International Affairs
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Services of the International Office
For Students
ERASMUS+, DAAD, bilateral study exchange, faculty cooperation - there are a variety of programs that can make your stay abroad possible. On the pages for students under the tab International Affairs you can inform yourself about your versatile possibilities. The Office for International Affairs will be happy to assist and advise you.
For Researchers and Lecturers
The Office for International Affairs of GSW is the contact for all questions regarding international cooperation, funding opportunities for the internationalization of research and teaching, and special offers for foreign researchers.
We support you:
- in establishing international cooperations
- in planning research stays abroad
- in the search for funding opportunities for international collaborations
- organization and support of international delegations at the department
- with formalities around a guest stay at the TU Dresden
Further information can be found on the pages for researchers and lecturers under the tab International Affairs.
Equivalence check / Assessment of foreign degrees
The referee of the International Office, Friederike Fischer, and the Head of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Karoline Oehme-Jüngling, assess the equivalence of degrees obtained abroad for hiring in the GSW of TU Dresden. The International Office is responsible for assessing the equivalence of degrees obtained abroad for employment outside the GSW area. Please also refer to the FAQ box below.
The department of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences is responsible for the equivalency assessments of:
- scientific employees
- other. Employees/Civil Servants
- research assistants
in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Directorate 8, Unit 8.3 International Office is responsible for the equivalency assessments of:
- Student assistant and senior student assistant applications from TU students in bachelor’s, diplom or master’s courses of study
- WHK who are also enrolled as students, except for doctoral students
- scientific Employees, other employees/ civil servants Other employees/civil servants and WHK in the central units and ZUV
- Conferral of a doctorate,
- Inclusion in the doctoral student list and
- Completed and digitally signed form alternatively signed original
- CV in table form, in German or English
- Copies of all completed academic degrees (Bachelor, Master, Magister, Diplom etc.) with proof of results, i.e. transcripts/mark records), and if applicable PhD, doctorate, Promotion, Habilitation, venia legendi certificate; incl. the documents on the degrees from Germany
- Corresponding copies of translations of academic degrees as scan (exceptions: degrees in English, French, Italian or Spanish)
Preferably, all forms are to be submitted in digital form!
Please note that Department 2 may require certified copies of degrees, proof of academic achievements, certificates and corresponding translations when recruiting!
Information about Notarizations
- of Official documents from TU Dresden
- Public Notarization Offices in citizens' information offices in the city of Dresden for larger numbers of notarizations and for documents not issued by the TU Dresden.
Please be aware that no employment contract will be issued until the equivalency assessment has been completed. In order to avoid delays in the hiring process, we ask that you forward foreign academic degrees for assessment ahead of time.
Please send your documents by e-mail to the Office for International Affairs of the school and, if possible, use the digitally signable version of the assessment form.
Or alternatively, send the documents by (interoffice) mail to the GSW divisional administration.
© Frederike Fischer
Referentin Internationales
NameMs Friederike Fischer M.A.
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From submission of the complete documents, we usually need 5 working days for the assesment. Please allow for this processing time and check the documents for completeness.
Please note that in complicated cases we may need longer. In this case we will contact you.
© Frederike Fischer
Referentin Internationales
NameMs Friederike Fischer M.A.
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Hosting Agreements (Guest Stays)
Further information regarding the issue of Hosting Agreements you will find under this link.