“The course is ideal for people who are prepared to study intensely." (© Baden-Württemberg International)

Mukolo from Congo is doing a Master´s programme in Management/International Business
It was the German tax reform of 2008, of all things, that gave Mukolo Mujanga from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa the impulse for his Master thesis in international business. He had already focused on finance as part of his Master’s programme at Aalen University. His main area of interest for his final thesis was the issue of transfer pricing, the internal calculation of services and products within a globally acting company.
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City tour for international students in Esslingen (© Esslingen University of Applied Sciences)

“Very good” marks also given for quality of life and security
International students at the Esslingen University of Applied Sciences taking part in an “International Student Barometer” survey have given “very good” marks for teaching and the living situation in Esslingen. In the category “Learning”, the University reports that 95 per cent of students are very satisfied with the "expert lectures". 92 per cent found the technical facilities to be good and the learning environment was evaluated as very good by 86 per cent of students.
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Research and consulting for development experts at the University of Hohenheim
The University of Hohenheim set up a new competence center in March of this year which will join the worldwide struggle against hunger: the Food Security Center (FSC). “We not only regard ourselves as a training center for development experts, we also communicate knowledge,” according to the Center’s Director, Manfred Zeller. In its terrifying proportions, the 2008 food crisis provided ample evidence of the complex web of causes and effects which now shape our globalised world. The global community has set itself the goal of halving the proportion of people suffering from hunger by the year 2015. The new institute aims to make an effective contribution to achieving this goal. The FSC offers summer schools, exchange programmes and a network of interdisciplinary PhD and PostDoc training in a “Young Excellence School”.
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The new EMBL training centre will make the region and Germany as a whole a magnet for the international research elite in the life sciences. (© EMBL Photolab)

European Centre of Biosciences in Heidelberg
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) has opened a new Advanced Training Centre (ATC) on its campus in Heidelberg. The EMBL intends to establish the new institution as a leading conference venue and training centre for life sciences in Europe. The new centre will equip Heidelberg with "a central European podium at which international scholars from every conceivable discipline will be able to meet to exchange ideas and expertise," stressed Federal Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan at the inauguration in March. The new building, which also houses an auditorium with 450 seats, is built in the form of a double helix to represent a DNA molecule (the carrier of genetic information).
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Take part in a German Summer Language Course at one of the universities in Baden-Württemberg!

See Summer Language Courses 2010.

Don´t miss the latest brochure on research in Baden-Württemberg!

See Research in Baden-Württemberg.

"To reach the woods in just a few minutes really makes me happy." (© Baden-Württemberg International)

Saran from Mongolia is studying "Environmental Governance" (M.Sc.) in Freiburg
Until the 1990’s, environmental pollution was not an official problem in Saran’s home country Mongolia. “Of course, there were problems here and there, but they weren’t all that serious,” Saran recalls. As the country embarked upon a capitalist economy, new environmental problems arose as some industries and individuals started to exploit the rich natural resources of Mongolia. “To me, a clean and healthy environment is so important that I decided to devote my professional life to it,” says Saran Selenge, who studied politics in Berlin before coming to the University of Freiburg. Her Master’s course ‘Environmental Governance’ deals with social, political and technical issues.
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Come and find out which academic possibilities are open to you! (© Baden-Württemberg International)

Events and Fairs near you
Next week (April 28-29), representatives from Baden-Württemberg will be providing information on opportunities for education and research in Baden-Württemberg at the GUC Career and Employment Fair in Cairo, Egypt.

See German University in Cairo.