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On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, between 4 p. m. and 5:30 p. m., the German weekly newspaper “Die ZEIT” hosts a live expert chat in German on the topic “student consulting”. A team from Jacobs University provides its expertise by addressing issues, which prospective students normally face before or during university life. The chat will be accessible at http://hermes.zeit.de/chat_v2/index.php.
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Which university program is the path to one’s dream job? What combination of subjects is flexible enough? How do the various degrees affect one’s chances? Should one choose a state or a private university? What is the most effective way of getting access to the foreign labor market and developing an international career?
The variety of university programs is broader than ever before, not only in terms of subjects that are taught, but also in terms of the different approaches in research and teaching and the increasing competitiveness between universities against the backdrop of a globalized labor market. That is why it is so very important for prospective students to inform theselves about the various options as soon as possible.
During the ZEIT expert chat “Good advice wanted – student consulting”, both, high school and college students, can post questions about university programs, optimal combination of majors or tuition fees, for example. The chat team from Jacobs University will provide information about private universities in general, and in particular about the young, international and English-speaking private university, which offers a broad spectrum of programs within the humanities, engineering, the natural and the social sciences, and won last year’s national university competition "Key Qualifications plus" for exemplarily providing students with personal and professional competences beyond academic skills.
Chat partners from Jacobs University are:
Alexander Lerchl, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Biology
Thomas Rommel, Professor of Literature
Anne Rehmet, Coordinator of Career Services
Can Ikram, Director of Admission
Svetlina Kirilova, graduate of Class 2007 from Jacobs University, BA in “Integrated Social Sciences”
Other experts from University of Freiburg (Sabine Görtler, Director Central Student Consulting) and from University of Frankfurt (Marco Blasczyk, Student Consultant) are expected.
The chat will take place on the university portal of “Die ZEIT”. There you can also access transcripts from previous chats.
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