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The program of the senior college at Chemnitz University of Technology in the summer semester of 2024 is online – “Senior Studies” is celebrating its premiere – registration is required for all offers
The large cold storage facility not far from the Georgbrücke is also closely linked to the history of refrigeration technology in Chemnitz. One of its spiritual fathers is Prof. Dr. Thorsten Urbaneck (l.), Head of Thermal Energy Storage at the Professorship of Technical Thermodynamics at Chemnitz University of Technology. Together with Stadtwerke Chemnitz AG (today: eins energie in Sachsen GmbH and Co. KG and inetz GmbH) he designed the huge cold water storage tank, which he also reported on in the seniors’ college. Photo: Image archive of the press office and cross-media editorial team/Jacob Müller
The senior college at Chemnitz University of Technology has published its program of events for the 2024 summer semester. These include lectures, language and smartphone courses as well as educational excursions. For the first time, those interested can register for a senior course, where they can attend regular lectures together with younger students from Chemnitz University of Technology.
Lecture series with a wide range of content and a novelty
The senior college’s new lecture series begins on April 12, 2024 at 1:45 p.m. with a lecture by Dr. Martin Rudolph from the TU Bergakademie Freiberg. He will speak in room 115 of the central lecture hall and seminar building, Reichenhainer Straße 90, about “raw materials for the energy industry – everything comes from (waste) mountains”. The following eleven lectures, which also take place on Fridays, will focus, among other things, on federalism in Germany, artificial intelligence in the world of work of tomorrow, cannabis legalization, the history of refrigeration technology in Chemnitz and flight and migration from a historical perspective .
For the first time there will be a book reading as part of the lecture series in the coming semester: Prof. Dr. Dirk Oschmann, holder of the professorship of modern German literature with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries. Century at the University of Leipzig, reads from his bestseller “The East: a West German Invention”. In doing so, he develops a thesis that the West designed East Germany as a negative template and deviation from a norm in order to make itself look better.
The lectures will be described in more detail over the course of the semester on the senior college homepage: www.tu-chemnitz.de/seniorenkolleg. The participation fee for the entire lecture series is 35 euros.
Going to the lecture together with younger students
New this semester is the opportunity for students to take part in selected regular lectures at Chemnitz University of Technology. No previous knowledge is required for the so-called senior studies, and no exams are taken. Further information about senior studies and the lecture catalog can be found at www.tu-chemnitz.de/seniorenkolleg/seniorenstudium.html. The fee for participation in up to three lecture series is 30 euros.
Intensive in small groups: two language courses and a smartphone course
Two English courses and a smartphone course are also offered in the summer semester. Registration is also required for these three courses, as the number of participants is limited to ten. The fee per course is 35 euros.
One Registration for all educational offerings at the senior college is possible by email to [email protected] stating your full name and the desired format (lecture series and/or course and/or senior studies). You can also register in person on March 19th and 26th, 2024 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Rühlmann Building, Reichenhainer Straße 70, Room A001. There you will also find initial information about planned educational excursions in the 2024 summer semester.
Further information about the senior college:
Contact: Seniors’ College at Chemnitz University of Technology, telephone 0371 531-19075 or -19074, office hours: Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., email [email protected]
Mario Steinebach
12.03.2024