Usual terms
in higher education and at Mannheim University of Applied Sciences in particular
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