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
- office
- Definition:
Referat (Amt, Büro)
unit
- office
- Definition:
Sekretariat
zB 'Fakultätssekretariat': 'School (Administration) Office'
- office
- Definition:
Stabstelle
(staff) unit, department
- Office of the Dean / Dean’s Office
- Definition:
Dekanat
Deanery
- Office of the President
- Definition:
Präsidium
Je nach Kontext. Auch möglich: university executive; university management team. Hier unterscheidet man zwischen dem Ort ('Die Besprechung findet im Präsidium statt') und den Menschen ('Er / Sie ist Mitglied des Präsidiums')
- officer
- Definition:
Beauftragte/r
- officer required by law
- Definition:
Beauftragte/r per Gesetz
- Ombudsman Committee
- Definition:
Ombudsgremium
ESB Business School (ESB)
- on leave of absence
- Definition:
beurlaubt
- Operations Management
- Definition:
Operations Management
ESB Business School (ESB)
- optional required subject
- Definition:
Wahlpflichtfach
elective (subject) (AE, ESB)
- optional subject / option
- Definition:
Wahlfach
- oral examination
- Definition:
mündliche Prüfung
- overall mark (BE) / grade (AE)
- Definition:
Gesamtnote
- part-time
- Definition:
berufsbegleitend
executive; tandem
- partner university / institution
- Definition:
Partnerhochschule
- physics centre
- Definition:
Physikzentrum
- place of jurisdiction
- Definition:
Gerichtsstand
- plagiarism
- Definition:
Plagiat
- Polymer Chemistry and Process Analysis (MSc)
- Definition:
Polymerchemie und Prozessanalytik (M.Sc.)
Fakultät Life Sciences (LS)
