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Begrüßung der Incoming Students
ISIM
ISIM – International Studieren im Maschinenbau
KIT Fakultät für Maschinenbau
www.kit.edu
WELCOME to the KIT Department of Mechanical Engineering
Introduction for Incoming Student
Winter Term 2017/18
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Facts and Figures about KIT
1825 founded as „Polytechnikum“
oldest German „Technische Hochschule“
1967 University
2009 merger with the „National Research Center“ to zum „
„Karlsruhe Institute of Technology“
Approx. 26.000 students (22% internationals)
Approx. 9.250 employees, among them
5773 researchers
365 professors
5 divisions
11 departments/faculties
131 institutes
Budget: 851 Mio. € (2016)
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Approx. 5000 students
1400 internationals,
among them: ~ 180 exchange students/year
680 beginners
Approx. 700 employees
among them: 36 professors
22 institutes
the largest KIT department
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Information about your studies
Preliminary Remarks:
It is not necessary to take notes. You will find a summary of this
presentation as well as all necessary links on the ISIM homepage:
https://www.mach.kit.edu/english/1715.php
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Information about your studies
1. At the beginning of your stay
1.1 How to find your courses
Information about the offered courses, lectures,
workshops or labs as well as the location and date
Course catalogue = Vorlesungsverzeichnis https://campus.studium.kit.edu/events/catalog.php#!campus/all/fields.asp?group=Vorlesungsverzeichnis
Homepages of the Institutes http://www.mach.kit.edu/institute.php
Summary of the courses:
Module Handbooks = Modulhandbücher http://www.mach.kit.edu/1572.php
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1.2. How to register for your courses
Usually, a registration is not necessary for most of your courses
Registration can be obligatory for a few courses like tutorials,
workshops or labs
Information on how and when to apply will be given
on the homepage of the Institute
by the lecturer during the first lecture
very important: Participation on the first lectures
Lecturer informs about - Tutorials, workshops, labs with
obligatory registration
- Course materials
- Password
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The ONLINE-application for courses with obligatory registration has to be done by
ILIAS https://ilias.studium.kit.edu/
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1.3. How to get the course materials Download your materials from ILIAS
(usually you have to enter the course before)
Or have a look on the homepage of the Institute
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1.4. Is a BSc – or MSc project possible?
Yes, but you have to find your supervisor as well as the topic on your own
Information about offered BSc or MSc –projects are available:
http://www-2.mach.kit.edu/srmach/bachelor_arbeiten.php
http://www-2.mach.kit.edu/srmach/master_arbeiten.php or
on the homepages of the
Institutes:
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2. During your stay
2.1. Registration at Studierenden Center Maschinenbau SCM
Geb. 10.91, R. 225
Please hand over your
Registration at SCM (https://www.mach.kit.edu/gaststudenten_erasmus.php)
as soon as possible after the beginning of your studies
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2.2. Changes of your Learning Agreements/Study Proposals
As soon as possible after the start of the lectures (4 – 6 weeks at the
latest)
Signatures at ISIM, Geb. 10.23, Room 706
Submission to your Home University
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2.3. Prolongation
Extension of your stay for one semester (SS 18 or WS18/19)
Certificate of enrollment from your home university
Approval of your home university
Signed Learning Agreement for the second term
for a final/project thesis:
approval of your KIT supervisor
Attention:
international students from third countries (with citizenship of non-EU/EEA
countries) will have to pay tuition fees of 1500€/semester from WS17/18 onwards
Visiting Students from third countries studying in the frame of a Bilateral
cooperation agreement are exempted for the first and second semester, but will
have to pay from their third semester (=WS2018/19!!) at KIT onwards
http://www.intl.kit.edu/istudies/6263.php
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At the latest:
1. Dec. 2017
to IStO
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2.4 Re-registration
Re-registration at Campus Management/ online
https://campus.studium.kit.edu/renewal/index.php
Deadline: 15 January until 15 February 2018
Attention:
Missing the deadline will be fined 15 €
Without the re-registration, you will not be able to sign up for
the exams during the next term (SS 2018)
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3. At the end of your stay
3.1. What kind of exams do you have to take?
Written exams
Respect the deadlines for signing up
Fixed date, determined at the beginning
of the term
Long correcting period possible
(up to 8-10 weeks)
Oral exams
More flexibility in organizing the date, individual agreements possible
Pre- or postponing after discussion with and approval of your examiner
Results/marks directly after the examination
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3.2. When do the exams take place?
From the end of the lecture period up to the official end of the term
Winter Term: February until end of March
Summer Term: End of July until end of September
Dates are published on the institutes‘
homepages
Dates are binding
Pre-/postponing of an exam might be possible
in substantiated exceptional cases
after the discussion with and approval of the examiner
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3.3. When to apply for the exams
The exact application period for the exams is published on the
homepages of the institutes, some weeks after the start of the semester
The lecturers or their assistants will announce the dates during the
lectures or exercices
The dates can be asked directly at the institutes
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3.4. How to apply for the exams
Precondition: Registration at SCM by handing over your
completed Application Form
at the latest 6 weeks after the start of your studies
Learning Agreement
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https://
www.mach.kit.edu/gaststudenten_erasmus.php
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Application to your individual exams and/or thesis
At the latest: one week before the end of the application period send
an e-mail to SCM ([email protected]) including
Your name
Course number and title
Name of the institute
Name of the supervisor
After about 1-2 days:
pick up your application at SCM personally
go to the institute in time
and hand it in
take your exam
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for individual exams
for your thesis
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3.5. How to get the Transcript of Records
After having finished all exams apply for your
Transcripts of Records at SCM by E-Mail
As soon as all results are known, SCM creates your Transcript
Attention: the correcting period sometimes takes up to 6-9 weeks, but you can
ask for a preliminary extract / proficiency certificate
Delivery of the Transcript
Pick it up personally at SCM or
The Transcript is sent to your home address
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Information about your studies
Your contact persons at the Department
For all organisational or administrative matters
SCM Studierenden Center Maschinenbau, Geb. 10.91, Raum 225
Director: Dr.-Ing. R. Schwarz
Registration at the Department
Application to exams
Transcripts
ISIM International Studieren im Maschinenbau, Geb. 10.23, Raum 706
Director: A. Morlock-Scherm
Signatures of Learning Agreements/Changes
General matters
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Your contact persons at the Department
For all academic matters, such as lectures, workshops, projects, exams
consult the lecturer, supervisor or assistant in charge of the subject.
For e-mail adresses and office hours see the Institutes´ homepages.
For all remaining subjects address in exceptional cases to
Prof. Dr. –Ing. Carsten Proppe
Representative for International Affairs of the KIT Department of ME
Bld. 10.23, 2. OG, room 204
Please respect the official office hours or arrange a meeting by e-mail.
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Thank you very much for your attention!
We wish all of you
a successful and pleasant stay
at KIT and in Karlsruhe.
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