8 September 2025
Begin your academic journey with our 5-day orientation event!
The pre-course is an opportunity for incoming General and Computational Linguistics students to get a first introduction to their degree through talks, guided workshops, and tours held by students from the Fachschaft and some of your tutors.
Please bring a laptop (+ charger).
ALL students (both GL and CL) are strongly recommended to obtain a laptop for their studies NOW - e.g. there are mandatory programming courses scheduled for the first semester of the Bachelors.
Schedule
| Day |
Time |
Content |
Monday
October 13th |
11:00 - 13:00 |
Official start of the pre-course
Overview of the degree structure
Information about 1st semester courses |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Introductory meeting for General Linguistics |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Introductory meeting for Computational Linguistics |
| 18:00 | Post-intro meeting hangout |
Tuesday
October 14th |
09:00 - 12:00 | Post-intro meeting Q&A
Modulehandbook walkthrough
Overview of the university platforms
Introduction to General Linguistics
Introduction to Computational Linguistics
|
Wednesday
October 15th |
09:00 - 12:00 | Gentle introduction to programming
Generative AI and use
Computer setup for your studies |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Living and Studying in Tübingen
Tour of the campus |
Thursday
October 16th |
09:00 - 12:00 | Computer setup for your studies |
| 16:00 | MA student hangout |
Friday
October 17th |
10:00 - 12:00 | Lab 0 for CompLing students |
| 13:00 | City Rally |
| 18:30 | Pub Crawl |
Schedule subject to change.
There are two introductory meetings taking place on Monday; the first one at 14:00 is aimed at GL students (but CL students are also encouraged to come), and the second is at 16:00 and aimed at CL students. We strongly encourage you to attend these meetings. You will get an overview and a quick description of all the courses you have to take.
Location
The pre-course will take place in VG Wilhelmstraße (Wilhelmstraße 19, 72074 Tübingen), Hörsaal 0.02.
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