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Organizational matters at the start of the study
Also recommended for you as a "Fresher" are the events of the Dortmunder Zentrum Studienstart (DZS), which you can use for the "BCI Führerschein". You can find initial info here.
Startelf is a program in which older students (peers) look after the new freshmen as mentors. Already in the O-phase, the mentoring groups will get to know each other and the BCI faculty.
Each group consists of ten freshmen and one peer and will guarantee - even under pandemic conditions - a solid contact to fellow students. Throughout the first semester, there will be a variety of events for the freshmen.
At regular meetings between the peers and the freshmen, information can be obtained or problems can be discussed.
If you have enrolled after this deadline, please contact us via email. We will then add you immediately so that you can stay up to date and network with the other first-year students.
Kontakt: Startelf.bcitu-dortmundde.
The orientation phase gives first-year students - also affectionately known as "Erstis" among students - the opportunity to get to know their future university and faculty before lectures officially begin. Here, the newcomers get a general introduction to how everyday university life works, what their fields of study are like, and what help is available in case of problems. Last but not least, the O also stands for orientation on campus, because it's quite huge and it's quite easy to get lost...
Orientation help and answers to all important questions are provided by the team members, experienced students of the faculty. Many questions will be answered, such as:
- Where do I find my lecture and practice rooms?
- How do I register in the library?
- What is a student council?
- Where can I get the best fries on campus?...
There is no question that can't be answered and of course not only dry instructions are given. Shared experiences and parties help you feel "at home" from day one. You will receive information and get to know your future fellow students, important so that your start will not be a false start.
Steer safely through university life with the "BCI-Führerschein" - you can even complete the first necessary achievement for your studies before your first lecture.
Mathematics
The preliminary course is aimed at first-year students of all mathematics-related disciplines, especially engineering and mathematics and natural sciences. Accordingly, in the preliminary course, mathematical school material is repeated and not, for example, the mathematical training intended for the basic studies is anticipated. The preliminary math course is subject to registration.
It is possible and useful to join the preliminary course even after it has started.
Organizational matters at the start of the Masters studies
To use the digital central area, you must be enrolled. You will receive the access data for Moodle.
In the digital central area you will find all information concerning your studies.
External Master's students can find information about their study conditions and contents here
For a good integration of the future freshmen and the external master students (=students who have completed their bachelor studies outside the faculty BCI) the Starttelf program has been set up. Shortly before the beginning of the semester, you will receive an invitation to O-Phase on your mail address registered at TU Dortmund University. (Link) In the O-Phase we will connect you with the assigned peer students, who will be your first contact for all questions about studying at the Faculty BCI.
For questions in advance you can contact the mail address startelf.bcitu-dortmundde.
Information about the timetables can be found on the website of the faculty.
You will find your individual required courses in the respective timetables of the Bachelor students in the course catalog of the TU Dortmund University https://www.lsf.uni-dortmund.de or in the notices in the glass boxes of the central area. When scheduling elective courses in particular, there may be scheduling conflicts. Then you have to choose another specialization.
To choose the specializations (electives), please also use the course catalog and the current module handbook, which can also be found on the faculty website.
In addition to the catalogs of courses offered, please be sure to read the general information in the LSF or in the connected Moodle rooms, e.g. on registration or on the kick-off events or modules; not all events are already scheduled at the beginning of the semester.
For your internships, please register very early. You will find the necessary information in the section BCI-Praktika und Labore (BCI Internships and Labs section) at the Digitaler Zentralbereich.
If you have any questions about the internship, please contact the internship organization by e-mail: praktikum.fk.bcitu-dortmundde
If you come from outside the TU Dortmund University, your admission includes a catalog of required courses of varying scope.
Some of the required courses take place in the winter semester, some in the summer semester. Therefore, you will not be able to fulfill all requirements immediately in your first semester, but will already listen to (elective) compulsory modules of your Master's degree and choose elective courses in parallel.
From the required courses, the (elective) compulsory courses and the electives you will create your individual study plan. In this plan, the required courses have first priority.
If you change universities, please be prepared for the fact that you may lose time in your studies or that - due to scheduling conflicts - you may not be able to take advantage of all the elective options available to you on paper.
With the university account you can use the "PC Pools" of the BCI faculty.
If you have completed your Bachelor's thesis outside a university, we would like to point out now as a precaution that you cannot write your Master's thesis externally (e.g. in an industrial company), as this is only possible once for students of the faculty.