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Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about being a Vector at DTU.
As a Vector, some periods will be more time-consuming than others. As a general rule, you should expect to attend a weekly Vector meeting. The specific day of the week is decided internally within each Vector team. You decide entirely for yourselves whether you want to meet every week or not. In addition, there are training days, the OP trip, a first aid day, and possibly a preparation trip, depending on what your Vector team decides.
Depending on which tasks you take on as a Vector, there may also be additional commitments beyond those mentioned above.
There is a strong understanding from KABS, PF, and DTU that you are a volunteer and that you also have studies, work, and other commitments alongside being a Vector. If you need to take a break from time to time to focus on, for example, an assignment or an exam, simply make a specific agreement with your KABS.
The exam period is generally kept free of vector activities.
If you apply to be a Vector for a programme that has more applicants than available positions, you may be offered the chance to be a Vector for a different programme than the one you are studying.
Being a Vector for a programme other than your own includes all the same experiences as being a Vector for your own programme.
One advantage of being a Vector for another programme is that it allows you to build a much broader network at DTU. You’ll get to know many people you otherwise wouldn’t have met.
Since Vectors mainly provide social guidance rather than academic support, it doesn’t matter that you aren’t studying the same programme as your new students. If there is any programme-specific information you need as a Vector, you will receive it from the KABS responsible for that programme.
In addition to the many experiences you gain from participating in the planning of the study start, including introduction days, cake meetings, and more, you also build an extensive social network. As a Vector, you get to know people from all over DTU and form friendships that can last a lifetime.
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OPtur stands for “opkvalificeringstur” (skills-development trip). It is a bonding trip for the vectors, where you get to know each other better both within your own vector teams and across the entire vector group. You will receive important training and workshops that prepare you to create a strong programme for the intro days and to give the new students a great welcome. You will also get thoroughly familiar with the study start dances.
OPtur takes place at Lyngby Campus, with overnight accommodation available. Note: If you prefer to sleep at home, that is completely fine.
You can look forward to some fun, cozy, and educational days together with the other vectors and KABS26!
OPtur takes place at Lyngby Campus, with overnight accommodation available. Note: If you prefer to sleep at home, that is completely fine.
You can look forward to some fun, cozy, and educational days together with the other vectors and KABS26!
In addition to the mandatory dates, there will also typically be two preparation trips – one with your cross-programme team and one with your programme-specific team. These trips are planned internally within the Vector teams and usually take place during the summer break. You may choose to go to a cabin together. Some also choose to meet on campus or in other places. It is entirely up to you to decide how much or how little you do together during the summer holiday.
The location and duration of the trips vary from team to team, but each trip typically lasts between 3 and 5 days.
The number of applicants to become a Vector varies by program and from year to year. If more people have applied to be a Vector for a particular program than there are available positions, you may be offered a position in a different program me if you have indicated this in your application form.
To read more about being a Vector for a program other than your own, see the question 'What does it mean to be a Vector for another programme?'.
DTU offers the online programme General Engineering in Danish. If you become a Vector for this programme, you will hold introduction days for new students online.
The weekly cake meetings you organize with the new students during their first semester are also held online.