Employee services

The procurement/purchase of all supplies and services (e.g. equipment, consulting, coaching, software, travel, coach trips) is subject to statutory regulations.

The certificate of attendance from the Language Center is proof of your language skills. If you complete a language course at the Language Center, you will receive a certificate of attendance with credit points if you pass and meet all course requirements. The main purpose of this is to enable you to use the credit points as part of your degree course.

At the Language Center of the University of Siegen, you can learn Chinese and get to know not only the language but also the cultural characteristics. The courses promote intercultural skills and offer you the opportunity to gain new perspectives on Chinese communication and culture.

Fees for guest lectures at the University of Siegen: External speakers may be invited to supplement the course offerings and are compensated with a fee (generally up to €500). Accommodation and travel expenses are also reimbursed under certain conditions. Payment is made after the guest lecture has been delivered and in accordance with the applicable guidelines of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Travel Expenses Act.

The legal department team provides you with samples and checks the GHVs/NDAs of your contractual partners.

As a general rule, tasks assigned to the university must be performed by employees of the University of Siegen; this means that entering into a contract for services may not be used to meet staffing needs or to circumvent the establishment of an employment relationship.
Contracts for services and fee-based contracts are intended to meet operational needs; as such, they are generally subject to public procurement law and are therefore awarded in accordance with public procurement regulations.