Tutorium Work or study group, that prepares the contents of material covered in class, or discusses it afterwards in order to intensify the understanding. U-Key Electronic form of paying at the cafeteria. The red key is available at the cafeteria, where you have to pay a 20,-DM security to get it. The key is electronically loaded with money which is deducted by computer based cash registers every time you buy a meal. Several times during the semester do the departments or the university call for assemblies, to which all students are expected to show up.
Every student has the right to vote on matters discussed at theses assemblies.
Vorlesung Lecture of a university teacher, usually a professor. The students are expected to listen, questions are only supposed to be asked on a limited basis. A lecture serves the purpose of giving a detailed invisually into a special topic or field of science.