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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School of Informatics

Informatik

School of Life Sciences

Life Sciences

Fakultät Life Sciences

Search Committee

Berufungskommission

Appointments Committee

secondary school certificate / transcript of grades

Schulzeugnis

Selection Committee

Auswahlkommission

selection interview

Auswahlinterview

selection of foreign language

Fremdsprachenwahl

selection procedure

Auswahlverfahren

Selection Regulations

Auswahlsatzung

semester abroad

Auslands-(semester/ -praktikum etc)

international study semester; internship semester. Oft ist 'outside Germany' die beste Fassung, z.B. 'All students are required to complete an internship outside Germany'.

seminar

Seminar

Senate (Cultural) Officer

Senatsbeauftragte/r (für Kultur)

Senate (of Reutlingen University)

Senat (der Hochschule Reutlingen)

skills

Kenntnisse

smart products

Intelligente Produkte

social and communicative competence / competencies

Soziale und kommunikative Kompetenz

social responsibility

soziale Verantwortung

social sciences

Sozialwissenschaften

Staff Council

Personalrat

staff ID number

Personalnummer