So what is forbidden in school is that you can eat at the university, for example, or be on the cell phone or what else? Because you can even take your laptop with you.
Basically, nobody said anything on the cell phone, but some professors found it annoying.
Of course, you can't even go to the lecture. If you are not careful, you will not pass the exam and none of the professors will care. That is then your sole responsibility. And the university is also based on this principle. Nobody will run after you if you can't or can't do something.
Everything is pretty exaggerated. Of course, you mustn't disturb your fellow students. However, it's not the same at university as it is at school. At university, it is assumed that you are old enough to know what is important and to pay attention. Probably nobody will admonish you if you are on your cell phone and not paying attention, but how you pass the exam is your problem
You can even be de-registered or fly through the exams…
Adults know that!
You should take care not to disturb the lecture. Therefore, one should avoid guessing loudly or rustling the bread bag as much as possible. It is up to you whether you follow the lecture or play on your mobile phone (but then please without sound or with headphones).
But if you're so little interested in lectures, out of respect for the lecturer and the eager students, you'd better stay away.
There are different types of events at the university.
Many of the classic lectures are designed for a large number of listeners and take place in large lecture halls. Almost every student in the subject attends and they are mostly (but not always, depending on the curriculum) voluntary. The students sit there and take notes. Or not, university is not a school, whether you are paying attention or not, whether you are learning something or just wasting your time, the lecturer does not care about such lectures. Unless you disturb the lecture, most of the lecturers will not take care of you. Or they ask you a question and watch how you react when 300+ fellow students watch… It depends on the lecturer. Learning is your responsibility - as are the consequences if the stuff comes in the exam and you have no idea. At the university, it is assumed that students are interested in their chosen subject, learn voluntarily and appreciate being presented with relevant things in a condensed form instead of having to roll through books themselves. After all, nobody is forced to study and you could choose your area of interest. Often there's no compulsory attendance at all, you could just play at home and learn the content of the lecture in another way. Most of them are much more tedious than just paying attention for 90 minutes…
Then there are courses and events where you have to be present in order to be able to rate the course as passed later. These are often seminars with a limited number of participants, so it is noticeable negatively when you do something else on the side. The lecturer will probably ask you a question to see if you are still thinking about it. If you are not interested in the topic, then you should not have taken a fellow student's place. Often presentations are given by the other students and it is simply inconsistent to not listen. It just doesn't make a good impression and can be a disadvantage.
Unlike in school, however, the ultimate responsibility lies with you and you have to live with the consequences. If you miss important content, then the lecturer will not feel responsible for you, it is your job to ask for notes or explanations from fellow students or simply to spend more time in the library.
When it comes to eating, it depends. If you bring a doner kebab to the lecture you won't make friends with it. Experience has shown that cookies are hard to eat quietly and it is annoying for the others if there's a growl from the side all the time. If someone is a tangerine, you can smell it three rows around. But if you eat something that doesn't smell, doesn't make a noise and doesn't smear, then that can work. It's just not nice to eat something to the others in the seminar, but that just depends. Around Christmas, cookies are sometimes brought along (sometimes even by the lecturers). Many have a bottle of water with them, some also have tea in the thermos. It is also common that someone has found a coffee to-go somewhere.
