Prof. Lüder Clausdorff played a major role in making this study wish come true. He heads the KTM programme and officially informed the Russian authorities that Ekaterina Seredina was welcome as a student in Giessen . He also ensured that she fulfilled certain formal requirements, such as taking the mandatory language test at the Studienkolleg Mittelhessen and registering correctly with the local immigration office.
Her completed biomedical engineering studies in Moscow are being credited in Giessen , so she's been placed in the fourth semester at the university of applied sciences. She still has about two years until her diploma, a prognosis she questions critically: "I'm completely new here and I don't know if my knowledge is sufficient." But Prof. Clausdorff is confident. With her initiative and willingness to learn, he can easily imagine her completing her engineering degree within the standard period of study. Incidentally, the job market for qualified young professionals is also developing very favorably in Russia, with many international collaborations and start-ups in hospital technology.
To further facilitate the student's integration, the head of the degree programme is considering employing Ekaterina Seredina as a tutor. She would then be responsible for advising younger students, a job from which she could benefit not only linguistically and academically, but also financially. This is because the courageous student embarked on her journey to Giessen without any funding from a scholarship or mobility programme.