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
- 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