Academic Starter Kit
On this page, we would like to introduce you to the academic system and let you know what you can expect.
In order to help you understand and navigate through the German academic sphere, we set up a short series of videos presenting the most relevant details to your German university experience. The following three videos cover a number of topics:
- Types of Universities in Germany
- The Grading System
- Information on Times and Dates
Below the video series, you can find freely available contents related to your studies. Basic knowledge concerning academic work, research and writing is among the online learning units. Please note that the provided links will take you to our learning management system ILIAS where the material is freely available without registration.
Guides through our Learning Management Systems
The German Academic System - An Overview
Types of Universities in Germany
Information on Times and Dates
The Grading System
Open Learning Material available on ILIAS
Research Questions
This module will show you how to find, formulate, and revise the central and most fundamental element of your term papers.
Learning strategies
In order to be able to control your individual learning process, you will learn about learning strategies and their successful implementation in this learning module.
Structuring and Paragraphing
This module will help you establish comprehensible structures for your papers and paragraphs.
Study@home
This module is especially tailored to provide support in making self-organized work at home effective and stress-free and to strengthen your online learning skills.
Good Scientific Practice
After completing this module you will know the rules of good scientific practice, be able to organise your own everyday study, teaching and research, and know the forms and practices of scientific misconduct and their consequences.
Foundation of Argumentation
This module will provide you with knowledge of rhetorical argumentation theory as well as argumentative techniques.