Welcome Activities for Science without Borders Grant holders

Winter Semester 2015-2016

German Course for CsF Scholars

When: From 7th to 25th September 2015, every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday, from 9:00 to 13:15 oclock.
Level: B2 and C1
Location: TUM Campus Central, im Theresianum, Ground floor and 1 Floor.
Rooms:

B2 Course: Hrsaal HS 1601, Lecturer Anette Kretschmann

C1 Course: Hrsaal HS 0601 (Please, pay attention! On 14.09.2015 the

lecture will take place at HS 0670), Lecturer Dorothea Hartkopf

(More information will be delivered afterwards)

Welcome Activities
September 16th , 2015
9:00 12:00 City Tour in Munich
Description: Munich: Whats an amazing city! The Guide Tour will introduce you to
Munich, its history, culture and sightseeing. It is a Bus tour from 9:00 am to 12:00.
The tour will be in Portuguese.
Meet Point: 9:00 oclock at the TUM Campus Central Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Mnchen
Duration: 3 Hours

Are you hungry??? Lets go for a Pizza?!

12:15 o clock - LOsteria Mnchen Knstlerhaus
Location: Lenbachplatz 8, 80333 Mnchen

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September 23 , 2015
9:30 12:00 - BMW Plant Tour
Description: As representative of all of the BMW Groups international production
facilities, the BMW Munich Plant, right next to the BMW Welt, offers guests a direct
insight into state-of-the-art automobile manufacture. The tour through BMWs
original plant offers an exciting insight into all areas of automobile production. The
experts guiding the tour naturally focus on the guests specific requests and
questions. In its concept and route, the BMW plant tour follows specific contentrelated criteria, giving guests access to all automobile production technologies at
BMW Plant Munich: the Press Shop, Body Shop, Paint Shop, Engine Shop, the
Production of Interior Equipment and Seats, as well as Assembly.
Location: Am Olympiapark 1, 80809 Mnchen
Duration: approx. 2,5 h

September 30th , 2015

10:00 12:00 - Get Ready for Your Studies - Introductory Library Course
Description: Getting started with studies will be easier for you if you know how you
find important literature - we show you how it works! In our introductory course you
will learn what the university library offers in addition to printed books - we provide
you with eBooks, eJournals, specialised databases and a range of services to help
you in your studies and working routine from day one.
Location: TUM Campus Central Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Mnchen
Room: 2180 second floor

October 1st, 2015 (to be confirmed!)

TUM Campus Guide Tour:
10:30 12:30 - TUM Campus Central
10:00 12:00 - TUM Garching
15:00 17:00 TUM Weihenstephan
Description: In order to get started for the studies at TUM, it is important to know its
surroundings: The Faculties, Library, Auditorium, Refectory, Cafeteria, and nice
places of the university. It will be offered three different Campus Tours: One for TUM
Campus Central, a second one for Garching and a third one for Weihenstephan. You
should select the TUM Campus where you will attend your studies.

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Meet Point: (to be defined yet!)

1- TUM Campus Central: Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Mnchen in front of Audimax.
2- TUM Campus Garching: Boltzmannstr. 3, 85747 Garching in front of
Mathematics/Informatics Faculties
3- TUM Campus Weihenstephan: Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 1-3, 85354
Freising in front of the Library.
Duration: 2 hours

Oktober 6th and 7th , 2015

14:00 18:00 Intercultural Training Studying and Living in Germany
Studying and Living in Germany
Coming from Brazil, studying at a German university with its own specific culture
and living in Germany might be challenging - although we are all from academic
background. In this workshop, we will work on the issue of studying and living in
Germany. We want to collect tips and tricks on how to survive successfully in a
German university, how to communicate and cooperate with your professors, other
students and the university administration at TUM and to what to pay attention to in
daily life, e.g. in the dorm.
In this workshop, you will:
learn to understand the function of stereotypes and reflect their influence on
our perception of intercultural situations
learn to analyse intercultural situations in the university with the tool of the
culture dimensions
discuss strategies to deal with intercultural situations in Germany and at
TUM
get the basics to feel more secure when intercultural situations occur
learn how to deal with Culture Shock
The workshop will be a mix of input, working on case studies, discussions, group
work, etc. We are looking forward to meeting you!
Trainer: Eliza & Elke Heublein
Location: TUM Campus Central Arcisstr. 21, 80333 Mnchen
Room: to be defined yet!

Welcome to TUM!

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