A Blog about Education Abroad

Tag: Germany

  • Liesl in Germany

    Liesl in Germany

    THE EXPERIENCE:

    The first day in Hamburg went quite fine. I took a taxi to my dormitory to avoid confusion after traveling for 24 hours. Got my key from my landlord and settled into my dorm. Before I made my bed my photos were up against the wall. This provided a sense of homeliness in the spartanly decorated room. It was raining and I was feeling a sense of unease since most of the people I spoke to were non-English speakers. Immediately regret not having taken a German language course before studying in Germany.

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  • Inshiya at the University of Bayreuth

    Inshiya at the University of Bayreuth

    Pre-departure:

    I heard about the concept of a summer school during International Week, from one of the many info booths propped up around campus. I simply walked up to one and spoke to a student who had been on a similar exchange programme, and the idea was born, an idea which strongly appealed to me. I eagerly began researching as to available opportunities and settled on a couple of programmes which I believed were most suitable. After completing my application there was nothing left to do beside wait and hope. Personally the video component was quite a daunting experience, particularly due to the fact there are no restrictions as to the number of retakes you are allowed, and before you know it you’ve spent hours in front of your webcam and haven’t yet managed to get through 8 minutes without making a mistake. But as this was something I truly wished for, I pushed through this obstacle.

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  • An Engineering Internship

    Here follows Andrew’s experience of doing an engineering internship in Germany.

    As the nature of my involvement with the exchange program with Georg Simon Ohm differs from the standard student exchange arrangement, I have decided to try and write my blog entries as more informative pieces.

    I start by describing the process I followed to get the internship with Siemens and the problems experienced in doing so. This is followed by an account of my journey to Germany and to Ruhstorf where I am doing my internship. Finally I describe some of the good and bad points of settling into a small town in Germany and give a brief account of what it has been like to work at Siemens.

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