Informasi dan Tips Belajar di Jerman

Secara umum semua calon mahasiswa asing yang akan melanjutkan studi di Jerman diharuskan menyiapkan hal-hal penting sebagai berikut:

1. Persiapan Bahasa Jerman. Bahasa Jerman mutlak diperlukan karena komunikasi sehari-hari bisa dikatakan 100% menggunakan Bahasa Jerman. Bahasa Inggris memang bisa digunakan, tetapi bagaimanapun Bahasa Jerman tidak bisa ditinggalkan. Kalaupun seseorang akan mengambil program berbahasa Inggris, tetap saja kepadanya sangat dianjurkan untuk menguasai Bahasa Jerman, paling tidak untuk komunikasi sehari-hari. Tanpa penguasaan Bahasa Jerman yang memadai, kehidupan sehari-hari akan terasa sulit dan dikhawatirkan bisa mempengaruhi prestasi belajar nantinya.


2. Dokumen-dokumen Penting. Beberapa dokumen penting yang harus dipersiapkan diantaranya adalah Akte Kelahiran, Ijazah dari SD-SMP-SMA dan juga Ijazah Sarjana beserta fotocopy yang telah dilegalisir. Dokumen ini mohon disiapkan dalam jumlah yang cukup banyak, karena semua Universitas dan Fachhochschule mensyaratkan dokumen asli atau fotocopy yang telah dilegalisir.
   

Tips Ringan Studi di Jerman

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Selain sarjana (S1), banyak mahasiswa lulusan diploma (D3) di Indonesia yang meneruskan kuliahnya di Jerman. Sebagai tujuan studi, biaya kuliah di sana tergolong lebih murah ketimbang beberapa negara Eropa lain, di AS atau Australia.

Studi di Jerman memang menarik. Selain jurusan teknik yang memang diakui oleh dunia, Jerman juga terkenal dengan kedokteran, hukum, bahasa, komputer, ekonomi, dan masih banyak lagi. Sayangnya, kemampuan bahasa Jerman kerap menjadi penghambat untuk menikmati pendidikan di sana.

Ya, beberapa tahapan memang mensyaratkan perlunya Bahasa Jerman, selain Bahasa Inggris tentunya. Untuk itu, simak beberapa langkah awal sebagai tips ringan berikut ini:  

Liz Kaulard: 2011 Teacher of Excellence Award Winner

May 21, 2012

Liz Kaulard's German program is one of the largest in the country.
(© Liz Kaulard)

When Jürgen Klinsmann comes to your school, spends a couple of hours coaching soccer players, allows students to interview him, and talks about the importance of learning foreign languages, it makes a big impression. There is coverage in The Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, Die Welt, and on German radio program ARD Hörfunk. The community is talking and thinking, “Soccer is fun, and German is a language I’d like to be learning.”

The visit of the famous soccer coach was a highlight of Liz Kaulard’s more than 25 years teaching German at Esperanza High School in Anaheim, California. Klinsmann came in 2003 and helped to generate public awareness of the Transatlantic Soccer Bridge, a program combining passion for soccer and German language, which Kaulard coordinated in Southern California. From 2001-2008, she organized two tournaments per year, delegated tournament responsibilities, wrote and sent press releases, and raised funding from various organizations.

Melanie Krehbiel: 2011 Teacher of Excellence Award Winner

Apr 27, 2012

Melanie Krehbiel has started German programs at both Kansas high schools where she has taught. (© Kelley DeGraffenreid
 

Out on the Kansas prairie, smaller school districts often lack the resources to offer foreign languages beyond Spanish. Students wishing to learn other languages must rely on distance-learning via television and the Internet.

Enter Melanie Krehbiel, better known to her students as “Frau Krehbiel.” Though hired to teach English at Sedgwick High, a school of 150 students around 20 miles north of Wichita, in 2008, Krehbiel requested to teach a German class as well. As she had done at Flinthills High, a smaller school in Rosalia, Kansas, where she began teaching in 2004, Krehbiel not only started teaching German. Through her special talent to inspire and motivate, she grew the German program, attracting many students to German language and culture. Sedgwick now offers German levels I to III. In the words of one student, she “brought a refreshing desire for opening teenage minds to the Great Beyond.”

Mencari Tempat Tinggal di Jerman

Bagi para siswa/mahasiswa yang ingin melanjutkan studinya di Jerman, sangat penting untuk menyimak artikel yang satu ini. Karena tempat tinggal merupakan hal yang paling utama yang kalian butuhkan jika kalian sudah memutuskan untuk studi di Jerman.


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Alone or with others?

Hall of residence or shared flat? Alone or with others? Just two of many questions that you should ask yourself when looking for the right place to live.

WG breakfast, Photo: Hagenguth/DAAD

Students in Germany either live in a hall of residence or in private accommodation. In contrast to many other countries, Germany's universities do not automatically allocate a room when you register for your course. Rather, you have to go flat hunting yourself.

Living in a shared flat (WG)

Private shared flats (called Wohngemeinschaften in German, or just WG) are probably the most popular form of accommodation. Several students look for a flat together and each has their own room, while sharing kitchen and bathroom. The occupants also share the rent. Depending on where you study, you should reckon with 150 to 350 euros per month.

If you're looking in major uni cities like Munich, Cologne or Hamburg, you should allow yourself enough time to find a room in a WG. It's best to start before you leave home. Start by searching the internet. Numerous portals give a good overview plus the opportunity to send an email directly to a WG.
Other good sources for vacant rooms are the International Office and the noticeboards (Schwarzes Brett in German).

Applications Now Open for the 2013-14 German Chancellor Fellowship for Prospective Leaders

Apr 20, 2012

  (© picture alliance / JOKER) 

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s German Chancellor Fellowship Program is for university graduates from the United States, the Russian Federation and the People’s Republic of China with an interest in international issues and demonstrated leadership potential. The program is targeted at accomplished young professionals who are likely to become decision-makers, thought leaders, and influential voices in their respective fields. Fellows will be recruited from a broad range of areas such as politics and public policy, law, media, business, the non-governmental sector, and the arts. The program provides fellows the opportunity to spend one year in Germany, where they will network with other prospective leaders from abroad and explore new solutions to the global issues of our times. This prestigious program builds on Germany’s established and growing reputation as a favored destination for problem-focused international dialogue and a meeting place for tomorrow’s international leaders.