Central Student Advisory and Orientation Office (ZSB)

Welcome to the ZSB!

The ZSB is the first point of contact and advice centre for all matters relating to studying at TU Darmstadt. In addition to information and guidance, we offer support in the independent development of individual solutions.

International applicants and students are also welcome to contact us if they have general questions about degree programmes, study choices or orientation – in other words, everything to do with ‘What and how can I study?’.

However, the ZSB does not examine applications of any kind. The offices responsible for this are:

a) for applicants with a German university entrance qualification: Student Service.

bI for applicants with an international university entrance qualification: International Admission.

Counselling and mental health support

When in need of personal counselling, or in an acute mental crisis, you may contact the following offices, even at off-peak times.

That's the ZSB!

What do we actually do and how can you contact us? Get to know the ZSB of TU Darmstadt.

That's the ZSB!

What do we actually do and how can you contact us? Get to know the ZSB of TU Darmstadt.

Advice and Counselling

Advice and orientation
Advice and orientation
The ZSB team
The ZSB team
Site plan
Site plan
Other advice and orientation services
Other advice and orientation service
Advisory network for TU employees
Advisory network for TU employees

Study orientation

For schools

All offers for schools can be found on our overview page .

Principles for Academic Studies and Teaching

The “Principles for Studying and Teaching”, adopted in November 2022, are the result of a broad discussion at the university in which all status groups actively participated over a period of twelve months.

This document reflects our understanding of teaching and learning. It presents guidelines and quality goals for the design of our study programmes and takes into account current social and technical challenges. This includes considerations on how the digitalisation of studies and teaching should be sensibly designed, how to deal with diversity, how the issue of sustainability should be included in the curricula of our degree programs, how to include broad international experiences when studying at TU Darmstadt as well a statement to promote the health of our student body. Long established profile elements of study at our university, such as research-oriented teaching and interdisciplinarity, have of course been retained.

The principles for studying and teaching formulate quality goals on:

  • outstanding academic performance
  • focus on our students‘ needs
  • personal education and development
  • appreciative interpersonal relationships
  • culture of openness
  • good studiability

In addition to being aimed at students, the principles also focus on the teachers who, as outstanding researchers and didactically competent teaching personalities, are central to achieving the quality goals that have been set.

The principles for studying and teaching adopted in 2022 will be taken into account in the development of Bachelor's, Master's and teaching degree programmes. They also form the basis of the academic continuing education programmes. The principles for studying and teaching are thus part of the quality management of TU Darmstadt and support the implementation of changes.

Principles for Academic Study (pdf) (opens in new tab)

Interview with Vice President Professor Heribert Warzecha on the new “Principles for Studying and Teaching” (January 2023, in German)

Satisfied students at TU Darmstadt

By the way, the vast majority of all students and graduates of TU Darmstadt are (very) satisfied with their studies overall, according to the TU Student Survey (opens in new tab), the report of the Bachelor alumni (opens in new tab), and the report of the Master alumni (opens in new tab). On average, the majority of Master graduates have found regular employment three months after completing their degree, 24% are doing a doctorate.