{"id":7427,"date":"2018-03-19T14:53:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T14:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/en\/news\/the-university-presented-itself-during-its-annual-open-day\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T17:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T16:16:04","slug":"the-university-presented-itself-during-its-annual-open-day","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/news\/the-university-presented-itself-during-its-annual-open-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The University presented itself during its annual Open Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p>The 12th<sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>Open Day, which took place on Saturday 17 March, attracted close to 3,500 visitors from the Greater Region to Belval campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On numerous open stands, the pupils, students, parents, teachers and other visitors discovered the academic programmes, student life and student services. In addition to offering practical information, the university took advantage of <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwfr.uni.lu\/etudiants\/decouvrir_l_universite\/orientation\/journee_portes_ouvertes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this event<\/a> to show its multilingual, personal and international character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"bachelors-masters-and-the-futur-student-life\"\n    >\nBachelors, Masters and the futur student life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>study programmes <\/strong>\u2013 12 Bachelor and 42 Master degrees \u2013 are the chief point of interest for many visitors. In particular, the Bachelor programs are of interest to future university students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pupils are obviously curious to find out more about the University\u2019s <strong>student life<\/strong>. Student associations were present throughout the day to talk to interested visitors, along with the university services for sports and arts courses, language learning, and job and internship opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"science-in-practice\"\n    >\nScience in practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A university is not a university without research. Researchers from various fields invited visitors to participate in <strong>interactive activities<\/strong>, to rouse the young audience\u2019s interest in science:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At the Scienteens lab, visitors were able to learn about the chemical properties of sunscreen, examine the electromagnetic spectrum and learn about message encryption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With a model of the Galileo antenna for illustration, researchers explained how the European GPS system works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Two HoloLens \u2013 virtual reality headsets \u2013 delighted visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A particular chess game explored artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Visitors tested the STARR application, consisting of a motion detector camera and screen, which is being developed to improve the rehabilitation of patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; School teachers visiting with their classes appreciated the SciTeach Centre, which offers advice and learning materials to teachers for science awareness courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>External partners, such as the town of Esch-sur-Alzette, Mobilit\u00e9itszentraal public transport, and Restopolis, which manages the university restaurants, were also present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos: \u00a9 Sophie Margue \/ University of Luxembourg 2018<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 12th\u00a0Open Day, which took place on Saturday 17 March, attracted close to 3,500 visitors from the Greater Region to Belval campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":7428,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"news-category":[11,10],"news-topic":[],"organisation":[191,376,233],"authorship":[33],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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