Glossary

Many university-specific and administrative terms are highly specialised and often cannot be found in standard dictionaries or translation tools. To assist staff at Reutlingen University with translating such terms and to promote consistency in language use, this glossary has been developed. The university has adopted British English as its standard.

The glossary is a living document and is continuously expanded by the Institute for Foreign Languages. It is not intended to be exhaustive.

To help us keep the glossary as up to date as possible, we welcome your suggestions and feedback. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at: iff@reutlingen-university.de

 

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office (e.g. School Administration Office)

Sekretariat

 

office (staff unit, department)

Stabstelle

 

office (unit)

Referat (Amt, Büro)

 

Office of the Dean / Dean’s Office; Deanery

Dekanat

 

Office of the President

Präsidium 

 

officer

Beauftragte/r 

officer required by law

Beauftragte/r per Gesetz 

Ombudsman Committee

Ombudsgremium

ESB Business School (ESB)

on leave of absence

beurlaubt

Operations Management

Operations Management

ESB Business School (ESB)

optional required subject; elective subject (AE)

Wahlpflichtfach

 

optional subject / option

Wahlfach

oral examination

mündliche Prüfung

overall mark (BE) / grade (AE)

Gesamtnote

part-time

berufsbegleitend

 

partner university / institution

Partnerhochschule

physics centre

Physikzentrum

place of jurisdiction

Gerichtsstand

plagiarism

Plagiat

Polymer Chemistry and Process Analysis (MSc)

Polymerchemie und Prozessanalytik (M.Sc.)

Fakultät Life Sciences (LS)