Uni-Tübingen

How to manage your studies

Academic skills workshops for international students

It can be overwhelming to study in another country, especially when there are differences in academic expectations!

We help you sail through the difficulties of your studies and provide you with useful study strategies and resources in practical workshops. Prepare yourself optimally for the demands of studies in Tübingen right at the beginning of your student career.

This offer is designed to make your studies easier by:

  • Helping you adjust to academic/work environments in Tübingen (i.e. managing your studies, self-management)
  • Learning new skills for university (i.e. independent learning, academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism)
  • Expanding on what you already know (i.e. critical thinking, reading and collaborating with others)
  • Building networks with other students

Study Planning & Organization - Hands-On Alma

Learn how to use the university's central study management system, Alma and create your own semester schedule

Time and exam management

Good study results through planning and preparation

Critical reading and note-making

How to develop an effective approach to academic reading

Counseling Day: What I always wanted to figure out…

concerning any area of student counseling

Open consultation hours on the topic of mental health

Take some time to reflect on your studies!

Workshop to contemplate and recalibrate your goals in the middle of your studies

Mental Health Myths, presentation and discussion (Mental Health Days)

Reflect and exchange views on different cultural ways of dealing with mental health with the opportunity to get advice on possible contact points

Catch Up! Navigating the First and Next Steps at the University of Tübingen

Find help dealing with getting started at UT

Critical thinking

How to navigate skillfully through information, evidence, and argumentation

Learning Lab: Test Interval Learning to Increase Productivity

Learn and test a new learning technique along with other students and get back to your motivation

Self-management and goal focus

How to develop the potential for goal realization

Final steps of your studies

A workshop to help you successfully complete your degree