Students health insurance - Glossary

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Students health insurance - Glossary

International office

There are international offices at universities and technical colleges. The International Offices are responsible for study stays abroad, scholarships for these stays, recognition of academic achievements after the end of the semester abroad.
If you want to study in Germany as a foreign student, you have to have your certificates checked by the International Offices, which is the old name for the International Offices. They also check your German language skills.

FH

The term FH is used to describe a university of applied sciences.

Gapyear

The German translation for Gap Year is Lückenjahr. It refers to the time gap between two phases of young people's lives: For example, they use the time between leaving school and starting their studies, between bachelor's and master's degree, or even after finishing their studies and before starting their careers to do something new, travel around the world, etc.

Working Holiday

Working holidays are primarily holiday working visits of young people abroad. Through these agreements it is possible to finance the stay abroad through small jobs abroad (Work'n Travel). There is a special visa for Working Holiday. For Germans there are these agreements with Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Work'n Travel

Work'n Travel is primarily holiday work abroad for young people, financed by smaller jobs. There is a special visa for Work'n Travel. For Germans there are agreements with Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Promotion

The word promotion comes from the Latin promotio and means promotion. In the academic world, it refers to the awarding of the academic degree of a doctor. You do a doctorate in a single subject and if you are successful, you receive your doctorate certificate. If you have a doctorate, you have officially proven that you are able to work scientifically at a high level.

Numerus Clausus

Numerus clausus is an admission restriction for certain subjects at a university. A certain minimum grade is set with which one can study a subject. The purpose behind this is to determine the number of applicants to the limited capacities.

Immatrikulation

Matriculation is also called enrollment. As a student you have to enrol or register at a university in order to be able to use all offers of the university and attend courses.

Exmatrikulation

At the end of your studies you will exmatriculate. This means that you are removed from the list of students (matriculation).

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