Jahresbericht 2017

Student Council

Print Shop

As in previous years, the print shop of the Student Council

printed all kinds of lecture notes, collections of old exams

and the free magazine ‘Reisswolf’ in large editions. The

lecture notes and collections of old exams could be

purchased in our store, open on working days.

It was possible to offer this large amount of documents

for lectures, seminars and lab courses, thanks to the

great cooperation with numerous institutes. This year the

documents on offer were increased, as it was possible

to gain new scripts in cooperation with existing and new

institutes.

Furthermore, the design of the covers was changed and

the lecture notes are now covered in fresh and appeal-

ing colors, and a new printing press was purchased to

improve and ensure the quality of our scripts.

International Department

In 2017 the International Department tackled the task

of evaluating and adjusting their program according to

student feedback from previous terms. For the second

time the buddy program did not take the form of people

meeting up at a Welcome Event, but rather they could sign

up online. This favored students being brought together

according to their preferred language, country or univer-

sity.

Since the Welcome Event was one of the most important

pillars in our program and the meet and greet on those

evenings was welcomed by all students, we decided to

add an event at the beginning of the winter term, called

‘Speedfriending’. For that event we provide a place for

students to get together and get to know each other in

short conversations. This tries to simplify social net-

working between domestic and international students. In

addition we still maintain our regular pub evening program

during the winter and summer terms.

Last but not least, we held a big Erasmus Christmas

Party a week before the Christmas break. There we set

up a buffet table and asked every guest to bring culinary

delights from their home country to the dinner.

Department for Higher Education Policy

Together with the TUM Department of Mechanical

Engineering, the Student Council worked on a few major

projects to improve teaching and the learning environ-

ment. In the ‘Studienzuschusskommission’ (committee

for study allowances), more than 300 applications were

granted to advance the quality of teaching.

We are also very proud of our contribution to the new

Bachelor regulations and the improvements achieved,

now enjoyed by our freshmen.

Furthermore we worked on the reformation of a few

important statutes and are very satisfied with the

results. On the student side, we managed to enlarge our

national and international relationships by attending the

‘Fachschaftentagung Maschinenbau’, the ‘KOMET’ and

the European Mechanical Engineering Student Council

Congress.

Freshman Department

The job of the Freshman Department is to care for all the

freshmen who begin their studies at the department. For

the third time the POWER – the orientation week – was

organized which included a city rally through Munich,

a traditional Bavarian breakfast with wheat beer and

‘Weißwurst’ and a sport event. All the important informa-

tion regarding study courses and university life were given

to the students in a two-day information event at the start

of the winter term.

Moreover we informed possible future students at numer-

ous events during the year.

Public Relations Department

This year the Public Relation Department organised the

‘BASSD’, the Basic and Advanced Studies and Science

Day. During this event the students were informed about

the various possibilities available after their basic studies

and on how they could get more information about

academic work at the institutes and the working life of

scientific employees and Ph.Ds.

Moreover the Public Relations Department answered

incoming request throughout the year from students of all

ages and countries and general requests addressed to the

Student Council.