Semester aboard in Europe

[Anonymous]

Are classes in Germany required to be in English? My son wants to study aboard, but he can’t find it anywhere if there a law or something requiring classes to be in English? How else will someone attend school there? Will they have a translator to him ?

[Anonymous]

His undergraduate university can likely help him find appropriate programs. It's very important to ensure the study abroad credits can be transferred back to his regular university.

There are programs in English and in German. Sime students, such as language majors, may want to take classes in German.

[Anonymous]

Study abroad programs often run their own classes. Students studying abroad are not generally just enrolling in a another university for the semester.

[Anonymous]

There is an office at his college that your son should be using to research his options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are classes in Germany required to be in English? My son wants to study aboard, but he can’t find it anywhere if there a law or something requiring classes to be in English? How else will someone attend school there? Will they have a translator to him ?

Omg you are an idiot.

Your kid should be back in HS as well.

No there is no law another country has to teach in England you MAGA MORON.

Please stop putting down people who know different things than you.

This site is meant to share information, not insults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are classes in Germany required to be in English? My son wants to study aboard, but he can’t find it anywhere if there a law or something requiring classes to be in English? How else will someone attend school there? Will they have a translator to him ?

Omg you are an idiot.

Your kid should be back in HS as well.

No there is no law another country has to teach in England you MAGA MORON.

Please stop putting down people who know different things than you.

This site is meant to share information, not insults.

+1. Getting very tired of the nasties on this site

[Anonymous]

OK but asking if Germany has a law requiring classes to be in English is pretty ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Study abroad programs often run their own classes. Students studying abroad are not generally just enrolling in a another university for the semester.

Not quite. A lot of universities have study abroad agreements with each other, and send a quota of kids to the international version of a EU's university's classes, run in English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK but asking if Germany has a law requiring classes to be in English is pretty ridiculous.

Even more ridiculous is accusing OP of being a MAGA moron.

OP, call it the law of supply and demand. Universities on the old continent (that are free or very low cost for their own residents) make great money out of their international classes. They have all in the incentive in the world to conduct them in English The rich Americans, rich Africans, rich Asians, are their pet particular friends, and the international language of money is American English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are classes in Germany required to be in English? My son wants to study aboard, but he can’t find it anywhere if there a law or something requiring classes to be in English? How else will someone attend school there? Will they have a translator to him ?

There are programs abroad that cover a wide range. If you hope to do it in the school year and get credit - your son's options will depend on what their school supports. Some schools have strict rules, others don't - and in some cases the rules vary by major (for example an international relations study abroad requirement is likely to require you do a program that uses the host country's language).

So - as others have said - your son needs to visit his school's study abroad office and tell them what he's hoping to do. You may have more options if he chooses a summer program and is willing to do it without getting college credit for his own college. Many times the credit is all considered electives.

The best scenario is when your own college runs a program abroad and the courses count fully towards your own university.

Unlike others have said above - there ARE students who take courses abroad at a foreign university using that university's home language. But even in those situations, the mechanism to do that is usually run by an american (or international) college or organization....you're unlikely to be applying directly to that foreign university....but to some organization that helps to run a program for foreign students to come for a semester or a summer or whatever.

Good luck. Study abroad is such a great experience and he's lucky you are willing to support him in this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are classes in Germany required to be in English? My son wants to study aboard, but he can’t find it anywhere if there a law or something requiring classes to be in English? How else will someone attend school there? Will they have a translator to him ?

Omg you are an idiot.

Your kid should be back in HS as well.

No there is no law another country has to teach in England you MAGA MORON.

Thanks for the response, dickhead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OK but asking if Germany has a law requiring classes to be in English is pretty ridiculous.

Yeah, since when has Germany ever been pushy about its culture?

[Anonymous]

Last time I checked they speak German in Germany.

Amerikaner sind Schwachköpfe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last time I checked they speak German in Germany.

Amerikaner sind Schwachköpfe.

Dummkopf: study abroad programs at German universities are usually run in English.

[Anonymous]

My DD studied in Austria through IES, and all of her classes were in English. All students were required to take a German language class, but the professor spoke a combination of German and English.