"Unitag" of the THI and the KU: Orientation for highly gifted students

Spread over ten weeks, exciting lectures across the offered fields of study, in-depth discussions, and practical research questions, which are pursued at the THI and the KU, awaited the participants on Fridays. The format takes place in cooperation with and with the support of the Bavarian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs. The students are selected in cooperation between the school administrations and the offices of the ministerial representatives for the high schools.

Pauline Patzig from Beilngries was one of the 13 participants. She liked the great practical relevance of the offerings and the broad insight into the study programs. "Until now, I had ruled out the natural sciences for myself, but now studying them seems possible," she sums up. Paul Schläfer from Neuburg, on the other hand, was originally inclined toward engineering, but the Unitag also gave him a taste for studying journalism, among other things. The "Unitag" program ranged from courses in mechanical engineering, sustainable infrastructure, and economics to art history, mathematics, and English studies.

"The Unitag is there to show impulses and goes hand in hand with the universities and colleges," emphasized Elena Schedlbauer from the office of the Bavarian Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs after the series at KU. The selected students showed that their interests and motivation extended beyond school. In the end, the students received their certificates of completion from the hands of Prof. Dr. Katherine Roegner (Vice President for Teaching and Students at THI) and her KU colleague Prof. Dr. Klaus Meier, on which they both congratulated them.