Pre-Course 2026 — Orientation For New GL/CL Students
We would like to invite you to our annual pre-course (orientation week), by students, for students.
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 as there are mandatory programming courses scheduled for the first semester of the Bachelors.
Schedule
| Day | Time | Content | Location |
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| Monday October 12th |
11:00 - 12:00 | Official start of the pre-course How to sign up for courses & Overview of language courses |
VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | Mensa | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Introductory meeting for General Linguistics | Brechtbau Hörsaal 037 | |
| 16:00 - 18:00 | Introductory meeting for Computational Linguistics | ||
| 18:00 | Post-intro meeting hangout | TBA | |
| Tuesday October 13th |
09:00 - 12:00 | Post-intro meeting Q&A Modulehandbook walkthrough |
VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Platform Setup Campus Tour |
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| Wednesday October 14th |
09:00 - 12:00 | DSA 1 setup for CompLing BA Students | VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| 13:00 - 14:30 | Living and Studying in Tübingen General computer setup for studies |
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| Thursday October 15th |
09:00 - 12:00 | DSA 1 setup for CompLing BA Students | VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| Afternoon | City rally (date may change based on weather) | TBA | |
| Friday October 16th |
10:00 - 12:00 | DSA Lab 0 for CompLing BA students | VG Wilhelmstraße Hörsaal 0.02 |
| TBA | Pub Crawl | Meeting Point TBA |
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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