Corona virus: Information of the Faculty of Science
Dear Sir or Madam,
until further notice, the facilities of the Central Management Office are open with restrictions. If you need signatures or if you have to deliver or to pick up documents, please make an appointment in advance by email or phone. Otherwise, please use the mailbox of the Central Management Office.
Personal advice is carried out by telephone or mail, exclusively. We take care of our customers' daily mail.
A face covering must be worn within university buildings and areas open to use by the public.
Furthermore, please pay attention to the University's infection protection plan (26 November 2020), the mails of the public relations department of our university and the related instructions and measurements.
Your team of the Central Management Office
On-campus teaching at the university will be suspended until the end of the winter semester. Lectures and classes must therefore be offered online. Exceptions are only possible if face-to face teaching on site is absolutely necessary to ensure a successful and orderly course of study in the winter semester. On-campus teaching is only permitted if the course content cannot be taught using electronic information and communication systems. By an express decision, the president’s office has granted exemptions for laboratory practicals, dissection courses, examinations, admission procedures as well as courses with a predominantly practical teaching component.
Lecture period
Winter term 2020/21: start on November 02, 2020 (2 weeks later); end on February 27, 2021
Summer term 2021: start on April 19 (1 week later); end on July 31, 2021; the week of Pentecost from May 24-28, 2021, is lecture-free.
Information for Students
How do I get up-to-date information on my courses?
22 April 2020
Information on the courses are made public in alma. Additionally, all registered participants of a course should be informed about the exact procedure of the specific course by the lecturer by mail. Therefore, it is essential that all persons who are interested in a course register in alma. Otherwise there is no opportunity to contact the participants!
For questions regarding subject-specific topics, please contact your Course Councellor or your Dean of Study.
Informationen on orientation and on how to set up a timetable for new students: https://uni-tuebingen.de/en/study/organizing-your-studies/orientation/
Notes on teaching in the winter semester 2020/21
The following departments offer additional information:
| Biochemistry | Veranstaltungen Bachelor Biochemie |
| Biology | |
| Chemistry | |
| Geoscience | |
| Mathematics | Current information in relation with the corona crisis |
Pharmacy | |
| Physics | Information for new students |
Psychology |
Do exams and practice-oriented events take place?
02 November 2020
The rules for infection protection have to be respected (see University´s infection protection plan). This includes a minimum distance of 1,5 m, the current valid prohibition of the right of entry (persons who had contact to an infected person within the last 14 days, or who have symptoms of respiratory infection or increased temperature) and wearing a mask (mouth-nose cover) if you enter the university. If you have contact to other persons closer than the minimum distance of 1,5 m during a course, regularly, special precautions must be taken, like the formation of "buddies" (the same two students working together for the whole course). You will get more information by the responsible teachers.
Examinations: The seating places are marked. The entry is controlled by the supervisory staff. In case you do not follow the rules, you can be excluded from the exam.
Notes for students in higher risk categories: You decide by yourself whether you can attend an exam or a practical course. You will have no disadvantage regarding examination deadlines if you submit a medical certificate.
Notes for pregnant women: According to the current state of knowledge, pregnant women do not in principle have a higher risk than the general population of becoming infected with the new type of corona virus, or of a more severe course in case of infection.
Further information on examinations for students: see website of the university.
Is the deadline for submitting written exams of theses postponed, automatically?
31 March 2020
There is no general or fixed extension of any deadlines concerning exams or submission of theses. Instead, teachers and examiner boards of the Faculty of Sciences are encouraged to find appropriate and individual solutions in agreement with the students. The option of deadline extensions should be applied generously.
Information of the Central Administration
22 September 2020
Information of the Rector´s Office
- Corona virus: Information for students
Information of the International Office
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Information on the corona virus for outgoings
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FAQ for international students (incoming)
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Corona quarantine assistance bundle
Information for teachers
Teaching during the Covid-19 pandemia
02 November 2020
All teaching staff who have planned on-site classes during the winter semester and now need to switch to online formats should update the respective entries in the ALMA campus system. Please also enter how and where your classes will now take place digitally.
Due to the heterogeneity of requirements, we do not extend the deadlines for the submission of written examination papers or theses, generally. We ask you to find individual generous and pragmatic solutions for your students, adjusted to the framework conditions. Please keep in mind, that the libraries are closed and the access to textbooks is limited.The aim is to have the libraries re-open to the public again in May, with restrictions. However, the libraries will only reopen once a concept for use and security is introduced that combines a high quality of service with an equally high level of protection against infection for employees and students.
Notes on teaching in the winter semester 2020/21
Statue for the extention of all examination regulations in summer term 2020
22 October.2020
In order to allow a reliable course of study during the corona crisis, the University of Tübingen complemented the existing exmaniation and study regulations with a statue for the summer term 2020 (in German only). This statue was reworked (reading version) and also applies to the coming winter term.
Current status of on-campus formats
02 November 2020
Lectures and classes must be offered online. Exceptions are only possible if face-to face teaching on site is absolutely necessary to ensure a successful and orderly course of study in the winter semester. On- campus teaching is only permitted if the course content cannot be taught using electronic information and communication systems. By an express decision, the president’s office has granted exemptions for laboratory practicals, dissection courses, examinations, admission procedures as well as courses with a predominantly practical teaching component.
Until further notice, the questionnaire must be completed by attendees of all classroom events. In the case of series of events (e.g. a lecture series) data must be collected for each individual event, however repeated storage of existing data should be avoided. Before each individual event either the course head or their delegate must check who has attended the event from those registered/permitted to attend. They should be ticked off a list of a participants; circulating a signed list, etc., is not permitted.
Regelations for laboratory work: see Hygiene concept of the University Chapter F
Please inform your students about the lab course, as soon as possible. Also, point out the regulations for infection protection. (Beispieltext für die Information der Studierenden im Vorfeld von Praktika).
Regelations for excursions and business trips: see Hygiene concept of the University Chapter G
For questions concerning trips abroad, please contact the in-house medical service (Dr. Brandt) zur Verfügung. For transport and over night stays the stricter regulations of the University's infection protection plan and the "Unfallkasse" apply.
Regelations for on-campus examinations: see Hygiene concept of the University Chapter H
Please inform your students in time about the exmaniation date (at least 2 weeks in advance) and about the current protection measures against infections. Please reserve the relevant rooms in the usual way. The building commissioner has to agree with the usage of the room as a examination hall. Please ensure to maintain a minimum distance of 1,5 m, sufficient air exchange, and further measurements against infectious diseases.
Practical advice for designing online concepts
18 May 2020
Useful Websites
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Website of the University’s digital teaching task force (E-Learning-Portal): Digital teaching
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Digital Examinations (in German only)
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LEAD: Online Lehren und Lernen – erprobte Materialien und nützliche Tipps für Lehrkräfte und Lernende (in German only)
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Data protection and video conferencing (in German only)
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Collection of ideas of the Faculty of Econoics and Social sciences: Möglichkeiten von Online-Lehre (in German only)
Practical tipp from the Department of Computer Science: recording of lectures
Windows: The simplest method is to record lecuters by the Xbox Game app. It is quite simple and you can even see the mouse curser. You can find a good manual at the Website of Computerwoche (in German only).
Mac OS: Video recording of slides with QuickTime Player; Screen recording of slides; You can use the integrated microphone of your Mac.The files are not too huge if you devide the video into two parts (1. and 2. hour). QuickTime saves videos in a .mov format. This format is still quite big. Therefore, you can convert the .mov file into a mp4 format with ffmpeg (https://www.ffmpeg.org).
Other helpful websites
Alumni-Portal Deutschland – Digital learning
Hochschulforum Digitalisierung Toolsammlung - Werkzeuge für digitale Veranstaltungen (german only)
Video conferencing and data protection
24 April 2020
The digitalisation of teaching, but also the shift of numerous meetings to the internet is currently leading to an increased use of special apps and programs for video conferencing. Depending on the software, their use raises different data protection issues.
Important information about the programs used at the University as well as tips for using them in compliance with data protection regulations can be found on a website that the computer center (ZDV) has set up. (in German only)
Contact persons for digital teaching
03 April 2020
For technical and organisational aspects concerning e-learning (Ilias and other services of the University Library): edl-support@ub.uni-tuebingen.de.
Aspects concerning moodle, timms and further e-learning services of the Center for Data Processing (ZDV): support@zdv.uni-tuebingen.de.
Teachers of the Universty of Tübingen with questions about or interest in video recording, live streaming, publishing of existing audio and video documents or the integration in learning platforms: timmsmaster@zdv.uni-tuebingen.de.
For didactical questions: andrea.fausel@uni-tuebingen.de (Hochschuldidaktik)