Your Academic Success – Find Your Own Way.
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TU Dresden would like to accompany you on your individual path to academic success with its diverse and innovative offers. Through a variety of projects, you will be supported by a number of measures before and during your studies. The following overview will help you to find out which offer suits you best:
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Finished with school – what should I study?
Online preparatory courses
You want to refresh your maths, physics or informatics knowledge? Then you’ve come to the right place!
In our online preparatory courses, you can familiarise yourself with the most important information for your studies at TU Dresden, available in an interactive and compactly summarised format. This allows you to optimally prepare yourself at any time, from anywhere and at your individual learning pace. The courses are aimed at pupils from grade 11 onwards and at first-year students. Access is of course free of charge.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/ovk
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Online Self-Assessments
You want to find out if you the degree programme electrical engineering or mechatronics is suitable for you?
With our online self-assessments, you can find out whether your individual skills, interests and expectations match the requirements and acutal content of the courses. Through smaller, specialist tasks, you will gain an initial insight into parts of the degree programme. We identify any requirements that you have not yet fulfilled and offer you suitable further training and counselling sessions.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/osa
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Diagnostic Tool
Which degree programme suits me best? Leave it to us!
Find out what distinguishes you from the rest and where your strengths lie with the help of a comprehensive screening and subsequent consultation. The DiagnosticTool is aimed at prospective students, students who are considering a change of degree programme and students who are in the phase of starting a career. Access is of course free of charge.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/dnt
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Lecture, presentation, examination, term paper – will I manage it all?
PASST?! Partnership · Success in Studiestudienerfolg · TU Dresden
PASST?! is TU Dresden's early-warning system. It monitors your progress in the degree programme, warns you of possible difficulties and provides you with suitable advice and support at an early stage. If everything goes well, you don’t need to use it. If problems should arise, it is there to help. It gives you an overview and assists you in finding the right contact person.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/pas
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Writing Centre of TU Dresden
You want to tackle the tasks of your studies full of motivation and successfully put pen to paper?
The Writing Centre offers:
- workshops on academic writing and key competences,
- writing advice
- an online information platform with tips and tricks
- and much more
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From winter semester 2016/17 to winter semester 2018/19, subject-specific German courses for international MINT students took place at the Languages and Cultures Teaching Centre as part of the ESF project „DaF trifft MINT“. The project supported international students in basic and advanced courses to acquire specialist and scientific language in the specialist field of studies. Another special feature of the courses was the fact that they were held by each faculty independently and that they promoted both written and oral communication in the university.
Are you interested in these kinds of courses? Then take a look at the profile courses (P courses) offered by the Languages and Cultures Teaching Centre. There you will also find the subject-specific German courses beyond the duration of the project.
Website:
https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/slk/lsk
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Learning Outcome Verified Encouragement at MINT Studies (LOVE@MINT)
In conjunction with the students and lecturers in the Civil Engineering Degree Programme, measures were developed and tested to facilitate learning in the module “Fundamentals of Technical Mechanics”. As a result, 1st semester modules, which were considered to be very demanding by students, were permanently redesigned. This means that new, modern elements of didactics are now being used to support teachers in making seminars even more interactive, while encouraging students to deal actively and extensively with the subject matter. In addition, an e-learning course in technical mechanics and electrostatics will be added to the online catalogue for distance learning students. If you would like to find out more about our project, give us feedback or contribute to the design of our teaching, please visit us!
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Lerning transfer methods: Life learning during your studies
You will most likely have noticed that your school learning strategies are somewhat suboptimal for everyday university life. Whether you are looking for help with the preparation or follow-up of courses, require a better system for note making, want to reflect on what you have learnt so far or want to discover new working and learning techniques – our collection of methods and learning videos can provide you with some helpful inspiration. This kind of material already exists in large quantities, but we have paid particular attention to how time pressure and an efficient learning routine can be effectively combined – ideally also after the exam. Here, therefore, you will find detailed, practical instructions that we have developed in cooperation with committed lecturers at TU Dresden.
Website:
tu-dresden.de/karriere/weiterbildung/wissenschaftliches-personal/multiplikatorenprogramm (material and trainings available under "Offers")
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Making Teachers Confident (TUD_MTC)
Are you a teacher training student looking to successfully complete your studies? The project “Making Teachers Confident (TUD_MTC)” will help you on your way.
For students in the 1st and 2nd semesters, interdisciplinary tutorials are held at the beginning and over the course of the semester, conducted by qualified tutors. Topics include academic work, exam preparation and career expectations. The tutors are also available to you personally as contact persons.
Are you a teacher training student in a higher semester (in at least the third academic year) seeking further education? Our competence course (Zertifikatskurs) provides information and training on various topics by specialists and experts with practical experience. Later you can pass this information on to first semester students as a tutor.
Do you need individual support from a professional? Then come and see us at the Coaching Office. After the fundamental issues have been discussed in an initial interview, you can decide if you’d like to have a professional coach free of charge.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/mtc
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Study Assistance System (SAS) gOPAL
Are you studying engineering science, teacher training, or at the Faculty of Business and Economics? Then get going properly with the gOPAL study assistance system. Whether you need assistance in financing your studies, learning new techniques or getting to grips with study regulations, gOPAL feeds you bite size information. With this system to hand, you are GUARANTEED to become a campus insider.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/sas
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Studi-SPRINT
Would you like to contribute linguistically and interculturally to campus life or prepare for an internship or study term abroad? The Studi-SPRINT programme of TU Dresden offers a number of support options for all courses of study, especially for engineering sciences, including counselling, workshops and intensive courses.
Website:
https://www.leo.tu-dresden.de/
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Flexible design of degree programmes
With this project, we aim to make the study conditions at TU Dresden more flexible so that students with other important responsibilities, e.g. job, family, illness, etc. can also study successfully. We therefore assist teachers in integrating digitally supported teaching and learning scenarios into their courses. The teachers are in turn supported by student e-scouts. You are very welcome to apply to be an e-scout yourself or to recommend a course, to which we could provide assistance.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/sfg
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TutorING
You want to know how to prepare for an online tutorial with arithmetic exercises? Or how to get more feedback from students? Ask us – we are here to help you.
TutorING prepares you to be a tutor in Engineering courses.
There are four modules which every tutor can join at any time during the academic year:
- Basics: Basic didactic and methodological knowledge as well as key competencies
- Advanced Workshops: Developing quick-wittedness as a tutor, time management before and in the tutorial, competence analysis, empathy and conflict management in the tutorial, voice and presence, leading arithmetic exercises and laboratory trainings
- Peer-Meetings: Exchange knowledge with other tutors
- Coaching: Individual support and backing during the qualification
Website:
https://tu-dresden.de/karriere/weiterbildung/zentrum-fuer-weiterbildung/tutoring
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All in theory – where to after graduation?
Do you ever wonder why you had to learn so much theory as part of your studies? You still don’t know exactly which career opportunities are open to you after graduation?
The OFP offers insights into professional practice through
- team challenges
- workshops
- excursions
- project weeks
- and much more
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/ofp
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Educational Teaching and Research Laboratory (ELF)
The courses offered by ELF assist students in teacher training in initiating and expanding their professional skills. The practical contents of the seminars, e.g. competence training courses, structured peer counselling, and a student tutor programme, are developed and executed through peer coaching and peer learning settings.
You can benefit from ELF through
- learning and teaching on eye level,
- intense and enriching examination of the teaching vocation,
- as participants: practical learning in small groups,
- as a seminar facilitator: individual coaching by trained students.
Participating in as well as organizing your own ELF courses can be combined with the qualification for the lehren.lernen certificate.
Website:
https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/ew/iew/spsfo/elf
Contact:
elf@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
Doubts about your studies – what now?
Orientation Platform Research & Practice (German abbrev. OFP)
You still don’t know exactly which career opportunities are open to you after you graduate? Do you ever wonder why you have to learn so much theory as part of your studies?
The OFP offers insights into professional practice through
- team challenges
- workshops
- excursions
- project weeks
- and much more
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/ofp
Contact:
PASST?! Partnership · Success in Studies · TU Dresden
PASST?! offers you advice and support from the very beginning. This allows you to gain a realistic overview of your current situation, to discuss uncertainties or doubts, to discover new means of action and to acquire special study skills. PASST?! provides you with this important overview and helps you to find the right contact person.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/pas
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Diagnostic Tool
Doubts about your studies? Worry not!
Find out how to distinguish yourself and your strengths with the help of a comprehensive screening and subsequent consultation. The Diagnostic Tool is aimed at prospective students, those considering a change or discontinuation of their current degree programme, or those in the initial phase of their career. This offer is free of charge.
Website:
tu-dresden.de/deinstudienerfolg/dnt
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Making Teachers Confident (TUD_MTC)
Not sure whether teacher training is right for you? Are you looking for support with your studies or in everyday life? Do you want to improve on a personal level? Are you already studying, but can imagine yourself switching to a teaching position?
Then you have come to the right place at the Coaching Office! We can assign you your own personal coach, who will help you to achieve your goals and assist you in finding possible solutions.
Whether you are concerned about exam management, optimising your daily study routine, or starting your teaching career, our coaches will help you to find the best way to pursue your goal. Get in touch with us and we will help you to find your own personal coach and additional specialised coaching formats, such as group coaching or short-term coaching.
Website:
https://tud.de/deinstudienerfolg/mtc
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Do you have any questions regarding a cross-project topic or our joint website? Then get in touch with: christiane.einmahl@tu-dresden.de
Do you have any questions about a specific project? Please get in touch with the respective contact person directly. The successful study projects are coordinated and implemented decentrally in a number of different faculties, departments and organisational units.