FU-BEST (Berlin European Studies) Program

  Germany

• Berlin: 
Berlin

Term: Academic Year, Fall, Spring, Trimester 
Dates: Sept-Dec, Jan-April, April-July

Description: Intensive study abroad program featuring mandatory enrollment in German language in addition to a selection of courses taught in English in fields ranging from political science and history to art history, film studies, music history, sociology/psychology, architecture, business, comparative literature, and philosophy. Local field trips as well as a major off-site (abroad) excursion; participants live in homestays or small, furnished apartments.

Highlights: Attractive variety of courses and local field-trips. Opportunity for real immersion into a leading German university. Setting features a major European metropolis (Berlin) with unrivaled cultural offerings and a rich and turbulent history. The Freie Universitat is located in an attractive section of the city, with easy access to the urban center. Excellent support staff. Opportunities for interaction with other students at the Freie Universitat. Exciting cultural program, featuring concerts, opera visits, and soccer games. Weeklong excursions to destinations like Vienna, Munich, Prague, Dresden, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Strasbourg, Paris, Nuremberg, and Krakow. Opportunity for enrollment in the FU's regular Sommersemester (April-July) as add-on experience after Fall and/or Spring with FU-BEST. Attractive pricing, ensuring accessibility to students from private as well as state institutions.

Cost in US$: ca. $ 9,500 per semester

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Germany Independently

Application Process Involves:

• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Transcript
• Written Application

Year Founded: 1948