STUDY ABROAD LINKS (2005)


This is a short list of websites you should consult if you are interested in study abroad in German speaking countries. Programs marked with an * are programs affiliated with the University of Houston.


OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAMS
 http://www.uh.edu/academics/intlstu/index.htm

  •  IEF and other scholarships

  • information on a wide range of study abroad options

  • registration for UH courses while abroad (through affiliated programs)
*HOUSTON – LEIPZIG EXCHANGE
 http://www.class.uh.edu/mcl/faculty/Glass/LEIPZIG.HTML

  • fall semester at the Universität Leipzig

  • full scholarship
*USAC  LÜNEBURG
http://usac.unr.edu/usac/

  • summer or semester programs; German language courses; literature and culture courses
*AIFS SALZBURG
http://www.aifsabroad.com/routing/austria.htm

  • summer or semester programs; German language courses; Austrian culture courses (in English)
*SIT STUDY ABROAD BERLIN
http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/themes/europe.html

focus: European Studies courses

Program Description:

  • 16 undergraduate credits
  • Culture, Ethnicity, and Nationalism Seminar
  • Intensive German language study
  • 7-week homestay in Berlin
  • Educational excursions to Krakow, Zagreb, and the former Yugoslavia (conditions permitting)
  • 4-week Independent Study Project
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER UNIVERSITY BERLIN
 http://www.fubis.org/

  • focus: humanities and social sciences
  • language courses
  • wide variety of interdisciplinary cultural studies courses (taught in English)
SOMMMERHOCHSCHULE DER UNIVERSITÄT WIEN
 http://www.univie.ac.at/sommerhochschule/

  • European Studies and German language courses
  • topics: the emerging New Europe
DAAD DEUTSCHER AKADEMISCHER AUSTAUSCHDIENST
 http://www.daad.de/deutschland/index.de.html

  • Information about the German university system
  • Scholarship database