Information for EPE master students (beginners 2012/2013) Servicezentrum FB 18 Dr.-Ing. Andreas Haun building S3 06, room 36

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Information for EPE master students

(beginners 2012/2013)

Servicezentrum FB 18 Dr.-Ing. Andreas Haun building S3|06, room 36

topics

 APB – exams rules [next meeting]

TUD – president; dept. 18 – dean

responsibel for MSc EPE

Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Prömel (president of TU Darmstadt)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. Zoubir (dean of department 18)

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Prof. Dr. habil. A. Binder (responsibel for MSc EPE)

1) diploma and master students ETiT

electrical engineering and information technology

2) master students EPE (and iCE)

electrical power engineering

(information and communication engineering)

3) guest students from partner universities 4) economy - technical option electr. engineering 5) …

Who are the students around me?

Courses of studies in dept. 18

BSc ETiT

MSc ETiT

EPE

iCE

MSc EPE – Curriculum

(www.epe.tu-darmstadt.de)

 Mandatory Subjects (62 credits)  Seminar (6 credits)

 Optional Subjects (18 credits)  Language (German) (4 credits)

[or Economics for german students]  Master Thesis (30 credits)

 Prerequisites:

1) Subjects of the 1st semester 2) Internship,

recognition by Servicezentrum

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www.epe.tu-darmstadt.de

 set up your personal study plan!

 don‘t forget the internship

 don‘t forget obligations if you‘ve got some:

 to be done first

 Preparatory courses from september to midth october  Regular course in winter semester with examination  Intermediate course in lecture break

 Regular course in summer semester with examination  Max. drop out: 2 hours in the language cours

 2 Exams are required for the degree

Language course

 May be done either in a company or at TU Darmstadt or in research centers

 Often done after 3rd semester before thesis  Can be done as student job in part time

(e.g. „Werkstudent“)

 professional work after Bachelor can be recognized

Internship

getting approval

1) certificate

2) self written report

a) short daily overview (table) (key words and working hours) b) detailed report

(at least one page per week)

3) to deliver BEFORE start of master thesis in the

How to study

• Freedom of choice (2nd & 3rd semester) = responsibility for your success

• Reminder: set up your personal study plan!

libraries

tutoring hours of professors

and their scientific staff

laboratories

exercises

lectures

seminar

project seminar

working in groups

working alone

boosting your personal success by using the universities

services and by your own efforts

master thesis

How to study (ctd.)

 some important facts

 Time schedule for lecture period and for the lecture break

 Time schedule for the whole curriculum (as discussed before)

Project management

 Commented lecture table

 www.tucan.tu-darmstadt.de

 Professors and their laboratories (in department 18)  http://www.etit.tu-darmstadt.de/fachbereich/fachgebiete_1/fachgebiete_1.de.jsp  Maps of TU Darmstadt  http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/universitaet/orientierung/lageplaene/lageplaene_stadt mitte/index.de.jsp

How to find the information needed

- Web-Sites

Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ULB)

still in the castle; later on in S1|20

Nachrichtentechnische Bibliothek building S3|06, room 151

open mo - fr, 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.

small librairies at the laboratories of our department

libraries

Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

IHT, TEMF

Language Center

The university in the city of Darmstadt

AAA

Staatstheater

opera, musicals, ...

halb-neun-Theater

folklore, cabaret, ...

Theater am Platanenhain (TAP)

comedie

Eisenbahnmuseum

in Kranichstein (Dampftag, usw.)

culture

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culture

,

sight

see

ing,

...

Rosenhöhe (park, roses garden) Mathildenhöhe, Hochzeitsturm,

Russische Kapelle

(artist exhibitions, painting, sculptures, ...)

Ludwigsturm

viewing point between Darmstadt and Da.-Eberstadt, short walking trail from tram stop "Marienhöhe", linie 6, 7 oder 8

famous locations

Frankenstein or castle Auerbach

good view to the Rhein valley Pfalz area, Taunus mountain, Frankfurt, especially if windy

several walking routes

Odenwald

good for cruises, tours and walkings

Lindenfels (castle, museum, ...)

famous locations (ctd.)

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impressions of „Odenwald“

(relax)

http://www.etit.tu-darmstadt.de/

A service of