Hessian State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts
Please check our website for early bird reductions!
An additional Berlin excursion can be booked at an extra charge of 340 EUR.
The Berlin trip starts on Saturday, 21 June 2025.
ISU Kassel invites motivated and qualified students or graduates to join the programme. Students with a particular interest in German culture and language are very welcome to participate in the programme.
For students who are interested in German culture and intercultural communication, ISU offers an English-taught seminar on:
"German History and Politics"
This seminar combines theoretical classwork with field trips that complement the seminar contents. The central topics of the course are:
This course can be combined with a second course within the cultural module.
In addition to the academic seminars in the respective disciplines, all students attend intensive German language courses. These courses are offered at three different levels (from beginning to advanced). Participants will have plenty of opportunities to practise their language skills while staying with a host family.
Please check our website for early bird reductions!
An additional Berlin excursion can be booked at an extra charge of 340 EUR.
The Berlin trip starts on Saturday, 21 June 2025.
A minimum level of B2 in English is required for the ISU Kassel seminars.
Living with a German host family in Kassel, students will have a unique opportunity to experience German culture and everyday life first-hand. The homestay adds immeasurably to the study abroad experience and guarantees daily opportunities to improve both language and intercultural communication skills outside the classroom.
Accommodation with host families includes two meals per day. Breakfast and dinner will be provided by the host families, and an affordable lunch will be available at various campus cafeterias. (Vegetarian meals are served as well.) At weekends, three meals a day will be provided by the host families.
Students can enjoy an exciting cultural and leisure programme, such as trips to Frankfurt and/or Weimar, a guided tour of the city of Kassel, a hike to the Hercules monument, a barbecue, sports activities, a film at the cinema, opening and closing ceremonies, etc. Students also have the chance to experience Germany's vibrant and exciting capital by partaking in an optional trip to Berlin.
The University of Kassel is a young, modern, and lively university with a unique profile in natural sciences, engineering, culture, and society. The University of Kassel is uniquely focused on environmentally related education and research. This is reflected in the university's more than 60 study sectors related to environmental issues.
Welcome to "boom town" Kassel: it combines urban culture and pure nature — museums, art, culture, sports, leisure activities, mountains, lakes, and forests as far as the eye can see. At the same time, Kassel is well-connected to Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, and the Rhine and Ruhr regions. Kassel is home to approximately 200,000 people and looks back on more than a thousand years of history as the former capital of "Hessen-Kassel". Today Kassel is a vibrant, young town with a rich heritage.
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