Professor Manfred Bayer, President of TU Dortmund University, extended a warm welcome to the students embarking on their very first semester: “The most essential thing is to be curious and devoted in your approach to your research studies. I hope that you discover a lot, develop both professionally and personally, and enjoy what you are performing in the process.” With around 5,180 first-time and brand-new enrollments as of 13 October, the number of trainees starting their studies at TU Dortmund University has risen a little in comparison to last year. Although the large cohorts that finished from high school in the 2010s are now completing their university degrees throughout the country, the overall number of students at TU Dortmund University remains high. This year, a particularly a great deal of brand-new students have actually enrolled in the Bachelor’s program “Company Administration and Economics”, which was not subject to admission limitations this time: Around 630 new students are beginning today.
Increasingly global profile
The proportion of trainees from other countries has increased too– to over 20 percent. “I’m extremely happy that the variety of global students is gradually growing,” stated Teacher Bayer. “Internationalization belongs to the university culture actively practiced at TU Dortmund University.” Moreover, the university has actually presented 3 even more English-taught Master’s programs this winter term, such as the specialization “Biopharmaceutical Engineering” at the Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, for which 19 students have actually registered. The objective is to train the next generation of international professionals more thoroughly. The “M.Sc. in Mechanics of Sustainable Materials and Structures”– the 2nd European multiple-degree program at TU Dortmund University moneyed by the EU within the Erasmus Mundus action– is now in its second year, and the number of trainees has currently increased to 50. These figures are still provisional, the last data will be announced in December, as some registrations and re-registrations are still pending.
Lively program to invite the new students
Christoph Edeler, Head of the Office of University Sports, emceed the occasion and, together with Silke Viol, Deputy Head of the International Workplace, and the deans of the 17 departments, presented the university’s vast array of offers and contact points. Annika Ricke and Darius Weitekamp, chairpersons of the General Student Committee, likewise extended a warm welcome to their new fellow students.
The cello quartet of the Dortmunder Philharmoniker (Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra), together with Antonia Kalinowski and Tobias Joch from the current cast of the musical “Grease” at Theater Dortmund, supplied the musical accompaniment for the welcome occasion. In addition, the students gathered in the stadium were treated to a solo choreography by Kaining Dong from the junior ballet at Theater Dortmund. Raffael von Hoensbroech, Artistic Director of Konzerthaus Dortmund (Dortmund Concert Hall), and Tobias Ehinger, managing director of Theater Dortmund, invited the students to the city on behalf of Dortmund’s cultural institutions.
Together with Johannes Zedel from Studierendenwerk Dortmund (Association for Trainee Affairs), surprise guest Kevin Großkreutz, a previous BVB soccer player, threw darts to draw 3 winners of present packs for brand-new students. Additionally, free tickets for Konzerthaus Dortmund and vouchers for University Sports were hidden under a few of the seats, awaiting their lucky finders. In line with custom, at the end of the event and as a symbolic kick-off for the start of the scholastic year, Professor Manfred Bayer, President of TU Dortmund University, booted a soccer ball signed by the BVB squad into the crowd, which a proficient winner caught in midair.