Choosing a course

To help you make the difficult decision of what to study and what career to pursue, the Student Advice Centre offers events and guidance in co-operation with the university’s faculties and the “Agentur für Arbeit” employment agency:

Tasters: Join us! "Komm mit!" (Spend a day shadowing students)

Study live (attend lectures)

University internships

Study before the "Abitur"

University for gifted pupils scheme

Other tasters ran by the faculties
Workshops: Identify your talents and interests

On the path to the right degree
Info days: Info day for school pupils

Student Advice Centre open evening
Advice: General study Guidance

Psychosocial counselling

Counselling on studying with disabilities

Career Service

Study and career guidance form the Paderborn "Agentur für Arbeit" employment agency
Online-Angebote: Online-Campusführung (mit der App Actionbound den QR-Code scannen)

Erwartungschecks zu unseren Studiengängen

Blog "Fit fürs Studium"

Subject-specific offers for study orientation can be found in our general overview.

Tests und self-assessments to help you choose your course

Expectation checks
Self-exploration tool "Check-U"
Online self-assessments
Teacher traininig decission support
hochschulkompass.de

Information on studying for students in special circumstances

Students with disabilities
Advice and support for students with disabilities

Study-life balance
Family Service Office

First-generation students
Talent scouting
"Studienkompass" funding programme
ArbeiterKind.de

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