• I’m finding my studies difficult or too demanding.
• I’m not satisfied – should I discontinue my studies?
• I’m not making progress with my semester paper/thesis

General Academic Advising: provides help with learning and working difficulties as well as personal issues such as lack of motivation, stress or suboptimal time management.

StudyGuides: offer student-to-student discussions and can provide support with similar experiences and feelings of doubt.

Studierendenwerk Thüringen: offers free counselling outside of the university with its Psychosocial Counselling and General Social Counselling services.

• I require individual counselling
• I think I’m experiencing a personal crisis
• I’m worried I won’t be able to continue with my studies in the current format due to psychological distress

In cases of urgent crises, contact the emergency centres

General Academic Advising: provides assistance and possible coping mechanisms based on your personal and social situation, and informs you about part-time study options or a leave of absence, for example.

Psychosocial Counselling from the Studierendenwerk Thüringen: offers free one-on-one counselling appointments (also in English) to deal with psychological problems, homesickness, crises and war situations in the countries of origin or personal family problems.

• Who can I turn to if I have personal problems such as homesickness or linguistic/cultural challenges affecting my studies and everyday life?

StudyGuides: offer student-to-student discussions and can help international students with numerous issues or problems impacting everyday life.

DiversityGuides: as a diverse group of students with very different backgrounds, the DiversityGuides share similar experiences or comparable life situations to you and offer peer-to-peer counselling in the event of discrimination.

International Office: provides support in applying for a visa, finding somewhere to live or obtaining health insurance, for example.

Ombudsperson for International Students: is a confidant for suggestions and complaints from all international students. 
Contact this ombudsperson if you have already tried to talk to other people about your concerns. 

• How do I deal with disability-related issues that are affecting my studies and my social environment?

Representative for the Needs of Students with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities: advises students, for example, on personal issues associated with disability, such as lack of motivation, difficulties in social environment or compensation for disadvantages in their studies.

• How do I reconcile family and studies?

Equal Opportunity Officer: is available to answer basic questions about studying as a parent/guardian as well as childcare options.

Academic Advising: is the point of contact for subject-specific matters in your degree programme in case of questions regarding the organisation of studies on the basis of the Study and Examination Regulations. This includes matters regarding maternity and parental leave.

Student Office: provides information about financing, semester registration or extension of studies and offers help with maternity protection for pregnant and breastfeeding students.

Social Counselling from the Studierendenwerk Thüringen: offers general information for pregnant students or students with children, for example certain support with finding housing.

More information can be found at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: »Students with Children« or at Studierendenwerk Thüringen: »Services for Families« and »Studying with Child«.

• How do I reconcile my studies and my family caregiving responsibilities?

Equal Opportunity Officer: is available to answer basic questions concerning protection and flexibility for students with family caregiving responsibilities such as caring for dependants.

Social Counselling from the Studierendenwerk Thüringen: offers general information for students with responsibilities to care for dependants.

More information can be found at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: »Caring for Dependants«.

• I have experienced or witnessed discriminatory statements and behaviour at the university/I am a victim of discrimination
• I am being disadvantaged/I am a victim of unfair treatment

DiversityGuides: as a diverse group of students with very different backgrounds, the DiversityGuides share similar experiences or comparable life situations to you and offer peer-to-peer counselling in the event of discrimination.

Diversity Officer: supports you in cases of experienced or witnessed discrimination and disadvantage due to:

• racial attributes
• disability and/or chronic or mental illness
• religion, ideology and cultural background
• social background
• gender and/or sexual orientation
• age

Even if you are unsure whether you have experienced discrimination and unsure of how to behave, you can always contact the Diversity Officer.

Your concerns will be treated strictly confidentially. Coping strategies will be developed together based on your needs and goals. Nothing will be done without your explicit consent.

• I experience out-of-line remarks and behaviour
• I have experienced sexual discrimination, harassment and/or violence at the university
• I have witnessed someone in my environment experiencing sexual discrimination
• I am being treated unfairly because of my gender or my family caregiving responsibilities

Equal Opportunity Officer: provides help in cases of experienced or witnessed

• sexual discrimination, harassment and/or violence,
• discrimination and/or unfair treatment on the basis of gender or sexual orientation,
• unfair treatment based on parenthood or caregiving responsibilities.

Your concerns will be treated strictly confidentially. Coping strategies will be developed together based on your needs and goals. Nothing will be done without your explicit consent.

• I am having trouble finding an entry-level position after graduation
• I need help with applying for jobs
• I don’t know if I have the skills required to start my career

Career Service: offers help with career profile analysis, applications, career entry, and further education opportunities. They also offer information on company partnerships, job advertisements and trade fairs.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar "StudEnd" mentoring programme also provides advice.

• How do I plan my studies?
• Which specialisation should I choose?
• How do I deal with overlapping courses and/or exams?

Study Guides: share their experiences as students for the benefit of fellow students, e.g. experiences they have had with courses and teaching staff.

Academic Advising: can help with questions about studies, study planning, possibilities of credit recognition for academic work, selection of elective modules as well as other questions (internships, mobile modules abroad, etc.).

Coordination of Student and Academic Affairs: contact person for each faculty/degree programme, e.g. if exams or courses overlap.

• I don’t know how to register or deregister for an exam
• Where can I find information regarding framework conditions for the final project?

Academic Advising: offers advice on questions regarding examinations in your degree programme that are regulated in the examination regulations and furthermore supports you with technical questions relating to your final project.

Examination Office: contact person for each degree programme in case of questions concerning registration or deregistration for exams, entries of grades into the administration system and organisational framework conditions (deadlines, extension applications, submission forms) for final projects.

• How can I have an elective module from another degree programme/faculty recognised?
• How can I have a course from another degree academic institution recognised?
• How can I have skills that I have acquired outside the university recognised?

The degree programme examination regulations provide information on the recognition of studies, examinations and achievements, as well as skills acquired outside the university.

Academic Advising: is responsible for the content/subject-specific assessment and recognition vof academic achievements completed outside of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar or outside of the individual degree programme. Recognition may be based on the »Learning Agreements« (e.g. Bauhaus.Module). They are also responsible for the content/subject-specific assessment and recognition of skills acquired outside of an academic institution. 

Information: In the event of disputes regarding the accreditation or recognition, the examination committee is responsible for deciding whether an academic achievement is to be recognised or not.

For information on the accreditation or recognition of academic achievements completed abroad, see »Studying Abroad«

• I’m having problems organising my semester abroad
• What is required of me and how are grades converted?

Academic Advising: is responsible for the subject-specific review of the »Learning Agreements« and for subject-specific recognition of completed examinations at the end of your stay abroad.

International Counsellor (Outgoing): checks the »Learning Agreements« after receiving them from Academic Advising. The document confirms that your chosen study plan may be pursued at the host university. They then also convert your academic achievements into grades after you return from your semester abroad and forwards them to the relevant examination office.

International Office: is responsible for all (non-subject-specific) organisational issues that arise before, during and after your studies abroad.

• I need support in choosing courses
• I need help with matters of bureaucracy and initial orientational support in the search for jobs or internships

International Counsellor (Incoming): advises on subject-related questions concerning studies or documents for the recognition of academic achievements.

International Office: provides support and offers information, e.g. when applying for a visa, looking for accommodation, obtaining health insurance or enrolling at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Student Office: is the central point of contact for all matters relating to applications, admissions and the organization of studies.

• How can I assert individual claims, e.g. compensation for disadvantages?
• Where can I get information on financial support or accessibility?

Representative for the Needs of Students with Chronic Illnesses and Disabilities: direct, trusted contact person for students with disability, e.g. for financial support, accessibility or compensation for disadvantages in examinations.

General Academic Advising: offers advice on all questions regarding studies and the progression thereof specifically in the context of your disability.

• How do I organise my studies as a parent/guardian?
• What childcare options are available?
• How can I finance my studies when I have a child?

Equal Opportunity Officer: is available to answer basic questions concerning protection and flexibility for students with children.

Academic Advising: is the point of contact for subject-specific matters in your degree programme in case of questions regarding the organisation of studies on the basis of the Study and Examination Regulations. This includes matters regarding maternity and parental leave.

General Academic Advising: offers advice on flexibly planning your studies, e.g. taking a leave of absence or studying part-time.

Student Office: provides information about financing, semester registration or extension of studies.

Social Counselling from the Studierendenwerk Thüringen: offers general information for pregnant students or students with children, for example certain support with finding housing.

More information can be found at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: »Students with children« or at Studierendenwerk Thüringen: »Services for families« and »Studying with child«.

• I have problems with the didactic design of a course
• Teaching material is not provided or is insufficient

course evaluations: submit your anonymous feedback at the end of the semester. Teaching staff will make the results available and these can be used as a basis for discussion with students.

Semester Conference: is organised every semester in the faculty/degree programme as a feedback discussion between students and teaching staff.

Teaching Staff: can be contacted directly to jointly seek a solution (if necessary, accompanied by the Student Council or the »University Complaints Office for Student and Academic Affairs«).

Ombudsperson for students (Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism only): decentralised contact person at the Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism for students belonging to this faculty.

Student Council: offers advice and decides whether problems should be raised with other contact persons/committees which have student representation.

The Head of Degree Programme or Dean of Studies: is involved in course development and may be approached as the next higher authority within the faculty (if necessary, accompanied by the Student Council or the »University Complaints Office for Student and Academic Affairs«).

• I’m not satisfied with the general conditions of an examination
• I’m not satisfied with the grading or haven’t received a grade within the deadline

Academic Advising: can help with exam-related questions based on the Examination Regulations relevant to your degree programme.

Teaching Staff: can be contacted directly to jointly seek a solution and, if applicable, to take a look at the examination paper.

Student Council: offers advice and decides whether problems should be raised with other contact persons/committees which have student representation.

Examination Commission/Examination Committee: is the body of the faculty responsible for monitoring proper procedure and is also the conciliation body in the event of inadequacies in examination-related matters. (Contact the relevant student representatives on your faculty’s Examination Committee.)

The Head of Degree Programme or Dean of Studies: may be approached as the next higher authority within the faculty (if necessary, accompanied by the Student Council or the »University Complaints Office for Student and Academic Affairs«).