Writing Assistance for German and English Texts

Please book an appointment. For minor concerns or if no short-term appointment is available, please use the open consultation, which you can attend without an appointment.

Day	Time	Campus	Room	Language	Tutor
Monday	9:00am-11:00am	Golm Site map	IKMZ, event room (ground floor)	English and German	Louisa Pole
Monday	11:00am-13:00pm	Neues Palais Site map	1.19.3.22 (Office)	English and German	Fiona Wünsch
Tuesday	10:00am-12:00pm	Griebnitzsee Site map	UB Griebnitzsee, (group workroom)	English and German	Sophie Streichan
Tuesday open consultation without appointment booking	12:00pm-12:30pm	Griebnitzsee Site map	UB Griebnitzsee, (group workroom)	English and German	Sophie Streichan
Thursday	9:00am-11:00am	online	Via Zoom. You will be informed of the room shortly before the appointment.	German	Alina Friebe
Thursday	12:00pm-13:00pm	Neues Palais Site map	UB Am Neuen Palais, Hs. 10, Gruppenarbeitsraum	German	Louis Jasch
Thursday open consultation without appointment booking	13:00pm-14:00pm	Neues Palais Site map	UB Am Neuen Palais, Hs. 10, Gruppenarbeitsraum	German	Louis Jasch

For international students of Faculty of Arts	on demand	Neues Palais Site map	1.11.2.23 (Office) or online	English and German	Faculty of Arts

If you would like to talk about your writing project come by! A trained writing tutorwill work together with you on your writing project.

We can help you with your term paper, your thesis, a portfolio, or even an application form . Feel free to get in touch at any stage of your writing process. Our trained writing tutors will help you to understand your writing type, explain the writing process, and provide feedback on your text. You decide how often you want to meet.

We enjoy helping students from different disciplines and all study programmes. However, if you are an international M.A. student at the Faculty of Arts or the Faculty of Human Sciences you may prefer to contact your disciplinary writing tutor.

Would you like to read some experiences? Click here.

Please note: By arrangement, you have the option of sending us up to three pages of your text in advance. This way, we are already familiar with your text when you come for consultation. Please send us an e-mail with your request. This will enable us to prepare for the consultation in the best possible way: schreibberatung@uni-potsdam.de

Book an appointment with one of our writing assistants.

Please note that it is not possible to change the format of the counceling once chosen (online/live). We ask for your understanding.

Write us an email about what you need

so we can prepare for the meeting accordingly:

schreibberatung@uni-potsdam.de

No appointment available?

Please check if you can also get advice from the disciplinary writing tutors! Also: We recommend to check our appointment booking again at short notice as there are often last minute cancellations.

For INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS in Master's programs, disciplinary writing tutors (english/german) have been available at the Faculty of Arts since the summer semester of 2021.

philo-writing@uni-potsdam.de, Flyer english / Flyer german

The offer of individual counseling is exclusively directed to students of the University of Potsdam; primarily BA and MA students!

PhD and Postdocs please contact the PoGS.

Not booked places of other offers (workshops or Writing Night) will be given to students of other universities (on request) or PhD students of the UP.