FAQs about the on­line course cat­a­logue (LSF por­tal)

Applicants: The SIM user guide explains how to register with the online SIM application portal and how to manage your user account.

Students: Once you are enrolled at Saarland University, you can download your IT account notification letter from the SIM application portal. The IT account notification letter (issued by the University IT Centre HIZ) contains your UdS ID code and your master password. To download it, proceed as follows: click on the tile 'Bewerbung' (Applications), then select 'Dokumente' (Documents), then 'Meine Bescheide' (My Notifications).

University employees: You do not need to register to access the basic functions of the LSF system. You will only need to register if you want to edit LSF content (e.g. enter details about courses or other teaching activities). After completing a training course, you will be given role-based access to the LSF portal. To register for the training course, please contact the IT Service Desk at HIZ.

The master password cannot be used to log in to the LSF portal. The master password is used solely to generate a new user password. The procedure is essentially the same as that used to change your HIZ password.

If you need to print an enrolment certificate or other study-related document, you will need to log into the SIM portal with a valid UdS ID code and your current password.

Once places on a specific course or teaching activity have been made available in the LSF portal, you will see a link 'belegen/abmelden' (apply/cancel application) next to the course or teaching activity of interest. Click this link to apply for a place on the chosen course or teaching activity. For some courses or teaching activities you can select a date or a particular group. The final step is to click on 'Platz beantragen' (Apply for a place).

For details, please refer to the document Veranstaltungsbelegung mit Prioritäten (Prioritizing your request for a place on a course) (currently available in German only).

You can enter any course into your study schedule. But you can only apply for a place on certain courses via the 'belegen/abmelden' (apply/cancel application) link.

No, only in some cases. For most courses and teaching activities the procedure for allocating places starts once the application deadline has closed. Once the places on a course or teaching activity have been allocated, you can check your status by clicking on 'Meine Funktionen' > 'Meine Veranstaltungen' (My functions > My courses).

There are four different status levels: 'angemeldet' (application received), 'zugelassen' (application approved), 'storniert' (application cancelled) and 'Warteliste' (on waiting list).

If you see this message then either the allocation period for this course or teaching activity has not yet started or it has already closed.

Lecturers and other instructors can send emails to all course participants. These emails will be sent to your university email address.

For more detailed information about the allocation of places on a particular course, please contact the relevant departmental advisor or module coordinator.