Department of Human Sciences

One special characteristic of research and teaching at the Department of Human Sciences is its interdisciplinary approach. Education and training, behaviour and experience as well as body and human movement are integrated by different disciplinary aspects.

In the context of a technical university, the mission of the Department for Human Sciences is to maintain and expand the interdisciplinary relations to the technical or natural and engineering sciences of the TU Darmstadt. The Department sees itself as partner of the engineering and natural sciences in terms of research and teaching.

Departmental Office

Management Board

Academic Services Office

Institutes

The Institutes of the Department Human Sciences are the Institute for General and Vocational Pedagogy, Institute for Psychology and the Institute for Sport Science.

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Centre for Cognitive Science

The Centre for Cognitive Science at Technische Universität Darmstadt unites faculty members across multiple disciplines, who joined forces in the scientific study of adaptive, intelligent behavior in humans and machines.

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News

Student assistant position to support teaching

The Institute of General and Vocational Education offers a student assistant position to support teaching for winter semester 2022/23.

All further information can be found here:

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Student assistant positions for “uniGym” and the “Active Break”

The Unisport-Zentrum offers student assistant positions as trainers for “uniGym” and exercise leaders for the “Active Break”.

All further information can be found here:

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