Conversation cards sparked talks at first Open House in two years
Open House again drew guests to visit campus Odense and Alsion in Sønderborg physically. Potential new students queued up for presentations, showed great interest in our new conversation cafés, and enjoyed the excellent atmosphere when we opened our doors again after corona.
In Sønderborg, more visitors than expected took the chance to stick their heads inside Alsion. At the same time, there was a queue for more presentations and a lot of interest in conversation cards and debate about the difficult choice of study program at campus Odense.
Although it generally turned out to be challenging to compete with blue sky and high sun in Odense, there was a good atmosphere, as we could once again hold physical Open House at TEK on Saturday 26 February. The number of guests was significantly lower than before corona, but we could enjoy opening our doors again.
- It is gratifying to show our degree programs and facilities to potential students once again. We have missed that. It has been a great encouragement to see how motivated and interested the many young visitors are. This is promising for the future influx of applicants for our engineering programs, says Henning Andersen, Director of Education.
In Odense, people lined up to access presentations about software and robotics in Building 44. There were plenty of participants on the tours around the faculty's laboratories. However, overall, there were far fewer guests than at the last open house in February 2020, where more than 3000 stopped by SDU — this year the number of guests snuck just over 1700 in Odense.
On the other hand, there was also queuing at the three new conversation cafés. The potential new TEK students and their families were served smoothies and a stack of cards with relevant questions for the hard choice of study. That sparked discussions amongst the families.
Gustav influenced
- My big sister is studying medicine at SDU, and my older brother is studying mechanical engineering here at TEK. They are both with me today, trying to persuade me to choose their subjects. But I'll probably end up at the TEK, said 20-year-old Gustav Andersen, accompanied by girlfriend, parents, and the two older siblings to the café at the top of the copper staircase.
In Sønderborg, the sun stood directly into the fantastic, high-ceiling room in the building. It competed with the many guests, who made the day a big draw for SDU, which held the day in collaboration with Erhvervsakademi SydVest.
- It went way beyond expected. People aged from 3 to 93 have flocked to Alsion, so we are delighted, says Head of Department for SDU Study Service in Sønderborg and Flensburg, Per Boisen.
This week, TEK Communication and our many lovely ambassadors have also started attracting new students when we go on bus trips to at least 27 colleges in the region. We will reach out to those who didn't pass by to the Open House.
In addition, we will shortly start our Go Get IT Girls campaign where, over five nights and together with local companies, we invite young girls to try their way with IT, among other things, by coding and building websites.
You can see pictures from Open House here on our Facebook page.
And here you can learn more about the upcoming Go Get IT Girls campaign, which runs over the coming months.