Guide for International Students

FH Dortmund
University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Information
for international students
at the Faculty of Business Studies
Table of contents
Welcome booklet ......................................................................................................... 3
Place to live ................................................................................................................. 4
Public transport ........................................................................................................... 4
Registration at the International Office ......................................................................... 5
International Office ...................................................................................................... 5
Activation of FH identification ...................................................................................... 6
ODS (Online Services for Students) .............................................................................. 7
Semesterticket ............................................................................................................ 7
FH Card ....................................................................................................................... 7
Access to StudWebMailer ............................................................................................ 8
WiFi access.................................................................................................................. 8
WiFi via VPN ................................................................................................................ 9
ILIAS.......................................................................................................................... 10
Exam registration and deregistration .......................................................................... 10
Transcript of Records ................................................................................................. 10
Library ....................................................................................................................... 11
Finding Your Way ....................................................................................................... 12
Introduction programme (additional dates) Timetable/Offers in winter term 2016/17 . 16
Important Information!!! ............................................................................................ 18
Study plan B.A. IB Double Degree – English Track ...................................................... 20
Studienplan B.A. IB Double Degree – German Track.................................................... 21
Electives B.A. International Business ......................................................................... 22
Additional Information ............................................................................................... 24
Important Contacts .................................................................................................... 25
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Welcome booklet
Dear international students,
A warm welcome to Fachhochschule Dortmund!
This little booklet will help you find your way within our facilities. Furthermore, it provides you
with some useful hints and information on orientation in the university, city and more.
We wish you a good start!
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Place to live
In case that you will be living in the accommodation provided by Studierendenwerk, you should
have sent a registration form and arranged the payment via Mrs. Albrecht of the International
Office already. After your arrival the Faculty Exchange Point or your buddy will give you the keys
to your rooms and will also show you the way. After successfully moving into your apartment,
you have to sign a contract (have a look at the working hours of Studierendenwerk).
Please note! After you got the contract signed, it cannot be easily terminated (cancelled). According to German law, if you want to move out from the flat before the contract expires you
have to notify 3 months in advance, or you have to find a person who will rent your apartment
for the rest period of the due contract. The same matters are more complicated with Studierendenwerk, because the person should be from their waiting list for a room.
!You have to pay your rent monthly; otherwise a fine is added to it!
!Take care of your key; if you lose it you have to pay a 110,- € fine!
!Clean your room and the common rooms (especially after having a party)! Leave the premises
as you’ve found them!
Studierendenwerk Dortmund
Working hours
Tue, Wed
Thu
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Address
Vogelpothsweg 85
44202 Dortmund
Yellow building in Campus Nord (to the right)
Public transport
As you don’t have “Semesterticket” when you arrive in Germany you have to buy a ticket for
your first days as long as you are not enrolled. This can be done at the vending machines. The
tickets are distinguished according to the territory they cover: “A” tickets are valid for 90 min.,
“B” – 120 min., and “C” – 240 min.
You have to punch your ticket near the place you take the train, tube (U-Bahn) or
directly in the bus with machines like the one on the picture.
Even though nobody checks your tickets (except buses) when you enter the public
transport you should have one. You have to pay 60,- € in case you don’t have it
when checked.
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Registration at the International Office
In order to be enrolled at Fachhochschule Dortmund and become a student officially you need
to register at the International Office. For that you will need:
 Enrolment form – deposited at the Faculty Exchange Point
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Contract for your apartment/room
Health insurance certificate – there are two most popular insurance companies TK and
AOK, both can be found at Campus Nord. There is no big difference between these companies. The monthly payments are about 77, - €.
Please note! Before making an insurance contract you should have a contract for your
room/apartment and open a bank account in a German bank (insurance payment will be withdrawn from it).
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Bank account can be opened for free up to a certain age; this varies between 26-28
years, depending on the bank. There are two banks on Campus Nord: Sparkasse Dortmund and Volksbank Dortmund.
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Proof of paid tuition fees – you can make either a money transfer from your new bank
account, or you can pay with cash in any other bank but it will cost about 7.50 €.
The International Office is located in the Sonnenstraße 96:
You have to get to the station “Dortmund-Möllerbrücke” by S-Bahn (city train) or U-Bahn (subway) and walk along Sonnenstraße for 5 min.
International Office
Working hours
Mon, Wed, Fri 9.30 am – 12.30 pm
1.00 pm– 4.00 pm
Tue
Contact
Ms Angelika Lopin
phone +49 231 9112-266
lopin@fh-dortmund.de
Ms Annika Böttger
Phone +49 231 9112-732
annika.boettger@fh-dortmund.de
Address
Sonnenstraße 96
44139 Dortmund
Building A Room SON A 007
Keep an eye on the documents issued by International Office when you are enrolled:
 Temporary student identity card being valid for a limited time until you get FH card
 Documents are needed to register at Dortmund city council
You also need to register at Dortmund city council. Non-EU students need to request a visa application during the first three weeks. – Forms are deposited at the Faculty Exchange Point.
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Activation of FH identification
After the successful enrolment you will get a letter
“Informationen zu den IT-Diensten für Studierende”,
which contains the following information:
 FH-Kennung
 Passwort
 E-Mail
You need this information in order to activate
your FH Identification.
Proceed as follows:
Go to: http://www.fh-dortmund.de/selbstverwaltung
Please log in with your FH-Kennung and password.
Then click on “Anmelden”.
Now you are asked to define safety questions so that
you can reset your password if you forget your
registration data somehow.
Answer the given questions, e.g.:
Since when are you a member of the Fachhochschule
Dortmund? (Year)
Afterwards create individual questions. Like “In which town were you born?”
Or “What is your favourite holiday country?”
Now click on the item “Passwort ändern”.
There you can change your initial password to a password of
your choice.
Your password needs to have the following characteristics:
 minimum no. of characters: 7
 maximum no. of characters: 50
 the use of capital and small initial letters will be differentiated
 you can’t use & and §
Then click on the button “Passwort ändern”.
Your new password will be synchronised with the connected systems. The newly assigned
password belongs to your FH Identification now and is valid for the following services:
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ODS (Online Services for Students)
Via ODS you can use various services, e.g.
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print your certificate of enrolment
print the six-month student rail pass,
view your grades (Notenübersicht),
download your transcript of records,
change your address and contact details,
request your FH card,
sign up for exams or cancel your exam registration etc.
To access the ODS, go to https://ods.fh-dortmund.de/ods
Sign up with your FH identification and the corresponding password.
Then click on “Anmelden”.
Please take care to activate your ODS account as soon as possible after enrolment, since most
of administrative issues are operated with this system.
Semesterticket
As a first step in ODS, print your Semesterticket which provides free public transportation. It can
be printed easily with a usual printer.
With “Semesterticket” you can travel through whole North Rhine Westphalia on regional
transport (RE trains, S-Bahn, U-Bahn and buses) in 2nd class, but with the ticket you are not
allowed to travel for free by ICE and IC or in 1st class of regional transport.
You can take one person with you weekdays after 7:00 pm and on weekends in the VVR area, it
includes Essen, Dusseldorf and many other cities.
(http://www.vrr.de/imperia/md/content/fahrten/verkehrsplaene/nrw_regionalverkehrsplan.pd
f)
For finding out how to get to a certain station or even street and to know at what time the departure is, use http://www.vrr.de/en/index.html
For checking the trains in whole Germany: http://www.bahn.com/i/view/index.shtml
When traveling with “Semesterticket” you should always have an identification document with
you (either FH-card or passport).
FH Card
For the issuing of FH-card (student ID) it is necessary to activate
your ODS account (see above). Afterwards you need to upload a
digital portrait picture of yourself in ODS and select “FHcard” on
the right to order your FH-card.
After a few days the FH-card will be ready and you will either
receive an email announcement where to pick it up personally or
it will be send to you by regular mail.
Then you will also get your personal PIN. Please take your passport with you when picking it up!
If you have any problems, please ask the students from the FEP for help.
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Access to StudWebMailer
To receive access to your emails, which have been sent to your
“@stud.fh-dortmund.de”-address, go to the following website:
https://studwebmailer.fh-dortmund.de
Log in with your FH identification and the corresponding password. Then click on the button “Anmelden”. Please note that the
registration implies the change of your initial password.
WiFi access
The following instruction illustrates the WiFi “eduroam”. Eduroam (EducationRoaming) is an
international roaming access service, which allows to log on to the WiFi by using the username
and the corresponding password. Here it is necessary that the username is activated on
“eduroam”.
For FH-Dortmund’s users the access to WiFi is only possible with the FH-identification provided
by the Identity Management.
The following general data needs to be configured for WPA/WPA2:
Network name (SSID): eduroam
Login: FHKennung@fh-dortmund.de (e.g. mamus002@fh-dortmund.de)
Password: The password which belongs to your FH-identification
Security: WPA-Enterprise or WPA2-Enterprise
Encoding: AES
EAP method: PEAP
Phase 2 authentication: EAP-MSCHAP v2
If you are located with your mobile phone on the campus choose the network “eduroam”.
Type in your FH-identification as login, followed by the addition “@fh-dortmund.de”
e.g. “mamus001@fh-dortmund.de”
Enter your corresponding password.
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WiFi via VPN
The VPN-Client (Virtual Private Network Client) activates a safe channel connection between
your computer and the FH’s network. You will need this Client, if you wish to use for example
services at home that are only available from the FH-network.
Mostly it is used for digital media provided by the library. These media can only be seen, if you
are logged on to the FH-network or if a channel connection via VPN is activated.
Please install the VPN-Client software first: https://vpngate.fh-dortmund.de.
If the installation was successful, open the website.
Please enter your FH-identification provided by the Identity Management and your corresponding password.
Depending on the operating system and the installed
software or security settings of the browser, an automatic
installation is now in process, which downloads and configures the client and logs on the user immediately.
If the requirements are not given or the permissions are
not granted, the adjacent link opens.
After starting the software, please type in:
“vpngate.fh-dortmund.de” and click on the button
“Connect”.
Prospectively you need to enter your user data (FHidentification with corresponding password) at this
point.
Devices with sophisticated operating systems are able to build a VPN connection with on-board
means without the additional VPN client software.
These include for instance Mac OS X, Linux, and Android. Illustrated instructions can be found
on: http://www.fh-dortmund.de/de/hs/hit/service/wlan/sslvpn_fhdo.php (on the right)
In case of further IT-related questions or problems, you may also consult our Help Desk of the IT
Department (room EF44_069).
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ILIAS
ILIAS is FH-Dortmund’s learning platform. Many professors use this learning platform to provide
course- and lecture materials, to administer their courses or to communicate with the students.
To access ILIAS, go to http://ilias.fh-dortmund.de
Sign up with your FH identification and the corresponding password.
For any further problems there is an ILIAS help desk situated in the FH library (EF 44).
The office hours are Mon. – Fri.: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Exam registration and deregistration
Please ask our student assistants of the Faculty Exchange Point. They’ll help you to register for
the exams.
First please log on to your ODS account (see above). Please click “Prüfungsan-/abmeldung”
Choose the exams you wish to register for this semester, click the button “Anmelden”.
Should you wish to cancel the registration, click “Abmelden” next to the appropriate already
registered exam.
The registration period is limited:
Winter semester: 14.11.2016 – 25.11.2016
(http://www.fh-dortmund.de/de/fb/9/studiengaenge/930/stud_pruefungen.php)
Attention: A cancellation of your registration on ODS is only possible up to 10 days before the
exam date!!!
Transcript of Records
You are able to download your official transcript of records via the system ODS. Please see the
following link for further instructions:
http://www.fh-dortmund.de/de/fb/9/studiengaenge/930/Transcript_of_Records.pdf
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Library
Library at Fachhochschule Dortmund
For using the library at Fachhochschule Dortmund (2nd floor at EF 44) you need nothingyou’re
your FHcard.
Books can be borrowed for 1 month, if they are not returned during the set date, a fine is imposed.
FH library catalogue: http://www.fh-dortmund.de/bib
Fachhochschule Library
Working hours
Mon-Thu
Friday
Saturday
8.00 am – 8.00 pm
8.00 am – 5.00 pm
10.00 am – 1.30 pm
Library of TU Dortmund
For using the library of TU you need to register there and get another card with password (your
birthday). You check books in the catalogue and find them on the 2nd and 3rd floors according
to its Shelfmark Note (e.g. 3345/Spitz or Fn 23567 ).
TU library catalogue: https://www.ub.tu-dortmund.de/index.html.en
You can also use computers and wired limitless internet on the ground floor of TU library, you
need a library card number for that. It is allowed to talk on the ground floor, while 1st and 2nd
floors are silent zones.
TU Library
Working hours
Mon-Fri
Sat, Sun
7.00 am – 1.00 am
9.00 am – 1.00 am
Please notice that it is not allowed for students of our faculty to take books from the schoolbook inventory of TU library. But you can borrow all other monographs!
Places to print and scan
You have the possibility to print in our library at Fachhochschule Dortmund with your FHcard or
you go to the “ASTA-Copyshop”. This copyshop is run by our student council and it’s cheap to
print and scan there. You’ll find the “ASTA Copyshop” in the building next to our faculty building in Emil-Figge-Str. 42 (EF42 B.E.01 – ground-floor).
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Finding Your Way
Faculty Buildings
Your courses will take place in different but neighboring buildings:
The Faculty Building of Business Studies is: Emil-Figge-Str. 44 (EF44)
Fachhochschule EF 44,
Faculty of Business
Studies
Fachhochschule
EF 38, Office for
Student Affairs
TU central
library
Though it might seem complicated at first sight, the given room numbers follow an easy system.
In EF44, ground floor rooms start with 0 (zero = ground floor).
Room “50” has the same location on all floors, while the first digit indicates the floor, i.e. 050
ground floor, 150 first floor, 250 second floor, etc.
Seminar rooms in the new part of building (German: Anbau) in the southern end, are named
0.01, 1.01, 2.01 etc. with first digit indicating the floor. (0= ground floor, -1.01 is the big room
in the basement).
Opening Hours of the buildings EF 44:
Mon. – Sat.: 07:00 am – 10:00 pm
Computer lab/rooms
After enrolment you have the possibility to use FH-Dortmund’s computer rooms. As listed below
you can see how to log on to the computers and who you can consult if problems occur:
Rooms
EF44_082
EF44_083
EF44_084
EF44_012
EF44_113
Registration
Contact Person
Login: Student number (709xxxx)
PW: MaMuSt (first two letters of your family name, first two letters of given name,
first two letters of the street you live in,
e.g. Max Mustermann Street
First: Help Desk-IT-Department (EF44_069)
Second: EF44_070, EF44_071
The using advices can also be found in all computer rooms on the monitors.
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Important dates for the winter term 2016/17 and the summer term 2017
Winter term/semester:
Semester start:
Semester end:
01.09.2016
28.02.2017
Lecture period:
Examination period:
19.09.2016 – 13.01.2017
16.01.2017 – 03.02.2017
Semester breaks/holidays:
Day of German Unity (Bank Holiday):
All Saints Day (Bank Holiday):
Christmas Holiday:
Semester Holidays:
(Between winter and summer semester)
03.10.2016
01.11.2016
23.12.2016 – 06.01.2017
06.02.2017 – 02.04.2017
Summer term/semester:
Semester start:
Semester end:
01.03.2016
31.08.2016
Lecture period:
Examination period:
03.04.2017 – 14.07.2017
17.07.2017 – 04.08.2017
Exam registration period:
01.04.2017 – 30.04.2017
Semester breaks/holidays:
Easter Holidays:
Labour Day
Ascension Day (Bank Holiday):
Whitsun (Bank Holiday) & Whitsun Holiday:
Corpus Christi (Bank Holiday):
14.04.2017 – 21.04.2017
01.05.2017
25.05.2017
05.06.2017 – 06.06.2017
15.06.2017
Introduction/Project/Block seminar week
Winter semester:
Summer semester:
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19.09.2016 – 23.09.2016
14.11.2016 – 18.11.2016
03.04.2017 – 07.04.2017
29.05.2017 – 02.06.2017
During these weeks no weekly lectures take place!!!
Please have a look at your schedule, if a block seminar will take place!!!
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Academic Calendar Winter Term 2016/17
Lecture period: 19.09.2016 - 03.02.2017
September
1.
2.
Thu
Fri
3.
4.
October
November
February
Thu
Fri
1.
2.
Sun
Mon
New Year's Day
Thu
Fri
3.
4.
Sat
Sun
3.
4.
Tue
Wed
5.
Sat
5.
Mon
5.
Thu
3.
Christmas holidays 4.
No lectures
5.
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Sun
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Tue
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Fri
6.
Mon
Fri
Sat
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8.
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Tue
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Sun
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Wed
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Fri
9.
Mon
9.
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Sat
Sun
1.
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Tue
Wed
Sat
Sun
3.
4.
Mon
Tue
Day of German Unity 3.
4.
5.
Mon
5.
Wed
6.
Tue
6.
Thu
7.
8.
Wed
Thu
7.
8.
9.
Fri
9.
All Saints' Day
January
1.
2.
1.
2.
Dorms available
December
1.
2.
Wed
Thu
Sun
10. Sat
10. Mon
10. Thu
10. Sat
10. Tue
10. Fri
11. Sun
11. Tue
11. Fri
11. Sun
11. Wed
11. Sat
12. Mon
13. Tue
12. Wed
13. Thu
12. Sat
13. Sun
12. Mon
13. Tue
12. Thu
13. Fri
12. Sun
13. Mon
14. Wed
14. Fri
14. Mon
14. Wed
14. Sat
14. Tue
15. Thu
15. Sat
15. Tue
15. Thu
15. Sun
16. Fri
16. Sun
16. Wed
16. Fri
16. Mon
17. Sat
18. Sun
17. Mon
18. Tue
17. Thu
18. Fri
17. Sat
18. Sun
17. Tue
18. Wed
17. Fri
18. Sat
19. Mon
20. Tue
19. Wed
Introduction / Project 20. Thu
/ Block seminar
21. Fri
1)
week
22. Sat
19. Sat
20. Sun
19. Mon
20. Tue
19. Thu
20. Fri
19. Sun
20. Mon
21. Mon
22. Tue
21. Wed
22. Thu
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21. Tue
22. Wed
23. Fri
23. Sun
23. Wed
23. Fri
24. Sat
25. Sun
24. Mon
25. Tue
24. Thu
25. Fri
24. Sat
25. Sun
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
24. Tue
25. Wed
24. Fri
25. Sat
26. Mon
Start of weekly lectures 26. Wed
Boxing Day
26. Thu
26. Sun
27. Fri
27. Mon
21. Wed
22. Thu
Project / Block
seminar week no usual lectures
1)
26. Sat
26. Mon
27. Tue
27. Thu
27. Sun
27. Tue
28. Wed
29. Thu
28. Fri
29. Sat
28. Mon
29. Tue
28. Wed
29. Thu
30. Fri
30. Sun
30. Wed
30. Fri
31. Mon
Lecture period
1)
Exam registration period
23. Mon
Bank Holidays - No lectures
15. Wed
Exam Period
Exam Period
28. Sat
Christmas holidays 29. Sun
No lectures
30. Mon
31. Sat
Project/Block week
Exam Period
Fri
Sat
16. Thu
23. Thu
28. Tue
29. Wed
31. Tue
Exam period
Block seminars take place, no weekly lectures
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Christmas holidays
Academic Calendar Summer Term 2017
Lecture period: 03.04.2017 - 14.07.2017
March
1.
2.
Wed
Thu
3.
4.
April
Dorms available
May
1.
2.
Sat
Sun
1.
2.
Mon
Tue
Fri
Sat
3.
4.
Mon
Tue
5.
Sun
5.
Wed
Introduction /
Project / Block
3.
4.
6.
Mon
6.
Thu
seminar week
7.
Tue
7.
8.
Wed
9.
Thu
June
Labour Day
1.
2.
Thu
Fri
Wed
Thu
3.
4.
Sat
Sun
5.
Fri
5.
Mon
6.
Sat
6.
Tue
Fri
7.
Sun
7.
Wed
8.
Sat
8.
Mon
8.
9.
Sun
9.
Tue
9.
1)
July
Project / Block
August
1.
2.
Sat
Sun
1.
2.
Tue
Wed
Whitsun
3.
4.
Mon
Tue
3.
4.
Thu
Fri
Whitsun
5.
Wed
5.
Sat
Whitsun Holidays 6.
Thu
6.
Sun
7.
Fri
7.
Mon
Thu
8.
Sat
8.
Tue
Fri
9.
Sun
9.
Wed
1)
seminar week
10. Fri
10. Mon
10. Wed
10. Sat
10. Mon
10. Thu
11. Sat
11. Tue
11. Thu
11. Sun
11. Tue
11. Fri
12. Sun
12. Wed
12. Fri
12. Mon
12. Wed
12. Sat
13. Mon
13. Thu
13. Sat
13. Tue
13. Thu
13. Sun
14. Tue
14. Fri
Good Friday
14. Sun
14. Wed
14. Fri
14. Mon
15. Wed
16. Thu
15. Sat
16. Sun
Easter Sunday
15. Mon
16. Tue
15. Thu
16. Fri
15. Sat
16. Sun
15. Tue
16. Wed
17. Fri
18. Sat
17. Mon
18. Tue
Easter Monday
17. Wed
18. Thu
17. Sat
18. Sun
17. Mon
18. Tue
17. Thu
18. Fri
19. Sun
19. Wed
19. Fri
19. Mon
19. Wed
20. Mon
20. Thu
Easter Holidays
No lectures
20. Sat
20. Tue
20. Thu
20. Sun
21. Tue
21. Fri
21. Sun
21. Wed
21. Fri
21. Mon
22. Sat
23. Sun
22. Mon
23. Tue
22. Thu
23. Fri
22. Sat
23. Sun
22. Tue
23. Wed
24. Fri
25. Sat
24. Mon
25. Tue
24. Wed
25. Thu
24. Sat
25. Sun
24. Mon
25. Tue
24. Thu
25. Fri
26. Sun
26. Wed
26. Fri
26. Mon
26. Wed
27. Mon
27. Thu
27. Sat
27. Tue
27. Thu
27. Sun
28. Tue
28. Fri
28. Sun
28. Wed
28. Fri
28. Mon
29. Sat
30. Sun
29. Mon
30. Tue
29. Thu
30. Fri
29. Sat
30. Sun
29. Tue
30. Wed
22. Wed
23. Thu
29. Wed
30. Thu
optional seminar
week
1)
optional seminar
week
2)
31. Fri
Lecture period
1)
31. Wed
Exam registration period
Ascension Day
Project / Block
1)
seminar week
Bank Holidays - No lectures
Corpus Christi
31. Mon
Project/Block week
Exam Period
Exam Period
Exam Period
Exam period
Block seminars take place, no weekly lectures
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Exam Period
19. Sat
26. Sat
31. Thu
Easter Holidays
Introduction programme (additional dates) Timetable/Offers in winter term 2016/17
Offers in September 2016
MON
TUE
WED
THU
5.09
6.09
7.09
8.09
Arrival of students
Campus Facilities Walk at 8:00 am (Faculty Exchange Point)
Meeting point: FH Dortmund EF44 entrance hall
Signing of rental agreement + arrangement of health insurance (Faculty Exchange Point)
Meeting Point: S-Bahn Station “Dortmund Universität” at 08:45 am
FRI
9.09
Enrolment and registration (Sonnenstraße), right after signing of rental agreement (Faculty
Exchange Point) Meeting point: S-Bahn Station “Dortmund Universität” at 11:45 am
Enrolment and registration (Sonnenstraße),
(Faculty Exchange Point) Meeting point: S-Bahn Station “Dortmund Universität” at 11:45 am
City-Walk Dortmund 3:30 pm (Mr. Kuhn/Mrs. Meinert)
Meeting Point Sonnenstraße
SAT
SON
MON
10.09
11.09
12.09
Official Greeting by course director and IB Team EFS 44, R. 0.50 from 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Introduction FH Systems; Introduction Ilias, ODS, LSF (IT-System) from 11:00 am - 12:00
noon (FEP)
Introduction to the library from 1:00-2:00 pm (Mrs. Brammer)
(for latecomer) Signing of rental agreement + arrangement of health insurance (Faculty Exchange Point) Meeting Point: S-Bahn Station “Dortmund Universität” at 2:00 pm
13.09
Beginning of German Course 2:30 pm
(Mrs. Padurea) EF44, R. 1.22
Subdivision of German Course in A and B
German Course (Mrs. Padurea) EF44, R. 1.22 from 9:30 am
WED
14.09
**BVB Stadium-Walk at 5:20 pm FREE
As part of the Study-Buddy-Programme there will be offered a guided tour through the BVB
stadium.
Meeting point: Borusseum, Signal Iduna Park 50, Dortmund
Sign in via International Office (Frauke Albrecht: frauke.albrecht@fh-dortmund.de)
German Course (Mrs. Padurea) EF44, R. 1.22 from 9:30 am
THU
FRI
15.09
16.09
SAT
17.09
SON
MON
18.09
19.09
TUE
20.09
TUE
Intercultural Training Gr. I
10:00 am – 3:30 pm (Mrs. Ziehli) room will be communicated soon
Intercultural Training Gr. II
10:00 am – 3:30 pm (Mrs. Ziehli) room will be communicated soon
Individual appointments of 30 minutes duration for timetables and forms between 10 am
and 3 pm. Please put name down in list at the office.
Every day from MON-FRI, 10 am – 3 pm!!!
German Course (Mrs. Padurea) EF44, R. 1.22 from 9:30 am
*(Starting time depends on in which Group you are in. Information will be provided on the 12th of September)
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(Additional) Offers in winter semester 2016
**Stadium Tour Borussia Dortmund
It is one of the most famous football stadiums in Europe and was elected best football stadium by »Times« for its renowned atmosphere. You will get to know the whole history of football by a very interesting guidance and a walk through the museum of Borussia Dortmund
(called Borusseum)! FREE
For additional information, please contact ESN Dortmund: dortmund@esngermany.org
Special activity: Excursion to Berlin (25th – 27th of November 2016 > registration via
Frauke Albrecht: frauke.albrecht@fh-dortmund.de)
Leisure time and cultural events (Websites)
 Internationales Kultur Café between (IKC)
www.ikc-between.de
 InterKulTreff
www.fh-dortmund.de/interkultreff
 Allgemeiner Hochschulsport
www.hs.tu-dortmund.de
 Westfalenpark
www.dortmund.de/westfalenpark
 Phoenix See
www.phoenixseedortmund.de
 Dortmunder U – Zentrum für Kunst und Kreativität
www.dortmunder-u.de
 Stadt Dortmund
www.dortmund.de/veranstaltungen
 DASA – Arbeitswelt Ausstellung
www.dasa-dortmund.de
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Important Information!!!
1 Semester Exchange Students
If it might occur that you failed an exam during the last examination period, you have the possibility to resit exams at your home university during our next examination period (17/07/ –
04/08/17).
The usual procedure is for you to fill in the form “Application for Academic Leave of Absence”
(http://www.fhdortmund.de/de/studi/studbuero/forms/medien/studentische_formulare/Beurlaubung_.pdf.
In this form you need to mark “summer semester” with a cross as well as the reason for application, which is “Study abroad at a foreign university or language school” and send it afterwards
to Ms. Jansen (katharina.jansen@fh-dortmund.de).
This process is necessary, in order that you’re still enrolled as an FH Dortmund student and able
to register for exams.
The next step is for you to register in ODS for the resits during the registration period (01/04/ –
30/04/17) and to submit the list of the exams for which you’ve registered, including the day
and the time of the exam. You have to provide Jantje Zimmer (jantje.zimmer@fh-dortmund.de)
with this list as soon as possible.
You also need to state a name of a coordinator of your home institution, to organize the examination procedure.
Process – step by step:
1. Enrolment/“Application for Academic Leave of Absence”: In order to participate on the
exams you need to be enrolled, otherwise a registration for exams is not possible.
Time frame: January – End of February 2017
Document: Application for Academic Leave of Absence
2. Registration for exams: After handing in your “leave of absence” you are back in our
system and able to register for exams in the system ODS, otherwise you have the status
“exmatriculated”
Time frame: 1st of April – 29th of April
ODS Registration
2 Semester Exchange Students
 Don’t forget to pay your contribution/semester fee (approx. 265,- €) for your second semester!
Re-registration period is approx. in February 2017.
 Please register in LSF for courses of the second semester (ask the FEP for help)
 Don’t forget to register for exams in ODS as well (ask the FEP for help)
 If you didn’t pass an exam after your second semester please proceed as mentioned above
in “1 semester exchange students”.
B.A. International Business Double Degree Students (German Track & English Track)
 Don’t forget to pay your contribution/semester fee (approx. 265,- €) for your second semester!
Re-registration period is approx. in February 2017.
 Please register in LSF for courses of the second semester (ask the FEP for help)
 Don’t forget to register for exams in ODS as well (ask the FEP for help)
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 Part of the Double Degree is an internship in your third semester (La Rochelle – fourth semester)!
o you still need to be enrolled – and need to fill in the form “Application for Academic Leave of Absence” (see above for the link) and pay a reduced semester fee
(68,- €)
 transfer the fee within the deadline (re-registration period: approx. July)
o ask the “Praxisbüro” (Office for internship) for help if you don’t find an internship position: http://www.fhdortmund.de/en/fb/9/kontakt/praxisbuero/praxisbuero.php
o tell us as soon as possible if you need help (with application letter or curriculum
vitae)
o start looking for an internship position at the beginning of the summer semester!
o Procedure for internship-semester
 internship Agreement (http://www.fhdortmund.de/de/fb/9/studiengaenge/930/Internship_Agreement.pdf) or
contract of the company - needs to be submitted at the Office for Internships (4 weeks before start of internship) and signed by the person in
charge
 internship of 20 weeks minimum; full time (750 h)
 employer’s reference issued by the company (shortly after the internship) - needs to be submitted at the Office for Internships
 report of internship (10 – 15 pages; English Track - in English; German
Track – in German) needs to be submitted at the Office for Internships
4 weeks after the last day at the company (http://www.fhdortmund.de/de/fb/9/studiengaenge/praxissemester/Requirements_for_the
_practical_experience_report.pdf)
 You need to submit the practical experience report and send it via E-Mail
to the “Praxisbüro” (http://www.fhdortmund.de/de/fb/9/kontakt/praxisbuero/praxisbuero.php) within 4
weeks after the end of your internship. In addition, you need to hand in a
certificate of internship with information regarding the employment period.
 If you didn’t pass an exam after your third semester (internship) please proceed as mentioned in “1 semester exchange students”.
 Extension of your stay (staying one semester longer at FH Dortmund)
o if you didn’t pass almost all exams or still need to do your internship to obtain
the Double Degree
 tell the Course Management before your third semester ends!!!
o if you don’t tell us, we’ll get problems planning the stay for other incoming students
 you occupy their rooms in the dormitories/residential homes
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Study plan B.A. IB Double Degree – English Track
Code
No.
Course Title
36 ECTS(=6 areas of specialisations)
from the Electives B.A. International
Business
Course
language
Winter
Semester
Contact
ECTS
hours
Summer
Semester
Contact
ECTS
hours
16
24
8
12
4
5
4
5
German Communication Skills
99701/
99702
German
Deutschlandstudien für Sprachbeginner/Area studies Germany for
beginners
99711
German
4
5
Intercultural Relations/Negotiations
99202
English
2
3
Managing Cross Border Projects
99261
English
4
6
22
31
20
29
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ECTS
Internship
Multilingual
Winter
Semester
30
Studienplan B.A. IB Double Degree – German Track
ModulNr.
Modulbezeichnung
12 ECTS aus den nachfolgenden 3 Wahlmodulen
des BA IB*:
Kurssprache
Wintersemester
SWS
ECTS
4
6
Sommersemester
SWS
ECTS
English
International Economics
99563
English
4
6
99573
Multilingual
4
6
99061
German
4
5
90331/
90332
German
2
2,5
2
2,5
4
5
4
5
6
10
6
10
Internship
99553
German
Marketing
90051
German
Supply Chain Management
90041
German
Wirtschaftsinformatik
90231
German
Wirtschaftspolitik
90321
German
Rechnungswesen II
90120
German
20 ECTS der BA Betriebswirtschaft Wahlmodule**
Intercultural Relations /
Negotiations
Managing cross border
projects
ECTS
Multilingual
Global Management
Management Seminars &
Projects
Volkswirtschaftslehre
(B.A. IB)
Vertragsmanagement I
und II (B.A. BW)**
2 von 5 nachfolgenden
Kursen des
BA Betriebswirtschaft**
Wintersemester
German
99202
Multilingual
2
3
99261
English
4
6
22
32,5
20
28,5
30
* Electives are offered subject to demand
** You will see the description of the courses of BA Betriebswirtschaft here:
http://www.fh-dortmund.de/de/fb/9/studiengaenge/900/Modulhandbuch_BABW_20160606.pdf
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Electives B.A. International Business
Electives Winter semester*
Accounting
Jahresabschluss II/Annual accounts II
International Accounting (IFRS)
Organization
Shaping Organizational Design
Project Management
HRM
HRM-Core Concepts, Methods & Tools
Strategic International Labour Law
Finance
Corporate Finance
Investment Management
Marketing Advanced
Global Marketing/Competitive Marketing
Supply Chain Management
Global Sourcing / International Procurement
Global Integrated Logistics
Business & Competitive Analysis
Industry Analysis and Business Analytics
Company Analysis and Business Analytics
Global Management
International Management
Value Based Management & Portfolio
Analysis
Code
No.
99413
99411
99412
99433
99431
99432
99443
99441
99442
99453
99451
99452
99493
99493
99513
99511
Course language
English
2
3
99512
99583
99581
99582
99553
99551
99552
English
English
2
4
2
2
4
2
3
6
3
3
6
3
English
2
3
German
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
English
Contact
hours
4
2
2
4
2
2
4
2
2
4
2
2
4
4
4
*Electives are offered subject to demand
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ECTS
6
2,5
3,5
6
3
3
6
3
3
6
3
3
6
6
6
Electives Summer semester*
Controlling
International Group Controlling
Marketing & Sales Controlling
Managing Risk
Quantitative Methods in Financial Risk
Management
Risk Management
International Law
International law I
International Law II
Taxation
Grundzüge Steuern/Fundamentals in taxation
Taxation of International Trade
Marketing Applications
Services Marketing/Applied Marketing
Operations Management
Production and Operations Management
Innovation Management
Business Information Systems
Basics of Business Information Systems
Applied Business Information Systems
International Economics
Trade, Geography, Policy, Institution and
the Multinational Firm
International Money and Finance
Management Seminars & Projects
*Electives are offered subject to demand
Code
No.
99423
99421
99422
99463
Course language
99461
English
2
3
99462
99473
99471
99472
99483
English
2
4
2
2
4
3
6
3
3
6
English
English
German
German
Contact
hours
4
2
2
4
ECTS
6
3
3
6
99481
German
2
2,5
99482
99503
99503
99523
99521
99522
99533
99531
99532
99563
English
English
Multilingual
2
4
4
4
2
2
4
2
2
4
3,5
6
6
6
3
3
6
3
3
6
99561
English
2
3
99562
99573
English
Multilingual
2
4
3
6
English
English
English
For more information regarding our exchange programme, please visit our homepage
for international students: http://www.fhdortmund.de/de/fb/9/studiengaenge/930/international_students.php
There you also find the Course Catalogue for our different types of exchange!
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Additional Information
Sports
You can take part in sports at TU Dortmund
http://www.buchsys.ahs.tudortmund.de/sportarten/aktueller_zeitraum/index.html
For this you need to buy a Sport card once for the whole semester,
some of the sports are for free, for other additional registration and
payment is needed.
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Important Contacts
Course Director International Business
Dr. Erhard Jürke
Room: EF44_108
Phone: +49 (231) 755-6299
erhard.juerke@fh-dortmund.de
Office Hours:
Tue.:
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Teaching areas:
Business English, Business Ethics/CSR
Course Manager International Business
B.A. Pia Becker
Room: EF 44_488
Phone: +49 (231) 755-6836
pia.becker@fh-dortmund.de
Office Hours:
Thu.:
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Assists in:
Questions regarding the study/exchange programme
Signing of Learning Agreements & LA amendments
Registration for courses in LSF/ILIAS
Deputy Course Manager International Business
B.A. Jantje Zimmer
Room: EF 44_124
Phone: +49 (231) 755-6295
jantje.zimmer@fh-dortmund.de
Assists in:
Information about the external examination procedure, Organization “Managing Cross Border Projects”
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Faculty Exchange Point
Larissa Rohrbach, Lara Liebern, Corinna Blässe
Room: EF44_049
Phone: +49 (231) 755-4977
fep.business-studies@fh-dortmund.de
Office Hours:
Mon.:
10:15 am – 11:45 am
Tue.:
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Wed.:
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Assists in:
Welcoming – pick up from Dortmund central station (If your mentor picks you up – meeting point:
dormitories)
Administrative processes after your arrival:
Keys for dormitories, enrolment, opening bank accounts, accompany to Studentenwerk, medical insurance company, Registration for courses in LSF
(for your schedule), Registration for exams in ODS
Office for Student Affairs (Studienbüro)
Katharina Jansen
Room: EF38_0.05 (Emil-Figge-Str. 38)
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-6909
katharina.jansen@fh-dortmund.de
Office Hours:
Mon./Wed./Fr.:
Tue.:
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Assists in:
Re-Registration, Academic Leave of Absence,
(de-)registration of exams, transcript of records
International Office
Dagmar Hösch
Room: SON A 011 (Sonnenstraße 96)
Phone +49 (0231) 9112-217
dagmar.hoesch@fh-dortmund.de
Office Hours:
Mon., Wed., Fri.:
Tue.:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Assists in:
Signing of Certificate of Attendance (ERASMUS mobility)
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Frauke Albrecht
Room: SON A 009 (Sonnenstraße 96)
Phone +49 (0231) 9112-128
frauke.albrecht@fh-dortmund.de
Office Hours:
Mon., Wed., Fri.:
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Assists in:
Consultancy for mobility tool (ERASMUS), accommodation in
dormitories, organization of excursion to Berlin
International Office at Faculty for Business Studies
Elke Meinert
Room: EF44_030
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-8963
elke.meinert@fh-dortmund.de
Office Hours:
Mon., Wed., Fri.:
Tue., Thu.:
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Assists in:
Consultancy for study abroad, buddy program
Office for Internships
Marcel de Schrevel
Room: EF44_030
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-8952
praxisbuero-fb9@fh-dortmund.de
Office Hours:
Mon.:
Wed.:
Tue. – Thu.:
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 12:00 am
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Assists in:
Questions/queries regarding the internship –
Important for our B.A. IB Double Degree Students
(German Track & English Track)
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Student Council
Represents students interests
Kevin Hegels
Room: EF44_010
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-4989
wirtschaft@fasta.fh-dortmund.de
Assists in:
Student consultancy; Introduction of the first semester (Student support);
student representative covers the interest of the faculty.
Tim Kalle
Room: EF44_010
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-4989
wirtschaft@fasta.fh-dortmund.de
Assists in:
Student consultancy
Introduction of the first semester (student support)
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Deanery
Dean
Prof. Dr. Amin Klinkenberg
Emil-Figge-Str. 44
Room: 027
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-6303
Office Hours: on appointment
armin.klinkenberg@fh-dortmund.de
Vice Dean
Prof. Dr. Petra Oesterwinter
Emil-Figge-Str. 44
Room: 458
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-4976
Office Hours: on appointment
petra.oesterwinter@fh-dortmund.de
Vice Dean
(International affairs)
Prof. Dr. Katrin Löhr
Emil-Figge-Str. 38
Room: 1.14
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-6367
Office Hours: on appointment
katrin.loehr@fh-dortmund.de
Vice Dean
(Organisation and Resources)
Dipl.-Ing. Martin Pläger
Emil-Figge-Str. 44
Room: 075
Phone: +49 (0231) 755-4994
Office Hours: on appointment
plaeger@fh-dortmund.de
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