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
- Dual Programme Digital Engineering & Management (BSc)
- Definition:
Digital Engineering & Management Berufsbegleitender Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
- ECTS Officer
- Definition:
ECTS-Beauftragte/r
- educational goals
- Definition:
Ausbildungsziele
- effective date
- Definition:
Inkrafttreten
coming into effect/ date of effect
- electives (BE); minors (AE)
- Definition:
Schwerpunkte (Wahlfächer)
- endowed professorship
- Definition:
Stiftungsprofessur
- engineering
- Definition:
Ingenieurwissenschaften
- engineering lab
- Definition:
Maschinenlabor
Fakultät Technik (TEC)
- enrolment
- Definition:
Einschreiben
- enrolment
- Definition:
Immatrikulation
- entrance exam
- Definition:
Aufnahmetest, Aufnahmeprüfung
- Equal Opportunities Representative
- Definition:
Gleichstellungsbeauftragte/r
- equivalency test (by Reutlingen International Office)
Äquivalenzprüfung (des Reutlingen International Office)
- ESB Business School
- Definition:
ESB Business School
- Ethics Officer
- Definition:
Ethikbeauftragte/r
- European Management Studies (EMS)
- Definition:
European Management Studies
ESB Business School (ESB)
- exam registration period
- Definition:
Prüfungsanmeldungszeitraum
- exam review
- Definition:
Prüfungseinsicht
- examination conditions
- Definition:
Prüfungsbedingungen
- examination records
- Definition:
Leistungsnachweis
transcript of records; record of grades; record of marks




