Advice for students
Student Advisory Service
Your academic success is important to us! Whether you’re just starting your degree at THI, have questions about your course of study, or are facing challenges in your day-to-day student life, the Student Advisory Service is here to support you with a wide range of services and personalised guidance. Together with internal support services and external network partners, you’ll receive support on topics such as organising your studies, finding your feet at university, learning strategies or personal challenges.
Make the most of the various advisory services to get off to a good start with your studies, make well-informed decisions and find the right support at an early stage should you encounter any difficulties. The Student Advisory Service will support you throughout your studies and help you to successfully shape your personal and academic journey.
Individual support
Students at THI can contact the student counselling if they have any questions about the organisation of their studies, the planning of their studies and, in particular, if they have any challenges during their studies. The consultations are individual, personal and take place in a confidential setting.
Office hours, contact and further information can be found on Moodle.
Doubts about your studies? - Continue? Change? Cancel?
A change of course of study or a switch to vocational training or further education does not have to be a break in the leg, but is often a special opportunity to pursue your personal inclination.
On the way to making a decision, you will be supported by the student advisory service and a network of experienced specialist counselling centres.
You can find further information and contact details for the individual contact points on Moodle.
Further questions on other topics?
"Questions about studying" are manifold, sometimes complex. For many topics there is not just one contact person. Therefore, it may be necessary to contact the relevant contact persons before or after contacting the student counselling and to include the result in an appointment with the student counselling for further study planning. In the following you will find an overview of the most important contacts to whom you should turn directly for specific topics. However, if you are unsure, the student counselling will also be happy to help you find the right contact person.
Legal information regarding the course of study
Contact:
- All types of deadlines relating to your studies (e.g. resit examinations, deadlines for first attempts in specific semesters)
- Fulfilment of the requirements for progression to the next stage of study
- Fulfilment of the admission requirements for compulsory work placements, specialisation programmes or final dissertations
- Formal registration for and, where applicable, withdrawal from all types of assessment (exams, compulsory work placements, final dissertations)
- Formal enquiries regarding applications for a place at university, e.g. application documents when changing degree programme or university
However, you are welcome and encouraged to bring information on upcoming deadlines etc. to a counselling appointment with the Student Advisory Service as an important basis for discussion, for example to plan the next steps in your studies on this basis.
Questions regarding subject content and the range of subjects on offer
For questions regarding the subject matter, depending on the nature of the enquiry, the relevant programme director, subject advisor, module coordinator or the Dean’s Office of your faculty may be the appropriate points of contact.
- Questions regarding the content of specific modules or specialisations (contact: the relevant module coordinator)
- Questions regarding the content of the degree programme in general (contact: academic adviser or programme director)
- Questions regarding the planned course offering (Will module XY also be offered in semester XY?)
- Questions regarding the planned examiner (Who is the examiner for module XY?)
Questions about funding your studies
Legal advice (dealing with appeals, private matters)
Study guidance, motivation issues, conflicts, illness, crisis
Contacts:
- Psychological Counselling Service of the Erlangen-Nuremberg Student Services Organisation
- Counselling centres, doctors, clinics, emergency and crisis services (City of Ingolstadt: Advice & Help guide)
Leave of absence from studies
Students may, upon application, be granted a temporary exemption from their regular studies for important personal, health or family reasons (leave of absence, Art. 93(2) and (3) BayHIG). A leave of absence allows students to focus on particular life circumstances for a limited period without having to give up their membership of the university. During the leave of absence, student status generally remains in force, meaning that affiliation with Ingolstadt University of Technology is maintained. On this page, you will find information on the eligibility criteria, the possible reasons for taking a leave of absence, the required application documents and the procedure involved.