Central Student Counselling Service (ZSB)

• Advice on your questions regarding the choice of study, the study programs at HFR, and related career prospects
• Advice on the study subjects (content and structure)
• Advice on admission requirements and application criteria (including studying without a high school diploma, second degree studies, etc.) and application procedures (numerus clausus).
• Advice on formal requirements and processes of the study program
• Advice on STEM funding programs and other supportive offerings
• Information on study financing options and 
  • advice on BAföG at the Student Services.
  • Advisory appointments for BAföG take place once a semester directly at the HFR. The dates will be announced internally.
• Informationen für Studierende mit Beeinträchtigungen

• Information on preparatory courses and tutorials
• Advice on study organization and self-directed learning
• Advice on learning and work strategies
• Exam coaching
• Psychological initial consultation
• Information about student workgroups and opportunities for social engagement
• Mentoring/Buddy Program

• General advice on study planning (coordination of study phases, exams, internships, study abroad, part-time job, childcare, compatibility of studies and family requirements, etc…)
• Advice on managing study requirements and arising problems (work organization)/ learning and work strategies
• Support with self-organization during exam preparation
• Exam coaching – Help with exam anxiety, promotion of exam skills
• Dealing with conflicts, communication difficulties
• Psychological initial consultation
• Counselling for changing majors/universities or dropping out: Building new perspectives
• Advising on reorientation in studies
• Advice on support services in and around Rottenburg

• Information on further study opportunities (at HFR, in the university region, throughout Baden-Wuerttemberg)
• Information on application-related services
• Advice on further study choices and decision-making assistance
• Support in managing academic requirements during the exam phase (work/self-organization)
• Exam coaching
• Psychological initial consultation

We orient ourselves to the fundamental principles of competence-oriented counselling. The counselling is tailored to the needs of the person seeking advice, it is solution-oriented and open-ended. The success of a consultation lies in the shared responsibility of the counselee and the counsellor. Orientation points in the counselling are the resources and competencies of the counselled. The support and counselling in the development and further enhancement of this potential is based on the counselling guidelines of the Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences.

Advisory Guidelines of the HFR

• The consultation is voluntary and free of charge.
• The contents of the counselling sessions are treated with absolute confidentiality.
• The counselling is intended to enable interested parties and students to make an independent decision that is satisfactory to them, with knowledge of their existing and required competencies/potentials.
• It strengthens the self-competence of the counselled, it does not make decisions for them.
• She places the questions and needs of the clients at the center.
• The counselling provides the seekers with information so that they can make informed decisions.
• The Central Student Advisory Service works closely with the respective subject-specific advisory services and other internal departments and is in close contact with external advisory centers. Questions that go beyond general counselling are forwarded to the appropriate counselling centers in consultation with the individuals seeking advice.
• Active participation and reflection on the counselling by the clients are crucial for success and are seen as prerequisites for follow-up consultations.
• The advisors continuously further their qualifications.

(orientated towards the BeQu concept for counselling in education, career, and employment, nfb Berlin and Heidelberg University 2014)