<p>Hello,
I founded out that some universities in the USA offer something like a dual programme (for example Columbia and French Sciences Po) where the student spends two years in one country and two years in another. I would really love to do this programme with spending some time in Germany and some time in the USA but I was not lucky enough to find something like that. Do you by chance know about any university offers this? I am interested only in the best universities in the USA (Yale, Columbia, Stanford, Cornell and this kind of universities).
Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>Hey Laureen, </p>
<p>I live in Germany, and I know that here there is only one such program: Business at the European Business School in cooperation with Northeastern university. This is for German applicants though, I am not sure to what extent this is applicable for you (as I assume you are American :))</p>
<p>Many universities offer semesters and years abroad, but I guess that’s not what you are interested in. </p>
<p>If you would really like to study over here, I can only recommend applying to universities here directly and transferring later on. Within Europe, myriad cooperations like the one you mentioned exist; this was made possible through the so called Bologna process - equating all European credentials and establishing the ECTS, a point scale that is used to grade your studies in every country. Part of this process was the establishment of two “steps” in universities : a 3 year bachelor and a 2 year master. European high school diplomas are generally equal, sometimes even more demanding than IB and such, therefore a 3 year bachelor is sufficient to teach foundations in the chosen field. </p>
<p>Evidently, it is rather difficult to create a cooperation because the systems are quite different (we also don’t know “liberal arts colleges” here, you choose a subject at a university and choose courses than are in that subject field). </p>
<p>Hence I suggested studying here right away: it is free for Germans and a few hundred-thousand dollars for internationals. There is no circuitous admissions process for the most part. </p>
<p>Given your desired US colleges, I assume that your curriculum is comparable to European high school diplomas; thus admission would not be a problem. </p>
<p>Do you speak German though?</p>
<p>Thank you very much. I am thinking about applying to german universities as well and I am czech but with a german citizenship as well and speaking german so I assume I do have pretty much open door into the german higher education world :-)</p>
<p>Why don’t you go to a UK uni where there’s plenty of unis there that have tie-ups with US schools? For example, you can spend 2 years at Warwick + 1 year at Wharton (UPenn). Or 2 years at Warwick + 1 year at UC Berkeley. Cambridge has also a year program at MIT and vice versa, as well as, Oxford and Stanford.</p>
<p>Yes, you Most likely would.</p>
<p>Like the previous poster said, there are many cooperations between British and American schools, just because the courses of study tend to be comparable. If you are looking for funding, in Germany there are multiple opportunities to receive funding for graduate studies abroad,
Including Harvard for example. So you could for example earn a 3 year bachelor here and spend a semester or two abroad during that time (in the US if you want) and then continue fully funded at Harvard or wherever. </p>
<p>I had a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of both higher education systems today, and my uncle who is a highly educated man, reinforced that German research universities are comparable to the top Us research universities; he also mentioned to my surprise that even lesser known German universities are way more “educative” than the vast majority of US universities and
That they prepare you for the real world, more so than The private US institutions.
(This is of course also subjective).
Rankings are very corrupt :)</p>
<p>From what you guys are posting, it seems like you don’t realize the OP is German, so I don’t think looking for schools with American-UK connections is going to do her any good (unless I’m just misinterpreting your responses). Unfortunately I’m not completely familiar with these types of programs, but I believe that the University of Munich may have something like this because some of my German teachers have studied there and also in American Universities.</p>
<p>^^^ Lots of Germans study in the UK. They represent the 4th largest overall. Many of them are Germans’ finest students.</p>