A Blog about Education Abroad

Tag: Germany

  • Rapi at the University of Göttingen

    Rapi at the University of Göttingen

    Pre-departure:

    This is possibly one of the most exciting things to happen to me. However, given that it is the pre-departure phase – nothing seems to have sunk in as yet. I am not nervous or anxious; the idea of me leaving the country and living in a foreign land, being immersed in a different culture for an entire semester does not yet seem real. For the past several months, my mind has been occupied by the actual application process, spending time with my family and friends before I leave, my visa application, sorting through a pile of emails to ensure that my accommodation is finalised and that I have someone to pick me up from the airport (or in my case, from the bus station since I am heading to a small town without an airport), running from Home Affairs to the PGIO office and ending up at the German Consulate. I think the most draining part of everything is just the waiting in between the different application procedures, hoping that they do not reject anything and that you are able to complete the process timeously and successfully.

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  • Etienne at the University of Hohenheim

    Etienne at the University of Hohenheim

    Pre-departure :

    When I got accepted to go on the summer school at Hohenheim University near Stuttgart in Germany, I didn’t know that it would be a highlight of my year. My preparation for the summer school played a great part in making my time abroad so great.

    The first thing I did, was to book my flights. The sooner the cheaper, and you need booked return flights for the visa application. I used a travel agency to make the booking. They could get me the cheapest flights, with convenient lay over times. They also arranged the travel insurance.

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  • Ashleigh at the University of Bayreuth

    Ashleigh at the University of Bayreuth

    Pre-departure:

    I am currently a second year student studying BA Human Resources Management. I love to travel and I really wanted to do an exchange. I began searching through the summer exchanges but the biggest problem for me was that there were so many places to go to and so many options to choose from! So before I began finding a place I made a list of the four countries I really wanted to go to and I chose to look for a course in economics as I was still unsure as to whether I should be studying economics or not. I found an economics course that covered the social inequalities of economics at the University of Bayreuth which also provided accommodation, food and a weekend field trip to Berlin. This made my pre-departure planning a lot simpler because I did not have to stress about accommodation or where to find shops for food, etc.

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