First semester students

The Student Council of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering will be putting a lot of work into making your start into everyday university life at the TU Braunschweig easier. This orientation unit (OU) offers the opportunity to get to know the campus and city, make initial contacts and exchange ideas with students in higher semesters.

This will take place for all first-year students (for Bachelor's and Master's degrees) at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering from 31 March till 04 April 2025. This is the week before the regular start of lectures.

Orientation week - information for Bachelor

Orientation week - information for Master

Who is the Student Council?

The Student Council is the student representation of the students of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and represents the students' opinion in various university political committees. In addition, the student council organizes the annual orientation phase (OE phase) for first semester students, offers a collection of old exams at the "Klappe" and advises students on questions concerning their studies from a student perspective.

Welcome Week for international first-semester students: 07. - 12. October 2024

The TU Braunschweig warmly welcomes its newly enrolled international students. The International House as well as student initiatives, projects from the faculties and other TU institutions offer a colourful programme and many opportunities to get to know the most important offers and contact persons.

All information on the events as well as links and registration information will be available online:

Welcome Week

If you would like to brush up on your mathematics skills, you can join the supervised Online Mathematics Course (OMB+) at any time.  Registration and information

S.O.S. ("Studieren ohne Sprachbarrieren") is a peer-teaching program in which German-speaking students support their international fellow students in their learning. The German students are qualified as language coaches and then offer intercultural learning groups in which they work with 2 to 8 foreign-language students on the contents of a jointly attended course. Difficulties in understanding the technical language can be discussed here directly. In the joint work, important methodological skills for the course of study are also imparted and contacts to German and international students are established.

Website of S.O.S.