Tutoring and mentoring programmes
In order to better support students who are beginning their studies, students can take advantage of the mentor programme. The mentors give basic study-related information and advice, especially as to the set up and process of studies. In addition, they show students around the University facilities. During orientation week, new students are led in larger groups. During the semester, they are guided by their mentor in groups of approx. 10. The mentors themselves are students in higher semesters from subjects of the Faculty and can thus provide subject-related support. The mentors receive funded training through professional further education courses as well as one seminar per semester in which mentors share their experiences.
Expansion of the exercise offers
The expansion of the exercise and teaching courses offered comprises financing for additional events, as well as to conduct new or additional exercises for available events, to offer crash courses for repeated tests as well as providing funds to be able to offer additional test dates. Additional events offer students a large selection of courses from which they the can choose those that correspond best to there area of specialisation. The introduction of new exercises or additional exercises for already available events enables lecture content to be dealt with more intensively, which would otherwise only be possible if students examined it on their own. Crash courses and additional test dates help students to reduce the intensity of testing at the end of a lecture period. They can, for example, select if they would like to take a test at the end of a lecture period or at the beginning of the next semester.
Increased teaching offers
Financing taken from tuition fees enables guest professors to offer lectures in Göttingen, thus improving the selection of lectures offered to the students. The same holds true for teaching assignments, which also allow for special, additional courses to be offered. Events held by emeritus professors, enabling students to profit from their years of experience, are also supported in this area by the funding provided for their assistants. The math pre-course, which helps new students starting their Bachelor studies, closes any gaps that may exist between school knowledge and study requirements, and also falls under the category of additional courses offered.
Enhanced technical equipment
Tuition fees are also used to improve the teaching material used, such as purchasing books for the textbook collection and the expansion of the online magazines offered. The printing credit from tuition fees enables student to make free printouts. In addition, the print of scripts is paid for so that students can receive them for free. Tuition fees also finance the extended opening times of the library of economic and social sciences, so that students can work there longer.
Practical orientation of lessons
Practical experience is increased by financing excursions from tuition fees. In the past, for example, IBM, the logistics centre of Amazon or the Frankfurt stock market have been visited in order to gain insight into the daily working life and enable talks with representatives on site. Financing has also been made possible to invite practical representatives for lectures by covering their travel costs to the University when lecturing on their work within the framework of a lecture series. This increases the chances of having managing directors or a member of the board of directors of companies hold a lecture.
Enhanced student support and conditions of study
The
Service Centre for Students is supported by tuition fees of the Faculty and central tuition fees. For any questions regarding studying abroad, transfer of credits or general questions regarding studies, the Service Centre provides a place in the Faculty where questions can be competently and subject-specifically answered. The financing of the Info-Point at the Examination Office enables standard tasks to be conducted, giving students the faster possibility to receive a printout of their academic achievement, hand in final papers or pick-up certificates. The time saved at the Examination Office is used for more thorough, individual care of students in complex and delicate situations.
Study conditions are improved with the
mobile hook-up unit. Test units have also been financed through which students in project seminars of business informatics can make mobile use of the latest end devices such as an iPhone or an Android handy to implement solutions that have been worked out in the seminar.
Special courses in continuing education and training for mentors as well as tutors (see tutor/mentor programme) are financed. In addition, the course fees for university didactics courses for the further qualification of staff in the field of teaching are financed.
Incentive systems
Professors are given incentives to correct final papers much faster than the examination regulations require. This enables students to receive their final report card or excerpt of grade incl. the grade of the final paper much faster. This is especially helpful when applying for a Master’s programme or for a work position.
Other
The category "other" includes support of the junior professors, financing of the graduation celebration and the administration of tuition fees.
