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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Internships Office

Praktikantenamt

job description

Stellenbeschreibung

joint professorship

Brückenprofessur 

key areas

Schwerpunkt

 

laboratory class / hour

Praktikum (im Labor)

language of instruction

Lehrsprache; Veranstaltungssprache

language proficiency; language skills

Sprachkompetenz / Sprachkenntnisse

law, examinations, internships and IT

Recht, Prüfungen, Praktika und IT

learning agreement(s)

Learning Agreement(s)

leave of absence (semester's)

Urlaubssemester

leaving qualification(s), degree

Abschluss / Abschlüsse 

je nach Kontext evtl. 'academic title' oder 'award'

lecture

Vorlesung

lecture notes

Skript / Skripten

legal department

Justitiariat

letter of acceptance

Zulassungsbescheid

letter of assignment (for visas)

Entsendungsschreiben

library

Bibliothek

MA/ MSc/ MBA

M.A./ M.Sc./ MBA 

main topics of the lecture

Vorlesungsschwerpunkte

lecture emphasis; focus of the lecture; key areas covered in the lecture

management field

betriebswirtschaftlicher Bereich