Information for freshman students of the Master study Logistics Engineering

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Welcome to the University Duisburg-Essen ............................................................................................ 1

1. Wherefrom do I get the most important information? ................................................................. 1

1.1. Homepage of the chair ........................................................................................................... 1

1.2. Examination regulations .......................................................................................................... 2

1.3. The module guide .................................................................................................................... 2

1.4. The LSF (lesson, study, research) ............................................................................................ 2

1.5. The examination office ............................................................................................................ 4

1.6. Further sources of information ............................................................................................... 4

2. „Am I right here?“ ........................................................................................................................... 5

3. The curriculum ................................................................................................................................. 8

4. „I have another question“ ............................................................................................................... 9

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Welcome to the University Duisburg-Essen

Dear freshman students,

In order to start off on the right food we have prepared a small brochure with useful hints

for your Master study. You should read it carefully so that not only your questions become

clarified but particularly to save your nerves. Even from the beginning you should think

about your course of studies. But more on this later.

We wish you a good start to a successful study.

Your chair

Transport systems und logistics

1. Wherefrom do I get the most important information?

In order to master your study you have to revert to several sources for your information. The

most important ones are the examination regulations, the module guide, the TUL

homepage, the LSF and the website of the examination office. The content of the single

sources and how to find them is explained in the following chapters.

1.1. Homepage of the chair

In order to cope with the study Logistics Engineering one website is particularly important

for you, the homepage of our chair which you can find under the link www.uni-due.de/tul.

There, amongst others, you can find the following information:

Lectures offered by our chair

Where and when they are lectured

Which subjects are generally selectable for your course of studies

The examination regulations (see below)

The module guide (see below)

Study material

Contact details of the chair including staff

And much more further information

We recommend you to visit this website regularly and to look especially after “news in

brief”.

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1.2. Examination regulations

For your study the examination regulations determine the subjects that have to be chosen

and how are the formalities until finishing your study. In the regulations the compulsory and

the elective subjects are listed.

The examination regulations can be found under the following link:http://www.uni-

due.de/imperia/md/content/tul/vbl_2011_33_pruefungsordnung_technische_logistik.pdf

Read these regulations completely at the beginning of your study in order to avoid an

unpleasant surprise and to be able to plan your course of studies. But more on that later.

1.3. The module guide

The already mentioned modules in the examination regulations are specified in the module

guide. There you can not only read the content of the lecture but also of which subjects this

module consists of, how the examination looks like, whether you need previous knowledge

and how much effort is necessary for this module.

The module guide can be found under the following link: https://www.uni-

due.de/imperia/md/content/tul/modulhandbuch_tl_korrigiert_060315.pdf

The LSF (lesson, study, research)

The LSF is the administrative system of our university which provides many important

functions. The web address is: www.lsf.uni-due.de/ and the site should look like this:

You can switch to english by clicking on the flag on the right site of the page. If you click on

„Lectures“ and there on the left „ Search for lectures“ then a query form appears with which

you can not only find lectures but also the appropriate information, e.g. start of the lecture

or the responsible person for this lecture.

This site is mainly relevant for lectures you want to attend to and that are not offered by the

chair Transport systems and logistics. Further information on these lectures can mostly be

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found on the homepages of the each with responsible chairs which can be found by theses

information.

With the aid of this site you can also prepare your study plan. Though at the beginning of

the semester a study plan is released by the students council but it may be that some

lectures have been started before. So search here for lectures and make use of the TUL

website. Then nothing should go wrong.

Registering for exams

On the homepage of LSF you have to type in your user name and password. Then you will

see the field for registering for the exams. When you are logged-in correctly you should see

“My functions” and on the left „Administration on exams“. When you click on this button

you will see the following options:

Within the time for registering that is predetermined by the examination office you can

register for the exams in the description field „Apply for exams“. After accepting the

conditions for online registration you can look for the subject you want to register for and

there you have to click on „register “. In the following window you have to confirm this once

again and then you will get the information that your exam registration is entered. After that

you have the possibility to register for further exams or to leave the website. An overview of

all registered exams can be found under „Info on Exams (internships)“.

Sometimes it can happen that one subject can be listed several times in the structure. Then

it doesn’t matter which of them you choose for registration. The main thing is that you

register for exactly one possibility.

If you can’t find your subject in the structure, you have to visit the „examination office“ in

order to register there. More on this later.

Later you will find your marks and number of attempts at passing the examination under

,,Registered Exams ". This scheme can be printed. But it has to be considered that some

information about credit points is from old examination regulations and so the grade point

average could be falsified.

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1.4. The examination office

The website of the examination office can be found under the following link:

http://www.uni-due.de/verwaltung/pruefungswesen/startseite.shtml

Under „Studiengänge“ you arrive on several ways to the website of your study Logistics

Engineering where you will find all information about exams (one possibility is to click on

„Studiengänge“ and after that on „ Bachelor-/Masterstudiengänge“ ). There is not only a

plan of when and where the exams will take place but also further information about times

of registration and deregistration.

There is mostly a period of two weeks for registering. You can deregister in written form up

to 8 days before the exam without giving reasons.

For questions regarding examination administration first of all please look at

http://www.uni-due.de/verwaltung/pruefungswesen/faq.php. There are many questions to

be answered.

Mrs. Ludwig is responsible for the study „Logistics Engineering“. If you want to visit her

personally please consider her talk times:

Mondays: 13.00-15.00 pm

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 9.00 am to noon

On the left side of the entrance there is a box where you can take a ticket and wait till Mrs.

Ludwig calls you. If you want to register there for an exam that is not listed in the structure

tree of the online registration, Mrs. Ludwig will give you a form that you have to fill in with

the following information: Exam, Examiner and date of exam. You have to give this form

back to Mrs. Ludwig.

1.5. Further sources of information

You can also find our chair on Facebook under the name „ TUL“. Take a look on our site and

press the „like it“ button.

In addition there is an App of our University, called „myUDE“. It can really facilitate everyday

life. Further information can be found under the following link: http://www.uni-

due.de/myude/

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2. „Am I right here?“

Here is a map in order to find your way on the campus Duisburg:

On the location plan can be seen that this campus consists of two different areas. The M

area and the L area. Most lectures take place in the M area. Each area has a canteen and a

library. But the library of the L area is the main library and it is considerably bigger than the

one in the M area. Further information about the libraries, e.g. opening hours and the

inventory catalogue can be found under http://www.uni-due.de/ub/ .

You can find the current menu of the favored canteen under

http://www.studentenwerk.essen-duisburg.de/ „Speisepläne“. In canteen and cafeteria you

should always pay with your student card, because so you will get reduced prices. Useful

information about the student card can be found under https://www.uni-

due.de/studierendensekretariat/studierendenausweis.shtml

A further area is on Bismarckstraße. On the following location plan not only this area but

also the location of the SK building can be seen where the chair of Transport systems and

logistics is located (red arrow).

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Some modules take place in Essen, e.g. of the field of economic and transport geography

and traffic systems. About the journey you don’t need to worry, there are several

possibilities:

First is to use public transport. The ride is free of cost with your student card. Under

www.vrr.de you can look for the nearest stop. These are drawn in the location plan. Another

possibility is to choose the bus provided by the University. It shuttles between both

locations. More information can be found under http://www.uni-

due.de/verwaltung/pendelbus.php

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3. The curriculum

As you have certainly seen in the examination regulations the study Logistics Engineering

consists of compulsory and elective subjects:

Compulsory sector with the main topic „Technische Logistik“, 30 ECTS have to be

performed in 2 modules with 15 ECTS each.

Elective sector in engineering terms with the main topic „Gestaltung von

Logistiksystemen“, 15 ECTS have to be performed by selection of 3 modules with 5

ECTS each and the main topic „Methoden der Logistik“, 15 ECTS have to be

performed by selection of 3 modules with 5 ECTS each.

Interdisciplinary obligatory elective subjects with the main topics economic and

transport geography, traffic systems and economic science, it has to be performed a

total of 24 ECTS.

Non logistic elective sector, it has to be performed a total of 6 ECTS “

(An excerpt from examination regulations)

If you want to study in the prescribed period of study you should achieve approx. 30 credits

per semester.

In each case you should start your study with some compulsory subjects. When starting in

winter semester you could select the subjects „Innerbetrieblicher Materialfluss“,

„Außerbetrieblicher Transport“ and „Informationssysteme der Logistik“. When starting in

summer semester you could select „Produktion und Fertigung“ and „Arbeitswissenschaft“.

Theoretically you can select immediately the case study, but for processing this study it is

advantageous to have logistical basic knowledge, which you should have after attending the

lessons of „Innerbetrieblicher Materialfluss“ und „Außerbetrieblicher Transport“. You can

start with the case study in each semester. More on this later.

Additionally you should select modules from the elective sector in engineering terms so that

10 to 15 credit points can be achieved. Furthermore a subject from the interdisciplinary

elective sector can be chosen.

In the second semester the subjects of the second compulsory sector should be chosen. For

students who have started in winter semester the subjects from „Management von

Logistiksystemen“ and for those who started in summer semester the subjects from

„Material flow and Transport systems“ would be relevant.

This semester should also be added by subjects from the elective sector in engineering

terms. The number depends on the selection of obligatory elective subjects.

We recommend you to plan your complete selection at the beginning of your study. Because

most lectures are either offered in winter or in summer semester and sometimes the single

modules are distributed over two semesters, so that, e.g., you start in summer semester and

have to add the second part in winter semester.

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For the selection some rules have to be considered:

There is an overview of all options, where is listed which subjects can be chosen in

which sector (look at “subject overview “ (Fächerübersicht) on the Tul-Homepage).

When you want a module to be acknowledged you have to ensure that you achieve

the 6 credits per module. It is not possible to take a subject in

“Wertschöpfungsmanagement” with 3 credits and another one in

“Produktionsmanagement” with 3 credits. But you can choose 2 subjects with 3

credit points each from the “Wertschöpfungsmanagement” sector.

Each module can be chosen only once. You can for example not be credited 12 credit

points in the field of production management.

There is also the opportunity to be credited internships that were not part of your previous

studies. Also participating in the competition "Logistics Masters" is rewarded in this course

with credit points. More information can be found in the list of choices.

In the non logistic area, you may freely choose your acknowledgement. The main thing is

that it has nothing to do with logistics. For example, look what offers the Institute for

optional studies or even do a language course.

Dates, e.g., the start of the lecture period of our University can be found under

http://www.uni-due.de/zentralverwaltung/semestertermine.shtml

Don’t forget to re-register! The re-registration period can be found under the above

mentioned link. Detailed information about the re-registration procedure can be found

under: http://www.uni-due.de/studierendensekretariat/rueckmeldung.shtml

4. „I have another question“

For questions regarding the organization of your study please search for answers in the given

sources.

If you don’t find what you are looking for please contact the student body. Contact details

can be found under http://www.uni-due.de/fachschaftlogistik/ or also on Facebook.

In case the student body should have no answer, they know whom to contact and find in this

way a solution to your problem.

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Further contact persons:

Herr Goudz

alexander.goudz@uni-due.de

Telefon +49 203 379-2784

Telefax +49 203 379-3048

Gebäude SK, Raum 212

Frau Frank, Sekretariat des Lehrstuhls TuL

petra.frank@uni-due.de

Telefon +49 203 379-2798

Telefax +49 203 379-3048

Gebäude SK, Raum 216

We hope that this brochure has helped you and wish you a good start to your studies!