General information for exchange students: A guide for the dormitory and the campus

1. Dormitory• Two different housing areas provided by the ‚Studentenwerk Thüringen‘

• All rooms are complete furnished (bed, desk, cupboard, shelf, nightstand)

• There is a possibility to buy bed clothes (pillow, blanket and sheets)

• The rent includes all additional costs (energy, heating, water)

• Different rents depend on: contract time & size of the room

• There is no Wifi available in the dormitory, but there is a possibility to get Internet connection in the room via the company Telesystems Thorwarth

• There is a deposit of 300 Euro

• For further information please follow the link: http://www.stw-thueringen.de/english/housing/residential-homes/schmalkalden/wohnanlagen-schmalkalden.html

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1.1 Dormitory in Blechhammer 9b

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• Dormitory on the campus area

• House 1 & House 2

• Mostly single rooms with a shared kitchen and bathroom (3-room-flats)

• Kitchen-equipment: stove, sink and refrigerator BUT no tableware etc.

• Rent: 155 - 206 Euro

• Important offices in the building:2.108 Dormitory office2.106 Caretaker office

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1.2 Dormitory in Martin-Luther-Ring 38

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• Dormitory in walking distance to the campus (10 minutes)

• Mostly single rooms with a shared kitchen and bathroom (3 room-flats)

• Kitchen-equipment: stove, sink and refrigerator BUT no tableware etc.

• Rent: 171 – 218 Euro

• Important offices in Blechhammer 9b:2.108 Dormitory office2.106 Caretaker office

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1.3 Information about the dormitory organization

Dormitory Office

• Gabriele Höpfner gabriele.hoepfner@stw-thueringen.de

• Place:

Blechhammer 9b House 2 Room 2.108

• Office Hours:

Mon + Thu 9-11 am & 1-3 pm

Tue 2-4 pm (in holidays: 1-3 pm)

Fri 9-11 am

• Function:

Dormitory administration

(e.g. contracts, cancellations, payments)

Tutor Contacts

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• Ivan Rodiontcev

skaterates@mail.ru

• Rebeca Natale Wassink

rebecanatale@gmx.com

• Vadim Shchepin

vadimshch21@gmail.com

• Every tutor is responsible for 20-30 students

• The tutors are responsible for your arrival

• The tutors are there for general questionsabout the dormitory, the university and livingin Schmalkalden and to help you adjust easily

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1.4 Important forms for living in the dormitories

• Tenancy agreement sample: http://www.stw-thueringen.de/cms/upload/downloads/wohnen/Tenancy_Agreement_Sample.pdf

• General terms and conditions: http://www.stw-thueringen.de/cms/upload/downloads/wohnen/General_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf

• General house rules: http://www.stw-thueringen.de/cms/upload/downloads/wohnen/House_Rules_general.pdf

• Occupancy guidelines: http://www.stw-thueringen.de/cms/upload/downloads/wohnen/Occupancy_Guidelines.pdf

• General website with important forms for the dormitory: http://www.stw-thueringen.de/english/downloads/downloads.html

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1.5 Laundry rooms

• Every dormitory has their ownlaundry room and you can onlypay with your THOSKA-card

• Procedure:1. Put the clothes and washing

pulver into the machine2. For paying put your Thoska card

into the machine on the wall andpress the button ‚Wahl‘ until thenumber of the machine matchesthe one on the screen

3. Press Start

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1.6 Garbage system in Germany

Paper

• All packaging made ofpaper and cardboard

• Newspaper/magazines

• Paper bags

Plastic

• Cans

• Composite material (plastic, aluminium, tinplate etc.)

Residual waste

• Biological waste

• Other waste

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You can find the 3 different garbage cans outside:• In Blechhammer: Outside of House 1 close to the parking spaces• In MLR:

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1.7 Deposit system for glass in GermanyDeposit bottles

• Every bottle with this sign:

• There are deposit

machines at every

grocery store

(deposit: 8-25 Cents

per bottle)

Other bottles

• There are glass containers whichare seperated by the colorswhite, green and brown

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2. Campus & general study information

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2.1 Campus map

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• For a bigger version of the mapplease open the following link: http://www.hs-schmalkalden.de/en/Campus.html

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2.2 Central Institutions on Campus

• International Office: http://www.hs-schmalkalden.de/en/International+Office-p-280.html

• Center for Information and Communication (available only in German): http://www.hs-schmalkalden.de/rz.html

• Student administration office: http://www.hs-schmalkalden.de/en/Student+Service+Office.html

• Examination office: http://www.hs-schmalkalden.de/en/ZentralesPruefungsamt.html

• Studies‘ advisory center: http://www.hs-schmalkalden.de/en/Central+Student+Advisory+Office+.html

• Language center (House D): http://www.hs-schmalkalden.de/Sprachenzentrum.html

• Library: http://www.hs-schmalkalden.de/en/Cellarius+Library+.html

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2.3 Timeframe for the semester

Winter Semester 2016/2017

Semester time 01. October 2016 – 31. March 2017

Start of lectures 04. October 2016

End of lectures 27. January 2017

Christmas holidays 26. December 2016 – 08. January 2017

Public holiday 03. October 2016 & 31.October 2016

Time to register for exams online 09. January 2017 – 22. January 2017

Time of exams 30. January 2017 – 18. February 2017

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2.4 Grading System in Germany

Grading system

Sehr gut (=very good) 1,0 – 1,5

Gut (=good) 1,51 – 2,5

Befriedigend (=satisfied) 2,51 – 3,5

Aussreichend (=sufficient) 3,51 – 4,0

Nicht ausreichend (=not sufficient) 4,01 – 5,0

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2.4 Stud.ip platform (https://studip.fh-schmalkalden.de)

Platform for:

• Uploaded documents of theprofessor for their lectures

• Overview about the classes andan individual timetable

• You can log in with your personal username and password

• It is available in English

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2.5 QIS System (https://qis.fh-schmalkalden.de)

System for:

• General administration

• Administration of study• Studienbescheinigung (=study

certificate)

• Administration of exams• Apply for exams

• Notenspiegel (=transcript ofrecords)

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• You can log in with yourpersonal username andpassword

• It is available in English

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2.6 THOSKA Card

• Student ID card with registrationnumber

• Used as payment card for themensa and the laundry

• Can be charged via the vendingmachines in the mensa

• Is valid as a ticket to travel bytrain (no ICE) through the wholeThuringian area: http://www.nvsthueringen.de/t3/fileadmin/PDF/Downloads/15-10-01_NVS_Linienkarte_Thueringen_Stand_16_1_A3.pdf

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