Doubting Your Studies

When you degree program isn’t meeting your expectations, meeting with the Study Advisory Service, Career Service, or another contact person in your faculty can help. You can use this opportunity to clarify if you’re experiencing a short-term difficulty or if it makes sense to rethink your choice of degree altogether. Does your degree program fit with your preferences and interests? Is it helping you reach your career goals?

Now on YouTube: the Tutorial-To-Go from Career Service: Recognizing your Strengths – Mini-Workshop with 10 exercises and tips (with English subtitles).

You can find many tips for organizing your students and academic work on AULIS and in this video (in German only).

The Center for Teaching and Learning (Zentrum für Lehren und Lernen) offers workshops about time management, scientific work, and academic writing.

The University of Oldenburg offers a variety of material about these topics as well, including pamphlets about organizing your work or procrastination (in German only).

It’s hard to study when you’re worrying about money.

Information and advising about financing your studies

The Psychological Counselling Center through Studierendenwerk can offer support if, for example, exams are causing too much stress, there’s a family or relationship crisis, you’re having health problems, or you’re simply feeling overwhelmed.

Studying may not be the right choice at a given moment. There are also other ways to start your career. The Federal Work Agency (Agentur für Arbeit), job organizations, and trade schools provide information about apprenticeships and professional development.

• PrevDrop

Check out the German version of this website for even more online resources.

Berufsinformationszentrum (BIZ)
Doventorsteinweg 44
28195 Bremen

Set up an appointment for career and study advising: 0800 4 5555 00 (toll free)

Bremen Chamber of Commerce

Handwerkskammer Bremen (in German only)

The professional development course to become a state-qualified technician is a practically-oriented training program leading to a professional certificate. In some circumstances, credits earned at a university can be recognized for credit in the program.

Technikerschule Bremen (in German only)

Child-care provided are valued and needed. If you have pre-existing knowledge in social work, education, or psychology, there’s a possibility that you can start the child-care provider training program in the second year. These schools can advise you:

• Schulzentrum Blumenthal

• Inge Katz Schule – Berufsbildende Schule für Sozialpädagogik und Hauswirtschaft (in German only)

• Berufsbildende Schulen Sophie Scholl Bremerhaven (in German only)

Beratungsnetzwerk Queraufstieg: legal information for international students ending their studies