Ablehnungsbescheid - the opposite of a Zulassungsbescheid, i.e. rejection notice communicating that you have not been admitted to the degree programme that you applied for.

Abschluss - degree

Absolvent, Absolventin - graduate (person)

Alumni - former students, usually organised in a network or association

Anerkennung - acknowledgement, recognition

Anmeldung - registration, also signing-up for activities or exams

Antrag - application (form)

Anwesenheitspflicht - compulsory attendance

Aula - auditorium, amphitheater

Auswahlsatzung - selection statutes

Beglaubigung - official verification of copies, translations and similar; e.g.: beglaubigte Kopie = certified copy

Bescheinigung - certification, certificate

Bewerbung - application

Blockveranstaltung - block course, at university one-week courses consisting of 25 teaching hours in total

CIT - Computing services at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences

Dekan, Dekanin - dean, head of department

Dozent, Dozentin - lecturer

Durchschnittsnote – GPA, grade point average

Einschreibung - matriculation, enrollment, registration; interchangeable with Immatrikulation

Exmatrikulation - literally disenrolment; procedure to be officially removed from the university’s list of students

Fachschaft - students' association within a department

Fakultät – department or faculty

Frist(ende) - deadline

Gebühren - fees

Härtefallantrag - Sometimes students lose their examination right due to difficult circumstances; they can hand in a Härtefallantrag explaining their situation and so apply for a further opportunity.

Hiwi - student assistant

Hörsaal - lecture room, lecture hall

HS-Card - students' smartcard at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences

Immatrikulation - matriculation, enrollment and registration, interchangeable with Einschreibung

Lehrbeauftragte(r) - contract teacher

Mensa - canteen

moodle - open-source learn platform (used at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences)

Nachrückverfahren - clearing process (vacancies created by previously selected applicants who choose not to enrol are offered to those on a ranked waiting list)

Nachweis - proof, evidence

Notenspiegel - provisional academic report with marks, interchangeable with Statusbericht

Pflichtfach - compulsory course

Pflichtpraktikum - compulsory internship, work placement

Praktikum - internship (compulsory or not), work placement

Praxissemester - scheduled internship semester

Professor, Professorin - professor

Promotion - doctorate, PhD, doctoral programme

Prorektor, Prorektorin - vice rector, vice president

Prüfungsamt - Examination Office

Prüfungsausschuss - examination board

Quereinstieg - fast-track entry (into a higher semester)

Rechenzentrum - computer center (CIT at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences)

Rektor, Rektorin - rector, president

Rückmeldung - literally re-registration, e.g. enrolling for the next semester

Statusbericht - provisional academic report

Stipendium - scholarship

Studien- und Prüfungsordnung - Study and Examination Regulations

Studierendenwerk - student services organisation

Stundenplan - timetable, class schedule

Stundenraster - time pattern

Vorlesung - lecture, university course

Vorlesungsfreie Zeit - semester break, recess, lecture-free period between two semesters

Vorpraktikum - internship completed prior to studying (compulsory for some programmes)

Wahlfach - elective course

Zeugnis - official certificate (e.g. Hochschulabschlusszeugnis = degree, diploma)

Zulassungsbescheid - letter of acceptance, admission letter (usually created by machine without signature or stamp)

Zulassungsamt - Admissions Office

Zulassungs und Immatrikulationsordung - Admission and Enrolment Regulations

At Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, the different departments are commonly referred to by using one single letter (mostly the first letter of their names, but not always!):