JADE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Prof Dr Uwe

JADE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Prof. Dr. Uwe Weithöner October 2017

PERSONS AND FUNCTIONS • Prof. Dr. Uwe Weithöner • Vice president International Affairs, Information and Media Systems • Professor for IT-Systems in tourism studies • Head of the online course Tourism Management • Gaby Ernstorfer, M. A. • Assistant in the course business informatics • Support of the central digital services in the library • Administration of Moodle (e. Learning management system), Moodle trainings and user support Thessaloniki October 2017 2

FACTS AND FIGURES 2009 year of foundation (with a long tradition since 1947) 3 campuses 6 faculties 7. 600 total number of students 38 Bachelor courses 12 Master courses 500 200 number of employees number of professors 150 Partners in 35 countries “You can study where others spend their holidays. ” 10. 11. 2020 Thessaloniki October 2017 3

THE DEPARTMENTS Wilhelmshaven Engineering and Management 10. 11. 2020 Oldenburg Elsfleth Architecture Construction & Geoinformation Economics + Technology and Health 4. 500 students 2. 500 students Thessaloniki October 2017 Maritime Studies Logistics 600 students 4

• 150 partner universities in 35 different countries => from Brazil over almost whole Europe to China • In Greece bilateral agreements with: Athens (Civil Engineering), Kavala (Engineering), Serres (Engineering and Business), Volos (Architecture, University of Thessaly) and Thessaloniki (Architecture) => Unfortunately not many students take the opportunity to do an exchange – neither to Greece nor to Germany… • What we can offer as a first step: • German Intensive Language courses in February and in July/August before semester start • Intercultural Communication courses in English language • German classes during the semester • Selection of courses with in total 30 ECTS taught in English language 5

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE • You are not left alone!!! We offer intensive personal tutoring: • • • academic tutoring by professors and assistants language tutoring by German language teachers organizational support and counselling by the International Office 6

INTERNATIONAL ATMOSPHERE: STUDENTS COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD 7

HARBOUR VIEW OF WILHELMSHAVEN 8

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Jade Hochschule Wilhelmshaven/Oldenburg/Elsfleth Prof. Dr. Uwe Weithöner weithoener@jade-hs. de Tel. : +49 (0) 4421 985 2216 Gabi Ernstorfer ernstorfer@jade-hs. de Tel. : +49 (0) 4421 985 2464 9