International Services

We link together local and global perspectives on academic material, research topics and didactic approaches and methods through international teaching.

In different formats, which are tailored to your needs, you will receive support in the development and expansion of English-taught courses, modules, or degree programmes. Additionally, we are able to support you in your networking endeavours within TU Braunschweig and the planning and implementation of international teaching collaborations, as well as the use of digital tools employed in international teaching.

International Teaching Lab

Talks und Workshops

Online workshop: The access link will be sent to you beforehand.

Universities are seeing an increasing diversity of cultural and educational backgrounds, different lifestyles and life situations as well as social structures that employees and teaching staff bring with them on the one hand, but students on the other hand as well. A constructive, appreciative approach to this diversity – especially in teaching and examination situations – can be a challenge for lecturers.

In this half-day workshop, you will receive practical suggestions on how you can design your courses accordingly and contribute to the academic success of your students without lowering the level of performance. In a peer-to-peer exchange, you will also develop concrete measures tailored to your teaching to deal with diversity.

Selected topics of the workshop are:

• designing transparent teaching-learning processes and fair framework conditions, as well as their relevance for students' academic success

• methods and approaches for aligning your own teaching more closely with students' individual learning

• reflecting on your own routines and ways of thinking and dealing with so-called biases

Ines Köhler is a diversity expert at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology where she leads the Gender and Diversity Management. As a trainer, she focuses on diversity topics with a particular focus on unconscious bias and diversity-friendly teaching.

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Architekturpavillon, Altgebäude, Pockelstraße 4

This event celebrates the successful measures to improve international digital teaching at the TU Braunschweig, which have been supported by the project Promoting Digital education through Global Interconnection (ProDiGI) over the last two and a half years. The projects of the current funding round will be presented in a poster session from 13:00 to 15:00. The poster gallery will give you an insight into the entire ProDiGI funding programme, as well as extracts from our activities to develop international digital teaching. You will also find information on advice and support services for future teaching projects. From 11.00 a.m. there will be a presentation of examples of international digital teaching from the ProDiGI funding programme and other projects at TU Braunschweig.

More information can be found on our website.

Projekt Promoting Digital education through Global Interconnection (ProDiGI), Project House, TU Braunschweig

For visiting our events and workshops, you will be credited work units (AE) depending on the session length. 1 AE corresponds to 45 min.

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Online Course: Teaching and Learning for Global Competence

Perhaps you‘ve been in a classroom situation where you‘ve wondered how to accommodate international students with very different levels of knowledge, learning experiences, expectations and goals? Maybe you‘re contemplating including global perspectives in your course or transitioning to English as the language of instruction, but you‘re unsure of where to begin?

This course seeks to empower educators like you to navigate the complexities of diverse classrooms and adapt your teaching strategies accordingly.

Start: October 2023
Target audience: University teaching staff from all academic disciplines
Format: Blended Learning (Stud.IP), featuring face-to-face group meetings for interdisciplinary reflection
Option for self-study: The whole course or individual modules accessible even without a certificate of attendance

Embark on a journey to enhance your international teaching! Join us this October!

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Advice and Support

The goal has been set: By 2025, 30 ECTS of English-language teaching are to be integrated into a semester in every degree programme at the TU Braunschweig.

The integration of English-language teaching does not only increase the university's attractiveness for incoming students and secures our international university partnerships, but also optimally prepares all our students for the international job and research markets. But exactly how English-language teaching can best be integrated into the degree programme differs from subject to subject: English-language module packages, English tracks, international (digital) teaching collaborations, elective courses or mandatory courses?

In the document 'FAQ 30 ECTS Englischsprachige Lehre,' you will find a collection of frequently asked questions regarding the integration of English-language teaching at the TU Braunschweig. Download FAQ

Another focus of TU Braunschweig is the internationalisation of teaching in the sense of Internationalization at Home. We advise and support you in the internationalisation of your teaching. In doing so, we work with formats tailored to your concerns, such as advice, coordinated process support or content-related workshops.

Our range of topics includes, but is not limited to:

Support for the strategic further development of the topic of international teaching in your faculty or department
Support in the didactic planning and implementation of existing and new courses, modules and degree programmes
Expansion and execution of English Medium Instruction
Support in the search for and cooperation with international partners
Advice on the selection of suitable digital tools
Advice on applying for topic-related funding

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Translation of Teaching Materials from German to English

The creation and translation of teaching materials increases the already existing effort when transitioning to English-taught courses. Do you need support in translating your teaching materials into English? Or would you like to have the teaching materials you translated proofread? Our assistants are native speakers of English and can help you translate your teaching materials, create German-English glossaries, or record English-spoken screencasts. We are happy to discuss with you how we can assist with the translation of your teaching materials in a personal meeting.

If you are interested in this offer, please write an email to b.soller(at)tu-braunschweig.de or use the contact form.