Incoming Students to the Department of Sociology

• Unfortunately, because lecturer in Germany can deliberately decide which courses they will offer, we can not provide detailed information on courses in upcoming terms beyond the next.
• You will find information on all Courses in Sociology  on the campus wide Course catalogue of the University Tuebingen.
  In this catalogue you can also find the enrollment period for every course (which may vary by course but typically starts 4-6 weeks before the start of the term). See Basic Data ⮞ Period.
  You can filter the course catalogue to your needs:

  • Start by selecting the according term

  • You can select a teaching language, e.g. English or German

  • To filter for courses of sociology:
    In the organizational units field select: University ⮞ faculties ⮞ Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences ⮞ Department of Social Sciences ⮞Institute of Sociology
    and check the second checkbox in this row
    Click  "carry over this selection"

  • Click "Search"

• If you do not have Alma access yet but want to make sure your enrollment will be accepted or have other questions on the courses please contact the according lecturers directly via email. You can find the lecturers in the tab Parallelgroups/Appoinments ⮞ Performing Lecturers.
  You will find there member website by just searching for their name and the term "uni tuebingen"

• There is a special site providing information on German language courses and courses on German culture at the University of Tuebingen.

In general about 20% of our courses in Sociology are held in english language.

• Unfortunately in spring term 25, at the Bachelor level (1st cycle) there is a limited number of course offers:
  • Method pratical course: Analyzing social cohesion (6 ECTS) [Volker Lang]
  • Policing and Human Rights (6 ECTS) [Deep Chand] (planned, not finally confirmed)
  • Housing and Migration in the Global South: Postcards of an Outcoming Topology  (planned, not finally confirmed)
• There are more options at the Master level (2nd cycle) and depending on your prior experiences they might or might not be of interest to you. Please inform the lecturers directly if you intend to take the courses while studying a Bachelor degree:
  • Neighborhoods and Diversity (Ashwin Tripathi)
  • Methods of causal analysis: Regression techniques (6 ECTS + Tutorial) [Steffen Hillmert]
  • Process and Perspective: The social theory of Anselm Strauss (6 ECTS) [Jörg Stübing]
  • Ethnography and qualitative Interviews: the Sociology of Threat (6 ECTS) [Boris Nieswand]
  • Social Change and Public Policy  [Pia Schober]
  • Methods for policy evaluation: (quasi) experiments and panel data analysis + Tutorial  [Pia Schober]

If you want to take courses from other social sciences or alike departments  (like economics, political science, cultural studies, ...) we advise to

• contact your local advisors if those courses will be recognized
• ask the Incoming Team of the International office Tuebingen if your exchange program allows taking this courses.
• Contact the according lecturers if you can participate although you did not study this subject.

Foreign students should plan their stay in Tübingen well in advance and need to consider:

• Nomination by the home university and application at the university of Tübingen. Students need to be nominated first before they can apply in Tübingen.
• Language skills (German and English in particular)
• Visa for entry and study permit
• Flat hunting in Tübingen
• Health insurance
• Selection of courses and Learning Agreement (for Erasmus exchange students)
  Students should use the Learning Agreement form of their home university. Ideally, the " Before the Mobility" section should be completed after the official course catalogue of the university of Tübingen for the relevant semester is online. If the home university asks the section to be completed earlier, then changes can be made after the registration for the courses. However, during the planning stage students should clarify with their home coordinator which type of courses can be recognized for their course of studies at the home institute.

On the website of the International Office students will find further information and links on all the above-mentioned topics. Please read this carefully!

Prior to the official beginning of term, numerous welcome events and orientation meetings take place around the university. Make use of this opportunity!

First steps upon arrival:

• Finding accommodation
• Confirming your arrival with Ms Hahne (see contact box on the right)
• Matriculation
• Registration for courses

Detailed information and links on all above-mentioned topics are published on the website "Arrival in Tübingen". 

At the end of your stay in Tübingen and prior to your departure you should take care of:

• Receipt of your Transcript of Records
  The transcript should contain the grades for all the courses you completed during the exchange. It is based on the "Scheine" that you received from respective lecturer(s). Students can either submit these "Scheine" personally to the person who is responsible for issuing your transcript or the lecturer sends the the "Schein" there directly.
• Please complete the application for termination of enrollment and submit it personally at the Student Administration Office.
• Deregister with the municipal office (Bürgeramt).

Students will find all information explained in great detail and links on the website for exchange students "Departure from Tübingen".