<p>mercury_squad, out of curiosity, are you an indian in germany who knows german (fluently? non-fluently?) i dont know ANY german (never having learned it) what's your opinion on going to IUB without knowing any german?</p>
<p>Its absolutely no problem at all to go to IUB without knowing any german beforehand. The only place where this cud coz a problem is if you're really keen on taking up off-campus jobs where of course, you need german speaking skills in order to converse with your employer atleast :P</p>
<p>hehe well that the first question most ppl wud ask if they say they plan to apply to IUB germany.. heeh well but ppl in case u havent noticed sum of EU resolutions recently, il tell you ( ananya and merc need to confirm this info)</p>
<p>well.. firstly the use of english language will be enhanced ( as is being done progressively) and by 2-3 yrs all official work wud be both german as well as english language based in order to open germany and many other EU courties to outer world better ... ( well the national language will remain as German but also may take in english as 2nd)</p>
<p>2ndly there has been a resoltion also to by 2010 try to bring abt a uniformity in education standards for basic jobs and also create a opening for jobs after bachelors degree... as prevalent system rules, a person with a 5 yr study course in college( equivalent to masters ( is usually taken in for a job .. but again all EU countries have planned to open up the job sector to bachelors to compete with international rules and standards as in US , UK or stuff..</p>
<p>MOre info on both of these can be found on various websites (offficial ones)..</p>
<p>What this means is that by the time we graduate ( in 2009) there wud be a chaneg in things and well we shudnt look to a university as in what it is now but rather project to ourself its future image based upon growth figures and these kinda stuff also..</p>
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<p>wel in case you need the links and treaty details.. its called the
BOLOGNA TREATY.. and german will complete implementation of the three tier internartional system in all states by 2010 as declared ..</p>
<p>:p .. after this heavy load of treaty and pacts ..it looks like most of readers disappeared...</p>
<p>hehe well but either ways IUB is already on those lines and thus wont be affctd but the system change but facilitate IUB with a leadership position also</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>Just got the scoop on the EECS-split situation - it is almost final, there are two new majors - Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering. Both have way more relaxed requirements than the full EECS program, (99 and 103.5 credits in mandatory courses for CS and ECE, as compared to 126 mandatory credits in EECS. The total required for graduation is 144!).</p>
<p>This puts CS and ECE on par with any other major at IUB in terms of workload and freedom of choice. However, the current EECS major will remain the real deal, with maybe 2 or 3 courses left for you to choose.</p>
<p>In a simple poll during the lecture, about equal number of students expressed desire to pursue CS, ECE and EECS.</p>
<p>For CS major - there is absolutely NO mandatory electrical engineering course during the entire 3 years - so you can avoid EE altogether. Of course you are welcome to take EE course as electives.</p>
<p>For ECE major - almost no CS courses, except for C and C++ lab courses in first year, an Operating Systems and Computer Architecture course in 2nd year are mandatory. All others are EE courses.</p>
<p>There will also be a couple of new courses introduced (like Java course+lab for CS students), as well as Computer Graphics (in Computational Science major). Some new faculty members have been signed on by IUB.</p>
<p>An intersting thing is that there is quite a lot of overlap between EECS and CS and EECS and ECE, although CS and ECE are totally different. This opened some possibility of double majoring in EECS+CS or EECS+ECE, with just a little more work than EECS - but since EECS already is crazy, it seems highly unlikely that anyone will ever do this. Some were talking of double majoring in CS and Math. However, there is no official info about double or triple majors here (and you can assume that it's impossible anyway).</p>
<p>I hope the above was useful information.</p>
<p>There are also a couple of new majors in the Humanities department, but I'm not sure.</p>
<p>so basically you are saying that EECS will remain as a major? Do you know if the new CS will be eligible to aply for the Exchange program with Carnegie Mellon? Will these new majors be available starting this fall?</p>
<p>thanks merc! I was very keen to know about the new CS program. Can you please find out whther its possible to double major in CS and Econ?</p>
<p>1) Yes EECS will stay as it is. CS and ECE will be two new majors in addition to the already existing EECS major. I think you will be eligible to apply to Carnegie Mellon, as a CS major, because earlier it was for EECS majors with CS specialization too.</p>
<p>2) There is no economics major at IUB, and double majors are kinda unheard of, so far (even though Academic Policies allow for it). So sorry, it's currently not possible to double major in CS and Econ.</p>
<p>heeh u shuhd already knw why ppl.. when teh course loads are 4 yr into 3 .. then to do a double major wud be next to impossible(though maniacs still exist)</p>
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<p>can we double major in cs and iss??</p>
<p>man i wish IUB had ChemE</p>
<p>radhika u can double major but ull soon realise that double majors at IUB is concept long forgotten in the pages of its rule book coz its highly impractical to do so..</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>Radhika, funny question about ISS and CS double major.</p>
<p>In short, you have to satisfy both major's requirements as well as IUB's requirements. As long as you satisfy the major requirements, the mandatory of one can count as elective in another. That's the only relaxation.</p>
<p>BUT Remember that ISS and CS don't have any common classes.</p>
<p>So, you will have to study essentially two separate majors. Which means 2x the workload = 14 courses per semester, minimum. Futher, many classes have conflicting times so you can't register for them (e.g. ISS evening classes on thu/fri when CS ppl have lab).</p>
<p>So, ISS + CS double major = Not possible.</p>
<p>ahahh well u edited it to the milder version of the story merc,.. i have the original post in my email:p</p>
<p>Well but yes for apparently many a reasons double majors in two schools is not possible</p>
<p>Hey man, i just got a reply frm International Admisions UTAUSTIN, whom i had conveyed my decision to not attend after admission at IUB. THe admission officer openly praised IUB and said i have made a equally nice choice and he has had intercated with some IUB faculty and feels its an institution of high caliber. He also praised IUB for apparently many a reason. This was delightful to see .</p>
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<p>Indian guy Denver went to UT Austin this year. And some others too I think.</p>
<p>As for editing to a milder version, yeah, there seems to be an overkill of "IUB IS HARD" mindset lately... it's not THAT hard... :D</p>
<p>well .. thats awesome.. though he also mentioned some stuff about the faculty delegation which went there and made a mention of Ms. Antonia Goer, International Office at International University of
Bremen in special.</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>wow... I m falling in love with IUB :D</p>
<p>Hey guys I just talked with the German Embassy in my country and they said that the visa application process can not begin without my high school graduation diploma. However due to some new policies of education in my country this year no high school student receives his diploma until 15 JULY since some nationwide exams must be taken. The german embassy appeared to not mind at all and told me that I could defer for a year and that most albanian students who wanted to study in germany registered for the spring semester but this is not possible at IUB. What can I do?</p>
<p>You should ask some IUB officials about this issue as soon as possible</p>