The ABC of the higher education system - For the first semester at the university

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You are new at the university and would like to get to know the university system better, so that you can start well in your first semester?

Then this learning module is the right one for you. The ABC of the university system will help you with your (first) semester.

In this module you will learn
  • basic information about times and dates at universities in Germany
  • what ECTS points are, how the German grading system works, and what a certificate is
  • what the difference between a "Studienleistung" (= pass/fail assessment) and a "Prufüngsleistung" (= graded assessment) is