Pforzheim University Exchange Students
- Information Package Winter Semester 2019/20 -
Contents:
Agenda Welcome & Orientation
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About German as a Foreign Language
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About “Cross-cultural Competencies”
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About ISP | International Study Program
Undergraduate Business Courses offered in English & German slide 31
Course selection | minimum & maximum Workload slide 34
Specializations slide 36
Organizational information on specific courses slide 37
- Time frame of courses
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- Courses you can only take if you attend the first session slide 38
- Courses offered several times slide 39
40 - Courses with more than 1 session per week
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- New courses slide 41
- Co-teaching slide 42
- Compressed courses slide 43
- Courses requiring e-mail registration -
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- Fast track courses Slide 47
- Courses running parallel to German classes slide 48
Timetable slide 49
Academic year details slide 50
Course registration slide 51
Learning Agreement procedure slide 52
Exam registration slide 53
Exams slide 54
Learning strategy - recommendations slide 55
Resits slide 56
Checklist for end of semester slide 57
Helpful links slide 58-61
Appendix
1. Information for ISP students, planning to extend their stay at Pforzheim University
2. How to access grades via the internet, transcripts, resits 3. Your contact to
a. International Study Program (ISP) staff b. University’s International Programs Office (“Akademisches
Auslandsamt”) 4. Campus Map 5. Timetable sheet
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HS PF Hochschule Pforzheim | Pforzheim University
Mandatory Welcome & Introduction Session
For HS PF Incoming Exchange Students Winter Semester 2019/20
THURSDAY, September 26 & FRIDAY, September 27, 2019
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Agenda Thursday, September 26, 2019
08:00 – 09:30am Placement Test “German as a Foreign language” Room T1.2.08 ++ instructions to be announced ++
PART 1 – For ALL Exchange Students of Pforzheim University
10:00am Welcome address
10:05am Round of introductions – Exchange students
10:30am Information on courses “German as a Foreign language”
10:35am Welcome address – Students’ Union & Initiatives’Representatives
10:45am Design students will be picked up by their program responsible
10:50am All other studentsIntroduction & information on courses “Cross-Cultural Competencies
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Agenda Thursday, September 26, 2019
PART 2 – Continuation for Exchange Students Business / Business Administration & Engineering / Engineering
11:00am Introduction to the International Study Program (ISP)
12:15pm Group picture & Meet with Students‘ Union & Initiatives‘ Representatives for a tour throughPforzheim University‘s Business School
++ Lunch break ++
14:30pm Introduction online timetable, IT infrastructure
16:00 – 18:30pm “Goldstadt Walk“ – guided tour through the city ofPforzheimMeeting point: bus stop (“Hochschule/Wildpark“)
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Agenda Additional Information for Double Degree Students
Thursday, September 26, 2019
11:00 – 12:15pm Double Degree International Business students
Introduction & information session with
Prof. Bremser & Prof. Goehlich
Room W2.3.20
Tuesday, October 01, 2019
17:00 – 18:45pm Double Degree International Marketing studentsIntroduction & information session with Prof. Walter
Room W1.3.01
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AgendaFriday, September 27, 2019
09:45am Information on Internships in Germany and Individual questions on ISP
11:30am Additional IMEP introduction and information session
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Welcome Address
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Jautz
Rector Pforzheim University
Round of introductions
Exchange students
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Course “German as a ForeignLanguage“
Allocation to different German courses please see:Whiteboard next to room W2.3.02 on Saturday, September 28, 2019
Course offers:
• Deutsch 1 – A1
• Deutsch 2 – A2
• Deutsch 2 – A2
• Deutsch 3 – B1
• Deutsch 3 – B1
• Deutsch 3+ – B1+ (“+“ means Business German)
• Deutsch 5 – B2
• Deutsch 6+ – B2/C1
Start: Monday, September 30, 2019 80% attendance
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Welcome and IntroductionSession Pforzheim University Exchange Students
Welcome Address
Students‘ Union & Initiatives‘ Representatives
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Welcome toPforzheim!!!
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Student organization structured in eight departments:
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Head
Finance Culture Social
InternationalPR
Sports
Internal
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Other student organizations:
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The ASTA and all student organizations are responsible for the
social, athletic and cultural
interests of the students!
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Social:
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Athletic:
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Cultural:
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Where can you find us?
Information bazaar on Campus:
2nd of october 2019 in the W1 Building
or
AStA Office (W1.1.21)
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We hope you have a great time in Germany!
In case you have any questions, feel free to contact us via facebook & instagram or visit us
at our office.
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Office
Welcome
to
Pforzheim
Who are we ?
A group of students like you
What do we do?
The buddy program
Fieldtrips
get-together-events
Buddy Program
Every international is paired with a
german student
The german student will help you with any
questions you have
What trips are planed?
A trip to Straßburg
A trip to Maulbronn
A trip to Stuttgart
If you have any ideas, please contact us
If you have any questions
Ask your buddy
Or Contact Paul Guenther
under +49 1573 0600 463
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Information on courses“Cross Cultural Competencies”
http://www.hs-pforzheim.de/ifs
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Cross
Cultural
Competencies
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Learning Objectives
Students…
• acquire cultural awareness by interacting with other students
• can handle communication situations in different cultural contexts
• understand cultural differences
• recognize and reflect on their own cultural background
• communicate in the course’s target language (English)
• Spanish / French recommended for IB double degrees and any student with aB2 level in Spanish / French
• get integrated into the German culture
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Format
BDEM – different format – tba
English – you will have 3 sessions – either
• 3 x Monday (8:00-11:15 a.m.) or
• 3 x Tuesday (8:00-11:15 a.m.)
• Instructors for CCC in English:
Jaruwan Krengvittaya-Greilich
Sabine Zeitler
Elizabeth Hermann
Dina von Garlen
• French / Spanish – weekly sessions
• Instructor in French:
Prof. Jürgen Janovsky (weekly lessons)
• Instructor in Spanish:
Loreto Aravena Martinez (weekly lessons)
check timetable
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Approach
• Group workshop, including group presentation, discussions, role plays, simulations, games
• First hand chance to interact with German students and get to
know the culture
+++ Not a mandatory course for foreign students (anymore) but highlyrecommended +++
• Attendance + active participation required
• Marks / credits awarded
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Registration
For registrations:
Find a CCC course that doesn‘t clash with
– your German language class you have been allocated to
For Spanish / French send an email to [email protected]
Please register on the lists on the whiteboard next to room - W2. 3.02 until September 30
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Questions
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ISP International Study Program
Undergraduate business courses offers in English andGerman
Welcome and Introduction
ISP-Team:
Prof. Dr. Matthias Kropp, Prof. Dr. Moritz Peter, Rebecca Dürr, Uta Hampele, Jochen Ebert, Henriette Schürger
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ISPOverview
• Focus: Undergratuates
• Leading to a Certificate / Diploma (min. 30 / 60 Credits, irrespective of thelanguage of instruction)
• Integration of bachelor courses of:
– Business School &
– Department of Engineering and Management(School of Engineering)
• Specializations – with Business School‘s classes taught in English
• Integration of exchange students
• Additional lectures / seminars focused on German culture
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ISPGeneral remarks
Course selection:
1. Free choice from all Business School‘s & Department of Engineering & Management‘s (BAE) undergrad course offers, both in English andGerman
2. However, check for possible timetable clashes
3. Make sure that you fulfill the neccesary prerequisites
Engineering students: You have access to ISP classes not requiring pre-requisites – please contact Jochen Ebert
We prepared “specializations” (within Business School’s classes taught in English) in order to avoid timetable clashes
You are not allowed to choose courses from Master-Level
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ISPCourse selection & workload
Minimum workload per semester:
ISP expects exchange students to register for courses totaling in a minimumof 24 ECTS credits
Maximum workload per semester:
• ISP recommends the standard European semester workload of 30 ECTS credits
• We will accept an additional workload of 20% (= 36 ECTS)
• Credits of pre-semester course German A1 can be added to the maximumworkload
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ISPOverview all course offerings in English
Handout “Yellow Pages“
„Course Offerings & Course Registration Winter Semester 2019/2020“
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ISP Specializations
• Accounting and Finance
• Contextual Studies
• International Business
• International Economics
• Marketing
ISP Brochure I p. 12/13
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
1. General Information – Time frame of courses
Weekly courses vs. compressed courses
e.g. ECO1102 International Financial Markets (Maurer)weekly Thursday 13:45 – 15:15
vs.
AQM1042 Fundamentals of Financial Management (Chávez Bedoya)
compressed course Mondays Nov. 04 + Nov. 11 + Nov. 1817:15 – 18:45 + 19:00 – 20:30
Tuesdays Nov. 05 + Nov. 12 + Nov. 1915:30 – 17:00 + 19:00 – 20:30
Wednesdays Nov. 06 + Nov. 13 + Nov. 20
08:00 – 09:30
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
2. Courses you can only take if you attend the first session
e.g. IBU2101 Introduction to International Business
Compulsory first session on October 17th, 09:45 – 11:15
MKT3031 International Marketing
Compulsory first session on October 4th, 13:45 – 15:15
IBU2133 Techniques in International Commerce
Compulsory first session on October 2nd, 17:15 – 18:45
IBU3090 Independent Studies
Compulsory first session on October 8th, 09:45 – 11:15
further courses see Yellow Pages
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
3. Courses offered several times
e.g. ECO2011 International Economics
choose either
• Antony: Wed 08:00 – 09:30 + Thu 13:45 – 15:15 or
• Volkert: Tue 15:30 – 17:00 + Tue 17:15 – 18:45 or
• Maurer: Wed 09:45 – 11:15 + Thu 17:15 – 18:45
ACC2041 International Financial Reporting Standards
choose either
• Scholz: Fri 13:45 – 15:15 + Fri 15:30 – 17:00 or
• Eidel: Mo 13:45 – 15:15
further courses see Yellow Pages
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
4. Courses with more than one session per week
4 contact hours (of 45 minutes) per week = 2 mandatory slots (of 90 minutes) per week
e.g. MCO2051 Fundamentals of Marketing
Paetsch: Fri 11:30 – 13:00 + Fri 17:15 – 18:45
6 contact hours (of 45 minutes) per week = 3 mandatory slots (of 90 minutes) per week
e.g. GMT2101 Management Accounting
Kropp: Mon 17:15 – 18:45 + Tue 11:30 – 13:00 + Wed 15:30 – 17:00
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
5. New courses offered by guest professors
• BIS3061 Internet of Everything/ Internet of Things – Kevin Johnston, South Africa
• AQM1042 Fundamentals of Financial Mathematics – Luis Chávez Bedoya, Peru
• BAE4036 International Technical Sales 3 – Jorge Del Castillo, Peru
• IBU2142 Business Plan – Plan de negocio – Anxo Calvo Silvosa, Spain
• IBU3602 International Corporate Finance – Anxo Calvo Silvosa, Spain
• IBU2101 Introduction to International Business – Part Finance – Anxo Calvo Silvosa, Spain
• FIN3201 Investment Controlling – Anxo Calvo Silvosa, Spain
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
6. Co-Teaching
e.g. IBU2101 Introduction to International Business
Anxo CalvoSilvosa: Part Finance
Pförtsch: Part International Markets
+++ all sessions of both lecturers have to be attended +++
further courses see Yellow Pages
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
7. Intensive format (compressed seminar) courses
e.g. AQM1042 Fundamentals of Financial Mathematics offered by guest professorLuis Chávez Bedoya, ESAN University, Lima, Peru
Mondays Nov. 04 + Nov. 11 + Nov. 1817:15 – 18:45 + 19:00 – 20:30
Tuesdays Nov. 05 + Nov. 12 + Nov. 1915:30 – 17:00 + 19:00 – 20:30
Wednesdays Nov. 06 + Nov. 13 + Nov. 20
08:00 – 09:30
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
7. Intensive format (compressed seminar) courses
e.g. BIS3061 Internet of Everything/ Internet of Things offered by guest professor Kevin Johnston, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Monday 18.11.2019 13:45 – 17:00
Tuesday 19.11.2019 11:30 – 15:15
Wednesday 20.11.2019 19:00 – 20:30
Thursday 21.11.2019 09:45 – 11:15 + 13:45 – 15:15
Friday 22.11.2019 11:30 – 13:00
Monday 25.11.2019 13:45 – 15:15 + 15:30 – 17:00
Tuesday 26.11.2019 11:30 – 15:15
Wednesday 27.11.2019 19:00 – 20:30
Thursday 12.12.2019 09:45 – 11:15 + 13:45 – 15:15 + 15:30 – 17:00
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
7. Intensive format (compressed seminar) courses
e.g. BAE4036 International Technical Sales 3 offered by guest professorJorge Del Castillo, ESAN University, Lima, Peru
Tuesday 19.11.2019 09:45 – 15:15
Thursday 21.11.2019 15:30 – 18:45
Tuesday 26.11.2019 09:45 – 18:45
Tuesday 03.12.2019 09:45 – 15:15
Thursday 05.12.2019 15:30 – 18:45
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
8. Courses requiring additional e-mail registration
E-Mail registration
• Including course #, course name, your name, student ID #
• To [email protected] for Business courses
• To [email protected] for BAE courses (see list)
E-Learning (Moodle) registration please check Yellow Pages
• Registration via E-Learning (Moodle)
• Log in/Lehrangebot für Wirtschaft und Recht/enter course ID/register
+++ please check Yellow “Pages“ +++
+++ Please check with your professors in class +++
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
9. Fast Track (classes end before December 20th, 2019)
e.g.
• ACC2041 International Financial Reporting Standars (IFRS) (Scholz)
• GMT2101 Management Accounting
• BIS3061 Internet of Everything/ Internet of Things
• BAE4182 Specific Challenges in Internation Management
further courses see “Yellow Pages“
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ISPOrganizational information on specific courses
10. Courses running parallel to German classesStudents taking these classes cannot take German as a Foreign Language
e.g. Parallel to Monday German classes
• BAE2342 Innovation Processes
• BAE4183 Intercultural Engineering
Parallel to Tuesday German classes
• BAE2271 Cultural Awareness
• IBU3090 Independent Studies
further courses see “Yellow Pages“
+++ You have to choose between the German as a
Foreign Language class and the Business Classes +++
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ISPTimetable
http://www.hs-pforzheim.de/isp/courses/ Online time table
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Slots Time
1 08:00 – 09:30
2 09:45 – 11:15
3a 11:30 – 13:00
3b 12:00 – 13:30
4 13:45 – 15:15
5 15:30 – 17:00
6 17.15 – 18:45
7 19:00 – 20:30
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ISPAcademic Year
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http://www.hs-pforzheim.de/isp/calendar
Program Dates Sept. 26, 2019 – Feb. 07, 2020
(Fast Track: Dec. 20, 2019)
Deadline Course registration via Yellow
Pages
October 11, 2019
Deadline Learning Agreement October 11, 2019
Exam Registration tba
End of Lecturing Period January 24, 2020
Examination Period January 27, 2020 – February 07, 2020
No Lectures during • October 3, 2019 Anniversary of German
Reunification
• November 1, 2019 All Saints‘ Day
• December 23, 2019 – January 6, 2020
Christmas Break
Field Trips • Frankfurt December 4, 2019
• Luxembourg Januarty 14 + 15, 2019
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ISPAcademic Year Details Course Registration, Learning Agreement, Exam Registration, Exams
1. Course registration “Yellow Pages“
• Paper-based; to be submitted to the ISP Office byFriday, October 11, 2019
• Please contact Jochen Ebert in case that you still have obligations at your home universityduring your semester at Pforzheim University (e.g. exams, papers, early return etc.)deadline: October 7, 2019
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ISPAcademic Year Details Course Registration, Learning Agreement, Exam Registration, Exams
2. Submission of Learning Agreement (“LA“/ paper-based)
Contact: Jochen Ebert W2.3.19/1
Deadline: Friday, October 11, 2019
• Step 1: Meet with Jochen for approval of subjects & signature
• Step 2: Pick-up signed and sealed LA at ISP office two days later(ISP arranges for countersignature of Pforzheim University‘s International Programs Office)
• Step 3: Send the LA via e-mail to your home university for approval & signature
• Step 4: After approval by your home university: (possible after Friday, Obtober 11, 2019)
• Bring hardcopy of the LA to the ISP-Office (W2.3.19) or
• Send softcopy to [email protected]
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ISPAcademic Year Details Course Registration, Learning Agreement, Exam Registration, Exams
3. Registration for exams
• Online: tba
• Starting shot via follow up e-mail by ISP-office
+++ Please avoid belated registration – you will have to pay a fine! +++
Please mind:
• Exams for “German as a Foreign Language“ will take place in the last lecture of therespective German class
• By taking over a presentation in a course you will have to hand it in otherwise you will fail theclass
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ISPAcademic Year Details Course Registration, Learning Agreement, Exam Registration, Exams
4. Exams
• Check the link for exam schedule (will be send by ISP-Office)
• Provide for every exam: Your student ID, a hardcopy of your exam registration
Further hints:
• Be in time in your exam room – 15 minutes before the start
• In case we need more than one room for an exam, you’ll find yourself allocated in the exam schedule alphabetically
• Don’t use red ink writing utensils or pencils
• We arrange for exam paper; private paper cannot be used
• Respect the intellectual property of your neighbors
In case you are sick:
• See a doctor and get a sick note
• Forward the sick note to [email protected] (we will inform the examination office)
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ISPLearning Strategy
Recommendations:
• Your learning performance in most courses is measured by the final exam during examination period (many exams within two final weeks)
• Therefore, it’s important to be prepared for passing these exams
• Starting last minute before the exams in January/February might be risky….
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ISPResit
What we do not hope, however it may happen …that some students fail an exam.
• Resits are only offered at the regular examination dates of the NEXT semester (normally within the examination period)
• No additional online resits or resit dates available outside of the official examination period
• Students taking resits have to be nominated by their home institutions and have to be enrolled at Pforzheim University for the resit semester
• Students resitting exams at Pforzheim University are asked to participate in the corresponding lecture or stay in close contact with the professor or fellow students
• If students cannot resit for an exam at Pforzheim University, we recommend to cover the missing subject(s) at the home University
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ISPChecklist
ISP checklist for the end of the semester
Erasmus form to be filled in and signed by the International Programs Office („Akademisches Auslandsamt“), W1.2.12
Return all books to Pforzheim University library & “confirmation of the library“ to befilled in and signed by the library (will be send to you via Email by the International Programs Office)
Confirmation of the library to be handed in at the International Programs Office, Building W1, room W1.2.12 before departure
+++ requirement for the issuance of your transcripts +++
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ISPHelpful Links
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ISPHelpful Links
Pforzheim University’s International Programs Office (“Akademisches Auslandsamt”)
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What? Where?
• Website https://www.hs-
pforzheim.de/en/international/internati
onal_programs_office
• Forms
• Information on insurance
https://www.hs-
pforzheim.de/en/international/contact
_and_forms/forms
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ISPHelpful Links
Pforzheim University’s Examination Office (“Prüfungsamt”)
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ISPHelpful Links
Pforzheim University’s Language Center
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ISP
ISP Meeting with Pforzheim University professors, being responsible for yourhome university
You will receive an invitation via e-mail
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Excursions
• Frankfurt
December 4, 2019
• Luxembourg
January 14 and 15, 2020
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ISP
14:30 – 15:50Introduction online timetable, IT infrastructure
16:00 – 18:30pm meet Jochen Ebert for
“Goldstadt-Walk”
Guided tour through the city of Pforzheim
Meeting point: 16:00 bus stop (“Hochschule/Wildpark“)
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ISP
Now meet for a group photo and tour through Pforzheim University’s Business School with the Students’ representatives
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