Suitable for studying abroad
What is the most suitable for China students to study in Germany;
1。 Low price 2. Some universities are free of tuition. You can work tax-free, and the government stipulates a minimum wage of 7 euros/hour.
However, Germany has high requirements for international students, and college students must graduate to apply for public universities in Germany.
Process (a little long)
The procedure of studying in Germany at one's own expense is to prepare materials, pass the examination, contact the school and apply for a visa.
The first is to prepare materials, including high school diploma, college entrance examination results, proof of studying in China University (registration certificate) and transcripts of each academic year; If you have graduated, attach your diploma and degree certificate. All materials need notarization.
Copy one set of notarized materials and two sets of * * * materials (one set is the original and the other set is the copy), and prepare to send them to the Audit Office of the Cultural Office of the German Embassy for review. Please carefully read the auditing procedures of the Cultural Office of the German Embassy before sending it for review, and download it from the Internet or get the auditing application form from the auditing office. Send 2500 yuan to the audit department by post office before filling out the form (don't send it with the application materials). Send or send the completed application form together with two sets of materials, a certificate of language (German/English) hours (without notarization) and a copy of ID card to the German Overseas Students Audit Office.
After receiving the remittance and materials from the applicant, the audit department will first audit the written materials. After the written materials are qualified, an interview notice will be sent to the applicant. Interview is to review the university courses and professional knowledge learned by the applicant through a question-and-answer conversation. The interview time is about 20 minutes, and there is 15 minutes of preparation before. An audit certificate will be issued about two weeks after the interview (the audit certificate is now valid for two years).
After getting the audit certificate, you can submit the application for admission to a German university. The application materials include an application form for admission, a set of notarized materials and an audit certificate. The application form can be downloaded from the Internet and copied effectively. The application form for international courses can be downloaded from the school website, and you can refer to the special link in this issue. If you are admitted to a university and need to live on campus, please write an application for accommodation in Chinese and English, and clearly state the required conditions.
After receiving the letter of admission from a German university, you can send the visa directly to the audit department of German students studying abroad without going to the German embassy. Before sending the visa, you need to complete the application for passport and self-insurance deposit. When sending a visa, you need to submit a visa application form, 3 photos, passport, certificate of self-insurance deposit (issued by German bank) and a letter of admission from a German university. In general, you can get a visa in 1 to 3 months. Applicants from art colleges only participate in the text review and pay 500 yuan RMB, and the review department will arrange an interview time for them at the embassy.
How to apply for a German university
The study places for foreign students are allocated by the Foreign Affairs Office of the University. If the application is for the summer semester (April 1 start), you must submit the study application before June 65438+1October 15; If the application is for the winter semester (1 October1day 10), the application must be submitted before July 15.
In addition to the application form, the materials submitted must also be notarized by the admission notice of China universities or the copy of the middle school graduation certificate; Secondary school diploma in translation; 3 photos identical to the passport; A resume needs to accurately indicate all stages of education, including your school, exams you have taken, etc. Certificate of academic qualifications of current university; German language certificate, which proves that you have enough German level; The applicant must also attach the certificate of "Zerertificat der Akademischen Prü fstelle" issued by the German overseas student audit department.
The foreign affairs offices of German universities can provide advice on learning problems for international students, review university admission qualifications and issue admission notices. The preparatory courses of universities and German classes run by universities are also the tasks of this institution. The admission notice issued by the university not only provides learning qualifications, but all applicants who need to obtain a study visa must attach the admission notice when applying for a visa.
Foreign students can apply for universities in Germany through ASSIST. The full name of ASSIST is arbeits-und services tellefuer international e studienbewerbungen, which can be translated as: foreign students apply for university services. ASSIST is a joint working organization established in June 2003 by the German Academic Exchange Center, the joint meeting of German university presidents and member universities. Its main task is to verify the application materials of all foreign students and certify their admission qualifications, so as to reduce the application pressure of universities facing the increasing number of foreign students and standardize the application procedures of foreign students.
ASSIST's office is in Berlin, and all materials applied for its member institutions are sent to Berlin for centralized examination and certification. Students who meet the requirements transfer to the school they want to attend through ASSIST. Colleges and universities decide whether to accept students according to the applicant's situation and the actual situation of the school. The final decision is made by the school and the admission notice is issued by the school.
ASSIST charges an audit fee of 20 euros for applying for a university, and each additional 10 euro. The application materials submitted to colleges and universities must be complete, and the deadline for submitting materials shall be subject to the deadline for applications of colleges and universities. It is best to send the application materials for assistance at least 6 weeks before the application deadline of each university.
It should be noted that the university applying must be an ASSIST member institution, and applications from non-assist member institutions are neither accepted nor forwarded; Only one set of notarized application materials is needed to apply for more than one assisting member institution; Different schools and majors have different requirements for application materials, and applicants must submit application materials according to the requirements of each major. When submitting the application materials to ASSIST, it is best to attach the applicant's e-mail address, so that ASSIST can get in touch with the applicant as soon as possible if there is any problem. If the applicant is not accepted, the application materials will be destroyed after one year and will not be sent back.
How to pass the visa smoothly
At present, there are three main types of study visas in Germany: 1, study visas, where applicants have not been notified of being admitted to German universities, but have participated in German training before entering universities; 2, student visa, the applicant has been told that the university admission, the general study abroad applicants should apply for this kind of study visa; 3. The visa to attend the German training course cannot be converted into a study or student visa, and the holder of this visa must leave the country after the language study. Generally speaking, to apply for a study visa, you must contact the German Embassy first.
Beijing or the Consulate General? Contact the visa offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou by telephone to obtain the application form and visa instructions for studying abroad. According to the different purposes of studying in Germany, the German study visa is submitted according to the study abroad or German language category.
Applicants who have passed the examination and obtained the examination certificate from the German overseas students' examination department can enter the simplified visa application procedure after receiving the admission notice. Its characteristic is that the audit department is responsible for sending the visa, which saves the visa reservation and face-to-face signing procedures of the applicant's embassy. Universities in Germany generally issue admission notices eight weeks or earlier before the start of school, except for preparatory courses and limited places. Visa application procedures can only be handled by the audit department after obtaining the admission notice from the German university.
After accepting a visa application, you can get a visa in 6-8 weeks, but due to different personal circumstances, some people will be longer, others will be shorter, and it will be normal in about 3 months. Applicants who have passed the examination by the German Examination Department for Studying Abroad will submit their visa applications to the examination department with the German University Admission Notice, and there is no need to pay any more, because the visa fee has been included in the examination fee of 2,500 yuan. German embassies and consulates only accept visa applications in pure language and visa applications for studying abroad with unconditional admission notice, and the visa fee is 25 euros (equivalent to RMB payment).
A good university in Germany
German public universities are generally at the same level. According to the law, professors will change jobs to other universities after working in one university for a period of time. If they refuse to move twice, they will have to retire. This is the way to prevent the strong and weak from appearing in universities. Germany has no university rankings. Now the so-called rankings are all ranked by China people, and I don't know what the basis is.
However, the German Employers' Association and the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry conduct a survey among the human resource managers of 3,000 enterprises in Germany every two years, that is, according to the performance of each university graduate at work, they are sent out by specialty.
For example, medicine, Mü nster University has always been at the top of the list. Science and engineering include: technical university of munich, Aachen University of Technology, Darmstadt University of Technology, Dresden University of Technology and Berlin University of Technology. The economic categories have always been Cologne, Mannheim and Stuttgart. The law has always been Jena, Tiebingen and Frejborg. Chemistry is always Jena, Trier and Leipzig. Psychology has always been Leipzig. Aerospace is Stuttgart, Aachen, Berlin Technical University. The car is Stuttgart, Kloster University of Technology, bielefeld.
These are all good.
The cost of studying in Germany for 4 years
School tuition: German national universities implement free education, which can save you a lot of money compared with the expensive tuition of British and American universities!
All you need to pay is the registration fee of 100- 150 marks per semester, and you can also get a free or half-price pass for public transportation in the whole state, such as buses and state railways. In this way, the maximum cost of 1 year is 300 marks, which is equivalent to 180 USD.
expense
Basic living expenses:
According to the regulations of the German government, each international student should prepare 890 marks for his basic life in China every month, including basic necessities such as housing and meals. For an ordinary German student studying abroad, 600 marks per month should be enough to cover the above expenses. 1 year is 7200 marks, equivalent to 4320 dollars.
Book fee: 300 marks per semester, 600 marks per year, equivalent to 360 US dollars. Because the original books in Germany are very expensive, most students will copy books or go to the library to read books;
The insurance of students in Germany is handled by the public insurance institution "AOK" in the city where the school is located. The monthly insurance premium is 80- 100 DM, and the annual premium is 1200 DM, which is equivalent to 700 USD.
Other possible expenses, let's calculate according to 100 mark per month, which is 1200 mark for the whole year, equivalent to 700 dollars.
After studying in this way for four years, the cost in Germany is very rich. The calculation is 28,000 dollars.
tuition
People have many choices to study abroad, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Britain, Japan and so on. These countries can be regarded as strong in national strength, affluent in life and developed in education. However, the high tuition fees, living expenses and financial guarantees, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, have discouraged many people with lofty ideals.
Faced with the current situation of insufficient economic strength, more and more young people in China, who are eager to receive advanced education and feel western civilization, have turned their eyes to those countries that provide free higher education, and German is one of them.
University tuition is a hot topic in German higher education in recent years. In Germany, whether universities charge tuition fees is decided by the state governments and is not under the jurisdiction of the federal government. Therefore, German states have different policies on university fees. It can be roughly divided into three categories, namely, charging, conditional charging and no charging.
In the past, Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Baden-Wü rttemberg, Saarland, Bavaria and North Rhine-westfalen collected tuition fees.
Lower Saxony: tuition: 500 euros/semester. In the winter semester of 2006-2007, the main universities in the state began to accept: the University of Brunswick, the University of G? ttingen, the University of Hanover, the University of Luneburg, the University of Oldenburg and the University of Osnabrü ck.
Hamburg and Baden-Wü rttemberg: Tuition: 500 euros/semester. In the summer semester of 2007, major universities in Hamburg, Hamburg-Halburg University, Freiburg University, Stuttgart University, Heidelberg University, Constance University, Mannheim University, Hornheim University, university of ulm, Karlsruhe University of Technology, etc.
Saarland: 300 euros per semester for the first and second semesters, and 500 euros per semester from the third semester. Starting from the winter semester of 2007-2008, the main university in the state: Sal Renken University.
Bavaria: Universities and art colleges charge 300-500 euros per semester, while students in Universities of Applied Sciences pay 100-500 euros. In the summer semester of 2007, the major universities in the state were enrolled: the University of Augsburg, Bambak University, Bayreuter University, Nuremberg University, Munich University, technical university of munich University, Passau University, Regensburg University and Wü rzburg University.
North Rhine-westfalen: 500 euros/semester, starting from the summer semester of 2007.
At present, German universities have changed their policies. Schleswig-Holstein, mecklenburg-Pumurray, Saxony-anhalt, Thuringia and Rhine-Ramphal have started to collect tuition fees appropriately, and Saxony is still free.
The cost of living in Germany
At present, the prices of daily consumer goods in Germany are not much different from those in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and the prices of some domestic consumer goods are higher than those in Germany. According to different cities in Germany, the average living expenses of international students are 50,000-60,000 RMB/year (the above standards include the basic necessities of life in Germany, and the consumption level of international students in China will be slightly lower than this standard, excluding the consumption of high-end luxury goods).
The following is a list of other fees of German universities:
accommodation expense
Big cities:1.8000-1.9000 RMB/year.
Medium-sized cities:1.4000-1.5000 RMB/year.
Small cities: 8,000-9,000 yuan/year
Note: The above prices generally include utilities and winter heating. Telephone charges and internet access fees need to be paid extra.
Food expenses
12000- 13000 RMB/year medium dietary level
communication expenses
1, 200- 1, 500 RMB/year varies according to call frequency, calling card type (monthly subscription/non-monthly subscription) and promotion activities of calling card operators.
transportation cost
1, 200- 1, 300 RMB/year semester transportation card provided by the university.
insurance expense
6000 RMB/year German medical, accident and third-party liability insurance.
Book fee
The price of new books is 4000-5000 yuan/year.
Every year 1, 200- 1, 500 yuan buys second-hand books from senior students.
0 RMB/year All teaching books and reference books can be borrowed from the school library and returned to the library after the course. Books borrowed from the library are free. After a certain period of time, you only need to pay a small amount of rent.
Personal other living expenses:
Personal health expenses (cosmetics, personal hygiene products, household cleaning products, etc.). ), cultural and entertainment expenses, travel expenses, a small amount of clothing expenses and other extra expenses (such as tobacco and alcohol expenses and fines, etc.). ) It varies from person to person.
Work-study (as a way of receiving education)
As long as it is officially registered in a German university, it is legal to work in winter and summer vacations. German law stipulates that the minimum hourly salary of college students is 7- 12 euros, and there is no need to pay taxes when working. Students have at least four months of winter and summer vacations every year, plus legal holidays such as Christmas, which gives them a lot of time to work. Generally, you can earn about 1500 euros for a month's work, and you can get double pay on legal holidays. Even if you only work in the winter and summer vacations, your income is enough to pay the students' full living expenses for one year.
Working during holidays, monthly1500-2,500 Euros, it is no problem to earn enough living and tuition and fees for one year during a holiday; Usually work, that is, work in a university or company, with a monthly income of 500 euros per week 10 hour; Working in a Chinese restaurant, the income varies from person to person. Generally speaking, working as a waiter in a restaurant has the highest income, which can reach 2,500 euros per month. As a tutor, I can teach Chinese, musical instruments, mathematics, physics and chemistry, computers and so on. As a tour guide, you can accompany the China delegation to travel in Germany, or you can accompany the German delegation to travel back to China. Now there are more and more such opportunities. Generally, it is a piece-rate salary, which is quite high, with a monthly income of 7500 euros; In addition, you can open your own restaurant; Start your own company and engage in other businesses to earn money.
German university system belongs to the credit system, and students can master their learning progress flexibly. Most students study and work at the same time, and their lives are quite comfortable. Of course, we must not forget the purpose of going abroad, so we must never neglect our studies in order to earn money by working.