If you have to arrive at night or on a weekend, you will be on your own to find temporary accommodation. Registration for courses will occur once in Mannheim. Students should contact the Auslandsamt. Bring extra passport photos as you will need these for various documents. Past participants have indicated that teaching style varies from UVic, as students are normally expected to very proactive about learning.
Lectures are normally once a week.
Normally not as much interaction between students and professors as one would normally find at UVic. Attendance is ignored, and, depending on the field of study, tests and grades may or may not be given. Comparatively speaking, these courses might best be likened to Junior and Senior level seminars in an American university. Scheine with grades are usually given. The sort of bung you are most likely to encounter are those in the language courses, which involve work in composition, translation, vocabulary, etc.