Doubts about your studies? Dropping out of university?
Finding paths, making decisions
Whether it's uncertainty about your degree programme, personal circumstances or career prospects - having doubts about your studies is not uncommon. Whether you are already thinking about changing your degree programme, dropping out or are simply unsure - we would like to encourage you to seek support at an early stage. The Career Service at Trier University of Applied Sciences will help you to gain clarity and plan your next steps.
Further counselling and support services
Who can help with questions about...
Student Services
Advice on all aspects of study organisation is provided by the Student Services. The service includes the Student Secretariat, Examinations Office and General Student Counselling. Advice from the Examinations Office covers all questions relating to examinations (e.g. registration and deregistration regulations, repeat examinations, acceptance of sick notes, advice on planned internal changes of degree programme, preparation of clearance certificates when changing universities, exmatriculation of graduates, etc.).
The general student counselling service offers advice and guidance if, for example, you are wondering
- whether you want to study at all,
- whether the degree programme you are planning or have started is the right one for you
- whether you can drop out of a degree programme you have already started and
- the possibility of changing degree programmes.
You can find more information here:
Academic Counselling
The Academic Counselling provides advice on all questions relating to the subject-specific requirements of your degree programme, such as
- programme-specific requirements,
- specific programme content (modules) and
- degrees and postgraduate programmes.
You can find the contact details of the individual academic counselling services here:
You can find contact persons in the Department of Environmental Law / Environmental Economics here:
https://www.umwelt-campus.de/en/campus/organisation/fachbereichuwur/beratungsangebote
Psychosocial counselling
Psychosocial counselling can offer support with exam anxiety, self-doubt, learning problems, etc. You can find more information here:
https://www.studiwerk.de/cms/psychosoziale_beratung-1001.html
Career Service
The Career Service also offers regular events on topics such as time management, learning and working techniques, self-motivation, resilience, mindfulness, etc:
https://career-service-hochschule-trier.de/en/for-students/events
You can find an overview of financial support and counselling services here:
https://www.hochschule-trier.de/en/main-campus/study/information-service/financial-study-assistance
Family Service
The Family Service offers a wide range of information and practical support. The core of the service is family counselling. In addition to financial support options, the Family Service offers information on childcare options and provides information on the rights and obligations of student and working parents.
You can find more information here:
https://www.hochschule-trier.de/en/university/organisation/services/gsb/family-service
Equal Opportunities Office
The Equal Opportunities Office provides advice on various topics, such as balancing studies/work and family, caring for relatives, sexual or other discrimination, financing your studies and is actively committed to equal opportunities and gender equality.
You can find more information here:
https://www.hochschule-trier.de/en/university/organisation/services/gsb
Studying with a Disability, Chronic or Mental Illness
Advice and information on barrier-free access routes and entrances as well as the applicable regulations for students with disabilities during examinations and tests can be found here:
Psychosocial Counselling Centre
The Studiwerk's Psychosocial Counselling Centre supports students who are confronted with stressful study situations or personal difficulties. Counselling is free of charge and subject to confidentiality:
https://www.studiwerk.de/cms/psychosoziale_beratung-1001.html
Telephone Counselling
Anyone who urgently and acutely needs help will find a quick point of contact at the telephone counselling service: https://www.telefonseelsorge.de/internationale-hilfe/
General Life Counselling
Further internal and external counselling services on topics such as general life counselling, addiction, pregnancy counselling, violence and harassment can be found here:
SUnStAR-Tool
The SRT (Self-Reflection Tool) helps you to reflect on your study situation in a structured way and to identify possible risks that could lead to dropping out of university. You can find more information about the SUnStAR tool here: https://vle.sunstar-eu.org/#
Useful links
- Portal with helpful tips for reflection and orientation in case of study doubts:
https://www.studienabbruch-und-dann.de - https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/bildung/studium/probleme-im-studium
- https://www.aubi-plus.de/studium/studienabbruch/neuorientierung/
- Testimonials from students and former students:
https://nextcareer.de/studierende/erfahrungen/ - https://www.arbeitsagentur.de/bildung/welche-ausbildung-welches-studium-passt
- Portal of the Federal Government for skilled workers from abroad. Here you can find information on jobs, visas and living in Germany:
https://www.make-it-in-germany.com
