Students and graduates from foreign higher education institutions and universities who want to improve their German language skills and who want to inform themselves about Germany today
Participants should have good basic German language skills (level A 2.2 should already be completed).
Andreas Ritter
International Center
Kiel University
Westring 400
24118 Kiel
Germany
Accommodation is provided in a student dormitory. All rooms are single rooms with their own shower and toilet.
The course fee includes only half board (breakfast and dinner).
The course programme is complemented by various leisure activities and cultural events in and around Kiel (included in the course fee).
Kiel University is Germany's northernmost state university and the scientific centre of Schleswig-Holstein. At our institutes, more than 27,000 students learn their trades, and about 2,000 scientists teach and do research in one of our eight faculties. Students are educated in 185 degree programmes and approximately 80 different areas ranging from agricultural science to zoology. The faculties with which Kiel University was founded in 1665 were the faculties of Arts and Humanities, Theology, Law, and Medicine. Since then, the following four additional faculties have been established: Mathematics and Natural Sciences; Business, Economics and Social Sciences; Engineering; and Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences. During its long history, the city of Kiel and the university have formed tight bonds. With its clinic, the university is one of the biggest employers in the region. It is a modern state university that interconnects academic cultures.
As a state institution, Kiel University has a special responsibility. It offers students from Schleswig-Holstein a broad range of subjects so they can study in the state. Kiel University also offers a clearly structured scientific profile that attracts students from all over Germany and the world. Contributing to this are the Bachelor's and Master's programmes, which are available in almost all disciplines. They are designed to make it easier for international students to get their degrees recognised in other countries. Kiel University also attaches great importance to the education of its doctoral candidates, who do research on their own and have established strong networks – such as research and training groups, graduate schools and the Graduate Center. Various international Summer Schools invite future students to get to know their areas of interest or to join supervised studies.
Connecting the various scientific areas has been given top priority by Kiel University because societal issues can often only be answered through collaboration of various disciplines. This enables scientists from all over the world to work together in Northern Germany.
Kiel is the capital city of Schleswig-Holstein. At the same time, it is Germany’s northernmost city. The Kiel Fjord stretches right into the heart of the city – opening peoples' horizons and acting as an important crossroads. With its cruise and ferry terminals, Kiel harbour forms a bridge to Scandinavia and the Baltics. The Kiel Canal is the busiest artificial waterway in the world. All of this put together makes Kiel an important transport hub for the entire Baltic region. Yet Kiel is not only linked to the North in terms of transport; more than anything else, it is the northern way of thinking that permeates everyone's experience here. Wide horizons, the wind and the sea – that is what makes Kiel special and also what shapes people living here. It is their commitment, their relaxed attitude and openness that makes Kiel such a great place to live. The business centre Kiel is traditionally characterised by shipbuilding, shipyards and their supplier industries, such as metal working and electrical engineering. However, a large number of new companies, which are national and international market leaders in innovative sectors – in particular, the digital economy and creative industry, healthcare sector and renewable energies – have set up home here, too. The driving force behind this economic modernisation is the combination of established structures, extensive technological expertise and non-bureaucratic funding for industry and innovation. Three universities with a total of around 35,000 students and numerous institutions offering basic and advanced education make Kiel very attractive to companies that depend on innovation-friendly conditions such as a dynamic research landscape, close cooperation between academia and industry and the availability of excellently trained staff. The internationally renowned Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel are also located in Kiel.
Master's degree
