Immediately to the north lie Colmar and Strasbourg, tourist and metropolitan centers of great historical, architectural and culinary interest.
Public transportation is efficient and inexpensive.
Its population, of French-German heritage, is warm and welcoming to the foreign student. Too, Mulhouse has its share of fine restaurants offering traditional French dishes and regional specialties-such as choucroute garnie and an assortment of delicious pastries. Students thus may receive the individual attention that would not be possible at larger institutions. Friendships are easily made and USC students soon feel quite at ease within this new social and academic atmosphere. It is in this healthy and authentic atmosphere, that of an authentic French university, that participants grow and mature as students and as people.