semestertermine.html universities main page] whether there are changes regarding the lecture start and the way of teaching (digital / in-class). The last 2 semesters have been taught in digital form. Unfortunately, the University makes this decision on short notice.

===I do not have German health insurance! What do I have to do?===
You can ''' only''' get German health insurance once you have a valid address in Germany. The Campus Center Team for Application and Admission is aware of this problem for international students. As long as you have provided an address outside Germany in your enrollment documents, you only need to confirm German health insurance once you are in Germany and have accommodation. It is always a good idea to state in the enrollment form that you are an international student from outside Europe/Germany (if the online form lets you). The CampusCenter advises international students to provide their health insurance at the latest in mid-October.

Please check the official information here: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/krankenversicherung Info of Universität Hamburg] and [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ General Info of the city of Hamburg]. If you are over 30 years old, please also read the section about 30 years and older: [https://www.hamburg.com/welcome/career-profession/study/11872998/health-insurance/ Info of the city of Hamburg] :

Please note "travel health insurance" does ''not'' provide sufficient coverage for the duration of studies in Germany.

Please see the FAQ section on [[FAQ:Main|health insurance]].

If the next semester classes are in digital form - you do not need German health insurance if you are not in Germany.

=== Where do I have to send the matriculation (enrollment) documents? ===
The letter of acceptance contains instructions on how to enroll. Enrollment is online. You will have to upload some documents and after enrollment completion, your study place is reserved for you.

===How to waive your place (after enrollment)===
In case you are one of the 20 fortunate students receiving a letter of acceptance and have enrolled yourself but decided you do not want to start studying the IAS Master, please fill in this form as early as possible:
Please be a fair player; otherwise, people on the waiting list won't be contacted, and the place will be lost. Nobody will be contacted once the semester has started.

* [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your accepted place for somebody on the waiting list]

===I have visa problems ===
Use this [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html contact form] of the CampusCenter for requesting visa help (official documents etc.).

Please note that you need to provide detailed personal information (name, program, enrolled, country, problem, application nr, student number) and ask precise questions. The CampusCenter does not have the time to write 100 emails asking for info step by step. If your visa matter is time relevant, please emphasize that in your request.

If nobody answers within 48h or you have a timely pressing matter, please check again that you have stated the importance and provided all information necessary.
Please keep the IAS Team informed - we may have direct contact for very important cases [https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/contact/ You can find the IAS Team contact information here].

=== Postponing the start of your studies once enrolled ===
In general, the IAS program commences once a year in the winter semester - you should start studying in October the year you have applied - in general, there is no "postponing" possible.

If you want to '''start in the next year's winter semester''', you need to waive your place and apply again without any better chances than any other application of the new application period.

= Statistics 2024 =
Short statistics: There were 551 applications and only 20 open spaces to be filled. Therefore, the requirements for applying are strict with no exception. We received applications from 50 nations for 20 spaces. The Top 30 included 19 nations, 40% women, 50% men, and 10% diverse.

= Waiving your enrollment (free your place for somebody else) =

If you have enrolled yourself and '''you do not want to start studying''', PLEASE waive the enrollment officially - only when you do so before the semester starts. The CampusCenter can notify another applicant on the waiting list.

* Use this form: [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/bewerbung/bachelor-staatsexamen/zulassung-einschreibung/verzicht.html Free your place for somebody on the waiting list]

* Contact the IAS Team asap

=Points of contact=

To avoid confusion, we would like to explain the two distinct points of contact at the Universität Hamburg that you have to communicate with for the application, enrollment process and onboarding process:

1. '''Your first point of contact is the IAS Team.''' The IAS Team is part of the '''Department of Informatics''', Universität Hamburg. The IAS Team and academic advisor are responsible for the application process, selection process, program coordination, program curriculum, questions about the IAS program, counselling of students and applicants regarding study plans and exams. The IAS Team runs the IAS program and contains the selection committee (a group of professors, post-doctoral researchers, lecturers, academic advisors) who select the applications. Please direct all questions regarding the program's content, curriculum, application, website, wiki, and difficulties while studying to the IAS Team. The academic advisor manages the IAS Team. The academic advisor is a researcher and lecturer who cooperates closely with the academic office at the informatics department. Please keep in mind that their main tasks are research and teaching - not administrative when contacting the IAS Team. [https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/contact/ Contact the IAS Team]

'''The academic office at the department of informatics for enrolled students''': You should contact the academic coordinator for IAS Björn Hanssen when you have questions regarding module and exam registrations, recognition of credit points, recognition of German lectures or other lectures, transcript, etc.). They are not involved in the application process and will only become relevant once you start studying at Universität Hamburg. [https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/studies/orga/stb.html Contact academic office].

2. '''CampusCenter Team:''' The CampusCenter Team is part of the '''central administration''' of the entire university. The Team for Application and Admission ("Team Bewerbung und Zulassung TBZ") is located at the Campus Center (Main Campus) and part of the central administration (Do not confuse this with the IAS Team and Selection Committee). They are running the online system STiNE, are centrally responsible for processing admissions and handling legal issues for the approximately 44000 students at UHH. The Campus Center provides student documents (student ID card, confirmation documents). It has full control over all formal issues leading to your enrollment (after the Selection Committee of the IAS Team reviewed and ranked your application). Once you are fully enrolled (paid semester contribution), responsibility is partly handed back to the IAS-Team and the academic office at the informatics department; and to your academic advisor, who is the contact for all study issues. The Campus Center is responsible for sending your letter of acceptance/rejection/waiting list and the enrollment process. You will need to send your enrollment documents to the Campus Center once you are accepted!. Please contact the Campus Center for all questions regarding the official enrollment or confirmation of enrollment for a visa. Contact them via the [https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/campuscenter/beratung/info-beratung-online/kontaktformular-campus-center.html Campus Center].

As a rule of thumb - always contact the IAS Team first: [https://www.master-intelligent-adaptive-systems.com/contact/ How to contact the IAS Team]