Are you a Student of A&R or interested in this Master Course?

Then this webpage about the Master course in Automation and Robotics at Dortmund University is the right choice for you. It is provided by the workgroup council of A&R. We come from different countries, like Thailand, Pakistan, India, Mexico and Turkey.


Here you can find general information about the course, if you are interested in applying. If you have been already accepted by the University, you can find here important information for you, about accomodation, the welcome package and the Visa regulations. Please look at the Newbie Guides for more information.


This page is still unfinished, we will need some time to upload all the important infos.


Your Automation and Robotics Council

Monday, 1 October 2007

PC Pools

As you are already aware, almost for all of your lectures, you will need a personal computer. And not only for scientific issues, but also for all of the information about your lectures, communications with your friends and professors will be processed in internet. Whether you have a PC and your own internet connection, Faculty of Elektro- und Informationstechnik(ET/IT) provides you this service by its PC Pools. Faculty server of ET/IT is called RETINA.

In order to use Retina pools, all you have to do is to fill out a registiration form, which will also be provided by us at the day of kick-off, and submit them. In the map below, you can see the oversight wiev of our campus and the locations of Retina pools.

After your registiration, you will be ablo to use scanners and printers in PC Pools. And each semester Retina enables your account to have 50 pages of print-out for free. If you need more than 50 pages, you can buy print-quote from the Student Union of Faculty (Fachschaft Elektrotechnik, FSET).

Our faculty is also a member of the programme "Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance" (MSDNAA). So all the students, including A&R Students, can have many Microsoft softwares for free during their studies.

A brief list of available softwares

  • All Desktop Operating Systems

  • SQL Server, Exchange Server, ....

  • Windows Server

  • MSDN Library CDs

  • Knowledge Base technical support library

  • Visual Studio, inclusive Academic tools

  • ...


Both for additional print-quote and MSDNAA opportunities of Retina, you have to visit FSET.

Opening hours:
Tuesday: 14:00-14:30
Thursday: 16:00-17:00

and for more information. (German)

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