Basic knowledge and tools
Contact
Initial information:
InfoLine Studium
Interdisciplinary need for advice:
Study and Career Counselling Service
Programme-related questions:
Subject-specific student advice of your subject or degree programme
Events on the campus:
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Basic knowledge and tools
On this page you will ...
- ... learn important terms of everyday university life
- ... find out which facilities and tools are important at the beginning
- ... find helpful information for organising your studies
Everything seems new and unfamiliar? Then you have come to the right place!
We want to help you study effectively and efficiently so you can get up to speed as quickly as possible.
This page contains important information that will help you to find your way around better during the orientation days and during the semester.
So, have fun browsing and trying out our tips!
Terms, facilities and tools
What is ...
Students explain important university terms that you are going to hear a lot.
... Accommodation and living?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... AStA (student council)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
Offer of the AStA during orientation week
- only available in German -
... Bib (library)?
... BigBlueButton?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
Explanatory video with the most important functions of BigBlueButton
- subtitles available -
... CampusCard?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
Explanatory video:
- only available in German –
... Campus?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... c.t. or s.t.?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
Explanatory video:
- only available in German -
... eduroam?
Further information on access to the campus network
- only available in German -
... Event formats?
Explanatory video:
... Fachschaft (student representative)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
Student representatives programme during the orientation week
... Fakultät (school)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... Kommiliton*in (fellow student)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... KP (CP, credit point)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
Explanatory video:
– only available in German –
... Matrikelnummer (student ID number)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... Modul (module)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... Rückmeldung (re-registration)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... Semester?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... Seminar?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... Studentenwerk?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... Study structures?
Explanatory video:
... Stud.IP?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
See also the explanatory videos with the most important features of Stud.IP:
- only available in German -
... Tutor*in?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
... Uni-E-Mail (university email)?
Please check your university e-mail account on a daily basis. All information regarding your studies and the university will be sent to this address.
... Vorlesung (lecture)?
Brief student-friendly explanation:
Study organisation - analogue and digital
Tips on how you can get organised well during your studies.
Getting started
Learning efficiently
The Learning Workshop of the Study and Career Counselling Service supports students of all disciplines with questions relating to scientific work and writing.
Learning Workshop of the Study and Career Counselling Service