Glossary
Many university-specific and administrative terms are highly specialised and often cannot be found in standard dictionaries or translation tools. To assist staff at Reutlingen University with translating such terms and to promote consistency in language use, this glossary has been developed. The university has adopted British English as its standard.
The glossary is a living document and is continuously expanded by the Institute for Foreign Languages. It is not intended to be exhaustive.
To help us keep the glossary as up to date as possible, we welcome your suggestions and feedback. Please don’t hesitate to contact us at: iff@reutlingen-university.de
- seminar
- Definition:
Seminar
- Senate (Cultural) Officer
- Definition:
Senatsbeauftragte/r (für Kultur)
- Senate (of Reutlingen University)
- Definition:
Senat (der Hochschule Reutlingen)
- skills
- Definition:
Kenntnisse
- smart products
- Definition:
Intelligente Produkte
- social and communicative competence / competencies
- Definition:
Soziale und kommunikative Kompetenz
- social responsibility
- Definition:
soziale Verantwortung
- social sciences
- Definition:
Sozialwissenschaften
- Staff Council
- Definition:
Personalrat
- staff ID number
- Definition:
Personalnummer
- staff meeting
- Definition:
Personalversammlung
- standard duration of study / studies
- Definition:
Regelstudienzeit
regular period of study
- Standing Committee
- Definition:
Ständiger Ausschuss
- State Data Protection Act
- Definition:
Landesdatenschutzgesetz
- state law on fees in higher education
- Definition:
Landeshochschulgebührengesetz
- state law on higher education
- Definition:
Landeshochschulgesetz
- State Office for Salaries and Pensions
- Definition:
Landesamt für Besoldung und Versorgung (LBV)
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths)
- Acronym:
MINT (Mathe, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften, Technik)
- Strategic Sales Management
- Definition:
Strategic Sales Management
ESB Business School (ESB)
- Student Administration (Office)
- Definition:
Studium und Studierende




