The English Writing Center offers free one-to-one consulting in English writing to all members of the TUM community.
The Center is staffed by both professional language instructors and student Writing Fellows, all of whom are native (or near-native) English speakers. We help you develop long-term proficiency in English writing, while polishing your actual texts in the process.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
You will receive a confirmation e-mail upon making an appointment and an automatic meeting invitation two hours before your appointment. Please check your email address before booking. If you do not receive an e-mail, please let us know at writing@zv.tum.de
If you are unable to find any available appointments at this time, we encourage you to check back at a later date. The EWC is constantly adding new appointments to the schedule, in order to accommodate as many clients as possible. Please feel free to explore some of our online resources and guides. We offer various sources of tips and handouts to assist you on your academic writing journey.
Your English Text
Please bring to your appointment up to 5 pages of a text. It might be a section of a thesis or article, an essay or homework assignment, a CV or cover letter, or any other English text.
Our service is to teach you to improve your writing, not to proofread your texts. So please always do your best to implement what you’ve learned in your whole text before making another appointment. That way the lessons build on one another. Also feel free to check out our handouts on various grammatical and stylistic topics here!
Please keep these guidelines in mind
The English Writing Center is staffed only during your scheduled appointments, and our consultants come to work specifically to meet with you. Please respect their time and expertise by honoring these guidelines:
- You may book one appointment per day, three per week, and twelve per semester
- You can book appointments up to one month in advance.
- Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours before your appointment (link in confirmation email).
- Bring a printed, double-spaced copy of your text to facilitate annotating and teaching.
- Be prepared and ready to share your text in Zoom appointments.
- Have a look at our locations (we're not easy to find with Room Finder): München - Garching - Weihenstephan
NOTE: We do not correct or edit texts for you; rather we work with you to help you improve your written communication skills.
Book your appointment here
Zoom Appointments
We also offer appointments through Zoom for TUM affiliates not currently based in Munich and in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.If you have booked a Zoom appointment, you will receive an e-mail with a meeting invitation two hours before the appointment is scheduled to start. Please join the meeting on time and wait in the virtual waiting room, if necessary. Your consultant will let you in as soon as they are ready.
German Writing Support
Support with academic writing in German is also available through our Schreibberatung.
Munich City Campus
Arcisstr. 21, Room 0241
(enter the complex from Gabelsbergerstr., close to the corner of Arcisstr., then take the first door into the building on your left)
Tel. (+49) 089.289.25298
Garching Campus
Gebäude für Maschinenwesen
Room MW 0808
(small office behind StuCafe at far end of Maschinenwesen building)
Tel. (+49) 089.289.15102
Campus Straubing
We are located in Schulgasse 22 above the Mensa. Through the glass doors then immediate left turn, up the stairs and through the door on your left. In this corridor, we are in room D1, which is the first door on the right.
Klinikum Rechts der Isar Campus
Fakultät für Medizin Lern- und Trainingszentrum (LUTZ), Nigerstrasse 3. Please email m.stapel@tum.de for the exact room!
Natasha Wellershausen
English Lecturer /
Coordinator of the English Writing Center
Office Hours
On Wednesdays from 10:00 to 11:00
By arrangement during the semester break
Room 304, Richard-Wagner-Straße 3 (MUC)
Madeleine Stapel
English Lecturer /
English Writing Center
Office Hours
On Wednesdays from 11:00 to 12:00
Room MW 0808, Boltzmannstr. 15 (GAR)
By arrangement during the semester break
Room 0243, EWC, Arcisstr. 21 (MUC)
Room 304, Richard-Wagner-Straße 3 (MUC)