International Centre  

In detail: contact persons at the International Centre

Meet the staff at the Akademisches Auslandsamt/ AAA (International Centre). You will find specific descriptions as well as contact details and office hours. 

Management

Internationalisation

• Responsibility for fundamental and cross-departmental assignments in the internationalisation process of the Universität Leipzig
• Rector’s commissioner for bilateral university agreements, international university marketing, international students and alumni
• ERASMUS and ECTS co-ordinator for the Universität Leipzig
• Care of the Rector’s international guests
• Representative of the university at international conferences and as a member of international organisations dealing with international university development
• Project acquisition
• President of the “Utrecht Network” (2010-2012)

Internal organisation

• Responsible for personnel decisions
• Resources planning
• Responsible for handling complaints
• Treasurer of the Akademisches Begegnungszentrum e. V. (ABZ) (Academic Meeting Centre) which manages the university guest house

Personal details
born in Plauen/Vogtland in 1960 | Doctorate in English Studies in 1989 | Director of the International Centre sinc 1992

Office hours: by appointment

Fundamental issues

• Associate director
• Support for the executive board of the Ohio-Leipzig European Center

Public relations work

• Preparation of information on the Universität Leipzig for international university applicants and institutions and for German university members planning a period abroad
• Representation of the Universität Leipzig at international education fairs
• Preparation of statistics and reports for the Universität Leipzig
• Handling of questions from the press, associations and other institutions

Bilateral university and faculty agreements

• Preparation of draft university and faculty agreements for presentation to the Rectorate for decision-making

Binational Doctoral Degrees (co-tutelle)

Personal details
born in Leipzig in 1957 | degree in Translation and Interpretation of Russian and Czech | at the AAA since 1992

Office hours: by appointment

Internationalisation of study programmes

• Representative of the ERASMUS institutional co-ordinator
• Advice and support for university teachers for development of international degree programmes, particularly relating to mobility and recognition issues
• Support with applications for funds for these international degree programmes, e.g. from the EU or DAAD
• Administration of the ERASMUS agreements in the EU programme"“Lifelong Learning"
• Project-related evaluation and public relations work

 (30 hours per week)

Pesonal details
born in Magdeburg in 1972|MA in American Studies/Psychology/German as a Foreign Language | at the AAA since 1999

Office hours: by appointment

Office

• Handling of general enquiries to the AAA
• Support for the Director with organisation and performance of visit programmes for international guests of the Rectorate
• Internal organisation of the AAA

PROMOS 

• Coordination and financial management of the PROMOS programme
• Advice and support for PROMOS-applicants and PROMOS-scholarship holders

(30 hours per week)

Personal details
born in  Osnabrück in 1965 | Business Language Assistant | at AAA since 2000

Exchange programmes

ERASMUS ("Lifelong Learning Programme“/LLP)

• Management of the LLP/ ERASMUS university agreement
• Advice on ERASMUS teaching staff mobility
• Contact for ERASMUS students of the Universität Leipzig during their semester abroad

Other programmes

• Advice on special European Union programmes not relating to research funding (e.g. Jean-Monnet programme)
• Management, support and advice on applications for the DAAD programmes: "Project-Related Personal Exchange" (PPP), "Promotion of International Teaching Staff", "International Study and Training Partnerships" (ISAP) and the "Programme for Extensive Co-operation between Brazilian and German Universities" (UNIBRAL)
• Financial management and reporting to funders

Personal details
born in Leipzig in 1961 | degree in Economics | at the AAA since 1989

Ines Remer's office hours

	during the semester	during the semester break
Tuesday	9 to 11 am 1 to 5 pm	1 to 5 pm
Thursday	1 to 3 pm	-
Frida	9 to 11 am	9 to 12 am

ERASMUS ("Livelong Learning Programme" / LLP)

• Individual advice on the exchange programme for students of the Universität Leipzig
• Arrangement of ERASMUS exchange places in the Utrecht Network
• Contact for ERASMUS students from international partner universities (application, enrolment, organisation of courses, social support work)
• Advice and handling of ECTS documents for outgoing ERASMUS students

Other Programmes

• Management and support for projects of the Deutsch-Französische Hochschule and TEMPUS

Placements

• Advice on and arrangement of placements under the IAESTE and the Carlo-Schmid Programme
• Arrangement of travel grants for placements outside Europe

Personal details
born in Leipzig in 1952 | degree in Translation and Interpretation of Russian and French | at the AAA since 1992

Christiane Schmidt's office hours

	during the semester	during the semester break
Tuesday	9 to 11 am 1 to 5 pm	1 to 5 pm
Thursday	1 to 3 pm	-
Friday	9 to 11 am	9 to 12 am

ERASMUS Placement Programme

• Advice and support for students relating to placement opportunities under the EU programme "Lifelong Learning"/ ERASMUS placement
• Co-ordination and financial management of the ERASMUS placement programme
• Public relations work for the placement programme
• Contact for educational fairs at ERASMUS partner universities

ERASMUS bilateral agreements

• administrative support for the management of bilateral ERASMUS-agreements  
• contact person for ERASMUS departmental co-ordinators as well as ERASMUS partner institutions

Web editor

• co-ordination, editing and publication of contents on the web pages of the International Centre

Public relations work

• editing of informational material

Personal details

Please note

Office hours are cancelled for Friday, 30.03.2012. 

Annegret Cornehl de Paredes' office hours

	during the semester	during the semester break
Tuesday	9 to 11 am 1 to 5 pm	1 to 5 pm
Thursday	1 - 3 pm	-
Friday	9 to 11 am	9 - 12 am

 

 

 

Advice on study abroad

• Initial advice on opportunities to study abroad, exchange programmes, scholarships and placements and on funding facilities
• Organisation of information events on study abroad, either on a general basis or relating to particular subjects

Student exchange under bilateral university agreements

• Co-ordination of the study periods at the Universität Leipzig of international exchange students under bilateral university agreements
• Handling of special programmes for the awarding of scholarships under "Go East", "Fulbright" and "STIBET" (contact scholarships and course completion grants)
• Handling of the SMWK Agricola Scholarship Programme for students from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe
• Reporting to funders

Academic exchanges under bilateral university agreements

• Management and support of the special DAAD programme "Partnerships with Universities in Developing Countries"

Personal details
born in Neubrandenburg in 1966 | degree in Arabic Studies/Economics | at the AAA since 1996

Jane Moros' office hours

	office hours
Tuesday	9 to 11 am for nominated students on exchange programmes
	1 to 5 pm with assignment of appointments

Academic exchange under bilateral university agreements

• Support for university teachers responsible for organisation of academic exchanges
• Management and support for special DAAD programmes (e.g. "Eastern Partnerships", "Leonhard-Euler Scholarship Programme")
• Support (both financial and organisational) for projects with bilateral partner institutions abroad
• Responsibility for reporting to funders

Special PANDA programme

• Financial management of the special PANDA programme

(20 hours per week, of which 10 are financed by third-party funding)

Personal details
born in Berlin in 1965 | degree in Economics | at the AAA since 2002

Office hours: by appointment

International students

International degree students

• Advice on recognition of international school-leaving certificates and university degrees
• Advice on matters relating to university admission
• Advice, enrolment and support for PhD candidates
• Advice on general matters relating to study programmes for international students
• Processing of university applications including post-graduate programmes
• Co-operation with the "Referat ausländischer Studierender" (RAS) and the Commissioner for Foreign Students and Researchers

STIBET

• Advertising and awarding of scholarships for the professional and social support of international students within the scholarship and support programme (STIBET)

Personal details
born in Göttingen in 1977 | 2009 Doctorate in German Linguistics | at the AAA since 2009

Please note

Office hours cancelled for the following day: Friday, 20.03.2012.

Dr. Anne-Maria Stresing's office hours (telephone calls cannot be handled at these times)

	during the semester	during the semester break
Tuesday	1 to 5 pm	1 to 5 pm
Thursday	1 to 3 pm	-
Friday	9 to 11 am	9 to 12 am

International degree students

• Advice on study programmes for international degree students
• Enrolment of international degree students
• Support for international degree students (assistance with everyday problems, issue of certificates for the Aliens Department)
• Co-ordination of events for academic and social integration of students (Welcoming Week, organisation of excursions or cultural events)
• Handling of applications for leave semesters
• Support for DAAD short-term scholarship holders and other scholarship holders
• Financial management and support funds

STIBET

• Management of scholarships for the subject-related and social support of international students within the scholarship and support programme (STIBET)

Personal details
born in Leipzig in 1959 | Finance Clerk | at the AAA since 1987

Martina Otto's office hours (telephone calls cannot be handled at these times)

	during the semester	during the semester break
Tuesday	9 to 11 am 1 to 5 pm	1 to 5 pm
Thursday	1 to 3 pm	-
Friday	9 to 11 am	9 to 12 am

International degree students

• Advice on the Studienkolleg Sachsen (Saxony Preparatory Courses)
• Advice on possible study programmes and requirements for undergraduate study programmes 
• Dispatch of information to prospective students and processing of admissions to the university
• Contact to the Arbeits- und Servicestelle für Internationale Studienbewerbungen/ uni-assist e.V. (Application Services for International Students)

Personal details
born in Halle/ Saale in 1974 | MA German Studies/Linguistics/Journalism | working at the International Centre since 2012

Ines Schwarze's office hours (telephone calls cannot be handled during these hours)

	during the semester	during the semester break
Tuesday	1 to 5 pm	1 to 5 pm
Thursday	1 to 3 pm	-
Friday	9 to 11 am	9 to 12 am

Projects

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Dr. Annemone Fabricius' office hours

	office hours
Tuesday	8.30 to 12 am (at the Internationale Begegnungszentrum/ IBZ)
Thursday	13 to 15 am (at the Internationale Begegnungszentrum/ IBZ)
in addition	by appointment

 

International Study and Degree Programmes

• Documentation and administration of international study and degree programmes
• Advice and support for teaching staff for the development of international study and degree programmes
• Support with applications for funds for these international study and degree programmes, e.g. from the EU or the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)

Projects

• Administration of the Erasmus Mundus-programme EUROSA (Europe & South Africa Partnership for Human Development)

(20 hours a week – third party funding as part of the project "StiL - Study in Leipzig")

Personal details
born in Leipzig in 1988 | M.A. in British Studies | at AAA since 2012

Office hours: by appointment

Projects

• EU JOI.CON programme (Joint Programme Management - Conferences and Training)
• EU JOIMAN programme (Joint Degree Management and Administration Network: Tackling Current Issues and Facing Future Challenges)

Personal details
born in Dresden in 1983 | MA Cultural Studies/Journalism/English Studies | at the AAA since 2009

Office hours: by appointment

Promotion of Mobility

• Development of subject based concepts with the aim to assure recognition of study results achieved abroad
• Advice and support for teaching staff, members of examination offices and student unions/councils  on recognition
• Establishment  and coordination of international study and teaching partnerships in existing degree programmes, including preparation of cooperation agreements
• Advice and assistance for teaching staff on the establishment  of mobility programmes on institutional level

(40h per week – third party funded as a part of the project "STiL – Study in Leipzig")

Personal details
Born in Heidelberg in 1977 | MA in German Studies/ History/ History of Art | at AAA since 2012

Office hours: by appointment

Leipzig Alumni International (LAI)

• Support for and extension of the worldwide network of former international students and (guest) academics at the Universität Leipzig
• Management of the LAI database
• Issue of the University International Centre’s Alumni Newsletter
• "Friendraising": making contacts with alumni
• Instigation of alumni meetings and setting-up of alumni clubs in the graduates’ home countries

(20 hours per week)

Personal details
born in Leipzig in 1971 | MA in English Studies/History | at the AAA since 1999

Office hours: by appointment

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Office hours: by appointment