PASST?! The Early Warning System of Dresden University of Technology

PASST?! Evaluation - Participate!

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Currently the evaluation of the Early warning system PASST?! is being conducted. All participants have received an email with their personal access link to the survey. The goal is to use the results of the survey to continuously improve PASST?!. How satisfied are you with the PASST?! program? What is going well? What is not so good yet? Your personal experiences are important to us!

It takes about 15 minutes to complete the online questionnaire. With a bit of luck, you will also win one of 20 book vouchers worth 50 euros each. Participation is voluntary and anonymous.

Have you already taken part? Then we would like to thank you very much!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the PASST? team by phone or email.

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PASST?! Partnership · Successful Studies · TU Dresden

Dresden University of Technology cares about each and every student and their successful studies. A hassle-free course of study cannot be taken for granted. Challenging situations can arise at any time.

With PASST?! students and the Dresden University of Technology enter into a partnership for successful studies: PASST?! Partnership · Successful Studies · TU Dresden. In this partnership we will provide support throughout the course of your studies, depending on your needs. Participation is voluntary, free of charge and open to all students.

Objective

The goal of the early warning system is to identify difficult study courses that could potentially jeopardize study success and lead to an early dropout and to provide students with individual counseling and support services.

Participation

You can log in and out of PASST?! at any time in the selma portal:

Log in to the selma portal with your ZIH-Login and your password.
In the menu to the left click 'Account'.
Scroll down to the section 'Additional personal details'.
Here you will find your current PASST?! participation status. Click the ‘Edit‘ function button on the right to change your participation status.
Using the drop-down menu, choose ‘Ich nehme teil.’(I take part.) if you wish to participate in the early warning system. Choose ‘Ich nehme nicht teil.’ (I do not take part.) if you do not wish to participate or you wish to withdraw. Once you have done so, click ‘Save’.
After the status change, there is no further confirmation.

Please note: After registering, please check your university email address regularly or set up forwarding to your home email address to ensure that our emails reach you Forwarding Setup

Dresden University of Technology complies with the regulations of data protection law. This means that only the students alone, voluntarily decide whether they participate in the early warning system PASST?! or not. For more information on how we handle your data, please refer to our Data Protection Declaration and Declaration of Consent.

Check

If you have agreed to participate in PASST?!, your study progress data will automatically be checked each semester for potentially problematic developments.

This includes e.g.

the acquisition of a low number of credit points over a prolonged period of time,
the repeated failure to pass an examination
or prolonged periods of study.

If one or more of the warnings occur, you will automatically receive an email with current offers from various counseling centers and programs of Dresden University of Technology. If none of the features apply to your course of study, PASST?! will nonetheless give you feedback, so you can keep track of everything.

Support

The offers listed in the emails can help you find out, among other things:

where you can find specific help
how you can best prepare for exams
which work techniques you can use
how to make decisions faster
how to formulate your goals more clearly
how to deal with doubts about your studies
whether the right time has come for a sabbatical, an internship or a stay abroad
whether your course of study (still) fits

It is solely your decision whether you want to use one of these offers or not. Those who do not participate will not suffer any disadvantages.

Thecounseling and support services of Dresden University of Technology are open to all students of Dresden University of Technology at any time for voluntary participation free of charge - irrespective of whether you participate in the early system PASST?! or not. Counseling is confidential and, if desired, anonymous.

Statements of our Participants

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PASST?! informs me

"I would recommend the PASST?! program if you want to be efficiently informed about whether your studies are going according to plan and how/where you can seek help. No annoying 'trawling through the website jungle' and calculating credit points, just quickly checking your emails."

PASST?! gives me security

"It gives you a good feeling when you get the email that you are not conspicuous. For me, it was reassuring and gives me security that there are people to contact if this is not the case. Most of all, they even get in touch themselves and take the first difficult step for you."

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PASST?! gave me an overview

"I really lost track in between. About modules, progress - simply everything. And then an email from PASST?! flutters into my inbox. Maybe not the message you want to hear, but what you need to hear - credit points were missing. Thereby, I finally got to grips with the dilemma and now have an overview and a bit more confidence."

PASST?! takes the pressure off me

"The PASST?! program helps to assess your own academic performance and to notice early on if things aren't going so well. It takes the pressure off having to constantly keep an eye on things yourself."

PASST?! improves my course of study

"The PASST?! program not only offers me an easy way to keep track of my study progress, it also helps to ensure that my course of study is even better in the future, as the results are incorporated into the evaluation of the course of study. I would recommend all other students to sign up for the program as well."

PASST?! gave me renewed courage

"I thought about switching or quitting because I failed two exams. However, the email from PASST?! showed me that it is quite normal and gave me renewed courage."

FAQ

What is the Early warning system?

PASST?! is TU Dresden's Early Warning System. Whether you are in your 2nd or 9th semester, if problems arise in the course of your study that could jeopardize your study success and, in the long term, lead to you dropping out, PASST?! will provide you with indications early on. The Early Warning System regularly (at least once a semester) checks your course of study data. The review is based on specially designed warning notices. If one or more of the warning notices apply to your study, you will be notified by PASST?! via email and receive a selection of suitable, free of charge support and counseling offers, which you can use if required. Participation in the Early Warning System is voluntary.

What are the benefits of participating in the early warning system?

By participating in the early warning system PASST?!, you will receive regular and early on feedback on your course of study and thereby use your personal safety and support net.

If problems arise during your course of study, you will automatically receive an email with suitable counseling and support offers. Thus, you always have an up-to-date overview and can freely decide whether you want to use these offers.

The findings of PASST?! also flow anonymously into the quality management of the TU Dresden and consequently help to improve the degree programs and study conditions.

How can I participate/deregister?

You can log in and out of PASST?! at any time in the selma portal.

If you have already registered with PASST?! in the course of the university place application process , you do not need to register again. You can cancel your participation in PASST?! at any time. In this case you will not receive any further emails from us.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at .

My program of study is managed via HISQIS. Can I participate?

Students of both examination administration systems can participate: selma and HISQIS.

Why am I listed and/or contacted by PASST?! as a participant?

Participation in PASST?! only takes place with your consent. The majority of participants has agreed to participate in PASST?! as part of the university place application process. You can view and change your current status at any time in the selma portal. If you have been mistakenly contacted as a participant, please contact with your matriculation number.

What happens when my course of study data is checked? Which warning notices are checked?

During the data check, your course of study is automatically checked for warning notices. Currently, PASST?! uses five such so-called indicators. If an indicator matches your course of study, PASST?! will send you an email.
More information about the warning notices

I have received an email from PASST?! What do I have to do?

First of all: You will not suffer any disadvantages if you only take note of the mail from PASST?!, e.g. if you consciously arrange your course of study differently than planned in the study schedule. The advice and support services provided are options that you can take advantage of; there is no obligation to do so.

Please note, however, that the PASST?! mails are sent based on warning notices that most likely indicate a hazard to you study success. The aim of PASST?! is to provide you with this information and to support you in the best possible way in case of possible problems.

Regardless of whether you participate in the early warning system PASST?! or not, you can always contact the student counselors at the Central Student Information and Counseling Service or take part in our workshops.

I have mistakenly received an email from PASST?! What do I have to do?

Please read the email you received from PASST?! thoroughly and completely. If you have been contacted by mistake, please inform us about it () and state your matriculation number, your current program of study and possible special features of your course of study (e.g. part-time study, stay abroad, vacation semester, parallel study, etc.) so that we can understand and clarify the error.

Please note that the majority of the warning notices is based on the examination results of the previous semester and therefore short-term changes in your course of study probably cannot be taken into account in our email.

If, from your point of view, you have received a PASST?! email by mistake, this does not have any disadvantages for you, as we only want to send you information about current advising and support options.

Which of my data is processed at PASST?! and who has access to it?

The Early Warning System only uses selected data from the student and examination administration of the TU Dresden after you have given your consent. A list of the scope and type of processing can be found in our data protection declaration of consent.

I am having difficulties with my studies. What can I do?

If you are having difficulties with your study, you can take advantage of a free and, if you wish, anonymous consultation at the Central Student Information and Counseling Service at any time. You can reach the student counselors by email at as well as on site and by telephone during Open consultation hours.

Further Information on the Early Warning System

More information on:

PASST?! and its objectives after consolidation,
the run-down of the Early warning system as well as
the academic background and current publications

can be found on our page Further Information on the Early Warning System PASST?!.

Podcasts on study doubts and dropout

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Why should I get counseling when I have doubts about my studies? How are others doing in this situation? What alternatives do I have if I want to discontinue my studies?

Podcasts compiled by PASST?! on doubts about studying and dropping out address these and other questions. The selection includes reports on experiences, presentations of counseling centers, and academic reflections.

Contact

Questions about PASST?!:

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Frühwarnsystem PASST?!

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Contact Information

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Counseling and support:

Central Student Information and Counseling Service

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Contact Information

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Visiting address:

Fritz-Foerster-Bau, floor 0 Mommsenstraße 6

01069 Dresden

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Postal address:

TUD Dresden University of Technology Zentrale Studienberatung

01062 Dresden

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Initial contact by e-mail via the ServiceCenterStudies.

Office hours:

Monday:: 10:00 - 12:00
Tuesday:: 09:00 - 12:00; 13:00 - 16:00
Thursday:: 13:00 - 16:00
Friday:: 09:00 - 12:00; Canceled on 7/18, 7/25 and 8/1.

During open consultation hours, a student counselor is available for a brief consultation without prior appointment. Please first pick up a call tag at the service point of the ServiceCenterStudies.

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