Participants are offered a challenging academic program, focusing on academic fundamentals rather than teaching applications. Several courses in engineering and natural Sciences are held in English. Additional fields of study include architecture, history, humanities, management, and political science. Direct enrollment available with sufficient language skills. The cultural studies provide insight into German politics, literature, and history, as well as German everyday life and leisure activities, tradition, and culture.
Students participate in a varied combination of lectures, presentations, and discussion groups.
Excursions into the surroundings of Darmstadt and day trips to the world-famous cities of Frankfurt, Heidelberg, and Berlin are also included. An optional two-week internship in engineering is offered at the end of the language and culture program for an additional two credits. Konan University is located in the city of Kobe, the seventh largest city in Japan. This summer course offers students with intermediate- level Japanese the opportunity to study the language intensively with specially trained teachers of Japanese as a Foreign Language. A homestay is an integral part of this program and helps participants gain insight into Japanese family relations, cuisine, and religious practices.