Central Student Advisory Services (ZSB)
General Student Advisory Services
We can help you with:
- Study orientation - Individual matching of study programs
- Study requirements for our study programs
- Questions regarding student life
- Study organization
- Overcoming motivational difficulties
- Financing your studies
- Student housing
- Problems related to exams
- Studying with chronic illnesses/disabilities
- Insecurities concerning your studies
- Questions regarding Master’s programs
- Counseling for top athletes
Additional information
Advisory Services for Students by Students (StuBe)
Are you still in school and have questions regarding a study program?
Contact the Advisory Services for Students by Students (StuBe) for information on your desired study program. Our student advisors will share first-hand accounts about their studies!
Some frequently questions answered by the StuBe advisors:
- What is it like to study? How does a typical day at Fachhochschule Dortmund look like?
- How do I make the transition from school to university and what do I have to watch out for?
- Can I also work during my studies?
Psychological Counseling Services
The Psychological Counseling Services offer short-term and uncomplicated support in case you experience any difficulties during the (new) phase of your life - studying.
We can help you when you, e.g.:
- want to overcome exam anxiety
- want to improve your motivation and work organization
- want to learn relaxation techniques
- want to overcome insecurities and depressed moods
- want to find alternative options to manage conflicts
- want to find a way to cope with the burden of separations and crises
- have any questions related to psychotherapies (we do not offer psychotherapy ourselves).
Information for enrolled students at: intranet.fh-dortmund.de/psychological-counseling-services(Opens in a new tab)
Accessible Studies
We will answer all of your questions regarding support options if you are facing special challenges due to a chronic illness/disability.
We can help you with, e.g.:
- Applying for your studies with a special request form
- Disadvantage compensation during your studies
- Financing your studies
- Technical aids for your studies
- Finding peers
Scholarship counseling and information on financing your studies
We also provide information on study financing options other than the federal financing aid BAföG for students of Fachhochschule Dortmund (scholarships, loans, student loans, education funds, emergency aids).
We can help you with:
- Information on the requirements, deadlines and characteristics of the various programs for promoting talented students in Germany
- Support and supervision during the application process for a scholarship in Germany
- Information on financing options and on providers of general and student loans, education funds, and emergency assistance, if needed, as well as support during your application process
Katja Hensel, M.A.
- +49 231 91129768
Sprechzeiten Team ZSB siehe: https://intranet.fh-dortmund.de/de/studi/Berat/AllgStudberat/asb.php
Additional information
Office for Student Affairs
Our responsibilities
The contact persons from the Office for Student Affairs offer services for a variety of matters related to studying at Fachhochschule Dortmund.
We can help you with
- Study options, admission requirements and application procedures for your first program semester
- Admission and allocation of study places for higher semesters (transferring students): Information on admission and allocation of study places
- Everything regarding your exams (registration, admission, withdrawal from exams)
- Study-related matters (re-registration, leave of absence, de-registration)
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International Office
Our responsibilities
The International Office is the central point of contact for all topics related to international matters and the internationalization of teaching and learning, for both students and teachers at Fachhochschule Dortmund, as well as for prospective international students, institutions, and others.
We can help you with, e.g.:
- Questions regarding the higher education qualifications and the start of studies of international applicants with a foreign higher education entrance qualification
- Enrollment and initial advising for incoming exchange students
- Assistance with international applications
- Problem solving in case of difficulties during the course of studies
- Enrollment of first-year international students from outside the EU or students in higher semesters as well as cross-registered students
Additional information
Career Service
The Career Service of Fachhochschule Dortmund is the central point of contact for prospective students to explore career opportunities after graduation. Since each study program opens up many different career opportunities, Career Services offers counseling for career orientation and career entry. You can book an individual counseling appointment via e-mail or visit the open counseling hours offered by the Career Service.
During your studies, the Career Service offers individual career coaching and an online job fair for students, where you can find job offers for student jobs, internships, final theses and entry-level positions after graduation. The Career Service organizes application portfolio checks for students with regional employers, so that students and potential employers can get in touch.
As it is important to acquire further skills in alongside your studies, the Career Service offers many cross-faculty events for students, such as academic writing classes, business etiquette events, job application training, and IT or foreign language courses.
Family Services
Our responsibilities
It is our concern to support you in balancing family and studies. We also help you when it comes to combining caregiving responsibilities while studying.
We can help you with, e.g.:
- Advice on how to study online from home
- Advice on balancing family and studies
- Advice on maternity protection and leave
- Advice on financial support options or social benefits (e.g. BAföG, parental allowance)
- Advice on how to combine caregiving responsibilities while studying
Math tutoring services: MINT²DO
Fachhochschule Dortmund offers a variety of math tutoring options.
MINT²BE supports you in all areas that require math skills - before, during and after your studies.
After MINT²START comes MINT²DO
You have already started your studies and attended your first lectures, exercises and tutorials? You are experiencing problems with the initial mathematical contents and have trouble following the classes?
MINT²DO supports you exactly where you need it.
From the moment you start your studies, we will help you to understand the contents and accompany you during your semester break with options that help you to prepare for your exams.
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Our responsibilities
- Mathe HelpDesk: open learning space for all questions about math
Information for enrolled students at: intranet.fh-dortmund.de/mathehelpdesk(Opens in a new tab) - Self-paced online courses: give you the opportunity to work through college math topics on your own: ilias.fh-dortmund.de(Opens in a new tab)
- Special topics: demand-specific math workshops on specific issues
Information for enrolled students at: intranet.fh-dortmund.de/themenspecials(Opens in a new tab)
We can help you with
- Preparing for WiMINT studies
- Providing information that is relevant before the beginning of your studies
- Individual and study-related consultation on the subject of mathematics
- Acquiring learning strategies in the subject area of mathematics - "help for self-help"
- Expert support
- Workshops on selected topics
You can find additional information on MINT²BE offers on the intranet.(Opens in a new tab)
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Founder's Guide “Gründerlotsin”
Our responsibilities
We answer all of your questions regarding a business formation.
We can help you with
- Gathering information
- Orientation regarding the various aspects of a business formation
- Getting in touch with additional contact persons (e.g. TechnologieZentrumDortmund (TZDO), Economic Development Agency Dortmund)
- Developing your business concept
- Participating in the start2grow start-up competition of the Economic Development Agency Dortmund
- Applications for specific funding programs that support start-ups by academics (e.g. EXIST Business Start-up Grant)
Equal Opportunities Office
Our responsibilities
Gender Equality means that “Men and women shall have equal rights” (Article 3 (2) of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany).
All members of Fachhochschule Dortmund are working on this while taking the interaction between gender and other dimensions of diversity into account.
We can help you with
Counseling (all forms of counseling are strictly confidential!)
- Obstacles during your studies that can arise due to stereotypical ideas of gender roles
- Difficulties in balancing studies and family/care work, challenges when returning to university
- Sexual violence and discrimination/harassment
Information
- Contacts with local organizations committed to women's / men's issues
- Co-determination options and committee work at Fachhochschule Dortmund
Networking
We have a network of initiatives, self-help groups and counseling centers in Dortmund and in the region. If necessary, we will put you in touch with these offices.
Contact us
University Library
Our responsibilities
- Individual one-on-one counseling and help in researching information, books, journals, e-journals, and other sources
- Training classes on how to conduct academic literature search as well as other aspects of information literacy
- Sharing tips and tricks for the use of various search tools
We can help you with
The library helps you in individual one-on-one counseling or in training classes while you work on your research paper / study-relevant papers.
- Overview of the library facilities and offers
- Development of research strategies for term papers, project papers and theses
- Tips and helpful information for effective research using our literature search engine RiO
- Teaching research skills for using relevant specialized databases
- Application and strengthening of research skills using examples or your own topics
- Opportunity for discussing questions or specifics regarding literature sources, databases, interlibrary loan, scholarly citation, and the like
- Learning how to handle literature sources in the context of the literature management software Citavi
TalentScouting
The "Hochschule vor Ort" and "TalentScouting" programs form the Department Talentförderung dedicated to fostering talented and gifted students of Fachhochschule Dortmund. Both programs believe that there are many students out there with hidden potential, who need to be discovered and helped to recognize, nurture, and fully realize their potential with the help of solid study and career choices. The Department Talentförderung focuses in particular on students from non-academic backgrounds.
In addition to their shared core beliefs, "Hochschule vor Ort" and "TalentScouting" have independent approaches and offer complementary services:
Hochschule vor Ort with its team of StudyScouts and the Nordstadtgalerie engages in activities in the north of Dortmund: The StudyScouts often have a migrant background or are the first in their family to study and thus represent typical role models. The Nordstadtgalerie serves as a window into the university by implementing student exhibitions and creative events on socially relevant topics.
TalentScouting supports talented and gifted students from 19 secondary schools in Dortmund and the surrounding area. TalentScouts advise senior high school students in individual face-to-face consultations on a wide range of topics related to their future plans. The consultations are long-term, confidential and unbiased as to the result. At the end of the process, future plans are drawn up that fit the students’ personalities and take their specific requirements and challenges into account.
Additional information
Health Management
Our responsibilities
Fachhochschule Dortmund is taking on the challenge of actively promoting the health of its employees and students. The goal of our Occupational Health Management is to create healthy working and study conditions and to strengthen personal skills and potential in order to create sustainable structures. The prerequisites are motivated, flexible and health-conscious university members. For this purpose, we focus on prevention, self- and leadership responsibility and dealing with constant changes.
We can help you with
- Active health promotion of our students
- Addiction prevention
- Emergency and crisis management
- Personal consultation concerning health topics
Contact us at gesundheitsmanagementfh-dortmundde
Graduate Center
Our responsibilities
We answer all of your questions about your path to a doctoral degree. We advise those interested in pursuing a doctorate as well as current doctoral candidates and their supervisors. We bring the above-mentioned target groups together in networks and offer regular information and training events.
We can help you with
- Answering the question whether the path to a doctorate and research is right for you and what skills you should possess or acquire along this path
- Assembling individual and cross-discipline information on the doctoral process
- Developing a structure for your next steps
- Assistance and advice when you encounter challenges before or during the project
Inclusion Representative
Dr. Stefanie Kuhlenkamp
In my position as Inclusion Representative for students, I provide counseling to students with disabilities/chronic illnesses from the following faculties:
- Applied Social Studies
- Design
- Electrical Engineering
- Information Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
As long as students are not allowed to enter the premises of Fachhochschule Dortmund as part of COVID-19 measures, counseling hours will take place exclusively by phone or video calls.
You can make an individual appointment with me via e-mail.
If you are a student at the faculties of Architecture, Business Studies and Computer Science, please contact Ms. Freitag from the General Student Advisory Services.
For counseling in the context of mental illness, Christine Wilde and Elina Kisselenko from Psychological Counseling Services are available to students from all faculties.
You can find the contact details and additional information in the section Accessible Studies .
Prof.in Stefanie Kuhlenkamp, Dr.
- +49 231 91124911
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