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

 

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post room
Definition:

Poststelle

Power Electronics and Micro-Electronics
Definition:

Leistungs- und Mikroelektronik (M.Sc.)

Fakultät Technik (TEC)

practical tutorial / session
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Übung

practice-oriented

anwendungsbezogen

applied

prerequisites
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Voraussetzungen

requirements

presentation
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Referat (präsentation)

semester paper, seminar paper

President
Definition:

Präsident(in)

Printing Centre
Definition:

Druckzentrum

process control
Definition:

Prozesssteuerung

Process Engineering
Definition:

Verfahrenstechnik (Studienfach)

ESB Business School (ESB)

Production Engineering
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Produktionstechnik Ingenieurwesen (Studienfach)

ESB Business School (ESB)

professional education / training
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Berufsausbildung

professional field
Definition:

Berufsfeld

Programme Assistant / Student Services
Definition:

Studiengangssekretariat

ESB Business School (ESB)

Programme Coordinators' Conference (ESB)
Definition:

Studiengangskoordinatorenkonferenz

ESB Business School (ESB)

Programme Development Committee
Definition:

Studienkommission 

Programme Directors' Conference
Definition:

Länderbeauftragter (für IMX-Links)

TEXOVERSUM Fakultät Textil (TEX)

Programme Directors' Conference (ESB)
Definition:

Studiendekanekonferenz

ESB Business School (ESB)

programme structure
Definition:

Studienablauf 

programme structure
Definition:

Aufbau des Studiengangs