Enrollment for one semester is possible. The program is administered by a staff member at the UMass International Programs Office, and by a university-wide faculty committee. In addition, each year a faculty member from one of the UMass campuses serves as Resident Director at the program center in Freiburg. The Resident Director and our German Program Assistant help and advise students in all aspects of life in Germany. Every September the program sponsors a month-long mandatory language course.
German universities require students to take a language test prior to admission.
Students with sufficiently high scores are admitted directly to university courses. Assignment to DAF courses is determined by the Resident Director based on test results, the September Language Course, and the student's major field of study. The September Language Course meets five hours a day and consists of a grammar review, composition exercises, practice in text analysis, oral comprehension exercises, and speaking. Participants receive grades and three undergraduate credits. Unless engaged in research, program participants are expected to enroll full-time in the program.