German Study Abroad in World Languages and Cultures

Take your learning international! Receive CMU credit and life experience while studying in cities like Berlin, Lüneburg, Stuttgart, Bochum or Hamburg for a summer, a semester or an entire year.

Semester-long programs

Lüneburg, Germany: USAC at Leuphana Universität 

• Credits: 12-15.
  
• Course​s: German language courses and cultural topics courses.
• USAC website.
• Advisor: Daniela Richter.

​​​Berlin, Germany: Freie Universität Berlin (FUB​​IS)​

• ​Credits: 12-15.
  
• Courses: German language courses and cultural topics courses.
• ​FUB​IS​ Website​.​
  
• Advisor:​ Daniela Richter.

​Bochum​, Germany 

• ​Credits: 12-15.
• Courses: ​This is not a set program, but the program can be shaped to fit students' individual needs. Students are encouraged to take one course outside of German.​
• Ruhr-Universität B​ochum (RUB) website.
• Advisor:​ Daniela Richter.

Summer programs

Berlin, Germany: Freie Universität Berlin (FUB​​IS)​

• Duration: 6 weeks (two sessions available).
• Credits: 3-4.
• Courses: German language ​courses and cultural topics courses.
• FUBIS website​.
• Advisor:​ Daniela Richter.

Lüneburg, Germany: USAC at Leuphana Universität

• Duration: 6 weeks (two sessions available).
• Credits: 3-4.
• Courses: German language courses and cultural topics courses.
• USAC website.
• Advisor:​ Daniela Richter.

Junior year in Germany scholarship

A competitive scholarship is available for a yearlong study-abroad opportunity at one of 24 German universities​.

VDAC: Verband Deutsch-Amerikanischer Clubs
(Federation of German-American Clubs)

• The competitive scholarship covers tuition, food and housing, plus a monthly stipend.
  
• Location: one of 24 German universities.
• Credits: up to 24.
• Courses: German studies courses and courses in other academic fields.
  
• Federation of German-American Clubs website.
  
• Advisor:​ Daniela Richter.

Stu​dent experiences

Check out stories from students who share their experiences studying abroad in Germany.

• Megan Frey, '20, (German and psychology majors) studied in Lüneburg, Germany, during the fall of 2019.
• Nate Mansfield (international business major; finance, information systems and German minors) studied in Bochum, Germany, from January-March 2020.
• Grace Ridley (music major; German minor) studied in Berlin, Germany, during the summer of 2019.
  
• Morgan Thomas, '20, (mechanical engineering technology major; German and leadership minors) studied in Berlin, Germany, during the summer of 2019.