TREFF PUNKT Students' Guide to Germany

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Sprachinstitut TREFFPUNKTHere students will find some useful resources for their study life in Germany. In most cases, you firstly try to socialize, to orient oneself at University, to get a job or to meet other obligations. Here, you will find some ways which might make some things easier.

Note: In order to benefit from this kind of information as much as possible, you should have a solid knowledge of German.

Student networks on the Internet

Participation in a virtual network is indispensable for any student more. Here are the most importants:

• studiVZ.net is a free platform that allows students to exchange information. It is the largest network of its kind in Germany
• Studentenwelt, usefull information around student life
• facebook, an international social network with millions of people from all over the world

Student magazines on the Internet

In every German university and canteen you will find a lot of information on students' everyday life: Learning tips, summer jobs, going out. Here are the online versions of the most popular student magazines:

• www.audimax.de: Good service information about student life in Germany and fresh news daily
• www.unicum.de: The oldest German student magazine with good tips for learning techniques, careers and advanced education
• www.academix.de: very reasonable student subscriptions for many newspapers and magazines
• JuraMagazin: Juramagazin is a law magazine published by German students.

Online Magazines:

• the "virtual student city": www.4students.de
• Unister: universities, students, career, knowledge, Encyclopedias, internships, jobs, flat-sharing community (in German: "WG"), study abroad, professors...
• www.collegeclub.com: the American community, also with offers for international students
• www.studentadvantage.com: here you will learn about living on a campus in the US

Useful hints for students everyday life

• Allstudents.de: Everything what students in Germany need (in German language)
• Studis.de: The portal for student associations and other useful student information
• The Deutsche Welle provides a wide range of information for international students in English and many other languages. Very helpful for decision making.
• If you are looking for student related addresses in Germany, have a look at the Bundesweiten Studentischer Adressreader with the following categories
  • Student agencies
  • Students and youth
  • Universities
  • University and science
  • Unions, parties and politics
  • Political groups
  • Media
  • Europe
  • Germany
• Deutsches Studentenwerk, this organization takes care about the social, economical, cultural and physical support of students.
  An extra website with all information for foreign students intending to study in Germany www.internationale-studierende.de
• Deutsch@YG - Young Germany is a website supported by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs specially for young people from abroad. There are also texts and exercises for learning German: www.young-germany.de
• International education resources on the internet. Located at www.worldwide.edu
• Aupair JobMatch - a U.K. based service
• Cheap travel opportunities in Germany and Europe with Eurotrip.com and Oldcontinent.com
• Studienkredit.de helps you find the best way to finance your studies in Germany with a private or state student loan. Students can find all the details and selection criteria of more than 80 student loan offerings. We have some really great tools to calculate the costs of living during your studies, find the most appropriate student loan for your stay in Germany and calculate how much the student loan will cost you. Foreign students coming to Germany must have a look at: www.studienkredit.de/studium-finanzieren/student-loans/
• Univillage.de - offers interesting information, jobs and whatever matters for students
• Websites offering comparisons between schools and universities:
  • www.schulen-vergleich.de
  • www.bachelor-vergleich.com
  • www.master-vergleich.com
  • www.uni-vergleich.de

German and international student organizations

• AIESEC, the international association of students studying economics
• ELSA, the international organization of students studying law
• IAESTE, the international organization of technical students
• RCDS (Ring christlich-demokratischer Studenten): religious-orientated student association
• if you are looking for local organizations, please have a look at the internet directory of www.yahoo.de with the keywords "Studentische Organisationen", "Politische Hochschulgruppen", "Religiöse Gruppen", "Kirchliche Gruppen" or "Studentenverbindungen"

Important: We are very concerned about the current internet links. We would be very grateful if you could report dead links to us. Send an e-mail to info@learn-german-online.net.