<p>Hello!</p>
<p>I am an 18 year old American student looking to study abroad in Germany. I want to earn college credits while attending a somewhat small university and learn german while I am there. I understand most schools do programs for a students junior year. But I simply go to a community college and want to go a bit sooner. </p>
<p>Do I have any realistic options? </p>
<p>Cheers!
Luke</p>
<p>In order to be admitted to a German university you are going to have to take a “German as a Foreign Language” exam. If you don’t speak any German, you can hook up with a German language school in Germany. In about 6 months of language study you should be able to pass the exam. You could then enrol… in a German university directly.</p>
<p>A German university costs about 500 per semester, more or less, so they are affordable – and you’ll see US students at the same university paying $15,000 a semester! :)</p>
<p>Since you are enrolled in a US college, you will eligible to enroll directly at a German university as a visiting student.</p>
<p>There are also language schools in Germany that specialize in teaching German to foreigners. I did both…a semester at a university and half a year in a German school. I would do the German school first. Do an intensive class. You’ll learn tons.</p>
<p>For German universities and German schools check out:
[German</a> Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - DAAD - Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst](<a href=“http://www.daad.de/en/index.html]German”>German Academic Exchange Service - DAAD)</p>
<p>For German schools check out:
[Learn</a> German in Germany. List of German Schools in Germany.](<a href=“http://www.languageschoollinks.com/germany/index.html]Learn”>http://www.languageschoollinks.com/germany/index.html)</p>
<p>Where in Germany are you thinking of studying?</p>
<p>My son is studying currently at LMU in Munich arranged by his state university. He worked hard at obtaining approval for each class by his home professors in order to obtain credits for his graduation. I do know that there were classmates that applied separate from the home university, but I do not know how they will receive credits and they probably won’t. The other advantage for my son, is that he had the language skills to take the economic and history classes in German and was told that they could thus count towards a double major, that is, the second major being a German major. So, he really benefited by going through his state university.</p>
<p>He did do a summer immersion program overseas first, and had a couple of years in the language at his state university before he did any of this. Just an FYI.</p>