stormtroopersaresexy asked: Hello! Next semester I'll be studying at the TU-Dresden for a year and I was wondering if you could tell me/us more about the College/University system in Germany, which appears so complicated to me D:
Thank you so much and keep up the wonderful work!
This website contains lots of useful information on studying in Germany. I would like to tell you more, but I’m not sure what exactly appears to be complicated to you, so I wouldn’t even know where to start :D If you have any specific questions, I’d love to help you :)
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neuewelle asked: Hallo!! You seem like quite a helpful person, so I thought I would give this a go here...
I'm in a dilemma in the United States with college expenses, since it's REALLY expensive here. Last year I looked into the expenses of university costs in Germany and from the information I gathered, it appears it is either free, or it is around 500 Euros per semester for tuition, which is insanely good.
Sooo, I've been debating taking money I had saved up here and would be burnt ou in one semester of college here, moving to Germany (I speak a little bit of German from my family members), and learning it there to get my citizenship and all that jazz, while I get one of the EU work visa things, so I can work and live there during that time. Then eventually, when I get enough knowledge of German, getting a university education there and staying in Germany then for my life, since I plan on moving there anyways after college here.
So what would you recommend I do, or how I go about this? I'm hoping I'm not asking too much from you with this.
If you could, and since I know this limits you on the lenght of your answers I think, you can email me at my email, which is GombosKevin@Gmail.com
Your help would be appreciated, danke! (:
No problem! :) The first thing you need to do is talk to the university you’d like to attend. You have to find out which possibilites you have in regards to studying here. There are some subjects that are taught in English but those are still relatively scarce. So maybe you’ll have to pass a language test. Some programs require a certain grade point average - the so-called “NC” (numerus clausus). You also have to have highschool degree that complies with the German “Abitur”.
If you want to wait and first try and work and learn more German here, you’ll have to get information at the Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) or at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.
Unfortunately, I don’t know much about laws and regulations in regards to this matter, so I cannot give you more information at the moment. You can also always contact me on Facebook - so add me if you have an account. :)
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Anonymous asked: Is University education in Germany free, even for foreigners? I know that it was free even for foreigners in Swedish universities (but this is changing in 2011), I was wondering if it was the same for German universities? :)
It used to be free but it isn’t anymore. Compared to universities in other countries, it’s still pretty inexpensive to study. You have to pay about 500-600€ per semester.
For more detailed information on German universities, check out this website :)
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After attending the Grundschule (elementary school) for 4 years, the students have to decide which of three possible ways they want to go. Well, very often it’s not the students’ decision but the teachers’ or parents’. However, students can influence this decision by their grades and behaviour.
Let’s talk about die Hauptschule first. It offers the lowest of secondary education in Germany and concentrates more on getting students ready for the workforce than for a college or university degree. Therefore the focus on academic studies is low and subjects are taught at a much slower pace. Students attend die Hauptschule from 5th to 9th grade before graduating by passing the so-called “Quali” tests (der Hauptschulabschluss = CSE). Then they will hopefully get an apprenticeship position in a job that requires practical skills.
Die Hauptschule has become something like a “storage room” for kids living in problematic social environments. The general stereotype is that students who attend die Hauptschule are hard to handle and come from low class families that e.g. deal with unemployment problems, drug/alcohol abuse, domestic violence or have a different cultural background. Due to this bad reputation (which unfortunately does come from somewhere) their chances on finding a good job after school are slim.
Starting this year, some German Federal States have decided to abolish die Hauptschule and to merge it with die Realschule about which I’m going to talk in my next post Germany’s school system.
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Germany’s school system is pretty complex. Click here to see what I mean.
In general, the Federal States (das Bundesland (-länder)) oversee their individual educational systems. The Federal Government only plays a minor role in it, so things can be different from Bundesland to Bundesland. I’m going to write a series of posts about the German school system, and I’m going to try to keep it general.
Today I’m starting with:
DIE GRUNDSCHULE = elementary school
After Kindergarten (on a voluntary basis) children usually attend Grundschule from age 6 to 10, from 1st to 4th grade (in some Federal States up to 6th grade). Within the first two years, their achievements aren’t graded but verbally evaluated. The main subjects are German and Math. But musical and physical education, social studies and religion / ethics are also a part of the school day.
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This picture shows you how the school system in Germany works. As you can see, it’s not simple, so I cannot write about this topic in just one post. This is just to give you a short overview. More detailed posts to explain it to you will follow soon. :)
(pic via wikipedia)
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teen-spirit asked: guess what
im going to study in germany. and i was wondering, how should i go about applying to german universities. any recommendations for good schools? advice?
Check out his list of Germany’s best universities. As for the application, check out the information on this official website. :)
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